Slow Food Fall Heat brings locally sourced food, chefs and music Oct. 16

October 12, 2016

This Sunday, Oct. 16, Slow Food Baton Rouge host its 4th annual farm-to-table showcase, Slow Food Fall Heat, which celebrates local food, chefs and mixologists.

The event supports SFBR’s local food activities including urban agriculture workshops and the organization’s signature farm-to-school project, Greauxing Healthy Baton Rouge, which provides hands-on gardening, food and nutrition educational programming in two East Baton Rouge Parish schools.

Slow Food Fall Heat is part of National Food Week, which culminates in World Food Day, a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainable food held every year on Oct. 16.

Participants at Slow Food Fall Heat 2015. Photo by Jeffrey Dubinsky / Courtesy Slow Food Baton Rouge

The event falls in line with much of Slow Food Baton Rouge’s message: to showcase the culinary arts, local food and raise awareness of the need to support food access and a more sustainable local food system. That’s why at Slow Food Fall Heat, small plates will be prepared by local chefs who are asked to source from Louisiana growers. Food and drinks will be accompanied by music from Baton Rouge’s own, The Humble Kind.

“This is a perfect example of the farm-to-table movement, which people need to be more aware of,” says SFBR board member Carl Motsenbocker. “There are chefs [here] who are dedicated to supporting local food.”

Popular local chefs and mixologists Jordan Ramirez, DeWitt Ginn, Aaron Brown, Jonathan Breaux, Alejandro Barbosa and Richard Markert will participate in a friendly small plate competition at the event. A jury of local judges will evaluate the chefs and mixologists competing, and attendees will also have the opportunity to vote for their own People’s Choice award for best small plate and cocktail.

Slow Food Fall Heat takes place at the LSU AgCenter’s Botanic Gardens outdoor pavilion, 4-7 p.m. Early bird tickets for adults are $35 per person and children younger than 12 are admitted free. Purchase tickets here.

For more information about the event and SFBR’s work, visit the website and Facebook page.