Runaway Dish presents STIR Summer Suppers

5 dinners + 5 chefs + 5 concepts

In August 2017, Runaway Dish is teaming up with Basin Arts for a unique dance and food performance event, STIR, at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. STIR mixes the senses together taking inspiration from some of life’s basic necessities, food and movement. Five choreographers will present five new dance works in collaboration with chefs from around Acadiana.

Leading up to STIR, Runaway Dish is hosting five dinners to showcase the chefs and the concept behind each dance piece. In a city where cooking and dining can be considered fine art, we invite you be be a part of these unique evenings as choreography and culinary inspiration take centerstage.

These exclusive dinners will allow guests the opportunity to mix and mingle with the chef and choreographer at a cocktail reception followed by a communal-seated dinner. Each dinner includes an up-close look at the choreographic process and offers a taste of what’s to come in August for STIR at the AcA. This series is much smaller and intimate than our usual seated dinners. Only 24 tickets will be sold to each (as opposed to our usual 60).

Summer is all about savoring the longer days and breaking out of the day-to-day routine. Our STIR Summer Suppers are meant to do just that. Creative chats with new people around the table as the menus and venues keep changing…what’s not to love! Grab a ticket for night one or join us for a few.

Cost for each dinner is $125 per person, and includes tax, gratuities, and a cocktail reception. Seats are limited to just 24 people per night. Proceeds from the dinners will help fund the August STIR performance.

THE LINEUP

June 15: Kelsey Leger & Jamie Harson (Scratch Farm Kitchen) with Choreographer Clare Cook

June 22: Manny Augello (Bread & Circus Provisions) with Choreographer Paige Krause

July 13: Katie Platt (Feel Good Foods) with Choreographer Sharon Leahy

July 20: Jeremy Conner (Cellar Salt Company) with Choreographer Frances Barker

July 27: Justin Girouard (The French Press) with Choreographer Gina Hanchey

THE MENU

A sit down, prix fixe, multi-course dinner. Each dinner's menu is created by the featured chef and inspired by the choreographer’s concept. If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know ahead of time and we will do our best to accommodate.

THE DRINKS

We encourage you to bring your own wine or champagne or beer or whatever you heart desires for dinner service. We will have plenty of glasses, water, and ice on hand. And if you want to bring more for sharing, bravo! That's what these dinners are all about.

THE LOCATION

The specific location of the dinner will be announced the Monday before each dinner date. All dinners take place in or very near downtown Lafayette. Please include your email and cell phone number when purchasing tickets. Be on the lookout for an email and/or text message with details.

THE TIME

Arrive between the 6:30pm and 7pm for cocktail hour and pass around food. Dinner begins at 7:30.

THE DRESS CODE

It's summer so it's your call. It's a dinner and it's a party if that helps.

THE MONEY

All proceeds from the dinner will go towards funding STIR, an original dance and culinary experience debuting at the Acadiana Center for the Arts this August. (Further details coming soon!)