KILAUEA — There is typical “dining out,” and then there is Outstanding in the Field, an above-and-beyond traveling “restaurant without walls” that stages dinners between soil and sky at farms around the world. On Thursday, OITF will host its second
KILAUEA — There is typical “dining out,” and then there is Outstanding in the Field, an above-and-beyond traveling “restaurant without walls” that stages dinners between soil and sky at farms around the world.
On Thursday, OITF will host its second dinner at Kilauea’s Olana Organic Farm, a fertile 3-acre permaculture farm and fantastic dinner site on the North Shore, owned by farmer Tim O’Connor.
Since 2003, OITF founding chef and artist Jim Denevan and his culinary caravan have traveled around North America to create outdoor dining events at country farms and ranches, in urban gardens and sea caves, on mountain tops and sandy beaches, according to a news release.
“Wherever they go, OITF’s mission is the same: To reconnect diners to the land and the origins of their food and introduce them to the local farmers and food artisans whose good work brings nourishment to the table. Ingredients for OITF meals are often sourced within inches of diners’ seats,” said Denevan.
Following a glass of wine and welcome hors d’oeuvres, participants will take a tour of Olana Organic Farm and sit down to a four-course meal paired with wines.
“Farmer Tim is a wonderful host and we’re really looking forward to seeing him again,” Denevan added. “The incredible variety of fruits and vegetables he grows are the healthiest looking plants you’ll ever see.”
Many of the ingredients for the outdoor feast will be taken straight form O’Connor’s gardens and prepared by Chef Ron Miller of Hukilau Lanai.
“Everything comes full circle in Chef Ron’s kitchen, where the restaurant’s food scraps are picked up nightly by a local pig farmer,” states the news release. “One of those well-fed hogs may well be on the menu for this event.”
The outdoor, long-table, all-inclusive feast begins at 3 p.m. at Olana Organic Farm and costs $190 per person.
For more information or to make a reservation, visit http://outstandinginthefield.com.
Denevan did his first farm dinner in his hometown of Santa Cruz, Calif. in 1999, according to OITF’s website. Since then, OITF has staged more than 400 farm dinners, welcoming nearly 50,000 diners in all but five U.S. states, three Canadian provinces and nine countries in Europe and South America.
