Shorewood Harvest Dinner guests dined under the stars

Guests at the Shorewood Harvest Dinner dine out(side)

By Scott Francis, Master Gardener

The 2nd Annual Shorewood Harvest Dinner was a resounding success. The fundraising dinner took place on August 27, 2011 at the beautiful private home of Le Panier Bakery owner Kristi Drake, in the Innis Arden neighborhood of Shoreline.

The weather could not have been better for the guests to enjoy the fantastic five course sit-down dinner which featured some of the top chefs in the Seattle area:

• Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita,
• Susan Kaplan of The Boat Street Cafe and Kitchen,
• Tyler Moritz of La Bete, 
• Brock Johnson of Dahlia Lounge and
• Brian Scheehser of Trellis.

Chef Brock Johnson of Dahlia Lounge roasted a whole pig for his course.

The near capacity crowd enjoyed cocktails made with donated organic vodka and appetizers made at the Culinary Arts kitchen, while the Shorewood String Quintet played on the lawn.

The guests (which included quite a number of Master Gardeners) enjoyed local wines with each course which was introduced by each chef.

A small silent auction took place during the cocktail hour.

Dessert from Chef Brain Scheehser of Trellis was a lemon sage flan with a rosemary tuile, and was served with housemade limoncello.

Most of the food products, produce, meats, poultry and seafood, wines and liquor were kindly donated by local businesses who are supportive of this wonderful collaboration: The Shorewood High School Culinary Arts Program and the Shorewood High School Culinary Arts Garden-A Youth Education Garden sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of King County and WSU Extension.

Plans are already under way for next year's event. Don't miss it.