How to Get Local Produce & Proteins During the Health Crisis
A number of PCG farmer members offer CSAs and online line ordering sites so you can continue to support and receive the benefits from local agriculture.
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Meet PCG Member – Lewis Donald: From Country Clubs to BBQ Pits
Lewis Donald, a Piedmont Culinary Guild member since 2016, owns and operates the highly praised Sweet Lew’s BBQ in the Belmont neighborhood. Although BBQ is the name of this game these days, he wasn’t always laser-focused on the Southern cuisine.
PCG Members Participate in Queen’s Feast – Winter 2020
Charlotte’s annual winter edition of Restaurant Week, Queen’s Feast 2020, kicks off Friday, January 17 – and runs through Sunday, January 26. Three courses for $35.00 (plus, tax/tip). Even better news. You can dine to your heart’s content and still support local farmers, provisioners, and food artisans.
Meet PCG Members – The Southminster Team: Making the Golden Years Delicious
One taste of the food from Southminster, a life plan community here in Charlotte, will have you picking up the pace toward that retirement plan. But meals held in such high regard do not come without a fantastic team in the kitchen.
Meet PCG Member – Jamie Swofford: From Farm Boy To The Chef’s Farmer
Despite having spent nearly two decades in kitchens throughout the Southeast and abroad, what PCG Professional Member Jamie Swofford really wanted to do was focus less on the restaurant itself, and more on the food and ingredients.
Meet PCG Member – Jamie Barnes: Elevating Fries and the Charlotte Culinary Community
Jamie Barnes of What The Fries food truck is one of PCG’s inaugural professional members. He joined in 2015 because he wanted to support local farms. Jamie’s goal is to purchase 70% of his ingredients from local producers.
Meet PCG Member – Julia Simon: Vegan Encourager, Educator, & Promoter
An experience at Grand St. Settlement in New York City changed the trajectory for PCG Professional Member Julia Simon. Julia noticed what her students were eating in the community center’s cafeteria. “The food they were putting out was abysmally bad,” she says.
Meet PCG Member – Adam Reed: Continuing His Family’s French Chef Tradition with Local Flare
PCG Professional Member Chef Adam Reed didn’t think he’d end up in Matthews, North Carolina. But when an opportunity presented itself, he braved the weather (literally) and made the move.
Meet PCG Member – Rachel Klebaur: National Cheese Expert has Locals’ Backs
Nationally certified cheese expert, Rachel Klebaur was one of the first members of Piedmont Culinary Guild members – with Orrman’s Cheese Shop an inaugural Business Member. “I joined to support the Guild,” she says. “They do a lot of hard work to bring the community together.”
Meet PCG Member – Shelley Proffitt-Eagan: Changing North Carolina Beef Farming
In a typical male-dominated industry, PCG Professional Member Shelley Proffitt-Eagan is one of a growing number of female farm operators in North Carolina. Her farm, Proffitt Family Cattle Company, is one of few that is a USDA-certified organic, 100% grass-fed beef farm.