Oysters, Wine & Community Building At The Oxbow Public Market

Oysters, Wine & Community Building At The Oxbow Public Market
Cakebread Cellars’ Dennis Cakebread and Brian Streeter,
Guest Shucking At Hog Island Oyster Bar, Thursday May 31st,
A Dine & Donate Event Supporting The Napa Food Bank.

When winemakers, chefs and oyster farmers get together there’s no shortage of tall tales and good food story. Hog Island Oyster Company welcomes Cakebread Cellars’ Dennis Cakebread, Senior Vice President of Sales, and Brian Streeter, Executive Chef and Culinary Director, for an evening of guest shucking and community building.

Dennis and Brian will be shucking oysters and sharing table side conversations of wine, good food and the pairing of the two.  This casual, relaxed evening is ‘Dine & Donate’ event supporting The Napa Food Bank, a program of Community Action of Napa Valley.

Thursday, May 31, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Hog Island Oyster Bar at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa.  610 First Street, Napa, CA.  (707) 251.8113. No reservations.  First come, first seated.
10% of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to The Napa Food Bank, a program of Community Action of Napa Valley.
 
Hog Island Oyster Co.: Creating a premium quality, farm-to-market oyster experience was Hog Island Oyster Co.’ dream nearly 30 years ago and continues to be the founders’ driving vision today. With $500.00 borrowed from their parents and a boat borrowed from their neighbor three young partners set out raising oysters on a five-acre lease at the north end of Tomales Bay, CA. Today, Hog Island Oyster Co. leases 160 acres in Tomales Bay and raises over 3 million oysters, Manila clams and mussels each year. Hog Island Oyster Co. owns and operates oyster bars in San Francisco, Napa and Marshall, CA.  A leader in sustainable seafood, in 2011, Hog Island Oyster Co. was awarded one of the nation’s first Certificates of Sustainable Shellfish Production by the Food Alliance. www.hogislandoysters.com
 
Cakebread Cellars: Over 39 years ago, Jack Cakebread came to photograph the Napa Valley for a book and while here, he casually mentioned his interest in one day owning a vineyard to some family friends who had a ranch in Rutherford. When he returned home that afternoon, the phone rang and it was the family friends offering to sell their property. He headed back up to the valley that same afternoon to make his best offer, and Cakebread Cellars was born. http://www.cakebread.com
Community Action Napa Valley: Since 1968 Community Action of Napa Valley has been helping to increase self-determination and self-sufficiency for low-income families, disadvantaged people, and senior citizens in our community. We help our fellow citizens improve their lives and their situations. Whether it's shelter, or food, or care and attention, the programs, staff and supporters of CANV can make a real difference in a person's life. http://www.canv.org/