Many of the city’s best chefs are cooking at private restaurants you won’t ever get to eat at: country club dining rooms. Members-only dining rooms give chefs a chance to work a better schedule and are often in lower-stress environments than restaurant kitchens, drawing a lot of talent. On June 24, Freshlist is hosting a dinner called Club Love that will give diners a taste of what these chefs are capable of.

Five country club chefs are cooking at the dinner: Jamie Bostian of Peninsula Yacht Club, Blain Cannon of Forsyth Country Club, Scott Craig of Myers Park Country Club, Charles Gardiner of The Club at Longview, and Joy Turner of Pine Island Country Club.

The dinner will be held in at Catawba Brewing Company in the Belmont neighborhood, in the brewery’s private event space, The Barrel Room. Tickets cost $80 per person; that ticket price includes taxes and gratuity. Proceeds benefit The Bulb, a non-profit dedicated to improving food access to fresh produce and minimizing food waste. The mobile produce marketplace founded by Alisha Pruett brings donated foods to high poverty areas. Freshlist also donated several tickets to The Bulb, allowing customers and volunteers to attend.

Each of the five courses will be paired with a beer from Catawba Brewing. The menu uses products from Freshlist farmers, purchased at full cost. Freshlist is something of a food hub, purchasing high quantities of products from local farmers and delivering them to restaurants in the amount professional kitchens need. The company recently announced an expansion to Asheville and home delivery in Charlotte. Nearly all of the chefs taking part in Club Love are regular Freshlist customers.

The menu includes dishes such as sorghum-braised pork belly from Gardiner and an elote and corn panna cotta from Turner. Purchase tickets here. —Kristen Wile

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