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Chef Ally Appetizers
Farm-to-table starters that honor peak-season ingredients with minimal intervention. Simple preparations where perfect vegetables, quality cheeses, and good bread need almost nothing done to them.

Farm-to-Table
“Let things taste of what they are.”
Chef Ally
Chef Ally Beaumont was raised in Sonoma County among vineyards and small farms, spending childhood summers picking produce with her grandmother Margaret, who taught her that the best cooking is getting out of the way of perfect ingredients. A transformative year in the South of France at 22 changed everything she believed about food. She opened The Garden Table in Berkeley in 1985, becoming one of the first California restaurants to build direct farmer relationships and change menus daily.
She also founded Sprouts & Roots, a children's food education program now in 400+ schools. Her philosophy: "Let things taste of what they are."
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Farm-to-table starters that honor peak-season ingredients with minimal intervention. Simple preparations where perfect vegetables, quality cheeses, and good bread need almost nothing done to them.

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