Partner Virtual Tours take you to behind-the-scenes tours at locations that have never been open to the public. Hear from an acclaimed North Fork chef as he talks about his quest to present the best that North Fork producers have to offer at his Long Island Sound restaurant. Visit an oyster farm in New Suffolk, New York, which supplies some of the top restaurants in New York City. Learn how snails are grown on the North Fork and delivered fresh across the country to restaurants, individual households or North Fork retail shops. We will take you to a farm that raises a carefully curated selection of organic game birds for meat, eggs and release and a farm that uses biodynamic practices that go beyond organic to maintain and sustain healthy soil and yield heathier and better tasting crops.
Here are our 2020 Foodie Tour Partners. Please click on the arrow on each video screen below to view the virtual tour and click on the partner’s name in blue to learn more.
Thanks also for the support of our partners, RGNY and Suhru Wines, who presented webinars on September 13th. See their webinar videos here.
Feisty Acres Farm, Southold, NY
with Abra Morawiec
Abra Morawiec and her partner Chris Pinto raise game birds, specialty poultry and goats on Feisty Acres Farm in Southold. Abra shares the joys and challenges of a farming life, and explains what is special about the heritage breeds they raise, using rotational grazing to enrich the land while producing the highest quality results.
KK’s The Farm, Southold, NY
with Ira Haspel
Ira Haspel had never even mowed a lawn until he and his wife KK bought their property in Southold, and decided they wanted to grow food for their family. Learn about the biodynamic farming method he uses to produce vegetables so tasty and nutritious that they are featured on the menus of the North Fork’s best restaurants.
Peconic Escargot, Cutchogue, NY
with Chef Taylor Knapp
Chef Taylor Knapp settled on the North Fork after a stint working at Noma, the renowned Michelin-starred restaurant in Copenhagen. When he couldn’t find a source for fresh snails he decided to do it himself and started Peconic Escargot which now supplies their product to the best New York City restaurants, and makes fresh snails available to home cooks as well.
Peeko Oysters, New Suffolk, NY
with Peter Stein
When Peter Stein got laid off from his 9-5 desk job he turned his love of being outdoors on the water into a thriving business growing oysters. Peeko Oysters now appear on the menus of New York’s top eateries such as Oceania and Gramercy Tavern. Learn what it takes to grow great oysters, while helping to keep our waters clean and healthy.
The Halyard, Greenport, NY
with Chef Stephan Bogardus
Chef Stephan Bogardus, executive chef of The Halyard is a North Fork native, a graduate of Mattituck High School and the Culinary Institute of America. Stephan talks about how the agricultural and maritime culture of the North Fork has shaped his career and his approach to creating menus which make the most of local ingredients.