2nd Annual Chef's
Night: Courses and Horses
Last year’s first annual Chef’s Night – Horses and
Courses was hailed as “the most exciting social event in the Woodstock
area for many years.” Over 40 restaurants and beverage participants
presented samples of their culinary finest. Guests included people from all over
the Upper Valley and GMHA members from near and far.
The Second Annual Chef’s Night will be held on August 18 from 5:00 to
7:30 at the GMHA facility on route 106 in South Woodstock. Most of last
year’s food and beverage providers are returning this year to join new
providers, who after hearing of last year’s success, are vying to join in.
This year’s equestrian entertainment will be a DerbyCross
competition, which has been called the “next great horse sport.”
Typically, DerbyCross is a team competition that combines the speed and accuracy
of show jumping with the bravery and endurance of cross-country jumping.
Here at GMHA, for the first time ever – carriage drivers will join in on the
fun.
GMHA’s new breed of competition will consist of four teams, each with 4
equestrians. There will be 1
professional event rider, 1 young event rider, 1 driver with a single horse, and
1 driver with a pair. The riders
will navigate a course combining stadium and cross country fences.
The drivers will navigate a course following a similar track.
Their challenges will involve sets of cones with tennis balls on top and
two sets of solid obstacles called hazards.
Penalties will be awarded for knockdowns (jump rails for riders, tennis
balls for drivers), deviation of course, refusals, and runouts.
The team with the fastest combined time will win.
This exhibition will illustrate the parallels between the sports of
Combined Driving and Eventing, and provide some terrific entertainment for our
guests.
Patrons can view the DerbyCross competition from the Chef’s Tent while
sampling some of the finest epicurean delights in the Upper Valley. Whether
horse enthusiasts or not, guests can enjoy the elegance, beauty athleticism,
agility and bravery of the animals combined with the skill of the riders and
drivers.
Culinary participants to date include:
A Catered Affair; Allachante; Baba-A-Loui Bakery; Barnard General Store;
Bear Creek Mountain Club; Ben & Jerry’s; Bentley’s Restaurant;
Corner’s Inn Restaurant; Eastender Restaurant; Farrell Distributing Corp.;
Farmer’s Diner; G. Housen Distributors; Green Mountain Smokehouse; Gusanoz;
Hanover Inn; Harpoon Brewery; Juniper Hill Inn; Kedron Valley Inn; Keeper’s
Café; Lake Champlain Chocolates; Long Trail Brewing Company; Magic Hat Brewing
Company; Mangowood Restaurant at the Lincoln Inn; No Name Coffee & Tea
Company; Purple Chef; Seedhouse Café; South Woodstock Country Store; Spooners
Restaurant; Tio Juan’s Margaritas; Travellin’Willy B’s; Vermont Pure
Water; Woodstock Farmer’s Market; Woodstock Inn, Station & Brewery;
Woodstock Productions Event Planning, and Woodstock Water Buffalo Company.
Tickets for Chef’s Night and DerbyCross are $65.00 each and are limited.
Tickets for the DerbyCross only are $30.00 per passenger car if purchased prior
to the event. They are $20.00 per person if purchased at the gate. These guests
are encouraged to bring chairs and a picnic. Contact GMHA at 802-457-1509 ext.
219 for tickets and questions.
Click
here to order tickets.
Business owners! Interested in participating
in Chef's Night? Click here for more
information and the authorization
form.
In the fall of 2006, GMHA launched a $2.5 million Capital Campaign,
Preserving the Past, Securing the Future. The Capital Campaign will run through
2008. Funds raised will go toward major improvements to secure GMHA’s future
for generations to come.
