Charcuterie Workshop, Black Mountain, NC
with Chef Craig Deihl, Artisan Meat Share & Cypress, Charleston, SC

Tuesday, February 24th, 10am-5pm
at Foothills Deli and Butchery
1196 Old US 70, Black Mountain, NC
$275 per person, 8 available, Includes lunch and beverages
Tickets available at: http://realdeihl.brownpapertickets.com/
Chef Craig Deihl breaks a local, pasture raised hog and demonstrates fine processing technique for charcuterie. This session is a special focus on optimizing utilization for economics and labor for small, commercial kitchens, restaurants and retail butcher shops. Guests will be treated to an array of tastes from Craig’s personal collection of cured meats. Ploughman’s lunch and free samples of Pisgah beer are included. This workshop is designed for chefs who have some prior experience in butchery and preserving meats.
Chef Craig Deihl grew up in Pennsylvania in a quintessential American household, where every evening dinner was on the table by the time his father was home from work. His mother, an “unbelievable” cook, graced the family’s table with homespun meals—a ritual which remains to be one of the biggest influences he has had as a chef. Craig is currently the owner and founder of Artisan Meat Share and Executive Chef at Cypress in Charleston, SC, the city he calls his home. In 2010 Deihl was chosen as Chef of the Year by the Charleston chapter of the American Culinary Foundation. That same year, he was a semi-finalist for a prestigious James Beard Foundation award for “Best Chef Southeast”, and was a nominee for the award in 2011 and 2012, as well as a semi-finalist again in 2013. Since 2011, he has led Slow Food Charleston’s Chefs-in-Schools program, which places local chefs in schools and educates students on healthy food choices through classroom demonstrations, after-school programs, tastings and professional development. In 2009 Deihl pioneered the CSA-like concept for preserved meats with the Artisan Meat Share. In late summer 2014 Artisan Meat Share opened brick and mortar deli and butcher shop, offering award-winning charcuterie, freshly butchered meat and delicious sandwiches. To date, Deihl has produced over 90 types of charcuterie.