The butcher, the baker, the fishmonger, the caterer, and farmers galore turned out in force on Wednesday evening for Berkshire Grown's March Maple Dinner, held in the festive party room upstairs at Spice in Pittsfield. Barrington Brewery and Pittsfield Brew Works kept everyone's thirst slaked as hors d'oeuvres were passed. Then at 7 sharp the crowd sat down to a feast, the collaborative effort of five fabulous chefs--Brian Alberg, of The Red Lion Inn, Christopher Brooks of Blantyre, Peter Platt of The Old Inn on the Green , Steve Sherman of Marketplace of the Berkshires, and host chef, Douglas Luf of Spice.
Chef Steve Sherman of The Marketplace and Ann Barry, dining room manager at The Red Lion Inn; violin maker Francis Morris and Berkshire Grown board member, Allison Crane.
Bill and Donna Chandler of Sugar Maple Merinos; Ronnybrook Farm's Daniel Osofsky and Pine Plain's Mountain Cow Cafe owner Charlie Norman.
Lily Michaels, Berkshire Grown board chair Julie Michaels, and Anne Fredericks
Maiden Flower Farm's David Long and Georgene Poliak with David Leavitt; Anne McLaughlin of Canyon Ranch and Brian Butterworth of The Red Lion Inn.
Team Brew Works: Chef Russell Jaehnig, Bill Heaton and Christine Bump, their German-trained brewmaster; Indian Line Farm's Hadley Milliken and carpenter Brian McElhiney.
William's Inn's Carl Faulkner with Susan Gold and Liz Kodela; William's College Chemistry Professor Jay Thoman and Berkshire Grown board member Lee Venolia.
Barrington Brewery owner Andrew Mankin, Darrow School English teacher and maple sugar maker, Nancy Dutton, Mike Seward and Jan Seward.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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