Taste of Thomaston 2014

Saturday • October 11, 2014 • 11:00am – 2:00pm

Knox Museum’s popular food and wine tasting festival celebrating everything local, featuring signature bites and sips from Mid-Coast Maine’s finest chefs, vintners & brewers, cheese artisans, bakers, and more, returns with some much-appreciated help from FMC and Allen Insurance & Financial, for a second year.  The tasting event takes place rain or shine in two big heated tents on the grounds of Montpelier, the big white house just off Route 1 at the turn to Saint George in Thomaston.

Heading up the list of local chefs contributing some of their signature dishes to the popular tasting event are Chef Melissa Kelly of Primo Restaurant in Rockland, 2013’s James Beard Best Chef in the Northeast; Chef Kerry Altiero of Café Miranda in Rockland, voted Maine’s Best Farm to Table Restaurant in 2013; Thomaston’s own Chef Scott Yakavenko of The Slipway, whose bouillabaisse has earned rave reviews from none other than the Food Network’s Emeril Lagasse; and award winning classically French trained Chef Manuel Mercier of The Youngtown Inn in Lincolnville.

Molly Sholes of Spruce Mountain Blueberries, Elaine Waldron of Hootin Gluten Free Bakery, Nancy and Pat O’Brien of Fiore Artisan Olive Oils & Vinegars, Sean and Tracey Beaudry from The Highlands Coffee House, Ryan Jones from Thomaston Café and Bakery, among many others, will all be on hand to share their creations.

Additional local specialty products will be available for tasting from the likes of Terra Optima Farm Market, State of Maine Cheese Company, 3 Dogs Café & Sweet Sensations, and Maine Street Meats. And the entire Thomaston Farmers Market will relocate to Montpelier’s grounds for the festival.

Entertainment to date includes live jazz by Bel Isle Trio, and horse and buggy rides around the grounds by Crystal Daggett and her prize horse, Romeo. New this year will be jewelry and art on display in booths outside the tent.

Tickets are available for sale online at www.knoxmuseum.org or by calling 354-8062.

For more information contact the museum at the phone number above or email [email protected].