Imagine an evening filled with delicious food, refreshing drinks, good music, and great company-- surrounded by 13 rustic acres of urban farmland. Sound too good to be true?
This experience is what Sustainable Pittsburgh has planned for 25 lucky winners and their guests through Graze Pittsburgh, a month-long contest celebrating the food and people within Pittsburgh's sustainable restaurant community.
During the month of July, people are encouraged to showcase their support for sustainable business practices by posting photos of their #GrazePGH moment on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Each qualifying post enters them for a chance to win two seats to an eight-course farm-to-table dinner experience prepared by four of Pittsburgh’s most popular chefs: Neil Blazin of Driftwood Oven, Bill Fuller of big Burrito Restaurant Group, Jessica Lewis of Spirits & Tales, and Elsa Santos of Azorean Café.
The prize dinner will be at Churchview Farm on Monday, August 5. Full contest details are available at Graze Pittsburgh.
“Graze is a fun and easy way for people to engage with sustainability and share their experiences,” said Rebecca Bykoski, Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program Manager. “Not only does this contest feature a fabulous grand prize of a special farm-to-table dinner, it highlights and celebrates the connections among the many people, organizations, and businesses that are working hard to build a better Pittsburgh region.”
“The thoughtfulness, interaction, and collaboration that occurs between chef and farmer translates directly to the food that is served on the farm,” said Tara Rockacy of Churchview Farm about the grand prize dining experience. “True farm-to-table experiences bring a level of awareness regarding the source of the meal and the intention behind it, as well as the collaboration that exists between the chef and the farmer.”
There are two ways for consumers to enter to win. Those who dine at Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants are encouraged to take a photo of their #GrazePGH moment while at the restaurant, then post to social media.
Alternatively, anyone who volunteers with a local sustainably-minded nonprofit organization, should snap a photo of their volunteer experience and post it to be entered to win.
All qualifying posts for diners and volunteers must include #GrazePGH, tag the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program (@SPRpgh), and tag either the restaurant or nonprofit organization.
Designated Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurants will be participating in their own version of the Graze contest. The restaurants enter to win by creating social media posts to highlight their sustainable actions, including actions that may not be as obvious to patrons.
Sustainable Pittsburgh will select 15 winners from the consumer entries and 10 winners from the designated restaurant entries. Each winner will be allowed to bring one guest to the grand prize dinner at Churchview Farm.
Through Graze, Sustainable Pittsburgh aims to increase awareness and engagement with businesses and organizations that are working to build vibrant communities and support environmentally responsible practices.
The contest is a project of the organization’s Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program, which recognizes and champions restaurants in the Pittsburgh region for their sustainability achievements.
The SPR program involves a restaurant’s completion of a formal online assessment, which evaluates its current state of sustainable business practices. Restaurants earn designations of Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, and can progress to higher designations over time.
Their sustainability profiles are available online a tSustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant. All four chefs participating in Graze work in establishments that have earned SPR designation.
For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the Sustainable Pittsburgh website. Click Here to sign up for regular updates. Like them on Facebook, Follow them on Twitter. Click Here to support their work.
To learn more about green innovation in the Pittsburgh Region, visit the Pittsburgh Green Story website.
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