SCHEDULED EVENTS

Truffle Hunting Foray photo by Georgia Freedman

Information about the 2009 Festival will be added regularly as details are finalized.

2008 Scheduled Events
We've planned a rich diversity of experiences for participants in the 2008 Oregon Truffle Festival.  Our Grand Truffle Dinner continues its connection to the James Beard tradition with four of our five Grand Dinner chefs having been nominated or named Best Chef of the Northwest, including this year's award winner John Sundstrom of Lark in Seattle.

Continuing our commitment to education, we’ve developed a two day  Truffle Grower’s Forum for advanced students and practitioners of truffle cultivation.  We are also donating partial proceeds from the Grand Dinner to Oregon culinary student scholarships.  And it wouldn’t be a Truffle Festival if we didn’t get you out into the hills and woods of Oregon’s glorious countryside. This year’s Oregon Truffle Festival includes multiple experiences designed to introduce you to the wild and delicious world of the Oregon truffle.

Grand Truffle Dinner Have a truly extraordinary five course meal prepared by some of the Northwest's most renowned chefs. The centerpiece of the Festival, the Grand Truffle Dinner is hosted by James Beard nominee and Eugene Restaurateur Stephanie Pearl Kimmel. Our award winning guest chefs will present five courses of our glorious Oregon truffles paired with magnificent Oregon wines, ensuring the Grand Truffle Dinner will be the culinary highlight of the Willamette Valley’s growing epicurean experience. Held on Saturday evening, this elegant dinner includes local and seasonal ingredients chosen to highlight Oregon’s native truffles.  read more -->>

Truffle Grower’s Forum The Truffle Grower’s Forum is an exciting new addition to the Oregon Truffle Festival. Extended by popular demand to two days in 2008, the intent of the Truffle Grower’s Forum is to serve as the nexus of the truffle farming industry in North America as it develops. A diversity of presenters will be invited each year, and will include international guests who will give North American truffle farmers an up-to-date pulse of the global industry. This year's Forum will include truffiere tours, a truffle dog demonstration and a winery luncheon with a guest chef.  read more -->>

Truffle Cultivation Seminar Prospective and existing truffle farmers have the opportunity to learn from European experts in this highly specialized field.

Oregon Truffle Marketplace and Lecture Series Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy truffle tastings and cooking demonstrations featuring the Oregon truffles, sample some of Oregon’s finest wines and local artisan foods, and learn more about Oregon’s wealth of wild-harvested bounty. Marketplace Admission includes a distinguished lecture series, and we challenge you to find a greater concentration of mycologists­specialists in the study of fungi­than in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. (No advance registration needed for the Marketplace, pay at the door.) read more -->>

Cooking Demonstrations Cooking demonstrations will be offered over the course of the weekend, exploring how to choose, buy and store truffles­and most importantly, how to bring out the rich flavor of this incredible delicacy with useful, elegant recipes. More information coming soon!

Truffle Dog Demonstrations A good truffle dog can locate a truffle from 100 yards away and run directly to it­ the harvester knows that these truffles will be ripe and ready to use. Truffle Dog demos are included with the Truffle Grower’s Forum, and packages one through four.  More information coming soon!

Truffle  Foray and Winery Tour and Luncheon Truffles can only be found in abundance in specific habitat types; places that harvesters have kept secret for decades. For many Festival participants, finding their own truffles was a highlight of their weekend. Our area of the Willamette Valley is also noted for its excellent wines. We’ll spend part of a day touring one of our region’s outstanding wineries, followed by a luncheon featuring Oregon truffles. The Foray and Winery Tour are included with packages one and two. More information coming soon!

Chefs and Restaurants Several restaurants in Eugene will feature truffles during the festival, and on Friday evening, Festival package holders will dine at one of several extraordinary local restaurants featuring multiple course truffle dinners.  read more -->>

Cooking Class with Guest Chef Cory Schrieber We are pleased to offer this exciting new addition in celebration of our partnership with Cook’s Pots and Tabletops, the Willamette Valley’s premiere cooking school. James Beard Award winning chef Cory Schreiber, founder of Wildwood restaurant in Portland, has assembled a truffle-inspired gourmet menu especially for this class.  read more -->>