Field & Spoon Dinners: Winter Challenge

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Seacoast Local’s EPIC 50 MILE Dinner Challenge

Yes, it’s winter but we’re driving top chefs to make it happen.
It’s a Face Off …or a dare and you are invited. So chefs, what's it going to be? Fish, game, artesian cheese, turnips, kohlrabi, leafy greens, beer? The food is ALL local - less than 50 mile radius. No citrus, no imported sugar, salt or oil. Farmers and producers have everything needed to go gourmet right here.

The aforementioned obsessively local concept, along with the roster of chefs… it is inevitable, the guest with fork, knife and food will win.
Join us at these amazing restaurants on the Seacoast:

February 22, at The Kitchen — Chefs Michael Prete & Matt Greco

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Archur Farms Beef Carpaccio * Katahdin Chip,

Onion Jam * Black Trumpet Dust

Bang Island Mussel Chowder * Smoked Sherried Cream * Roasted Sweet Potato *

Fried Leek * Shaved Lardo

Chilled Salt Roasted Beet & Heirloom Carrot Salad * Toasted Pepitas *

Maine Maple Finishing Syrup Drizzle

Roasted Corn Polenta Cake * Fresh Mozzarella * Marinated Roasted Tomato *

Reduced Balsamic * Genoese Basil Oil

Squash Sorbetto Intermezzo

Braised Rabbit * House Papparedelle * Cippolini Onion * Oyster Mushroom * Pan Jus

Spiced Cocoa Shooter / Pumpkin Canoli / Egg Nog Ice Cream

Matt Greco had a family seeded passion for cooking emphasized in Italian and Mediteranean cuisine. It eventually led him to studies and a degree at The Institute of Culinary Education, in NY as well as The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. He worked at Michael Shlows Boston famed Via Matta among a couple other notable restaurants in Boston's North End. He led a private chef business and then planted roots in Portsmouth and Chef'd Blue Moon Evolution in Exeter before his current position as co-chef/owner of The Kitchen, Sandwich Kings Food Truck and Portsmouth Catering Company with.... Michael Prete. Learning in the field through the years working from prep, line cook, Sous then eventually Executive Chef for a handful of awarded Inns to Food & Beverage Director for a couple private clubs, Michael Prete has over 20 years in the industry and has aided in the opening of many properties that are prospering today. With extended studies at The French Culinary Institute, now The International Culinary Center in NYC. A four year stint of private cheffing, consulting and catering led him to meet up with Matt Greco where the two opened The Kitchen on Islington Street in Portsmouth, a mainly corporate based lunch spot with a nuage twist on sandwiches, soups, salads, pasta dishes, flat bread grilled pizzas and deli salads. www.thekitchenNH.com (http://www.thekitchennh.com/),www.portsmouthcatering.com (http://www.portsmouthcatering.com/), www.sandwichkings.com (http://www.sandwichkings.com/)