Top Chefs + Entertainment + Venue
Top Regional Chefs
Each year event co-chairs, Sondra & Peter Hall, select a different group of chefs who prepare an extraordinary meal of several courses, that expands upon their culinary expertise and experience. Discover these chefs and what they are preparing for us this year. . .
Entertainment
Music by the Chamber Strings Orchestra of the Warwick Valley High School, under the direction of Keely Blaikner, and the Jon Werking Trio. You've heard Jon (and seen him) on television playing on "Live with Regis and Kelly" as their "in house" accompanist. Jon has been one of the most sought after pianists in New York for many years. Whether on stage or in the studio, on film or television, or now in his own solo career.
Spectacular Venue
Each year the Black Dirt Feast is held on the great lawn of Scheuermann Farm & Greenhouses, in the heart of the Black Dirt Region of PIne Island, New York. Tables are adorned with handmade ceramic vases from Beatrice Bloom (hand built porcelain-ware pottery), with flowers by Sally Scheuermann. The dress code for this event is "country smart."
Black Dirt Region
Originally called "the drowned lands" the region consists of the remains of a great shallow lake, which formed as the last glaciers were melting away 12,000 years ago. One half the onions grown in New York State come from our 5500 acres of farmland. Other crops grown in the black dirt area include lettuce, radishes, cabbage, carrots, corn, pumpkin, squash, as well as sod farms.