[OKC] EVOLVE Local Food Challenge

[Shauna Struby]

EVOLVE Presents Local Food Challenge

Local Restaurants & Caterers Compete as part of EVOLVE Art Show

 

For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Lindsay Vidrine

405-802-5572

 

 

(Oklahoma City) April 7, 2011 - Sustainable OKC and Transition OKC are
pleased to announce a Local Food Challenge on Sat., April 23 at 7 p.m. The
challenge takes place at Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) as part of
EVOLVE, a juried art exhibit and collaborative fundraiser exploring
sustainability, resilience & community. The fundraiser will benefit
Sustainable OKC and IAO, and the local food challenge is organized by
Transition OKC, a program of a Sustainable OKC.

 

Local Food Challenge participants include Chef Kurt Fleischfresser, Chef
Kamala Gamble, Chef Ryan Parrott, Prairie Gypsies, The Wedge and 105Degrees.
Contestants will be tasked with creating a signature appetizer or
non-dessert finger food using as many locally-sourced ingredients as
possible.

 

Three prizes will be awarded, including the People's Choice, a $500 juried
grand prize and a runner-up prize of dinner for two at Living Kitchen Farm
<http://livingkitchen.homestead.com/> & Dairy. Judges for the challenge will
be Carol Smaglinski of the Oklahoma Gazette, Chef Jonathon Stranger of
Ludivine and caterer Linda Trippe.

 

Tickets for the EVOLVE art exhibit and local food challenge are $25 and can
be purchased at www.sustainableokc.org. Sponsorships are also available
online.  

 

Sustainable OKC is a non-profit, grassroots organization working at the
crossroads of business, environment, and social justice in Oklahoma City.
For more information visit www.sustainableokc.org or the community blog at
freshgreens.typepad.com <http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> .  Event and
community information are also shared through Facebook.com/SustainableOKC
<http://www.facebook.com/SustainableOKC>  and Twitter.com/SustainableOKC
<http://twitter.com/sustainableok> . 

 

Transition OKC is part of an internationally renowned movement and offers an
ongoing slate of free or low-cost educational workshops, film screenings and
events focused on catalyzing Oklahoma City's transition to more sustainable,
resilient communities. For more info visit www.goinglocalokc.org.

 

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