Farm to Table Dinner
Chef Chad Cushman, "The Crepe Guy" and the Quad Cities Food Hub Community Kitchen present our first Farm to Table Dinner on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6pm. This fundraiser will benefit the Quad Cities Food Hub. Dinner tickets are $35 each and are available at the Quad Cities Food Hub, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport. For more information, call 563-265-2455.The menu:
Lemon, Pomegranate, and Chickpea Dip with Crispy Pita Chips
Bacon Wrapped Potatoes with Apple - Cinnamon BBQ Sauce
Garlic Rosemary Encrusted Sawyer Beef with Horseradish Cream Sauce & Red Pepper Relish
Roasted Root Vegetable & Winter Squash with Chili Honey Sauce
Assorted Local Sausages & Local Cheeses with Mustards and House-Made Condiments
Fresh Greens with Dried Fruits. Pecans, White Cheddar, and Bourbon-Vanilla Vinaigrette
Apple Cobbler with Berries and Chantilly Cream
Please join us for an amazing evening of culinary adventure featuring some of the best locally-sourced food. We hope to see all of you there!
About Chef Chad Cushman
Chef Chad Cushman began his long and diverse career in the kitchen at the young age of 15. For the past 25 years, he has worked as a senior executive chef at a variety of notable locations, spent time in restaurant management and hospitality, helped develop menus, and served as a consultant for a variety of restaurant concepts from fast casual to fine dining. In 2010, the seasoned chef developed his hugely popular pop-up restaurant under the guise of The Crepe Guy and has since been serving sweet and savory crepes to delighted diners at various locations throughout Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, as well as catering private events both large and small.Always one to experiment, Chef Cushman approaches cooking as a creative act and passionately utilizes his unique ideas and instincts to come up with memorable flavors. Though he appreciates the appeal of classic cooking, he enjoys encouraging young chefs to embrace outside-of-the-box ideas. Chef Cushman serves on the board of the Freight House Farmers' Market and on the Quad Cities Food Hub's kitchen committee where he has been an integral advocate working towards the development of a community shared-use kitchen. He lives in Davenport and enjoys traveling near and far to experience great restaurants and gather inspiration. Learn more about Chef Cushman at www.thecrepeguy.com.
