Slow down. Enough with the 2016 rush. Ease into 2017 over a leisurely Sunday brunch at Revival, an option beginning Jan. 8 at the popular Decatur restaurant. Chef/owner Kevin Gillespie waxes nostalgic about childhood days when the pace of life paused for weekend family breakfasts. Revival’s brunch menu is an assortment of cherished Gillespie family recipes and favorites from executive chef Andreas Müller, including the Closed-on-Sunday chicken sandwich, griddled meatloaf sandwich with aged cheddar on a caramelized onion roll and other Southern classics such as smoked ham and onion breakfast strata; breakfast plate with two eggs, grits, sausage, bacon and biscuits; and catfish bites over grits with gravy. Slide in for brunch Sundays from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Revival also serves dinner Wednesday through Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. Reservations are accepted but not required and can be made online or by calling 470-225-6770.
Expect more than simply “dinner and a movie” when White Oak Pastures and Savory Institute are in charge of the evening. Find out why what you eat and wear matters while noshing on fall farm-to-table fare and viewing four short films from Savory Institute at this Ponce City Market event on Friday, Nov. 4 from 6-8 p.m. There’s a whole lot of local going on here: White Oak Pastures is providing its grass-fed meats and pastured poultry for the night’s chef-grillmasters Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow, Andreas Müller of Revival, Tal Baum of Bellina Alimentari, Reid Harrison of White Oak Pastures and Jenn Robbins, and brews flow from Second Self Beer Company (which sources from local farmers). Will Harris will share his White Oak Pastures story and approach to regenerative farming, segueing into the viewing of four globe-spanning films produced by an award-winning documentary crew for Savory Institute’s project, “Eat It, Wear It, Regenerate It: Igniting a Consumer Revolution.” Leave sustained by great food and holistic thoughts prompting conscious actions. White Oak Pastures, named a Savory Global Network Hub in 2015, serves as a center for education and support of regenerative land and animal management for farmers and consumers. Buy tickets online, $35 per person includes food and two alcoholic beverages. Delve into more details on our blog.
Knowledge never tasted so good; just ask White Oak Pastures’ owner Will Harris. His Bluffton, Georgia, farm was named a Savory Institute Training Hub in 2015, and now he is bringing a worldwide event called “Eat It, Wear It, Regenerate It: Igniting a Consumer Revolution” to Atlanta. On Friday, Nov. 4, Harris will host the Southeastern premiere of the Institute’s world broadcast and has assembled a team of top chefs to put the “dinner” in his dinner-and-a-movie evening.
Chefs Kevin Gillespie and Andreas Müller (Gunshow and Revival), Tal Baum (Bellina Alimentari), Reid Harrison (White Oak Pastures), Terry Koval (Wrecking Bar Brewpub) and Jenn Robbins comprise the talented culinary team behind the food stations. Each chef will highlight a protein from White Oak Pastures for guests to enjoy while mingling, learning more from Harris about his farm’s regenerative farming methods and viewing the four short films. Beer will be provided by Second Self Beer Company. The 6-8 p.m. event takes place at The Shed at Ponce City Market. Purchase $35 tickets online (include food and two alcoholic beverages).
Pin up a local chef or farmer and get first dibs on seeing and buying The Farmer Fund 2017 calendar by attending the 2017 Calendar Launch Party on Monday, August 22, at The Cathedral of St. Philip. Can’t miss the cover shot of Andreas Müller, executive chef of Revival. Inside, more local chefs and farmers pose for intriguing monthly views. Sales of the annual tongue- and toque-in-cheek calendar provide ways for the Atlanta-based organization to support and keep farmers farming in the face of natural disaster. Guests at the 5:30-10 p.m. launch will fill up on chow and beer from local restaurants and breweries, while flipping through their own copies of the 2017 calendar. Plus, they’ll be the first in town to have a chance to buy more calendars for $20 each, and they’ll be privy to the outtakes and fundraising auction. Buy tickets at brownpapertickets.com, $65 per person ($68.27 with service fee).
Hallelujah! Eddie’s Attic in Decatur brings back the classic Gospel Brunch on Sunday, August 21. Otis Redding III, son of the late, great Otis Redding, joins Atlanta blues legend Mudcat and the Atlanta Horns to perform Redding’s smash hits including “Dock of the Bay,” “Hard to Handle” and “Dreams to Remember.” Come for the music and come hungry for grub from Kevin Gillespie’s nearby restaurant,Revival. Executive chef Andreas Müller and crew will serve up a buffet of Southern faves like fried catfish bites, green tomato casserole and succotash. Buffet is priced at $20 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). Doors open at 11:30 a.m.; show begins at noon. For the show, general admission tickets are $20 each or purchase table seats in multiples of four for $20 per seat (tables filled day of show on first-come, first-served basis). Miss this brunch and you’re just wasting time.
Keeping it all in Decatur, Andreas Müller will have to walk a bit farther on Saturday, August 6, if he wants to clock mega Fitbit mileage. It’s less than a mile from Müller’s Revival home base to The Decatur Farmers Market, where he will lead the Saturday morning chef demo. Childhood access to homegrown veggies and fruits ignited a passion for cooking in this Sweden-born-gone-Southern chef. No doubt, the colorful array of field-fresh, locally grown produce will inspire his Saturday lesson. A Community Farmers Market, the Decatur Farmers Market fills the front lawn of First Baptist Church on the corner of Clairemont Avenue and Commerce Street Wednesday nights from 4-7 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through December 21. Free parking.
Revival executive chef Andreas Müller communes with locally grown produce and those who seek its garden goodness when he demos at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market on Saturday, July 16. Müller’s soul-filled Revival menus pull from Southern plow to plate so he’s a natural for this teaching stint. Saturday hours for the market at The Cathedral of St. Philip are 8:30 a.m.- noon. Needless to say, early birds catch the best selections at the state’s largest producer-only farmers market.
“Top Chef” alum Kevin Gillespie and his own top chef flankers Joey Ward of Gunshow and Andreas Müller of Revival go three deep teaching the July 11 Simple Abundance class“Cooking with Red Beard” at The Cook’s Warehouse Midtown. Eager learners and Atlanta Community Food Bank supporters will learn how to prepare home-cooked dishes from Gillespie’s popular cookbook “Fire in My Belly.” On the board: cornbread pancakes with sliced Brandywine tomatoes and bacon mayonnaise, kung pao Brussels sprouts, and roasted chicken with golden raisin and sweet onion jus with spring greens. The red-bearded chef will stay after class to autograph his cookbooks. Bring yours or buy one or more that evening. To attend the 7-9 p.m. class, buy tickets on the ACFB website or call 404-892-3333 ext. 1444; $65 per person.
Guilty…of craving the barbecue that executive chef Andreas Müller of Revival will smoke and sauce when he competes against other Atlanta chef “a-‘cue-sers” at the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF) / Atlanta Legal Aid Society 4th Annual Beer Tasting & BBQ Battle on Thursday, June 2. Chefs will plead their cases by plying attendees with samples of their best barbecue -- accompanied by plenty of beer for tasting. Each year, the two legal aid organizations host the annual event to raise awareness and the funds needed to support their work of providing justice and safe and stable homes. This year’s event is open to all members of the legal community and takes place from 6-9 p.m. at the Atlanta Event Center at Opera on Crescent Avenue in Midtown. In 2015, more than 700 guests bore witness to the event so better grab tickets now; $65 per person.
Kickstart Saturday morning, May 28, with a bit of Revival. Executive chef Andreas Müller is stopping by Morningside Farmers Market to lead this Saturday’s chef demo before hunkering down in his kitchen at the Decatur restaurant. The homegrown fruits, vegetables and fresh foods of Müller’s boyhood in Sweden stuck, igniting a passion for seeking farm-fresh ingredients throughout his chef-hood. Bingo. Hits the asparagus on the head for a farmers market cooking class. Shop the year-round market for locally grown organic from 8-11:30 a.m. but peel yourself away around 9-ish for this demo on the patio of market-adjacent Morningside Kitchen. Another reason to praise the morning, Morningside Farmers Market requires all produce to be certified organic.
Those seeking an unusual place to sup on
Saturday, September 19 will dig feasting at Decatur’s
Dinner Party in the historic Decatur Cemetery. Andreas Müller of Revival
is among the posse of Decatur’s star chefs and local, organic farmers gathering
to set forth a multi-course, family style meal rich with Global Growers
produce. Guests will enjoy handcrafted cocktails, locally crafted beer and a
superb wine selection at the third-annual dinner, and they’ll be able to shop
silent and live auctions for one-of-a-kind experiences and gifts. Nonprofit
Global Growers reaps all proceeds to direct toward creating opportunities in
sustainable agriculture, training farmers and providing economic opportunities.
Decatur’s Kitchen Garden and Umurima (Burundi Women’s Farm) are two such
projects. History buffs should note that one section of the peaceful, 54-acre
cemetery dates back to 1823 and is included in the National Register of
Historic Places. Click here for the dirt on buying tickets for the 6-10
p.m. event; $150 per person or $1,200 to reserve a table for eight guests.
