Jim Denevan is an accomplished chef and founder of Outstanding in the Field, a world-wide moveable feast, a seasonal open-air investigation into the quality and meaning of place.

Outstanding in the Field grew out of Jim's "farmer dinners" which took place during the mid 1990s at tiny Gabriella Café in Santa Cruz where he invited local farmers to preside over special meals featuring their just-picked harvest. The first Outstanding in the Field "farm dinner" took place at Mariquita farm in Corralitos, California in September of 1999.

Outstanding in the Field has hosted 75 events since 1999. In 2008, Outstanding in the Field goes even farther afield and ventures beyond North America -- bringing our long table to selected sites around the world.

For more information or to attend an OITF dinner, please visit OITF at:

outstandinginthefield.com

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