Upcoming Events at Town House Chilhowie, Virginia

Chef John B. Shields will join his fellow 2010 Food & Wine Best New Chefs in Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic.

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Luca Paschina, celebrated winemaker and general manager of Barboursville Vineyards will join us for this special dinner pairing some of Virginia's finest wines with the cuisine of Chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie Shields. Call 276-646-8787 for reservations and more information

We'll celebrate our local maple syrup harvest on March 18 with a special menu highlighting maple syrup harvested in the mountains of southwest Virginia. The event begins with a 6:30 PM reception, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM. Cost for this four course dinner is $55 per person, additional $25 for wine pairings. A generous portion of proceeds goes to Appalachian Sustainable Development. Call 276-646-8787 for reservations.

Town House will be open on Sunday, February 14th with an exclusive 6-course Valentine's Day menu. $75 per person (plus tax & gratuity) Call 276-646-8787 for reservations.

Join us for our innovative dinner series that pays tribute to local farmers and purveyors, while raising money to support Appalachian Sustainable Development. For the February event, the Town House chefs will prepare a special menu highlighting fresh farm eggs from local grower and Abingdon Farmers Market vendor Steve Vencill. The event begins with a 6:30 PM reception, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM. Cost for this four course dinner is $55 per person, additional $25 for wine pairings. Call 276-646-8787 for reservations.

Town House chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie Shields will join the Southern Foodways Alliance at Blackberry Farm for the annual Taste of the South event benefiting the Fellowship of Southern Farmers, Artisans, and Chefs. The Town House chefs will join Chef Joe Truex of Repast in Atlanta, Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, and Chef Ashley Christensen of Poole's Diner in Raleign in preparing the weekend's Gala Dinner.

For more information about the event, contact Blackberry Farm by calling 800-648-2348.

Ring in 2010 with an unforgettable dining experience at Town House. Chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie Shields will prepare two special New Year's Eve menus, with seatings at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

Our early seating features a 5-course tasting menu for $70 per person. Our later seating includes a champagne toast at midnight following our luxurious 8-course tasting menu priced at $110 per person. House and reserve wine pairings will be available to match each menu.

Call 276.646.8787 to make your reservation, and ask about our special New Year's Eve package at Riverstead!

Anthony Flaccavento, former executive director of Appalachian Sustainable Development will be our honored guest for the December Town House Table. The event begins at 6:30 PM, with a special "Winter in Appalachia" menu featuring root vegetables and other local winter produce. Cost for the event is $55 per person, additional $25 for wine pairings. Call 276-646-8787 for reservations.

Town House & Wines of Distinction will kick off the Christmas season with Bordeaux on the mind (and our palates)! Sommelier Charlie Berg and Katherine Rose of Wines of Distinction will pair a fabulous selection of Bordeaux wines with an exciting four couse dinner to the theme of “Christmas in Bordeaux” at Town House on Thursday, December 3. The dinner begins at 7:00 PM. $125 per person includes dinner and wine pairings (plus tax & gratuity). Make reservations soon, as space is limited.

Preview their Bordeaux selections with a special tasting only at Wines of Distinction on Saturday, November 28 between 1:00-5:00 PM. Wines of Distinction is located at 230 E. Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia.

Join us for our innovative dinner series that pays tribute to local farmers and purveyors, while raising money to support Appalachian Sustainable Development. For the November event, we will welcome Will Clark of Rich Valley Grazers, a fifth generation family farm. The Town House chefs will prepare a special menu using Rich Valley Grazers sustainably raised grass fed beef. The event begins with a 6:30 PM reception, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM. Cost for this four course dinner is $55 per person, additional $25 for wine pairings. Call 276-646-8787 for reservations.

For the entire month of October, dine at Town House on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and help support the United Way of Smyth County. Order any entrée or one of our tasting menus at Town House, and we’ll donate $10 for every diner who lets us know they came to support the United Way.

Sommelier Charlie Berg unites with Chefs Shields and Urie for a special wine dinner titled, “A Perfect Pairing.” Highlighting the amazing synergy of food and wine, Charlie, John and Karen will showcase this exceptional marriage at an unforgettable culinary experience not to be missed. Highlights from the evening’s menu include a whole roasted lobe of foie gras with parsley, meyer lemon, grapes, sorrel, walnut paired with Alzinger, Smaragd 'Loibenberg', Gruner Veltliner, Wachau, Austria, as well as powdered chocolates with steamed yuzu sponge, goat cheese and nutmeg paired with a Verbena vin doux naturel.

The dinner begins at 7 pm and is priced at $125 per person, which includes dinner and wine pairings (plus tax & gratuity). Make your reservation soon, as space is limited. For reservations, please call us at (276) 646-8787.

Diane Flynt of Foggy Ridge Cider will join the Town House chefs for an exciting September Town House Table, when John and Karen will prepare a four course menu featuring local apples and heirloom varieties for $55 (add $25 for cider pairings). The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. As always, a generous portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the Appalachian Sustainable Development. For more information on Foggy Ridge Cider, please visit them at www.foggyridgecider.com.

Tomato season is in full swing in Southwest Virginia and to celebrate, Chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie will prepare a special four-course dinner highlighting tomatoes from local farmers. Sommelier Charlie Berg will share his tips on pairing wine with tomatoes, and will serve wines that perfectly match each tomato course. The dinner begins at 7:00 p.m. A generous portion of proceeds from the dinner goes to fund local programs offered through Appalachian Sustainable Development. With the help of the local community, the Town House Table dinner series has raised more than $5,000 in support of ASD to date

We’ll celebrate and explore the foodways (and musicways) of Bristol and beyond during the Southern Foodways Alliance’s ninth annual Field Trip. On Saturday, June 27th Chefs John Shields and Karen Urie will prepare the Anson Mills lunch at the Flaccavento Farm as part of the Mountain Empire event. To register for the field trip and learn more about SFA, visit their website at www.southernfoodways.com.

Town House welcomes Jim Lyttle of Castlewood, Virginia's Lyttle Farm as we dedicate our June event to spreading Honey Bee Awareness. The reception begins at 6:30 PM with guest speaker Jim Lyttle and Chef Karen Urie both speaking on the plight of the honey bee on both local and national levels. The reception is followed by a four course dinner, which will highlight several varities of honey produced at Lyttle Farm. Cost for the dinner is $55 per person; wine pairings available for an additional $25.

A generous portion of proceeds from the dinner goes to fund local programs offered through Appalachian Sustainable Development. With the help of the local community, the Town House Table dinner series has raised nearly $5,000 in support of ASD to date.

Town House welcomes Abingdon Farmers Market Outreach Coordinator Lucee Kossler, who will join the chefs for a unique spring vegetable tasting dinner. Although the dinner is not entirely vegetarian, it provides Chefs Urie and Shields with an opportunity to preview the best of local spring produce and offers Kossler a chance to speak about what is happening at the market and the work she does with local farmers. The event begins with a 6:30 p.m. reception followed by a special three-course menu. $55 per person; $25 for optional wine pairings. To learn more about the Abingdon Farmers Market, click here to visit their website.

In April we welcome James Beard nominated chef and farmer Sean Brock along with artisan country ham and bacon producer Allan Benton for this very special Town House Table event to support Appalachian Sustainable Development.

Experience coffee in new ways as Town House chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie highlight locally roasted coffee from Dark Hollow Micro Roasters in Sugar Grove, VA. Enjoy their delicious variety of artisan roasts, and learn about how they support ecologically sustainable agriculture from owner and honored guest John Cason.

In February, the Town House Table dinner series continues with a "whole hog" dinner featuring pastured pork from Rich Valley Grazers. Will Clark of Rich Vallery Grazers will join us to talk about the sustainable farming practices employed at his fifth generation family farm. A generous portion of proceeds goes to support local programs offered through Appalachian Sustainable Development.

Join us to celebrate sustainable farming as we welcome Helen and Rick Feete of Meadow Creek Dairy. Chefs John B. Shields and Karen Urie will prepare a special three course dinner highlighting farmstead cheese from Meadow Creek. Based in Galax, Virginia, Meadow Creek Dairy is one of Virginia’s most well known producers of farmstead cheeses and has received consistent nationwide acclaim for their products, including honors from the American Cheese Society, Southern Foodways Alliance, and Slow Foods USA. In addition their cheese has been served in some of the nation’s finest restaurants. To learn more about Meadow Creek Dairy, please visit their website.