Curatorial Team

 

 

   

Photo credit:  Chris Kausch (For Mr. Samuelsson’s picture)

Here is your curatorial team for Savor the Season Uptown! Starting with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. Lead Planner is Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund; Wine Consultant is Eric White from The Winery located in Central Harlem; Beer & Spirits Consultants are Lauren Lynch and Jason Janawsky from the new gastropub Harlem Pub and floral design by Louis Gagliano from Harlem Flor.

The team is so delighted to be apart of this great event. Everyone is proud to showcase fine dining and living in Harlem. Guests will have a memorable time.

And we wish to offer a special, special thanks to Lizette LeBron, Banquet Manager for Dinosaur Bar-b-que. We could not have done this without her.

Savor the Season welcomes Harlem Flor as our floral designer

Louis Gagliano holds a Certificate in Floral Design from the Botanical Garden and is a partner at Harlem Flor floral atelier and boutique in New York City. He previously worked in hospitality and service management.

The florists at Harlem Flor pride themselves on modern but whimsical styling. In addition to serving weddings and corporate events, they produce custom arrangements of flowers and plants to suit your needs, from a birthday bouquet to a terrace garden.

Tickets for Savor the Season Uptown! are now available online

If you love food, come to the tasting event of the season — Uptown! Below is the link where you can order your tickets. Tell all your family and friends. You will have a great time, great food and beverages.

http://www.stayclassy.org/new-york/events/savor-season-uptown-chef-marcus-samuelsson/e18827

5 and Diamond is the first restaurant to sign on board to Savor the Season

Lia Sanfilippo and Selene Martinez opened The 5 and Diamond Restaurant on Frederick Douglass Boulevard which borders Central and West Harlem in 2010.

The 5 and Diamond Restaurant offers refined contemporary American fare and genuine Harlem hospitality. Chef David Martinez prepares food with passion — combining fresh seasonal ingredients and bold flavors with a refined presentation. He is committed to local, organic produce and is inspired by his culinary experience here and in Europe.

The 5 and Diamond Restaurant is upscale casual with large windows, sexy lighting, vibrant floral arrangements and soft jazzy music in the background. It is an easy place to drop in at any time. You can dine alone at the intimate bar, or enjoy a drink or meal while watching your favorite sports event. Come with friends and family to celebrate a special occasion, or have a romantic dinner for two. Remember to leave enough room for the decadent desserts, all made in-house.

Our Wine Consultant for Savor the Season

     

Eric White is certified by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust of London and the American Sommelier Association. White is a published wine professional with extensive experience in the NYC wine market.

He has lectured in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, and South Africa concerning logistics in selling wine in America, the basic of tasting wine, The South African Winelands, and the basic understanding of food and wine pairing.

Eric White has worked with premier wine merchants in New York City, international wineries and currently managing The Winery in Harlem, NY.

Special Musical Performance by Tumbling Bones for Savor the Season — Uptown!

The Tumbling Bones are purveyors of traditional American music who value, above all, grit. The twenty-somethings who make up the trio – Peter Winne, Jake Hoffman, and Sam McDougle – have been callousing their hands and pushing their vocal chords for years as they’ve toured, recorded, and breathed folk music. Their raw, though lucid, take on old American music has taken them across the world. The Tumbling Bones used to play in stringband-turned-indie rock outfit The Powder Kegs, and their time with that band took them from street-performing in Copenhagen and Berlin to venues along the east coast to an acclaimed 2007 performance on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor”  (they played on the show’s “People in Their Twenties Talent Competition” and won first prize).

Their debut, the 2011 EP – ‘Risk Not Your Soul” – combines fiery American spirituals (“Banks of Jordan”), driving fiddle tunes (“Sally Johnson”), wistful folk ballads (“East VA Blues”), and rusty country blues (“St. Louis Blues”). Peter Winne’s deep baritone lead, Jake Hoffman’s cutting tenor, and Sam McDougle’s fiddle and percussion are faithful to old styles, but the Tumbling Bones can’t help injecting modern sensibilities into their music, however subtly. The record showcases the band’s versatility while staying true to their insistence that traditional American music be presented with a strong dose of grit and emotional intensity, even in the 21st century.

Official Venue for Savor the Season!

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is the official venue for our Savor the Season event and we at Harvest Home Farmer’s Market could not be more excited!

As their website states, founder John Stage began Dinosaur Bar-B-Que with two partners as a mobile concession unit in 1983. After five years on the road, they settled in downtown Syracuse as a quick service lunch/dinner bar-b-que joint in 1988 and in 2004 opened their third Dinosaur Bar-B-Que location in Harlem.

Harlem location

Dinosaur Bar-b-que has been nationally acclaimed as some of the best bbq in the country. With numerous awards under their belt in publications such as Men’s Health and Eating Well magazines as well as receiving the honor of the Number 1 BBQ on Good Morning America, they have also been featured on various Food Network and Travel Channel shows. Their cookbook, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse, was also voted a best BBQ cookbook by the National Association of BBQ.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que prides themselves on fresh, homemade, high-quality food. They were a natural choice for Harvest Homes, and we are so excited to host Savor the Season – Uptown! at their restaurant this fall.

Founder and owner John Stage of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Visit their website to learn more!

http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/