2016 Citrus Celebration 1.4.16

Over twenty of Charleston’s best bars and restaurants are getting into the citrusy spirit as they showcase delicious drinks, dishes, and desserts as part of Limehouse Produce’s 2016 Citrus Celebration. This year, participants were asked to get a little more creative and select from just four citrus items: cara cara oranges, satsuma tangerines, pumellos, and meyer lemons when creating their items.

Limehouse Produce is once again sharing more details on these featured dishes and drinks on their website along with recipes for people to download and try on their own. Patrons can also go and ask for the respected dish or drink at the participants locations until the end of February.

A panel of judges will be visiting the top five places from each category and select a winner for the Best Citrus Dish and Best Citrus Drink. Each winner will be promoted on the website, social media outlets, and to the media. NEW THIS YEAR: The restaurant with the winning dish will be featured on the side of a Limehouse Produce truck and the winning drink will be featured in a ½ page ad in The Local Palate.

Check out the entries here.

Details for Citrus Celebration Announced! 12.14.15

Over twenty of Charleston’s best bars and restaurants are getting into the citrusy spirit as they showcase delicious drinks, dishes, and desserts as part of Limehouse Produce’s 2016 Citrus Celebration. This year, participants were asked to get a little more creative and select from just four citrus items: cara cara oranges, satsuma tangerines, pumellos, and meyer lemons when creating their items.

Restaurants and bars part of this promotion include:

2015 Fall Cornucopia Cooking Competition Winning Results 11.29.15

Limehouse Produce announced the winners of the 2015 Fall Cornucopia Cooking Competition which featured students from area high school culinary programs. Each participating school held competitions at their respected location to select a winner to compete in the overall competition. In the end, Ethan Tordoff from Fort Dorchester High School, Chloe Seay from Wando High School, and Michelle Hammock from West Ashley High School competed in the main event that was held on Friday, November 20 at the Culinary Institute of Charleston. For the competition, students were given an hour and a half to cook their dish for a panel of judges including Hanna Raskin from the Post & Courier, Jamie Vaughn from Limehouse Produce, Chef Michael Carmel from the Culinary Institute of Charleston, and Chef Michelle Weaver from Charleston Grill. The winner of the competition was Ethan Tordoff and his Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins. Ethan received $125 courtesy of Teach the Need, dinner at Charleston Grill, a behind-the-scenes tour of Charleston Grill with Chef Michelle Weaver, his winning dish featured in an upcoming issue of The Local Palate and a Limehouse Produce gift basket. The other runner ups received a cash prize from Teach the Need, a behind-the-scenes tour of Charleston Grill and Limehouse Produce gift baskets.

Video recap via Charleston County School District: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGJFltzj93I&feature=youtu.be

2015 Fall Produce Cooking Competitions for Local High Schools 9.16.15

Limehouse Produce is excited to be coordinating a special  fall produce cooking competition with Lowcountry High School Culinary Programs.

For this special competition, we are asking students to submit recipes using fall produce for consideration for the competition. Then each school will pick a winner from the school to compete on behalf of the school. The selected student will then come and cook their dish at the Culinary Institute of Charleston for a panel of judges and one will be named the overall winner. This competition was held with college culinary students last year and it was a big hit.

Limehouse Produce will  supply the produce in advance if students want to try it out before submitting. And we will supply what is needed for the competition! 

Prizes:

• First Place: $125 courtesy of Feed the Need, behind-the-scenes tour with Chef Michelle Weaver at Charleston Grill, dinner at Charleston Grill, ad in The Local Palate showcasing dish, promotion on website and social media
• Second Place: $75 courtesy of Feed the Need, behind-the-scenes tour with Chef Michelle Weaver at Charleston Grill, promotion on website and social media
• Third Place: $50 courtesy of Feed the Need, behind-the-scenes tour with Chef Michelle Weaver at Charleston Grill, promotion on website and social media
• Remaining Chefs: gift basket, promotion on website and social media

To learn more, contact Angel Postell at angel@hometeampr.com.

Winners Announced for 2015 Tomato Trek 8.17.15

After an exciting summer filled with amazing heirloom tomato dishes, a winner has been announced for the 2015 Tomato Trek. Chef Brannon Florie of The Granary’s dish was the overall winner of this year’s competition: Geechie Boy tomatoes, watermelon radish, Daikon radish, breakfast radish, English cucumber, pickled red onion, house mozzarella, house basil, baby arugula, white balsamic, and Watermelon, Heirloom Tomatoes, Radish, Pickled Red Onion, Basil-Arugula-Mint pest, Goats Milk Feta. The dish was selected by compiling votes from a panel of judges and online votes. Florie received a special trophy to acknowledge the honor, along with 100lbs of tomatoes.

The 2015 fan vote was presented Chef Aaron Lemieux of Michael’s on the Alley who received the most online votes for his dish: Smoked Tomato, Tomato consommé  braised farro, roof top garden basil, Rosemary & green onion flowers. Lemieux received 50lbs for the win!

The participants for the amateur competition all received gift certificates to The Veggie Bin or Boone Hall Farms for their participation, and one lucky winner was selected to receive $100 gift card to The Granary just for taking a photo and tagging it with #tomatottrek.

A big thanks to everyone’s support and we look forward to another great trek in 2016!