Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Feast on the Farm! It was a pleasure celebrating how local farmers Wendy and Andrew and others are growing healthy food while embracing environmental stewardship on their land and sharing our efforts across the region to catalyze communities as caretakers of the land and water that sustain us.

Thanks to our generous sponsors and guests we raised $108,175! This will help us continue our collaborative efforts to clean polluted runoff before it enters our waters, support sustainable farming, and restore critical habitats for fish and wildlife.

The 15th Annual Feast on the Farm took place September 7th, 2024, in Carnation, Washington. We were thrilled to present the culinary masterpieces of renowned chef Alan Davis of Hound + Bottle, accompanied by singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone whose music is an evocative soundscape for the Pacific Northwest.

Feast on the Farm was the first of its kind in the region. The farm dinner supports Stewardship Partners in part by funding its mission of working with landowners to promote sustainable practices. Our long time hosts, Griffin Creek Farm, are a living example of farmers embracing environmental stewardship. Come to the farm and experience firsthand the hope that these practices bring for the health of our environment. With a live auction, raffle, and raise the paddle, Feast on the Farm is an opportunity to contribute in an impactful way towards a brighter future.

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The Chef

Chef Alan Davis credits the unique and abundant foods, ingredients and inspiring individuals for his lifelong passion in restaurants. Starting in small family-owned restaurants in the Portland area and then moving to Seattle, he was taken with the dueling worlds of the Pacific Northwest food and music scenes. Working at the helm of Belltown’s Queen City Grill for nearly two decades, he had a unique view of that cross section.

For the last ten years, he and his wife Jodi have been building their neighborhood restaurant
Hound + Bottle in the Manette area of Bremerton. Alan continues to enjoy the opportunities to work with local area farmers, aquaculture and some of the finest chefs in the Northwest.

The Musician

Singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone is the daughter of a dynamite salesman who grew up in the Colorado Foothills. She played her first gig on drums in a Denver dive bar’s open blues jam at age 12. A young adult, she moved to Seattle, where she played drums with the adored indie rock group, Carissa’s Weird, and later Band of Horses. She then went on to release four solo acoustic records, two with Sub Pop. In 2019, Cahoone received a Gold Record for her work with Band of Horses.

Cahoone has opened for many artists such as Indigo Girls, Tift Merritt, Gregory Alan Isakov, Kathleen Edwards, Lucinda Williams, Son Volt, Matt Costa, Mason Jennings, Fruit Bats and Band Of Horses. In June 2023, Cahoone opened for the Head and the Heart at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO, taking her right back to where it all started.

Photo by Kayako Sareen
Photo by Kayako Sareen
Photo by Kayako Sareen
Photo by Kayako Sareen

Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, and donated to make our Feast on the Farm in 2023 so special! View more about Feast 2023 here!

Check out this great minute long video from 84 Yesler!
Cinematographer: Patrick Lehr
Director/Editor: Kayako Sareen

Sponsorship

2024 Sponsorship Information

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

The Farms

Learn more about the farms we partner with and how you can support them. The Feast has been held at all of these locations.

Griffin Creek Farm – Farming organically since 1996, Griffin Creek is the founding farm of Full Circle farm box service. From the beginning, Griffin Creek Farm has embraced organic and sustainable agriculture as a way of life, an art, and a whole-hearted dedication to caring for the land, employees, natural habitats and food system.

Carnation Farms – Carnation Farms is a historic 818-acre Farm, once home to Carnation Farm Milk Company, founded in 1899. Equipped with century-old barns and farmland which once housed livestock, the farm is now renovated with a high quality medical facility, swimming pool, sports courts, climbing wall, zip-line and more, making it the perfect spot for campers to enjoy themselves.

Local Roots – Local Roots is a family-run vegetable farm in the Snoqualmie river valley, about 20 miles outside of Seattle. Wife and husband team Siri and Jason, along with a small crew of workers and apprentices, grow about ten acres of vegetables, which we sell at Seattle-area farmers markets, through our Community Supported Agriculture subscription program, and to many fine restaurants.

Oxbow – Oxbow is a 25 acre mixed vegetable, tree fruit and berry organic farm in the Snoqualmie Valley. They have shared their produce with the Seattle area for 14 years through markets, restaurants & their CSA.

The Chefs

Each year we have a different local chef prepare the meal using Salmon-Safe ingredients, which in turn supports local sustainable farms.

2022 – Our return to Feast on the Farm was a huge success! We had a magical night at Griffin Creek Farm, a Stewardship Partner dedicated to sustainable farming practices. We feasted on the bounty of food prepared by local chef Kevin Murray of Ray’s Boathouse, chef Christina Siegl of 84 Yesler, and oysters from Baywater Shellfish Company prepared by Seabird, of Hitchcock Restaurant Group.

We raised a glass of Salmon-Safe Willamette Valley Vineyards wine and broke bread with like-minded community members engaged in caring for our region. The night ended with the sounds of Seattle based musician, Kate Dinsmore.

2021 – Once again, we brought Feast on the Farm home with us through meal kits. Together with our chefs’ help, we all enjoyed delicious local food delivered safely to our doorsteps. Nyssa Tanner, Owner, Nyssa’s Kitchen, Mutsuko Soma, Owner and Chef, Kamonegi, and Grant Rico, Chef de Cuisine, Hitchcock, prepared this curated meal using wild sockeye salmon from Bristol Bay donated by Pike Place Fish Market, sustainably grown farm-fresh produce from Full Circle Farm on Griffin Creek and bread from Macrina Bakery. We also received other local artesian goodies to include such as coffee from Caffe Vita and cookies from Hello Robin. Novelty Hill wine and a signature Feast cocktail featuring Tito’s Vodka were enjoyed alongside music by Seattle’s own The High Seagrass and stories from the field.

2020 – The pivot of our yearly event to a virtual experience wouldn’t have been possible without our partners and supporters. Together with our chefs’ help, we all enjoyed delicious local food delivered safely to our doorsteps. The menu consisted of Wild King Salmon, Prepared by Chef Ethan Stowell of Ethan Stowell Restaurants, Wild Foraged Lobster Mushroom Bisque and Smoked Delicatas Squash, Prepared by Chef Joe Ianelli of Harvest Beat, and Griffin Creek Farm’s Fall Harvest Salad, Prepared by Chef Zoi Antonitsas.

2019 – For our tenth anniversary of the Feast, we decided to celebrate with a cast of talented chefs. Joining us this year was Mutsuko Soma of Kamonegi. Before opening Kamonegi, Chef Soma cut her teeth at restaurants like the Harvest Vine, Chez Shea, and Saito’s. She then returned to Japan to learn the art of making traditional soba. While studying soba making, Chef Soma discovered that Washington was among the largest buckwheat producing states in the United States. This fact reaffirmed her decision to introduce soba to the Pacific Northwest, an area that has greatly influenced her throughout her career. Returning to cook with Chef Soma are past chefs Branden Karow, the Executive Chef of Ethan Stowell Restaurants, Jason Stoneburner, the Executive Chef at Bastille Café & Bar and chef/owner of Stoneburner, and Brendan McGill, the Executive Chef and owner of Hitchcock.

2018 – Branden Karow is the Executive Chef of Ethan Stowell Restaurants. Before becoming Executive Chef of Ethan Stowell Restaurants, Branden studied at Le Cordon Bleu and was the Sous Chef at Rover’s. He went on to cook at both Anchovies & Olives as well as How To Cook A Wolf before becoming chef at Staple & Fancy.

2017 – William Belickis is founder of Mistral Kitchen. Belickis’ first glimpse of the Great Northwest left him awestruck; he found its clean, cool beauty inspiring and soon returned to explore San Francisco, British Columbia, and everywhere in between. After making the move to Seattle, he was a chef Fuller’s and Salish Lodge. In 2000, he opened his own restraunt, Mistral in Belltown. Mistral closed its doors in 2008 so Chef Belickis could work on a new, more accessible and experimental restaurant: Mistral Kitchen.

2016 – Joshua Henderson is an award winning Executive Chef and founder of the acclaimed Huxley Wallace Collective. Known as a visionary and food entrepreneur, Josh has spent his career cooking in kitchens and unique locations across the country. He recently established a group of highly successful restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, including Quality Athletics, Bar Noroeste Taqueria, Great State Burger, Saint Helens, and opening soon, Poulet Galore, Cantine Bottleshop and Bar, and Vestal.

2015 – Jason Stoneburner is the Executive Chef at Bastille Café & Bar and chef/owner of Stoneburner, both located in Seattle’s historic Ballard neighborhood. Jason is also the chef/owner of the newly opened Seaplane Kitchen & Bar in Kenmore, just north of Seattle. He is dedicated to procuring products from small farms and thoughtfully sourcing ingredients for all three of his restaurants. Jason is a proud supporter of the Special Olympics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, FareStart, and charities that encourage sustainable farming and agriculture. In his free time, Jason can be found somewhere along the West Coast surfing or snowboarding.

2014 – Chef Zoi Antonitsas of Westward, is passionate about food, wine, spirits and hospitality, Zoi has more than 20 years’ experience in the restaurant industry, and a local celebrity as a contestant on Season 4 of Top Chef. Chef Zoi has received local and national acclaim for her contemporary, creative and ingredient focused cooking style. She takes inspiration from the sea, and her food reflects her love of the Mediterranean.

2013 – Chef Brendan McGill is the winner of Food and Wine magazine’s award for 2013 People’s Best New Chef. He earned the spotlight as top choice in both the national and Pacific Northwest categories. The Seattle Times included his Bainbridge Island restaurant, Hitchcock, amongst the top bites of 2011, and was a Best Chef Northwest Semifinalist in 2014.

2012 – Chef Ethan Stowell is a three-time nominee for Best Chef Northwest, a Rising Star Seattle Restauranteur, one of the Best New Chefs in America, and a Seattle Trailblazer. Ethan has built a devoted following to his numerous restaurants throughout Seattle, including Tavolata, How to Cook a Wolf, Anchovies & Olives, and Staple & Fancy Mercantile, as well as new ventures Red Cowand Chippy’s Fish and Drink.

2011 – Chef Matthew Dillon’s fresh and straightforward approach blends ingredients from the local land. Dillon explored his interest in fresh, simple cuisine while cooking at The Herbfarm and his Mediterranean creations at Sitka & Spruce earned him recognition as Best New Chef of 2007 in Food & Wine magazine. 2014 has seen the opening of The London Plane, a cafe and grocery shop that compliments Bar Sajorin Pioneer Square.

2010 – Chef Holly Smith of Café Juanita is the 2008 James Beard Foundation winner for Best Chef Northwest. Café Juanita has been recognized by Gourmet Magazine, Top 50 Restaurants, Robb Report, Top 57 Fine Dining, Best Italian Restaurants from Wine Spectator, and four stars from The Seattle Post Intelligencer. Holly was honored again in 2012 to be nominated for Outstanding Chef by the James Beard Foundation.