Trial to Table - Montgomery Sky Farm

Our August event is the first of three Trial to Tables in 2026. We’re excited to be hosted by Montgomery Sky Farms in Leicester, North Carolina. We consider Leicester our home and do a lot of hyper-local work here, so it feels perfect to kick off the event series with an awesome local farm, run by a James Beard Foundation-nominated chef, Taylor Montgomery!

We’ll also be joined by an incredible group of chefs and food creators to offer you delicious, creative dishes. At each event, we aim to include a range of vegetable-forward offerings.   

These events are casual and relaxed with a strong focus on food that supports regional sustainability and resilience. Your ticket is an admission ticket that allows you to sample all the amazing dishes listed below. We generally have a short presentation partway through to highlight our work and allow the chefs to share their passions! 

Produce

Chefs receive a Utopian Seed Project ‘Pantry List’ of crops and ingredients that we have in storage or in the field. We ask chefs to be inspired (not limited) by these ingredients and supply whatever they select from the list. We also work with local partners to purchase additional ingredients