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Green Gourmet
Eco Speaker Series
In partnership with The Eco Home Network and the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Eco Umbrella presents
The Green Gourmet™ Eco Speaker Series
Eco Umbrella Partners
The Eco-Home Network is a nonprofit, tax exempt educational organization dedicated to enhancing individual quality of life and planetary well being through education, demonstration and building a constituency for sustainable urban living.
Santa Monica Farmers Market
All four Santa Monica markets are Certified Farmers' Markets (CFMs). They are organized and managed by the City of Santa Monica for the mutual benefit of all who enjoy them. An estimated 900,000 shoppers visit the markets every year. Collectively, they provide customers year-round with a selection of fresh, seasonal produce that is pre-eminent among market programs in the state.
A guiding principle of Santa Monica Farmers' Markets is to accommodate as many California farmers as possible. This ensures the greatest variety of seasonal produce grown in the state. The markets' three locations within Santa Monica ensure that market customers have access to diverse local businesses offering an exciting mix of merchandise, services and food. The Santa Monica markets stand out for their unmatched selection of top quality produce from season to season.
Every Saturday morning at 11 am, KCRW-FM 89.9 broadcasts the Market Report on the Good Food Program hosted by Chef Evan Kleiman of Angeli Caffe on Melrose Avenue. In the Market Report, Laura Avery, supervisor of Santa Monica Farmers' Markets and manager of the Wednesday Market, reviews the week's produce and provides the listener with tips and insights on the best and freshest of what's in season. Markets are open year round rain or shine!
LivingHomes (www.LivingHomes.net) is a premier developer of modern, prefab homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to health and sustainable construction. All LivingHomes products are designed to achieve at least a LEED for Home “silver” accreditation and incorporate an environmental program that is among the most comprehensive of any production home. The company’s first home, designed by Sci-Arc founder Ray Kappe, FAIA, was installed in eight hours. It became the first home ever to receive a LEED for Home Platinum rating and was the only residence to win the 2007 AIA Sustainability Award. LivingHomes recently completed a showcase home with WIRED (www.wired.com/wiredlivinghome). Designed by renowned architects and constructed using natural and non-toxic materials and systems, LivingHomes successfully marries style and substance.
LivingHomes® has graciously agreed to Host the Chefs of the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series in their amazing LEED Certified LivingHomes®' Kitchens.
PREVIEW PARTY: Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series
Join us onWednesday, May 14that 7pm@ 2522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026with esteemed Chef, Ann Gentry who will share her story and talk about the connection of organic food, the environment and healthy eating. Come and celebrate with us!(Preview Party Passes can be purchased below)
As a Chef, restaurateur, food educator and visionary, Ann Gentry has spent the past twenty-five years striving to raise the standard of vegetarian cooking in this country. By combining the balanced approach to macrobiotic food preparation with the ambiance and richness of her Southern upbringing, she founded and continues to run Real Food Daily — the only restaurants in the Los Angeles area that serve a 100 percent vegetarian/vegan menu using foods grown exclusively with organic farming methods. Now boasting locations in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, the trailblazing proprietress and former executive chef is the owner of LA’s most progressive and highly lauded gourmet vegan eatery.Ann is also the executive chef to Vegetarian Times magazine, writes her own bi-monthly column about food and children for a magazine out of the UK called Junior: The World's Finest Parenting Magazine; and can also be seen on television hosting her own cooking show, Naturally Delicious with Ann Gentry on Veria, a new network dedicated to health and wellness that airs nationally on DISH Network.Come and have a preview taste of what's to come during the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series. We have a limited number of passes available for this intimate and fun evening, so please reserve and purchase your tickets online by using the secure Paypal button below.Special Thanks to our friends at SiteLA!Preview Party Passes are $75Only $55 if purchased by Earth Day (April 22) 2008!*Preview Party Passes can only be bought online in advance. To insure that you are on the Guestlist, please purchase your Preview Party passes today!- $75.00
Student Discount for Preview Party Passes
We want to help insure that as many people in the community can participate in the upcoming events, so we are offering a special student discount of $40 for STUDENTS. Preview Party Passes are $75 each, but for students the price will only be $40. Get your Preview Party Passes for the event with Ann Gentry!
Please have your Student I.D. with you to show the day of the event. We will have a special Student List upon check-in!
- $40.00
organic farm photo courtesy of SurLA Creative
Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series VIP PassThe Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series VIP Pass welcomes you to a wonderful eve which includes:
- an inspired Organic Cooking Demonstration by a Top Green Gourmet Chef,
- a private after-party tasting with the Chef, invited Green Experts and Guests,
- and a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the development of The Girls Sustainability Initiative and several other non-profit partners by sharing your support as a Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series VIP Pass Holder.
- Each Green Gourmet Eco Speaker event will take place either at an Eco Home, a LivingHome, or at the Organic Restaurant of the Chef
- Each Green Gourmet Speaker Series event will showcase the Foods & Produce available during the Season (Summer, Fall, Winter, & Spring) available at local Farmers Markets.
- Share and take part in a Unique Opportunity held at an Intimate and one-of-kind setting as a Green Gourmet Eco Speaker VIP Guest.
Each event will be an intimate and fun evening with the Chef. We only have a select number of VIP Guest Passes available, so please reserve your Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series VIP Pass today!
- The first of the Series will be held on Thursday, July 24th with Discovery Channel Celebrity Chef Nathan Lyon, from A Lyon in the Kitchen, which airs every Monday and Wednesday at Discovery Health. This special Premier event for the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series will be held at a beautiful and amazing LivingHomes LEED Certified Home.
Please use the Paypal button below to immediately receive yourGreen Gourmet Eco Speaker Series VIP Pass for the upcoming July 24th event with Chef Nathan Lyon from Discovery Channel:
Save over $100 off the VIP Guest Pass from today until May 21st, 2008 = VIP Pass is only = $129(from May 21, 2008 - June 14, 2008 - VIP Pass = $189)
VIP Guest Passes = $250
- $129.00
Childrens Passes
For parents and adults who would like to share this experience with a child, we offer Child Passes for only $35 each. Provide them with an experience of learning about the connection of the foods we eat, the environment and healthy living from Top Chefs and Green Living Experts. We have limited space available, so purchase your tickets today! *Please note that at least 1 adult must accompany a child to the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series- $35.00
We welcome your support, contributions and participation and look forward to seeing you during the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series!
In addition, the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series will be a CarbonFree event through 
Proceeds from the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series will go towards the development of the Girls Sustainability Initiative and other non-profit partners such as the Eco Home Network.
Preview Party is on May 14th - 7pm (Wednesday eve) @ SiteLA: 2522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles.
Get your Preview Party passes now!
(Available online - scroll down) *STUDENT DISCOUNT Tickets to PREVIEW PARTY AVAILABLE NOW!
Please save the following dates for the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series:
- Summer 2008 Premiere - Thursday, July 24th - with Celebrity Chef Nathan Lyon from Discovery Health Channel's A Lyon in the Kitchen
- Wednesday, August 20th - with Executive Chef Joseph Gillard of Napa Valley Grille
- Fall 2008 - Thursday, October 16th - with Amelia Saltsman, Chef & Author of the Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook
You can purchase your Preview Party Passes and VIP Guest Passes for the Green Gourmet Eco Speaker Series below. Scroll down to get your passes online immediately!
Special Thanks to our Community Partners & In-Kind Sponsors
