Enjoy local food and beverages, live music, and the opportunity to galaxy gaze at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory!
Purchase individual tickets here and whole tables (8 seats) here.
There will be a silent auction with sculptures, paintings, air bnb stays, classes, gift cards to local businesses and more!
☆The Chef☆
The food will be prepared by Chef Charlotte Miller who has cooked for some of the biggest celebrities of our time: Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Lopez, and Tom Petty. Likewise, her resume includes some of the best hotels in the world: Little Palm Island, Hawks Cay, and Hermitage Hotel – a Five Star, Five Diamond, and James Beard-nominated property.
Chef Charlotte Miller was also the special events and catering chef for Strategic Hospitality and its VIP clients; another James Beard-nominated organization.
She is now the owner and chef of Yay Yay's and Mama Blanche, and will be catering the August 12 Dinner, Live Music, and Galaxy-Gazing event at Vanderbilt's Dyer Observatory!
Let this amazing woman who brings excellence to all she does feed you!
☆The Local Food & Drinks☆
Villa Acres produce
Barefoot Farmer produce
Millrock Farms chicken
Taylor Family Farms chicken
Stockton Farm pork
Henosis mushrooms
Maker Baker Bread
Walker Brothers kombucha
Jackalope Brewing Company beer
Nelson’s Green Brier Whiskey
☆The Music☆
Music by the talented Kara Hesse, whose midwestern roots seep through her sultry voice and songwriting with an eclectic blend of americana soul and rock ‘n roll. Her music is like a warm breeze from Muscle Shoals in a contemporary framework that scratches a musical itch you didn’t realize you had. Her music has been placed on television shows, including CBS' Scorpion and DirecTV's You Me Her. She has self-released two albums, Better By Morning (2014) and Sojourner (2018) and is currently working on her third full length album in Nashville, Tennessee, where she now resides.
All ticket sales and proceeds from our silent auction will help cover the cost of our annual conference, allowing us to provide high quality education and invaluable networking opportunities for small farmers and stakeholders in our community food system.