The food is unrivaled and unique, the setting perfect for a summer evening: the year’s best outdoor party partners farmers and chefs to create unforgettable dishes, this year with a country fair twist. The purpose: to raise awareness about Washington’s local family farms and to raise money for the Good Farmer Fund – disaster relief for farmers in need.

The 4^th Annual "Incredible Feast - Where the Farmers are the Stars" takes place on Sunday, August 24, 4:30 – 7:30 pm, outdoors at the Phinney Farmers Market site at the Phinney Neighborhood Center.  With live music, country-fair-style games and fabulous prizes, the 'Feast' has been a sold-out success since its first year. 

The fundraiser was conceived by Chef Tamara Murphy of Brasa Restaurant and is organized by Chef Tamara and the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance.  Tamara’s inspiration for this event comes from her personal experience of cooking with local farm and sea products.  She says: “Chefs get all the glory for their creations, but it is vitally important to acknowledge the local farmers who are the backbone of these culinary successes.  Citywide farmers markets have made us rethink what tastes good and the value of local, seasonal, sustainably-grown food. We need to recognize their efforts, get to know them better, and above all…thank them!"

Come spend a fun and relaxing summer evening sampling an amazing array of flavors fresh from the farm as 30 gourmet chefs team up with over 40 local farmers to create unique dishes at this entertaining and delicious event.  Each dish features seasonal, sustainably-raised farm products, from meats, to seafood, to vegetables, to desserts, with Certified Salmon Safe local wines and microbrews available for purchase in the beer garden.

This year, the organizers have partnered with Salmon-Safe wines, sponsors of the wine and beer garden. Salmon Safe certification means that vineyards protect and restore salmon habitat by planting trees on streams, growing cover crops to control run-off, and apply natural methods to control weeds and pests while producing world class wine.

Fun country fair highlights include a section for Daisy Mae’s Corn Crib with farm fresh corn and roast suckling pig, a Dessert Roundup silent auction featuring sweet donations from some of the best dessert chefs in Seattle, and games for all ages with great prizes to win!

Proceeds benefit the educational programming at the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance and the Good Farmer Fund; an emergency relief fund for farmers who suffer loss due to weather, flooding or personal hardship.

Chefs who will be cooking for the Incredible Feast include:

Johnathon Sundstrom/ Lark and Licourous, Maria Hines/ Tilth, Chris Keff/ Flying Fish, Laurie Carter/ Moxie, Seth Caswell/Seattle Chefs Collaborative, Taichi Kitamura/Chiso,

Amy McCrea/ Eva, Ande Janousek/Carmelita, Ericka Burke /Volunteer Park Café, Lisa Nakamura/ Woodmark Hotel, Holly Smith/ Cafe Juanita, Julie Andres/ La Medusa

Ethan Stowell/ Union/ Tavolata/ How to Cook a Wolf, Craig Hetherington/Taste, Giles van der Bogert/Pontis, Don Curtiss/ Volterra

Joseba Jimenez de Jimenez/Harvest Vine, Daisely Gordon/Campagne, John Neumark/Serafina, Scott Emerick/Cremant, Renee Erickson/Boat Street Café, Wayne Johnson/Andaluca

Angie Roberts/Boka, Robin Leventhal/Crave, Nick Albrecht/Brasa, Phil Halbgewachs/Stumbling Goat, Kevin Davis/Steelhead Diner, Gabriel Claycamp/Culinary Communion

Farmers who are providing produce and ingredients for the Incredible Feast include:

When: Sunday, August 26, 4:30 – 7:30 pm
Where: outdoors at the Phinney Farmers Market site, at 67^th and Phinney Ave N. – Phinney Neighborhood Center
Cost: $65 per adult, $10 per child 12 and under (children 3 and under free)
Locally-produced wine and beer will be available for purchase.

Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com), at the seven Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, and at the Phinney Neighborhood Center office (cash or check only).  For more details and photos from last year, see http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/the-incredible-feast-where-the-farmers-are-the-stars