News for Foodies 08.18.16

Gala Benefit

Tickets are on sale for Gala in the Garden, a Sept. 10 benefit at Estia’s Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor that will be hosted by Colin Ambrose, the eatery’s owner and chef, and his wife, Jessica Ambrose. 

The evening will include music, hors d’oeuvres, and wine and beer served in Estia’s garden, and a chance to view a collection of limited edition East End wines that will be auctioned off. A sit-down dinner for 100 guests will follow, prepared by Mr. Ambrose along with Paul Del Favero, the chef and owner of Harbor Market and Kitchen. 

The event is a fund-raiser for the ALS Ride for Life, in honor of the late Gerry Hayden, a North Fork chef who died of the disease, as well as for Slow Food East End and Project MOST. The founders of the Slow Food East End chapter, Ted Conklin, Mary and Tom Morgan, and Kate Plumb, will be honored at the gala. Tickets, which are $350, can be reserved at slowfoodeastend.org.

Harvest East End

The East End’s harvest bounty and Long Island wine will be the focus on Saturday at Dan’s Harvest East End, an annual foodies’ event. It will be held at the McCall Vineyard and Ranch in Cutchogue, and feature dishes prepared by a variety of East End restaurants and chefs, and more than 30 wines selected by the Long Island Wine Council. Geoffrey Zakarian, a chef who has appeared on the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “The Kitchen,” along with his newest show, “Cooks vs. Cons,” will be the host. 

V.I.P. tickets, with access starting at 6:30 p.m., are $285; general admission, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., costs $135.