Community Table with Chef Charlie Ray of Culinary Wildling
June 7 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
$160.00 – $175.00
Join us for an edible conversation between a farm, a chef, and the community.
We are excited to welcome you to our Community Table all summer. This beloved event brings a renowned chef to our farm to design an ecological meal around our four seasonal rotations (market garden, milpa, fruit forest, cover crops) highlighting the bioregional cuisine of San Juan. By bringing these culinary artists back to the source, they have the chance to connect with new ingredients, unearth fresh inspiration in our bioregion’s historic foodways, and discover the rewards of relationship with the land.
CHEF CHARLIE RAY
Meet Chef Charlie Ray, a “traveling creator” featured on Food Network and Amazon Prime where she captivated audiences with her innovative cooking style.
Charlie’s culinary journey took her to DILL, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she spent months foraging for the wild menu; to an anarchist kitchen where she helped refugee families gain access to food; and the award-winning company Värt: Sustainable Food Lab where she became head chef.
No stranger to bioregional culinary exploration, Charlie collaborated with Aboriginal chef Angus Adams, integrating native flora and fauna into Melbourne menus, fostering cultural diversity and sustainability.
Passionate about sustainability, circular food systems, and local/wild food, Chef Charlie Ray continues to inspire through her food and culinary explorations.
FAQ
DIETARY PREFERENCES
Community Table dinners are fixed course, family-style meals. As such, we cannot accommodate every dietary restriction. Please email us with any dietary needs. We will try to accommodate for vegetarian/vegan needs, gluten intolerance, and seafood/shellfish allergies but let us know if there are any specific dietary restrictions for any of your guests. We will do our best to accommodate anything beyond the 3 listed. If there are any life threatening allergies we recommend emailing before purchasing tickets.
SCHEDULE
Community Table Dinners begin at 6pm, when we’ll start with drinks and a farm tour. We appreciate timeliness as the dinner is coursed intentionally with just one seating. Dinners typically end around 10pm.
REFUNDS
We can offer refunds up to one week before the dinner. In the case that you need to cancel last minute, we would be happy to work with you to pass along your tickets to friends or family members.
MEMBERSHIP
If you are an active member of The Ecology Center, thank you so much for your support! As a token of our appreciation, we are pleased to offer you exclusive ticket pricing. If you are not yet a member but wish to take advantage of the discount, please visit our SUPPORT page to become a member today. If you’re unsure of your membership status, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected], and we’ll be happy to assist