Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox.A crowd of chefs, foodies, and farmers filled Eastover's Tally Ho barn on Monday, September 24 for Berkshire Grown's 14th Annual Harvest Supper fundraiser. More than 20 restaurateurs, chefs, and farmers from across the county shared the spotlight as guests waltzed from table to tasting station, sampling delectables such as Allium's Savory Pork Buns, The Old Inn on the Green's warm vegetable risotto, Baba Louie's crispy-crust pizza, and Firefly's roasted sunchoke bisque with fried leeks, and bidding on silent auction lots. Berkshire Grown board president and Red Lion Inn chef Brian Alberg (pictured left with Lucy Holland and Nancy Kalodner) and Equinox farmer Ted Dobson rallied the crowd for a live auction rife with food- and restaurant-related lots, offering the opportunity for further enjoyment of local food and drink.
Jim Hatan and Lara Conry; Jan Seward and her daughter Amanda Seward.
Realtor Jonathan Hankin and Quincy McLaughlin; Anya Cherneff, her father Peter Cherneff, and Stonover Farm's Suky Werman.
Chesterwood director Donna Hassler, Karen Shreefter, and Berkshire Grown board member Carole Murko.
Old Inn on the Green chef/owner Peter Platt, a Berkshire Grown board member, serving roasted vegetable risotto with Kellie Ann Marchewka; Hannah Bracken and Jenna Bufano.
Berkshire Property Agent's Rosie Blodgett and co-founder Jen Harvey; the Berkshire Bank crew: Mark Pedrotti, Peter Lafayette, and graphic designer Mark Tomasi.
Pier Boutin, Ed Abrahams, and Lauren Zivyak.
Secretary at VIM Berkshires Elizabeth Goodman and Jesse Goodman; Jane Iredale's Courtney Hatch and Ellen House with realtor Barbara Schulman.
Janice Riley and Birchwood Inn owner Ellen Chenaux; Max Lowenstein and Jacob Kersner.
Xavier Letteron and buddy Lester Blumenthal, chef and owner of Route 7 Grill, serve pork rillette on ciabatta toast and pickled watermelon rind; Guido's Fresh Marketplace Team: Marybeth Holmes, co-owner Chris Masiero, Dawn Masiero, and chef Cathie Cavanaugh.
Isabella Tobiason and Dena Bancroft; Berkshire Grown executive director Barbara Zheutlin and treasuer Tom Curtin.
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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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