The 2023 Demo Kitchen is presented by chester county food bank. While the Demo Kitchen is FREE to enter, CCFB will be accepting donations which help support their efforts to mobilize our community to ensure access to real, healthy food.

WELCOME TO THE DEMO KITCHEN @ GOOD FOOD FEST!

Fresh + local = GOOD FOOD. Make sure to stop by the GFF Demo Kitchen, where you’ll learn how easy it is to incorporate local, seasonal ingredients into any part of your meal - from cheese to dessert! This talented line-up of presenters have a few tasty tricks to help you celebrate a delicious meal (maybe even a new holiday favorite!) AND local PA agriculture all in one.

CULINARY DEMO SCHEDULE

11:30 AM
CHEESE
MAKING

presented by
SUE MILLER OF
BIRCHRUN HILLS FARM

The woman, the myth, the legend: Chester County’s superstar cheesemaker Sue Miller will open our Demo Kitchen with an exclusive chance to join her in the process of making the simple, yet delectable delight that is crème fraîche. Even better, it’s made with local milk from Birchrun Hills cows, of course. You don’t want to miss this!

Sue Miller is a dairy farmer and cheesemaker. With her family, Sue owns and operates Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs, PA. Birchrun Hills Farm crafts award winning cheeses from the milk of the lovely herd of Holstein cows. Follow Birchrun Hills Farm on social media to learn more about Sue, her handcrafted cheeses and her family farm.

12:30 PM
EPIC LOCAL GRAZING BOARD

presented by
MIRANDA WATSON OF
SUNDRY MORNINGS

Miranda’s demonstration will be sure to help you wow your holiday guests. Learn how to build an EPIC grazing board - using local ingredients, of course!

Miranda’s love for local can be found in her small batch sauce and spice blends. All are made using local and sustainability sourced ingredients, including herbs and spices that are dried in house. Her Bloody Mary Mix steals the show with its all fresh tomato blend that taste like it’s fresh from the farm, sealing in the flavor of the season that last all year round.

1:30 PM
FRESH
PASTA

presented by Chris Wright + Gina Rubinetti OF
THE PASTA LAB

Join Gina & Chris of The Pasta Lab for their cooking demonstration and you will leave with the skills and confidence of a restaurant-quality pasta maker! This delightful mushroom ravioli from scratch will feature local flour, eggs, cheese, butter, and mushrooms from fellow GFF exhibitors. You’ll even get a chance to meet the mushroom grower, Brian Versek of Mycopolitan. Now that’s good food!

The Pasta Lab produces a variety of fresh & dried pasta made with freshly milled, locally sourced grains. Gina Rubinetti and Chris Wright started this project in 2018 with the intention of making restaurant-quality pasta available to the home cook. All of the raw materials (produce, grain, eggs, meat & cheese) are sourced from small farms in and around Pennsylvania. Their products are available at farmers markets and select retailers in Philadelphia. Chris Wright is an ambitious cook, pasta-maker, craftsman and tinker-er. His love for grain manifested itself in this project and has become the perfect avenue to share his passions with the world. Gina Rubinetti graduated from the University of the Arts in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, painting and drawing. Her passion for art quickly grew into a passion for food while she was working with local catering groups. Gina loves making fresh pasta with friends, shopping at farmers markets, and connecting with local farmers and producers.

Brian Versek is a co-founding owner and operator of Mycopolitan Mushroom Co., Philadelphia's first mushroom farm. Founded in 2013, Mycopolitan has been working for about 9 years to provide the citizens of Philadelphia and surrounding areas with the freshest and most beautiful exotic wood-loving fungi they can. Mycopolitan typically grows between 900 and 1100 lbs of around 9 different varieties of gourmet mushrooms per week, within a converted 8000 square foot warehouse basement space in North Philly, just below Common Market.  They deliver hyper-locally to over 15 restaurants, 6 retail locations, 2 farmers markets, in addition to their biweekly mixed mushroom CSA. Brian brings his home-cooking level of experience and joy working with edible fungi for over a decade with him to the demonstration.

2:45 PM
SWEET POTATO CHEESECAKE

presented by
SARAH HOLLAND OF
GOOD GIRLS BAKERY

Every good meal must come to an end, and what better end than a decadent Sweet Potato Cheesecake?! Bread queen Sarah Holland of Good Girls Bakery may be famous for her English muffins, but she’s also got you covered on a perfectly balanced dessert that is sure to be a showstopper of any meal - made with local sweet potatoes of course. Breakfast, dessert, and sourdough breads - those good girls do it all! 

Good Girls Bakery is an artisan sourdough bakery based out of West Chester, PA. Beginning with holiday pop-up sales, the Good Girls got their start working overnight to deliver Breakfast Boxes to customers' doorsteps on the early mornings of holidays so that busy hosts could offer a fresh, local breakfast without all the hassle. They continue to delight with early morning deliveries and have grown, participating in farmers markets in the Chester County area and beyond. Look for their Eagleview storefront coming in 2024!

Sarah Holland is the pastry genius behind Good Girls. She studied pastry arts at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill, and has mastered the art of sourdough bread. She is inspired by the science behind baking, the biology of sourdough culture, and the artistic flair she gives her products which sets her apart from the pack.