Lazy S Farms Entertains Well Known Chefs

A group of nine well known chefs and food processors from across the United States recently visited the home of Larry and Madonna Sorell of Lazy S Farms, Glasco, for a homemade gourmet meal.  

The tour was organized by Heritage Foods USA.  Lazy S Farms began raising heritage animals in 1999.  Heritage animals refer to lines of farm animals unchanged by genetic medications.  Currently, Sorells raise unconfined Red Wattle pigs, Standard Bronze turkeys, Large Black Hogs, Scottish Highland Cows, Katahdin Sheep and Gloucestershire Old Spots Pigs, all without growth hormones or stimulants.  Heritage Foods processes and sells the meat to well known restaurants and meat markets such as Bi-Rite Market, Otto, Lupa and Ma Peche. 

Heritage Foods USA was founded ten years ago to offer more options in the marketplace for high-quality, humanely raised meat products grown by small and medium sized independent farmers.  Each year they invite chefs who purchase their products to visit a few of the farms where their meats are raised.  The chefs are given the opportunity to observe and even touch the animals they may someday soon be serving. 

Touring Lazy S Farms this year were, Sam Edwards III, Edward Hams, Surry Virginia; Tien Ho, Restaurant McPeche;  Zach Allen, B & B Ristorante/Carnevino Italian Steakhouse/Otto; Chili Montes, Bi-Rite Market; Nicholas Fantasma, Paradise Locker Meats; Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Dan Honig, and Andrea Trabucco-Campos all from Heritage Foods USA.

Back row from L to R:  Larry Sorell, Andrea Trabucco-Campos, Dan Honig, Sam Edwards III, Zach Allen, Patrick Martins, Madonna Sorell.

Front row L to R:  Nicholas Fantasma, Tien Ho, Chili Montes, Katy Keiffer