Whim will take place every Wednesday evening starting July 11th, 2012 and continuing until August 29th, 2012 at 7:30PM and will feature top chefs from all over New England.
Guests will experience a meal under the stars prepared by some of New England’s most respected and praised chefs. Included in the $65.00 ticket price is a three-course dinner followed by a bonfire to meet and greet your fellow diners. Chefs will be accompanied by culinary students from The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in order to help them smoothly and successfully execute dinner to an audience of over 100 guests each week. As implied by the event name, Whim, the menu is prepared the day-of at the discretion of the chef.
For more information on “Whim” – The Restaurant at Smolak Farms, please visit www.smolakfarms.com. Tickets can be purchased directly via: http://www.smolakfarms.com/whim
WHERE: Smolak Farms, 315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA 01845
July 18th, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Andy Husbands, Tremont 647 Charity: www.strength.org
About Andy Husbands:
Andy Husbands is the award-winning chef/owner of two of Boston's hottest restaurants, Tremont 647 and Sister Sorel. He started his culinary career with an after-school baking job when he was 14, and never looked back.
Born and raised in Seattle, Husbands worked as a sous chef and, later, executive chef at the nationally renowned East Coast Grill in Cambridge, under James Beard Award winner Chris Schlesinger. Before opening Tremont 647 with high school friend Chris Hart in 1996, he traveled to the West Coast on his motorcycle, living on a farm in New Mexico and apprenticing at several San Francisco Bay-area restaurants. His cross-country influences have taught him to be bold and adventurous in his life and his cooking.
The 70-seat Tremont 647, in the heart of Boston's South End, showcases these bold flavors in his adventurous American cuisine, highlighted by many inventive global influences. Husbands' commitment to locally-grown ingredients is reflected in the restaurant's constantly evolving menu, designed to take advantage of market freshness and seasonal flavors. Among Husbands' signature dishes are Tibetan momo dumplings, Andy's "180 ribs" (named for the perfect score in a barbecue competition), huevos rancheros with wood-grilled steak, and a banana cream pie with homemade nut brittle.
Four years after opening his first restaurant, Husbands opened Sister Sorel, next door. The 25-seat café features more lounge-like atmosphere - perfect for casual dining. Sister Sorel also houses a 12-seat private dining room, all served from the Tremont 647 kitchen.
Husbands has made several TV appearances, including his run as a contestant in Season 6 of "Hell's Kitchen," which premiered on FOX Television Network, July 21, 2009. Husbands ultimately placed 8th out of 17 contestants. CBS has featured him in a segment on "The Early Show" called "Chef on a Shoestring," in which he demonstrated how to cook a three-course dinner for four people for less than $20. In the Boston area, he has appeared on "TV Diner," "Phantom Gourmet," and "WB in the Morning." He has also appeared on local TV stations across the country to promote his first book, "The Fearless Chef," of which a second edition was published in 2009.
Outside the kitchen, Husbands has demonstrated a strong commitment to the community. He is on the advisory board of Boston Operation Frontline, a program that fights hunger by using chefs to teach cooking and nutrition to low-income families. Since 1998 Tremont 647 has hosted the organization's annual Operation Frontline charity dinner 11 times. To date, Husbands has raised over $100,000 in cash donations through his two restaurants, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the charity. He also co-chairs the Boston Taste of the Nation, an annual fundraising event for Share our Strength, one of the country's leading hunger relief organizations.
Husbands was a semi-finalist in the James Beard Award's Best Chef category in 2008 and 2009. Other honors include: Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence, grand prize in the National Poultry Council's Grab Bag Contest and several "Best of Boston" awards from Boston magazine and several other Boston-area periodicals. In 2000 and 2002, he was named one of Boston nightlife's most influential people by Stuff at Night magazine. In the spring of 2005, he was one of only 5 "Celebrated Chefs" chosen by the National Pork Board. He participated in the Board's national media tour for its "Pork, the Other White Meat" campaign. A particular passion for Husbands is participating in barbecue competitions, which he has done from Vermont to Tennessee, capturing numerous trophies with his team. Most notably in 2007, Husbands' team (iQUE BBQ, sponsored by Harpoon Brewery) took 1st place out of 510 teams in the Brisket category at the Kansas City Royal.
About Tremont 647 & Sister Sorel:
The 70-seat Tremont 647, in the heart of Boston's South End, showcases these bold flavors in his adventurous American cuisine, highlighted by many inventive global influences. Husbands' commitment to locally-grown ingredients is reflected in the restaurant's constantly evolving menu, designed to take advantage of market freshness and seasonal flavors. Four years after opening his first restaurant, Husbands opened Sister Sorel, next door. The 25-seat café features more lounge-like atmosphere – perfect for casual dining. Sister Sorel also houses a 12-seat private dining room, all served from the Tremont 647 kitchen.
Website: http://www.tremont647.com
July 25th, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Vittorio Ettore, Bistro 5 & A Tavola Charity: www.bistro5.com/Community/Seed-to-Plate-School-Program
August 1st, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Suzi Maitland, Trina's Starlite Lounge Charity: www.ontherise.org
August 8th, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Rich Morin, Lineage
Charity: www.lovinspoonfulsinc.org
August 15th, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Mary Dumont, Harvest
Charity: http://www.gbpflag.org/
August 22nd, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Joe Faro, Tuscan Kitchen Charity: www.lazarushouse.org
August 29th, 2012, 7:30PM: Whim Featuring: Chef Chris Coombs, Deuxave & d bar Charity: www.strength.org
INFO: $65 per person (gratuity and tax not included). Visit: Smolakfarms.com to learn more and purchase tickets. Included in the ticket price is a 3-course dinner and hayride/farm tour. Dress is casual. Beverages not included. Paired wines, beer and non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase. Only one menu will be presented with no substitutions. Ticket is non-refundable.
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