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8th Annual Chef’s Potluck

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Guests lounged on picnic tables and barrels of hay.Indaco's rock shrimp and grouperCru Cafe beef sliders from Chef TraversThe High Cotton team posed with their creations.Festus Mountain duck rillettesCaviar and Banana's buttermilk panna cottaCaviar and Bananas and their sweet treats.Farrato Arancine from MonzaMonza, located at 451 King Street, used Sea Island red peas for their "pea-strami" on rye.Monza platingSea scallop and hickory smoked pork belly from Poogan's PorchGlass Onion with their dish of shrimp salad, fava sprouts, and strawberries. "Everything here is gluten free and vegetarian or pescatarian."The Glass Onion platingThe Grocery plated spring vegetable and crab soup.Spring vegetable and crab soupMiddleton Place presented a "Lowcountry Gumbo" featuring St. Jude's farm seafood.Basico's heirloom bean saladThe Basico team was all smiles under the tent outside.Two Boroughs Larder wood-grilled clamsCarrie Baxter-Christ, Beth Tompkins, Sheila Anderson and Stacy VoightCameron Beaty and Susan RawlingsMonica and Brad WilliamsFirefly Vodka created tasty concoctions with their vodka and rum.David Thompson, Bart Yancey, Lindsay Smith-Yancey, Sara Thompson, S. Renee Singletary and Harold SingletaryA display table of auction itemsNathan Adamson and Callie Tivnan volunteered for Lowcountry Local First.Rebecca and Carter Deupree with Jennifer and Sean MurrayMisty Lister, the Marketing and Communications Director of Lowcountry Local First, thanked all of the chefs and farmers for their contributions.Guests dined on delicious, local food at tables under a large tent, as well as at picnic tables spread out around Middleton Place.Phyllis Sheffer and Carol WilliamsGuests enjoyed the warm weather while dining under sweeping oaks covered in Spanish moss.Sam Wrigglesworth, Sam Fuhr, Meyer Fuhr and Jacob FuhrCaviar and Bananas offered guests Palmetto Brewery Espresso Porter Whoopie pies.Sallie Halsey and Patti ByrdWally Seinsheimer, Darcy Shankland, Misty Lister and Shane Lakshmana LasbyHigh Cotton served up duck rilletes and Joseph Fields Farm strawberry jelly rolls.Indaco plated for the 300 guests.Tarah Simmons, Jeanne DeCamilla, and David SimmonsThe bartenders were all smiles.Eli, George and Natalie KruseJanet McKim and Jack LoveKeegan and Colleen Deihl and Mark, Lucy and Kimberly KraukKat Rojina and Maura RiordanChris Stewart, Ann Marshall, Scott Blackwell and Angel PostellThe Wholly Cow crew served up "Benne Bites."Sarah Song and Stan WarrenFarmer Jim Martin and Lowcountry Local Firsts’ Director of Sustainable Agriculture Nikki KelleyCru Cafe beet sliders with beets marinated in honey sherry vinaigrette.The Cru Cafe crew, with sous chef Rachel Blumenstock and head chef Travers Horton (far right).Beet slidersFIG and The Ordinary's tartine of poached chicken with sauce gribicheEVO plated pastrami sandwiches.Delectable pastramiEVO Pizzeria was a crowd favorite.Two Borough's wood-grilled clamsDelicious, tiny clamsKate DeWitt and Allen MartinThe Garage Cuban BandHarleston Towles, Charlotte Caldwell and Larry DowneyJeanne DeCamilla and Jamee Haley, Executive Director of Lowcountry Local FirstOlivia Thompson and Harry CrissyShaun and Marti Mullen, Eddie and Nancy Plowden, Myriam and Ron Owens, Jamee and Jim HaleyJon Yarian, Melissa Ellis-Yarian and Jeff AllenIt was the perfect day to celebrate locally produced and harvested vegetables, meats and seafood.The auctioneer kept things lively as guests competed for get-away trips and elaborate dinners.Nancy Nelson, Jim Mueller, Rene Mueller and Eric NelsonThe auctioneer got up close and personal with bidders.The guests applauded for the top bidder who won a clamming trip with Clammer Dave.Jim Martin and the other participating local farmers gathered at the end of the event for a group picture.The local farmers gathered for a group shot

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