Artisanal LA - Oct 23-24

Clear your weekend! Artisanal LA will showcase the city’s finest local, sustainable and handmade edibles Saturday and Sunday, October 23-24 in the penthouse of downtown's historic Cooper Building. Admission to the event ($10 pre-sale, $15 cash at the door) includes:

• Hosted beverages like Honest Tea, Dry Soda, Function and Bonadea
• Local craft beer and spirits tasting (21+)
• A one-of-a-kind tote bag for the first 1000 attendees
• Workshops and cool handmade activities
• Family friendly arts & crafts
• Great speakers and chef demos
• Giveaways and door prizes all weekend long
• Unlimited re-entry all weekend long
• DJ Bryan Davidson setting the mood
• Pitchfork's Mud Baron giving out seedlings to inspire everyone's inner urban farmer
• Shopping from more than 75 local craft vendors - with more being added every day
• Gift wrap hosted by Uncouth Gourmand benefiting the LA Regional Food Bank to help kick off holiday shopping
• Partial proceeds benefit LAUSD Edible School Gardens

 

The Latest Roster of Local Vendors

Baked Goods
All Jarred Up www.alljarredup.etsy.com
Bakelab www.thebakelab.com
Baking Betty's www.bakingbettys.com
Cake Monkey Bakery www.cakemonkey.com
Cookie Casa www.cookiecasa.com
Flying Pie Man (no site available)
Gotta Have S’more www.GottaHavesmore.com
I Heart Pies www.iheartpies.com
Marcie's Pies www.jimenezfamilyfarm.com
My Delight Cupcakery www.mydelightcupcakery.com
Sweet Détente www.sweetdetente.com
Sweet Dreamery Desserts www.sweetdreamerydesserts.com
Tartist www.tartist.la
Vici Victual www.twitter.com/vicivictual
The Welsh Baker www.welshbaker.com
 
Beverages
Bonadea Drinks www.bonadeadrinks.com
Cold Brew and Cola www.coldbrewandcola.com
Maria Elena's Authentic Latino www.mariaelenas.com
 
Fresh Food Café
The Oaks Gourmet theoaksgourmet.com
Homegirl Café  www.homeboy-industries.org
 
Chocolate/Confections
Beachy Cream: Malibu's Natural Ice Cream www.beachycream.com
Butterfly Brittle www.butterflybrittle.com
Calabasas Candy Co. www.calabasascandyco.etsy.com
ChocoVivo www.chocovivo.com
Compartes Chocolates www.compartes.com/
Embrace - A Sweets Company www.embracesweets.com
Medina Chocolatier  www.medinachocolatier.com

Morning Glory Confections www.morninggloryconfections.com
Ococoa www.ococoa.com/
P.O.P. Candy  www.gopopcandy.com
Plush Puffs www.plushpuffs.com
Spun City Organic www.bernod.com
 
Coffee & Tea
Café de Leche www.cafedeleche.net
Sugarbird Sweets & Tea www.sugarbirdsweets.com
 
Garden
Winnetka Farms www.winnetkafarms.com
Woolly Pockets www.woollypocket.com
Silverlake Farms www.silverlakefarms.com
Kitchen Apparel & Accessories
Collision Ware www.collisionware.com
Common Thread Studio www.commonthreadstudio.com
Domestic Doll www.domesticdolldesign.com
Miss Fruitfly http://missfruitfly.com
 
Meat, Sausage & Dairy
Lindy & Grundy's lindyandgrundy.com
Cast Iron Gourmet www.castirongourmet-la.com
Open Space Meats www.openspacemeats.com
Villebois Kitchen www.villeboiskitchen.com
 
Non-Profit
Mud Baron www.mudbaron.com
Food Chain Workers Alliance www.foodchainworkers.org
Slow Food Los Angeles  www.slowfoodla.com
 
Oil, Vinegar, Pantry
Akasha Restaurant, Bar & Bakery www.akasharestaurant.com
All Spice Café www.allspicecafe.com
Backwards Bee Keepers www.backwardsbeekeepers.com
Chicks With Knives’ Perishable Pickle Shop  www.perishablepickle.com
Fancifull Fine Foods & Baskets  www.fancifullgiftbaskets.com
Global Gardens www.globalgardensonline.com
Jammies Jams www.jammiesjams.com
Jenkins Jellies www.jenkinsjellies.com
Lemon Bird Handmade Jams www.lemonbirddesign.com
Mozambique Spices www.mozambiqueoc.com
San Angel Mole www.sanangelmole.com
Sauce Goddess Gourmet www.saucegoddess.com
SoNo Trading Company www.sonotrading.com
That's A Nice www.thatsanice.com
The Olive Press www.theolivepress.com
The Unforgettables www.unforgettablefoods.com
 
Produce
Farm Fresh To You www.farmfreshtoyou.com
Farmscape Gardens www.farmscapegardens.com
 
Beer & Spirits
Eagle Rock Brewery www.eaglerockbrewery.com
Tru Organic Spirits www.greenbar.biz
Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141320886321

Vegan
Rawk - N - Roll  www.RawknRollCuisine.com


 

Weekend Chef Demos, Tastings, Panels and Workshops

Saturday, October 23rd ·
12p: Chef Jonathan Rollo, Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop - Using Local and Seasonal Produce (Demo)
1p: Woolly Pockets - Simple One Container Kitchen Herb Gardens (Workshop)
1p: Local Honey Panel - Local Beekeeping w/Backwards Beekeepers, Feral Honey & Bee (Panel)
2p: Chef James Overbaugh, The Peninsula Hotel - Growing and Cooking with Artisanal Pumpkins (Demo)
 2p: Vanessa De Vargas, Turquoise - Setting an Eco Table (Workshop)
3p: Christopher Klapp & Chef Ben Bailly, Petrossian - Sustainable Caviar (Demo and Tasting)
3p: Tara Kolla, Garden Guru, Silver Lake Farms - Urban Farming: How to Grow and Cook with Microgreens (Workshop)
4p: Lindy & Grundy, Heritage Meats and Home Butchering - w/ Marissa Guggianna, Author of Primal Cuts (Demo, Tasting, Raffle)
5p: Laura McIntosh, Host “Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh“ - The Difference Between Sustainable & Organic: What’s More Important?
All Day: Common Thread Studio - Hand Sewn Egg Cozies (Workshop 12-2p & 3-5p )
All Day: Pumpkin Paper Crafts for Kids (Craft)

Sunday, October 24th
12p: Chef Joseph Gillard, Napa Valley Grille - Biodynamic Wine Pairings (Demo and Tasting)
1p: Geri Miller, LA Master Gardener, mar’sel, Terranea Eco Resort & Mixologist Blake Edwards, TheDrinkChef, mar’sel, Terranea Eco Resort - Garden Cocktail Infusions (Demo and Tasting)
2p: Suzanne Griswold & Rachael Narins, Chicks with Knives‘ - Perishable Pickle Shop: Pickling 101 (Demo and Tasting)
3p: Craft Beer Panel - Eagle Rock Brewery & Nibble Bit Tabby - Moderated by The Beer Chicks (Panel and Tasting)
4p: Lindy & Grundy, Heritage Meats and Home Butchering w/ Chef Christian Page, Daily Dose (Demo, Tasting, Raffle)
5p: Josh Simon, Co-Founder & President, Function Drinks - Growing a Local Food Biz in LA (Speaker)
All Day: Common Thread Studio - Hand Sewn Egg Cozies  (Workshop 12-2p & 2-5p)
All Day: Pumpkin Paper Crafts for Kids (Craft)

Sponsors & Supporters Include
Bonadea Beverages, City of Los Angeles' Office of the Mayor, DineLA, Dry Soda, Eagle Rock Brewery, Function Drinks, Green Bar Collective, The Healthy Voyager, Honest Tea, KCRW's Good Food, Mud Baron, POM, Slow Food Movement Los Angeles, Whole Foods Market 3rd & Fairfax, Woolly Pockets and Your Daily Thread (who will be hosting our lounge area).