2016 Heirloom Tomato Trek: Get Involved! 6.7.16

It’s almost the time of year for menus to feature a sea of red, juicy local heirloom tomatoes!! Locals and visitors alike always love going out and enjoying the creative dishes and drinks featuring the local delicacies and Limehouse Produce is excited to once again promote it all with their annual Heirloom Tomato Trek.   

The Heirloom Tomato Trek will run from June 20 to July 22 with a goal of promoting more to the public about the varietals, the local farmers, the supporting chefs, and more.

As part of the campaign, we are asking our restaurants, chefs and bartenders to consider getting behind the effort. We are asking you to submit photos and details on your dishes or drinks featuring local/heirloom tomatoes so we can promote on a special online website to the public. Patrons can then vote on their favorite posted items. A panel of judges will then go and select the best dish or drink as the winner who will receive a truck wrapped with an dish image for a period of time promoting the restaurant, and a special tomato trophy to display proudly.

If a restaurant/chef participates in this campaign, they will be promoted as part of the Trek via various outlets including a map listing all the participants. Limehouse Produce will be encouraging patrons to go to the participating places and order the featured dish or drink. Once they order, they are asked to take a photo and submit online and one lucky patron will a $100 gift card to the winning restaurant.

If you want to be involved in a different way, and have recipes you want to submit, we promote those as well. You can host a special event during the timeframe and we will help promote it. We also encourage any onsite promotions at your establishments/through your outlets. We can provide more on the varietals, photos and more details if needed.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and we hope to hear from you soon. Time is short as the promotion will kick off June 20 so please submit your details as quickly as you can.

Types of Heirloom Tomatoes to Showcase in Campaign:

• Sun Gold Cherries
• Golden Nugget
• Red and Green Zebra
• Striped German
• Purple Cherokee
• Brownie
• Indigo
• Shenghaung
• Cluj Yellow
• Ghost Cherry
• White and Black Cherry
• Peacevine

Interested restaurants can submit their photos and caption details to angel@hometeampr.com. We hope to have you a part and look forward to hearing from you soon!

Strawberry Campaign Kicks Off Exhibit at Downtown Library for Month of May! 5.2.16

Interested in seeing some of the work from this year’s Berry Creative Campaign? Be sure to visit the Charleston County Library downtown throughout the month of May to see some of the amazing work from area schools. Here is a peak of what you will see!

Limehouse Produce Announces Winners of 2016 “Berry Creative” Strawberry Campaign 4.18.16

Limehouse Produce is proud to announce the winners of the third annual “Berry Creative” Strawberry Campaign. For the campaign, area elementary schools submitted their best artwork and creative projects promoting strawberries. School classes submitted recipes, drawings, artwork, or stories all showcasing more about the popular fruit.

Limehouse received more entries than ever and decided to select a grand prize winner and to designate four categories for other winners:

• Overall 2016 Winner: Hursey Elementary: Liz Ramirez, lead teacher
• Best Art Work Project: James Simmons Elementary: Jessica Wilson, lead teacher
• Best Recipe Project: St. Andrews Math & Science Elementary: Pritchet Gibbs and Michelle “Mickie” Evans, lead teachers
• Best Hands-On Project: The Green Heart Project: Mitchell Elementary School, Sander Clyde Elementary, Meeting Street Academy, Meeting Street Elementary @ Brentwood, and Sullivan’s Island Elementary.
• Best Essay/Writing Project: Hunley Park Elementary: Joan Doran, lead teacher

As the Overall Winner, Hursey Elementary receives a Grand Prize of 100 pounds of local strawberries, a special trophy to display at school, and passes to Boone Hall Plantation to pick strawberries or to attend their annual Strawberry Festival. The four category winners receive a special trophy and 100 lbs. of strawberries. All students that enters in the competition will receive strawberries for their class to enjoy. The Charleston County Library Main Branch will have a special display showcasing some of the items in May.

Limehouse Produce Partners with the Charleston Wine + Food Festival for Next “Find the Truck” Promotion 2.19.16

Limehouse Produce, a proud annual supporter of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, has wrapped a delivery truck with a special festival design to celebrate and promote the 2016 event. The wrapped truck features Charleston Wine + Food’s 2016 campaign icons (including the Gastronaut – a culinary adventurer) perfectly paired with Limehouse’s signature lime, and can be seen driving around town starting today.

People that “Find the Truck” can snap a photograph and post to either the company’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Limehouse-Produce/145010405572579), on Instagram (@limehouselocal) or on the Festival’s facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChsWineandFood/) or Instagram (@chswineandfood) with the tag #CWFFLimeTruck. One lucky person who submits an image will be selected randomly to win a pair of tickets to the Culinary Village on Sunday. The deadline to submit photos is Friday, February 26 for consideration.

Anyone can submit photos and there is also no limit to the amount that one post to the sites. Limehouse Produce does ask that all photos are done parked and not while driving a vehicle.

Limehouse Produce Kicks Off Annual “Berry Creative” Strawberry Campaign with Area Elementary Schools 2.16.16