Outstanding in the Field in Apalachicola with 13 Mile Seafood

January 10 event with Apalachicola's 13 Mile Seafood Is Second Stop on 

Outstanding in the Field's Winter Tour

Chef Irv Miller of Pensacola's Jackson's Steakhouse will prepare the multi-course 

table-to-farm feast on the shores of Apalachicola Bay

On January 10, the traveling culinary circus called Outstanding in the Field comes to the Florida Panhandle for a table-to-farm dinner featuring oysterman Tommy Warden of 13 Mile Seafood and other local farmers and food artisans. Guest chef Irv Miller of Pensacola's Jackson's Steakhouse will prepare the multi-course meal in Outstanding's pop-up kitchen on the shores of Apalachicola Bay. 

"Dining at the water's edge at an oyster farm isn't your everyday experience, but we love finding new places to put our long table," said Outstanding in the Field founding chef/artist Jim Denevan. "Last winter was our first visit to the Florida Panhandle, and we loved it. Chef Irv Miller was part of the kitchen crew and we're thrilled to have him helm our kitchen this year. I can't wait to see what he does with Tommy's fresh catch."

Based in Santa Cruz, CA, Outstanding in the Field is a nomadic "restaurant without walls" that has staged more than 600 events and welcomed more than 80,000 guests at its long table set in farm fields and orchards, on beaches and mountaintops, in barns and greenhouses. Hundreds of talented culinary artists -- including dozens of Top Chefs and James Beard award winners and nominees -- have cooked in OITF's traveling kitchen.

Back in the summer of 1999, Chef Jim Denevan came up with the idea of setting a table on a farm and inviting diners to an open-air meal in celebration of the farmer and the gifts of the land. Outstanding in the Field has now done table-to-farm dinners in all 50 states across the USA and nine countries around the world.

Outstanding's communal table, carefully composed alongside the ingredients for the evening's meal, inspires both conversation at the table and a broader discussion about food, community and the meaning of place. After a tour of the farm, diners take their seats alongside the farmers, cheesemakers, ranchers, foragers, fisherfolk, brewers, winemakers and other local food artisans who have provided ingredients for the feast, coming together in delicious communion to break bread and share stories.

"How people think about food has changed so much since the Outstanding bus first crossed the country," says Denevan, who is also an artist internationally known for his panoramic drawings on sand, earth and ice. "Everywhere we go, we discover passionate farmers and regional chefs with national reputations using ingredients in fresh new ways to create exciting meals for adventurous diners. From the beginning, we set out to inspire an appreciation for local farmers, and the food culture has traveled right along with us. We're proud to be the hardworking roadies who set the stage for our rock-star farmers."

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