Blog July 6, 2011
Fifth Annual Picnic at the Brick Works tickets on sale now!
Chef Joshna Maharaj is lead coordinator for the Picnic participants for a second time this year. Photo: Edward Pond.We are so pleased to open registration for the Fifth Annual Picnic at the Brick Works, taking place October 2, 2011! It’s hard to believe we’re already celebrating the silver anniversary of this gastronomical event in partnership with Slow Food Toronto.
Fresh off the presses we have a sneak peak of some of the hottest participants in the line-up:
- Aaron Joseph Bear Robe from Keriwa Cafe using CIPMs Red Fife
- Dan and Kristin Donovan from Hooked using Kolapore Springs Trout
- Zane Caplansky and his Rockin’ Food Truck serving up YU Ranch’s Beef in sandwiches
- Lesia Kohut from LPK using Nature’s Way Sweet Potatoes for their vegan, gluten-free Sweet Potato Beignets
- Dave Mitton from The Harbord Room doing a secret Locavore Cocktail!
- Rocco Agostino from Enoteca Sociale/Pizzeria Libretto with Cheese Boutique
- Niagara’s Ravine Vineyard Estate pouring their 2009 Redcoat red wine and 2009 York Road white wine
And for the second year in a row, The Picnic at the Brick Works is happy to have Joshna Maharaj as our lead coordinator, working with all of our talented chefs and dedicated producer participants taking part in the event. They include restauranteurs, chefs, farmers, producers, vintners and brewers.
Joshna Maharaj is a busy chef with big ideas! With a simple but thoughtful approach to food and cooking, Joshna creates food with excitement and enthusiasm. With recipes that are diverse, wholesome and delicious, her approach to food is accessible and uncomplicated.
Currently, Joshna is working with the Scarborough General Hospital to put more wholesome, local food on patients’ plates. Joshna is also a blogger for Sustain Ontario, and has a regular guest spot on CBC's Steven & Chris. Joshna is an organizer, working with members of Toronto’s food community to develop our vision of a truly sustainable food system and culture.
For more information, registration details and our sponsors please visit: ebw.evergreen.ca/picnic
Comments
Hip-hip-hooray!
Yahoo! Looking forward to participating for the second year in a row with Enoteca Sociale. Congrats to Evergreen for going live, but most importantly for putting on my favourite local food event of the year!
-Lauren
Absolutely looking forward to this! Please have more gluten-free options available as well please! I don’t expect all vendors to have gluten-free options but if you are able to tell us if your food is gluten-free or not it would make my celiac wife very appreciative :)
Hi there! While we do not have specifically outlined gluten-free options, generally chefs are quite accommodating, and you can often ask for a food item without the bread or bun it may come in. Joshna is actually gluten-free as well, so she definitely has this on her radar.
Thanks so much and we hope to see you!