Kingsport Farmers Market: Saturdays with the Chef

Saturdays with the Chef makes its return to the Kingsport Farmers Market on June 5. This Discover how to take advantage of those peak season produce items with creative tips and new recipes from local chefs!

“We’re excited to be able to bring back some of our programming this season,” said Market Manager Kristie Leonard. “The Kingsport Farmers Market is a great place to shop, but we also strive to be a place where people can learn something new too.”

Saturdays with the Chef is a free cooking demo series showcasing local chefs and their recipes using produce available at the Kingsport Farmers Market. Copies of each chef’s recipe will be available at the demo and online, and free samples are also available at each demo.

The series takes place every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in June and July at the Kingsport Farmers Market. There will be no event on July 3 due to the holiday weekend.

Come sample cooking from featured chefs from Main Street Pizza and other local businesses, then buy the ingredients to make it at home while you’re at the market. Purchasing from farmers market not only boosts the local economy, but also is a great way to provide healthy and fresh food for you and your family. This is also a great time to support local chefs and restaurants as they recover from the pandemic.

The series is sponsored by Food City, Visit Kingsport and the City of Kingsport.

For more information on the Kingsport Farmers Market, please visit kingsportfarmersmarket.org.

About the Kingsport Farmers Market

The Kingsport Farmers Market, part of the City of Kingsport, manages the weekly markets at the Kingsport Farmers Market facility. The Kingsport Farmers Market’s mission is to provide a vibrant, diverse market place for local and regional farmers and artisans to sell their products to the Kingsport community.

About the City of Kingsport

Founded in 1917, the City of Kingsport (pop. 53,000) is located on the Tennessee-Virginia border at the crossroads of I-81 and I-26 near the geographic center of the eastern U.S. The city is widely known as a planned community, designed by renowned city planner John Nolen and wrapping around the foot of Bays Mountain – a 3,500-acre park, nature preserve, planetarium and observatory. Kingsport is recognized as an International Safe Community by the National Safety Council, a Healthier Tennessee community, and won the 2009 Harvard Innovations in American Government Award for its higher education initiatives. While many city names are duplicated throughout the U.S., there’s only one Kingsport – a fact that invokes community pride, known locally as the “Kingsport Spirit.”

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