The Middleburg Community Center
300 W Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117
Saturday April 26th, 2025
5:00 PM
For years now, we’ve made it our mission to marry the finest local culinary talent with the Valley’s best wines, creating the Shenandoah Valley’s most important food & wine event.
The SlowFoodVastWine™ experience celebrates sustainability and culinary excellence. It appreciates local farmers & vintners, and supports their efforts in attentive stewardship and regenerative practices.
We believe these sustainable and regenerative practices in farming are on the same philosophical page as the nurturance of our children through an authentic Montessori education. Both practices work in harmony with nature’s design to yield the fruitful bounty of health, wholeness and happiness for all involved.
Our intent is to celebrate and support these agricultural and educational practices through our event. We invite you to experience it yourself!
Please Support our Sponsors
Where:
The Middleburg Community Center
300 W Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117
When:
Saturday April 26th, 2025
5:00 PM
SlowFoodVastWine™ 2025 Menu
Passed Hors D’ oeuvres
Mac & Cheese Bite
Carnitas Tostadas
Prime Beef Tartare
First Course
Chilly Hollow Farm Heirloom Beet Salad
Second Course
Crisfield MD Crab Cake
Third Course
Hunt Country Cattle Hanger Steak
Fourth Course
Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Timeline of the Evening
5:00pm
Welcome cocktail hour, enjoy hand-poured drinks & peruse the Silent Auction.
6:30pm
Sit down to Bluewater Kitchen’s 4 course slow food menu with wine pairings.
8:00pm
Auction winners announced! Address by Nicholas Fonte, Director of John XXIII Montessori Center.
Giving Moment.
9:00pm
Dance the night away and soak up the music provided by local talent The Ben-David Warner Band.
Bluewater Kitchen
Bluewater Kitchen, a premier full-service farm-to-table catering and event company, is committed to creating exceptional culinary experiences.
Their dedicated team collaborates closely with local farmers and ranchers to craft customized menus for each event. Bluewater Kitchen’s goal is to inspire a renewed appreciation for hyper-local farm-to-table cuisine.
From fresh, seasonally available delicacies to tailored event styling, Bluewater Kitchen guarantees an unforgettable and curated event experience. With a focus on sustainability, they create custom menus based on clients’ tastes, seasonal availability, and the unique style of each celebration. By fostering relationships with farmers in the Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont Region, Bluewater Kitchen is actively promoting a reconnection to the sources and processes that bring food from the farm to the table.
We’re sure you’ll find their work mouth-wateringly delicious!
Ben-David Warner
We’re excited to welcome Ben-David Warner as the featured musician for the evening!
A talented multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, Ben-David bridges the worlds of choral and folk music. A former member of the high-energy folk band Scythian, he now serves as assistant conductor for both The University Singers at UVA and The Oratorio Society of Virginia. He also tours nationally, sharing his unique blend of Irish Americana.
Classically trained on the violin, Ben-David also plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, and just about any stringed instrument he can find. His songwriting has earned praise from The Bluegrass Situation, which called his track “Built These Walls” a “blue-collar ballad we can all get behind.” His debut solo album, Red Rockin’ Chair, was released in 2015.
