Malcolm Jolley took his camera to The Stop’s Night Market.
Mother-daughter attendees Chloe Langton and Cheryl Roddick (an ex-Stopper) at The Night Market.
The good people at The Stop Community Food Centre do more than good works, using good food as a tool to fight for social justice and building community, they also throw a good party. This is not news to long time GFR readers, but it’s remarkable, at least to this journalist, that The Stop is ever able to congregate an amazing bunch of chefs, purveyors, producers, and so on, several times a year to raise money and remind us all of the force for good that is comes from sharing nice things to eat and drink.
Jamie Drummond and I attended the first night of this year’s edition on The Stop’s Night Market on Tuesday night. The two night event features different stalls on each respective evening, so what follows below is merely a snapshot of the entire market. Here are some of the interesting people, doing interesting things, I encountered then and there. (There being the lot beside 158 Sterling Road, set-up very much like a fair ground.) Each one to a woman or man was there to support The Stop and have a good time. Apparently they succeded, because I received a note from The Stop’s Communications Manager, Kathe Rogers, announcing the 2016 Night Market had raised $215,000 in support of critical food access and community building programs.
Jamie and I are greeted by our friend and foodist Kristina Groeger at the gates.
Zinta Steprans and Mark Cuff from The Living Vine offer up a lively Spanish red.
Sandy Sanderson gets busy with some chicken wings at the Rose & Sons booth.
Friendly greeting or kiss of death, from Anthony Rose?
These young lads from Beau’s All Natural Brewing stood poised to slake thirst.
Alan Merskey brought his team from event sponsor Norton Rose Fullbright.
Bertrand Alépée and Michelle Cyr from the Tempered Room brought croissandiwiches!
Former Stop board member turned farmer Michael Curry (right) manned the Greenbelt Microgreens booth with team member Ian Ritchie and volunteer Michael Delaney from Qu’Appelle Beef. Their salad serving booth was designed to look like an octopus.
Lured out of his booth, organic farmer Michael Curry of Greenbelt Microgreens is accosted by a deranged food and wine journalist.
Kristina Groeger popped up with taco master chef and Mexican food ambassador Andrés Márquez.
Happy attendees Cathy Park and Jay Thompson.
Hidden Bench vigneron Harald Thiel and team poured the crowd pleasing 2014 Bistro Rosé.
Jamie concedes a point to Scout Canning’s Chef Charlotte Langley.
Chef Felipe Faccioli from Mata Bar ties a Brazilian wish ribbon on an attendee.
Tawse Winery’s Paul Pender brought wine and his new dry sparkling cider.
Nancy Chapman and colleague offer a refreshing non-alcoholic drink: Sapsucker Maple Water.
Jamie rocks it into the night with Mad Maple Country Inn and Agritourismo’s Miriam Streiman.
So, there’s a small taste of the people at The Stop’s Night Market 2016, though there were many more I didn’t manage to capture, including Oyster Boy Adam Colquhoun, the crew form Norman Hardie Winery, and dozens more. I’ll have to get them next year!
Jamie Drummond and Malcolm Jolley publish Good Food Revolution, a very serious business indeed. Photo: Michael Curry.
