Five-Week Farm to Table Externship Schedule

Ten Days in the North Fork Valley

You and your classmates are divided into four small groups, each with its own focus — farming, wine-making, or animal husbandry.
Work half the day in your small group with your host farmer.
In the late afternoon/evening, the whole class led by instructors and local chefs cook together using the freshly harvested products.
You spend one day with your small group and host farmer at the Telluride Farmers Market.
You will have the perhaps unsettling, but ultimately enlightening opportunity to witness a lamb being slaughtered.
The lamb will be hung overnight and slowly cooked the next day with freshly picked vegetables and herbs, resulting in a true feast for CSR, staff, local chefs, and other special guests.

Six Days in Boulder County

Back into small groups to work on one of four local farms.
Work half the day in your small group with your host farmer.
In the late afternoon/evening, the whole class cooks with a local caterer using the freshly harvested products.
You spend one day with your small group and host farmer at the Boulder County Farmers Market.

Two Evenings of Fine Dining

You and your class dine at two renowned chef-run restaurants.
Restaurant Six89, owned by Chef Mark Fischer in Carbondale, Colorado
Chef Fischer believes in the synergy of uniting local product at its peak (a steady flow of small-scale growers and distributors are always at the restaurant's back door) with classically based technique and high art.
Black Cat Restaurant, owned by Chef Eric Skokan in Boulder, Colorado
Chef Skokan's menu is a collection of inspirations that weave together the themes of locality, seasonality, wine pairing, palate, composition, design and taste.

Nine Day Apprenticeship

Work in one of Colorado's finest restaurants, where each chef has a longstanding commitment to working directly with farmers and purchasing as much local product as possible.
Partner chefs include Ryan Hardy of The Little Nell Restaurant in Aspen, and in Boulder County — Lachlan McKinnon-Patterson of Frasca, John Platt of Q's Restaurant in the Boulderado Hotel, and Scott Claggett of Sobo American Bistro.
For a complete listing of partner restaurants, click here.

Grand Finale — Community Harvest Dinner

Celebrate the culmination of your Farm to Table Externship with a dinner "in the fields".
You and your classmates invite farmers, chefs, and other special guests to an incredible seasonal feast demonstrating your new found knowledge and cooking skills.