Local chefs hosting dinner to benefit Farmington farm damaged by Tropical Storm Ida
Local restaurants and chefs are coming together on Oct. 3 to present a dinner benefiting a Farmington farm that was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Ida this month.
Chefs for Sub Edge will be at the Farmington Polo Club, 162 Town Farm Road, from 1 to 5 p.m. Dinner is $75 per person, $20 for children. Each chef or restaurant will have a table, and diners will go to each table and choose their dishes.
Participants include Toro Restaurant Group, which owns Toro Loco, Toro Taberna and Toro Mexican Street Food; DORO Restaurant Group, which owns Avert, Treva, Zohara, DORO Marketplace and Artisanal Burger Company; Millwrights of Simsbury; Present Company of Simsbury; Firefly Hollow Brewing of Bristol; Park Road Brewery of West Hartford; Alvarium Beer Company of New Britain; West Hartford native and “Chopped” winner Adam Greenberg; and Jason Welch of Fork & Fire in Farmington.
Phillips said his losses following the summer’s storms came to $100,000. On a gofundme account he sought $40,000 to cover operations. “People came through. We got it in a day,” he said.
The restaurants are now working to help the farm cover the rest.
A statement on Gofundme by farm owner Rodger Phillips from right after the storm stated “This most recent storm hit our farm hard. Thompson Brook rose up and started running through the farm on one side and the Farmington River rose up on the other until they met in the middle. Besides losing a good number of turkeys the farm has lost all of our fall plantings of vegetables like kale and spinach as well as Brussels sprouts, carrots, radishes and much more. Our beautiful 10 acres of winter squash is currently seven feet underwater.”
To buy tickets to Chefs for Sub Edge, visit eventbrite.com.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunen@courant.com.
