SOLD OUT: Wild Table Dinner with Rick Spicer and Chef Travis McConnell: Adventures in Venison
SOLD OUT: Wild Table Dinner with Rick Spicer and Chef Travis McConnell: Adventures in Venison
Apple Seeds' last event of the year is a special one. Wild Table: Adventures in Venison brings together the dynamic duo of storytelling and good food to spotlight the opportunity of venison and the responsibility we have to conservation.
Rick Spicer of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers will give a talk about the nuances of hunting, and Chef Travis McConnell will prepare a multi-course meal centered around venison donated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Seating is limited, so secure your seats now for this one-night-only event on Sunday, December 10th, at 5:30 p.m.!
Featured Lecturer- Rick Spicer, an avid hunter, conservationist, and primitive skills guru will be leading a discussion on the ethics and sustainability of capturing food from wild resources. Rick is representing the Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers who have a mission of protecting access to public lands and waters and engaging with legislators, state agencies and other organizations on related issues. Rick is also the co-owner of Pack Rat Outdoor Center in Fayetteville, AR.
Featured Chef - Travis McConnell received formal training at the New England Culinary Institute. Before leading as Executive Chef at Pressroom and his current role as Recipe and Development Chef at Ropeswing, he worked at well-known establishments including Higgins restaurant & bar, Boccalone Salumeria, Revival Bar + Kitchen, and The Capital Hotel. It was at each of these businesses that he developed a love for the craft of whole animal butchery & old-world meat curing.
Chef Travis also developed his own whole animal - based business, Butcher & Public, which was developed with sustainability, supporting AR farmers and seasonal menus in mind. Having lived on both coasts and many locations in between, he was excited to settle in Bentonville, recognizing the vast potential for growth within the hospitality industry as well as a great platform to support local farms.
Jackson Manley from Lady Slipper Culinary Team will also help with the meal.
About Wild Table -- Wild Table is a dinner series hosted by Apple Seeds at their teaching farm in Fayetteville. Each dinner is paired with an engaging discussion lead by local experts on wild and foraged foods. The meals are intended to showcase the incredible abundance and potential that is wild foods, while providing a platform to discuss the nuanced issues that surround access to, conservation of, and harvesting limitations of those foods.
Event Details:
SUNDAY, December 10, 2023
5:30-6:30 PM
Drinks and Discussion led by Rick Spicer
6:30-8 PM
Multi-course dinner by Chef Travis McConnell
The dinner takes place in the Apple Seeds Teaching Kitchen on the Teaching Farm.
Seating for this event will be inside our cozy kitchen. These dinners are rain or shine. All Wild Table series events are fundraisers with limited seating; we cannot offer refunds for tickets purchased.
Your participation in Apple Seeds' events supports our mission to inspire healthy living through garden-based education for students around Northwest Arkansas and beyond!
Seating is limited. Please keep in mind that these events sell out. We are unable to offer refunds for this fundraiser.
Please contact mary@appleseedsnwa.org if you have any dietary restrictions or a vegetarian request.
Please arrive at 6pm for cocktails. Dinner will be served at 7pm.
The dinner takes place in the Teaching Kitchen, located at the Apple Seeds Teaching Farm in Gulley Park, Fayetteville.
Parking is available in the Gulley Park parking lot off of Old Wire Road. From there it's a short walk north to the gates of the Apple Seeds Teaching Farm. For drop-offs only, the address is 2648 N. Old Wire Road. Please note that there is no parking available in the driveway.
The Kitchen Table benefits Apple Seeds’ programs.
Apple Seeds is an education nonprofit based in Fayetteville, AR. For more than 15 years, Apple Seeds has been serving Northwest Arkansas. In that time, the organization has made great strides, positively impacting healthy eating in our community—student surveys show improved attitudes toward healthy food and heightened knowledge of nutrition. Apple Seeds provides a variety of programs, including Farm Lab, Farm to Table cooking classes, Cooking in the Schools, Food Ambassador, summer camps and school garden workshops. For more information visit www.appleseedsnwa.org