Photo Credit: http://www.goodfoodawards.org/blog/preserves/meet-california-winner-ellelle-kitchen/

Once again, the Ferry Building Marketplace gives us another reason to make our way to the waterfront.  Always known for its artisan marketplaces delivering fresh and inventive food, the Ferry Building Marketplace brings us the 2^nd annual Good Food Awards.  This special event was created to celebrate sustainably harvested food around the nation.  Festivities will begin with a black-tie optional gala on Friday night, to be followed by a spectacular marketplace on Saturday.

Event:  Good Food Awards Gala Reception
Date:  Friday, January 13, 2012
Time:  8:00pm – 10:00pm
Cost:  $100
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“Be the first to fete the 99 Good Food Award Winners of 2012, flown in from 26 states, together with chefs, media and the 130 Good Food Award judges (including Alice Waters and Ruth Reichl). At this black tie optional gala, taste the winning foods from all corners of the country both in regional tasting plates and as envisioned by local chefs from The Boxing Room, Foreign Cinema, Absinthe, Bar Agricole, the Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessan and more. An open bar will serve up the 15 winning brews and creations with winning spirits by bartending phenomena the Bon Vivants of Trick Dog.”

Event:  Good Food Awards Marketplace
Date:  Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time:  8:00am – 2:00pm
Cost:  $5.00 general admission, $15.00
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“To showcase winners among the broader food-loving public, there will be a free Good Food Marketplace on January 14, 2011 at the Ferry Plaza Farmers market – under the front arcades of the Ferry Building from 8 AM to 2 PM. . Visitors to the marketplace will be invited to taste the award-winning foods surrounded by the spectacular Saturday Farmers’ Market at San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building.”

For more information on both events, visit  http://www.goodfoodawards.org

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