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From the Ground Up
Gardiner Museum Hosts Inaugural Benefit Lecture on
Sustainable Food Supply in Canada

Contact: Diane Wolfe
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
416.408.5063
dianew@gardinermuseum.com

The Gardiner Museum in Toronto will host a lecture and gala dinner featuring sustainably-produced food prepared by chef Jamie Kennedy in an intellectual and culinary feast that will satisfy voracious and demanding appetites. This is the inauguration of From the Ground Up: Nurturing the Art of Sustainable Living, a series of annual culinary and educational events at the Gardiner. Renowned chefs Sinclair Philip and Michael Stadtlander, and Lori Stahlbrand, president of Local Flavours Plus will join Kennedy to discuss the sustainability of Canada's food supply in the Gardiner Museum's inaugural annual lecture on Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Following the presentation, guests may enjoy a sumptuous gala dinner, prepared in the kitchen of Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner, celebrating the freshness and flavour of locally produced food and wine.

The inspiring evening of thought-provoking conversation and mouthwatering dishes is certain to become an edible tradition with proceeds going to the Education Department of the Gardiner Museum, which supports the participation of more than 15,000 school children from the Greater Toronto Area.

The featured speakers are passionately committed to integrating the principles of sustainability into all aspects of their culinary work, forging relationships with family-run farms and small-scale producers who create artisan products from local foods. Such producers will provide the ingredients for the dinner, which will be created with food and wine grown or prepared within 100 miles of the Gardiner Museum.

Celebrating ceramic art, the Gardiner Museum is one of the world's preeminent specialty museums. The Museum is open Monday to Thursday 10 to 6, Friday 10 to 9 and Saturday and Sunday 10 to 5. Admission is free the first Friday of every month and every Friday from 4 to 9.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Alexandra Montgomery, Executive Director of the Gardiner Museum, please contact Diane Wolfe, Director of Education and Programs, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, at 416.408.5063, or by email at dianew@gardinermuseum.com

To reserve tickets for the event contact the Gardiner Museum at 416.586.8080 or www.gardinermuseum.on.ca