Slow Food Miami's "Snail of Approval" Tasting Party Returns on March 14th
Slow Food Miami’s “Snail of Approval” Tasting Party, hosted by Kelly Blanco of NBC 6 ,returns for its eighth year on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Regarded as Miami’s Freshest Night Out, the annual celebration will be held from 7PM to 10PM at The Palms Hotel & Spa, home to farm-to-table concept Essensia Restaurant & Lounge.
The tasting party will unite dozens of the city’s top chefs, and local growers and producers for a night of tasting and honoring Miami’s fast-growing healthy food scene. New this year, Slow Food Miami will be presenting the Lifetime Snail Award to a special member of the Miami culinary community - Chef Allen Susser of The Café at Books and Books - for his longtime commitment to sourcing local and support of the Slow Food movement.
Slow Food Miami is a local 100% volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to “planting a fresher future for our children.” It’s the local chapter of Slow Food USA, a national non-profit dedicated to supporting good, clean and fair food for all that supports our local communities from the ground up.
General admission tickets are $98 per person in advance; $128 per person at the door. Tickets can be purchased here with all event proceeds benefiting Slow Food Miami’s Edible Garden Program. VIP Garden Sponsor tickets are $750 and include a garden box for a school and free entry to Freshest Night Out with early bird admission at 6:30 PM.
Guests will indulge in tastes from Miami’s farm-to-table best, including a mix of current 2018-2019 “Snail of Approval” honorees and past “Snail of Approval” winners.
Current confirmed chefs and food artisan honorees to date:
3030 Ocean
Angry Booch
Babe’s Meat & Counter
BB&T Center
Beat Culture Brewing
Books & Books Coral Gables
Burlock Coast
Chef David Cuisine and Event Planning
Counter Culture Kombucha
Courtney’s Cookies
Dasher & Crank
Essensia Restaurant & Lounge at The Palms Hotel
Exquisito Chocolates
Frice Cream
Gables Delight
Garcia Nevett Chocolatier de Miami
Gravity Brewing
Greenhouse Miami
Grown
Hammock Greens
Luke’s Lobster
Miami Smokers
Nightlife Brewing Co.
Per’La Specialty Roasters
PG Tropicals
Radiate Kombucha
Root & Bone
Seasons Farm Fresh
Serendipity Creamery
Stiltsville Fish Bar
Stubborn Seed
Surfrider
The Brick Miami
The Jim & Neesie
Titanic Brewery
Tuyo
The event also features two awards, the “People’s Choice” Award and the judge’s “Best Bite of the Night” Award. The evening’s celebrity judges are INDULGE Miami magazine editor-in-chief , Jenny Starr Perez who will be joined by food writer Victoria P. Elliot and Eater Miami editor Olee Fowler; the trio will judge the "Best Bite of the Night” Award. Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase school garden grants during the event.
The Slow Food Miami "Snail of Approval" points South Floridians and visitors to food that is good, clean and fair by identifying and honoring producers, purveyors and artisans who contribute to food and beverage quality, authenticity and sustainability.
Find the “Snail of Approval” list on the Slow Food Miami website, as well as on the mobile app, The Slow Food Planet.
Follow @SlowFoodMiami on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional 2018-2019 participating honorees and the latest updates.
Slow Food Miami’s “Freshest Night Out”
The Palms Hotel & Spa
3025 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL
Reduced valet is available for $20.
