Date and Time
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
You can stop by Poor Richards and purchase a Ouita Michel Cookbook for her to sign at the event!
Location
The Foundry on Broadway
317 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601
Fees/Admission
$25 for members
$35 for non members
Description
The Holly Hill Inn family has grown to include several restaurants in Midway, Versailles and Lexington, all of which provide their guests with fresh, tasty food and do so by sustaining family farms. Together their restaurants have purchased more than $3 million worth of Kentucky-grown meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables over the last 20 years. And that support has recently expanded to include other makers of hand-crafted goods such as pottery, candles, jams, local honey, tea towels and more.
Ouita’s work continues to earn accolades from local and national fans. She has received multiple nominations from the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef Southeast and two nominations for Outstanding Restaurateur. Ouita is an alumna of the James Beard Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change, a collaborative effort to change the world’s food systems. Chris and Ouita’s restaurants are often featured in media such as The New York Times, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, CBS This Morning, Food Network and Cooking Channel. Ouita was also a guest judge on Bravo’s Top Chef Kentucky series.
Ouita is a founding and current board member of FoodChain, a nonprofit in the heart of Lexington, KY, working to forge a link between the community and fresh food through education and the working example of a sustainable food system. She also serves on the board of The Hindman Settlement School, dedicated to improving lives in Central Appalachia by addressing critical issues surrounding literacy, food insecurity and access to the arts. She is a member of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a citizens’ advocate for improving Kentucky public education; and an elder at Midway Christian Church.
A 2020 inductee of the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, and the Junior Achievement Bluegrass Business Hall of Fame, Ouita has received the Fayette Alliance Agricultural Excellence Award; the Midway University Spotlight Award; and the Bluegrass Tomorrow Josephine Abercrombie Award, its most prestigious honor, given in recognition of those who work tirelessly to improve quality of life in the Bluegrass.
