A practice that hits close to home and our culinary philosophy. Farm Fresh Rhode Island recently hosted a luncheon highlighting the importance of supporting local farmers. Check out this clip below… notice anyone familiar to the Newport Restaurant Group? Executive Chef Jonathan Cambra of Castle Hill gives his take on choosing local.

We recently checked in with Castle Hill Executive Farmer, eh hem I mean Executive Chef Jonathan Cambra – to see how the fall harvest was going out at the Castle Hill garden. Here’s what he had to report:

“We have had much success this season even with the challenging weather we had in June and July. We [...]

Now this is fresh! Executive Chef Jonathan Cambra as he is picking that day’s ingredients

Celebrate Earth Day with a little Greens. Our culinary team has partnered with local farmers to bring a ‘farm to plate’ Earth Day Salad. 

Available on Wednesday, April 22 at all our restaurants, the Earth Day Salad will feature organic greens, a poached egg, cider-cured heritage pork belly, white corn lavash, truffled cider vinaigrette, and a [...]

This past Saturday, members of each of the Newport Restaurant Group kitchens visited the Farmer’s Market in Pawtucket, taking part in a companywide event bringing chef and farmer together. Armed with $100 each and an hour to choose ingredients, each culinary team was then on their way back to their respective restaurants to create unique [...]