On Saturday, The Land Connection hosted Sliced & Diced: A Home-chef Cooking Competition, pitting 3 local home-chefs against each other in a local food Battle Royale. The saga unfolded on-stage at Urbana’s Sweetcorn Festival between Sarah Beal, Summer Prescott, and John McNally. Each chef brought their own equipment, spices, oils, starches, and pre-prepared proteins. Their […]
Artisan Cup & Fork
Sliced & Diced: A Home-chef cooking competition
If you are known among your friends and family as an amazing cook, then we have an experience you don’t want to miss! The Land Connection is hosting a home cook cooking challenge during the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. The challenge will be similar to Food Network’s Chopped. Participants will receive a “basket” of local ingredients […]
Tickets on sale now for the sixth annual Artisan Cup & Fork!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dana Vollmer, Development Director PHONE: 217-840-2128 EMAIL: dana@thelandconnection.org (Champaign, IL) The Land Connection Board and Staff are thrilled to announce that the 6th annual Artisan Cup & Fork chef competition will take place Saturday, Sept. 11 at Bluestem Hall (1401 E Old Church Rd., Urbana, IL 61802). Tickets are on […]
Trips of a Lifetime Auction at The Artisan Cup & Fork
The 4th annual Artisan Cup & Fork is just around the corner. As we gear up for this delicious chef-competition fundraiser, we are excited to tell you about a new addition to the event. The Land Connection is partnering with the nonprofit organization American Fundraising Foundation (AmFund) to host an exclusive Trips of Lifetime Silent Auction. […]
Why Burning Oak Farm Teamed Up with the Artisan Cup & Fork
Submitted by Cassie Carroll on Mon, 08/29/2016 – 5:54pm There’s a new event on the block – the Artisan Cup & Fork – downstate Illinois’ premiere food competition. The tagline, “Life is too short to drink bad booze and eat bad food” is the perfect way to describe this unique culinary experience. The event highlights 8 […]
