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Mario Batali presents
“Bet on the Farm: Sustainable Food and Wine”
at The Palazzo
Events celebrate Batali’s restaurants certification by the Green Restaurant Association™
Molto Vegas has gone GREEN as Celebrity Chef Mario Batali brings the first-ever Farmer's Market to The Palazzo. On June 3, 2009 from 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., local farmers will set up the Farmer’s Market at The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium providing fresh produce for guests and restaurant chefs to purchase and sample. Additionally, biodynamic wines presented by restaurateur / winemaker Joe Bastianich will be available to taste. Delicious, sustainable products such as tomatoes, cucumbers, honey, organic juices, and artisanal bread will entice guests to indulge in the greener side of Vegas as they walk through the beautiful Palazzo Waterfall atrium. Additionally, the Farmer’s Market will celebrate Chef Batali’s three certified -green restaurants by the Green Restaurant Association: Carnevino at The Palazzo and B&B Ristorante and Enoteca San Marco at The Venetian. The GRA is a national non-profit organization that provides a convenient and cost-effective way for restaurants, manufacturers, distributors and consumers to become more environmentally responsible.
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The Farmer’s Market will consist of displays dedicated to produce with seven local farmers throughout the space selling items such as local quail, chicken and duck eggs, apricots, peaches, figs, golden tomatoes, local desert honey, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, white peaches, local herbs, tomatoes, asparagus, bread, a variety of lettuces and fresh juice from a local orchard. The displays will be placed throughout the atrium space in a tasteful fashion so guests may go from one to the next sampling the sustainable produce. At 4:30pm, Mario Batali will officially announce the Green Certification of his Vegas restaurants. Winemaker Joe Bastianich will also discuss biodynamic wines and their Director of Food Safety and Sustainability Elizabeth Meltz will present a more in-depth look of the actual process of “going green” and the Palazzo’s Certified LEED status and other green aspects of The Palazzo.
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