Wolfville Farmers' Market to host Tastes of the Valley event Saturday

The Wolfville Farmers’ Market hosts its third annual Tastes of the Valley event Saturday, July 26, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tastes of the Valley, which is part of Wolfville’s Mud Creek Days, is a culinary celebration of fresh local food where 20 Valley chefs use Valley-farmed ingredients to make $3 taste concoctions to tantalize your taste buds.

Participating Market Vendors (serving from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.): Eclectic Palate, Gaspereau Vineyards, Getaway Farm, Gourmandises Avenue Patisserie, The Ivy Deck Bistro, Jan’s Gluten-Free, Taj Mahal, Longspell Point Farm, Maple and Ewe Farm, Pumpkin Moon Herb Farm, Shani’s Farm, and Linda’s Scottish Shortbread, Oatcakes and other Baked Goods.

Participating Restaurants (serving from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m): ArtCan Café, Between the Bushes, Le Caveau, Just Us!Cafe, Front Street Café, Kellocks, Union Street Café, Cocoa Pesto Bistro.

To see the menu, check out the decadence at: www.wolfvillefarmersmarket.com

Purchase $3 Taste Tickets at the Market Info Booth across from the Music Stage, where you can also get a menu, event map and a ballot. Vote for your favourite chef and submit your ballot for a chance to win $100 toward a meal from your favourite chef.

The chefs have an opportunity to win one of two awards: The People’s Pick and The Panel’s Pick. Vote for your favourite and the chef that wins the most votes is the People’s Pick.

A panel of judges, including Bill Spurr (feature writer and food critic for The Chronicle-Herald); Glenn Ells (Annapolis Valley farmer and author) and Amy Smith (feature writer for The Kings County Advertiser) will vote for the Panel’s Pick. Both awards will be given out a 12:30 p.m.

As well as the featured chefs, there will be live music from the Hupman Brothers and an additional 50 vendors (artisans, bakers, cheese makers, chocolatiers, fair trade coffee roasters, fish mongers, herbalists, florists, and of course: farmers!). For a detailed list of Wolfville vendors, see our website at www.wolfvillefarmersmarket.com.

The Wolfville Farmers’ Market is located at the Robie Tufts Nature Centre on Front Street, Wolfville until the end of October, when it moves indoors to the Acadia Students’ Union Building. With over 50 artisans, chefs and farmers there’s something for everyone all year-round.

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