Outstanding in the Field Coming to Bainbridge Island

Tani Creek Farm

If the meal in front of a mountain tempted you earlier this week, here’s exciting news: Outstanding in the Field is coming right here to the Seattle area.

Outstanding in the Field ups the ante on the farm-to-table concept by putting the table right out on the farm. For this local event, the location is the Tani Creek Farm on Bainbridge Island, with a landscape described as a cross between Pacific Northwest and Mediterranean (picture fruit and nut orchards, olive trees, hops climbing trellises and the like), and sloping hills that offer stunning views of Puget Sound.

Expect a farm tour to start the event before proceeding to the long, white-clothed table that is the signature of the Outstanding in the Field communal dinners.

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Chef McGill (photo by Brad Camp, Kitsap Sun)

The unique dinner features locally sourced food paired with wine from Bainbridge Island. At the helm is Chef Brendan McGill of the island’s Hitchcock restaurant, who is receiving accolades for his farm-to-table cooking, with music from the gypsy swing band Ranger and the Re-Arrangers.

Our local Outstanding in the Field dinner takes place on Saturday, October 2. Entry for the five-course dinner (which includes wine and gratuities) is $200, with profits going to the Kitsap Community and Agricultural Alliance, a grassroots organization dedicated to small farm preservation.

If you’d like to make a weekend of it, note that the dinner is one event of many that make up the Island Wine Weekend, which will include a variety of activities for food lovers. Look for a concert and street party on Friday, and a choice (maybe do both!) of an all-you-can-eat oyster and shellfish opportunity, or a Syrah and sliders soiree. Saturday brings a food and field tour, as well as a winemakers brunch. And Sunday is a Grand Tasting of wines to close out the weekend.