City House to Host Exclusive Patron's Party Celebrating 15 Years of The Nashville Food Project
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The Nashville Food Project Invites Supporters to an Exclusive Patron Experience Ahead of Nourish 2026
Patron-level tickets and Table Host packages include access to an intimate evening at City House celebrating 15 years of cultivating community through food.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 12, 2026) – As The Nashville Food Project celebrates 15 years of growing, cooking, and sharing nourishing food across Nashville, Patron-level ticket holders and Table Hosts are invited to kick off the celebration with an exclusive evening at City House on June 18.
Hosted by longtime partners at City House, the Patron's Party is an intimate evening of light bites, refreshments, and meaningful conversation inspired by this year's anniversary theme, Past, Present, & Future. The gathering brings together supporters, chefs, sponsors, and friends whose generosity continues to make The Nashville Food Project's work possible.
Included with every Patron-level ticket and Table Host package, the Patron's Party offers a unique opportunity to connect with the people, partnerships, and shared purpose behind The Nashville Food Project's work while celebrating 15 years of community around the table.
The celebration continues on July 16 at Marathon Music Works with Nourish 2026, presented by Kroger. Guests will enjoy an exceptional evening featuring a collaborative multi-course dinner prepared by some of Nashville's most celebrated culinary talents, thoughtfully paired wines, and live and silent auctions benefiting The Nashville Food Project.
This year's Nourish chef lineup includes Chris and Emma Biard of S.S. Gai, Son Pham of Eleven11, Sam Jett of Audrey, Junior Vo of Noko Nashville and Kase x Noko, Michael Hanna of St. Vito Focacceria, and Jennifer Latham of Mama Bread.
"For fifteen years, people across this city have shown up for one another around the table," said C.J. Sentell, CEO of The Nashville Food Project. "The Patron's Party is an opportunity to celebrate those relationships and the community that continues to make this work possible."
All proceeds from Nourish, including sponsorships, ticket sales, and auction proceeds, directly support The Nashville Food Project's mission to cultivate community and alleviate hunger across Nashville through community agriculture, scratch-made meals, and food recovery partnerships.
Event Details
Patron's Party | Thursday, June 18, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. | City House
Nourish 2026 | Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 5:30 p.m. | Marathon Music Works
Patron tickets, Table Host packages, and additional event information are available at:
This is a 21+ event; complimentary valet service will be provided at Nourish.
About The Nashville Food Project
The Nashville Food Project was born from the belief that all people should have access to the food they want and need. In pursuit of that vision, we bring people together to grow, cook, and share food, cultivating community and working to alleviate hunger across our city.
In Nashville, one in seven people lacks consistent access to enough food to sustain a healthy lifestyle, while more than 40% of all food goes to waste. Hunger is not caused by a lack of food alone. It is shaped by systems. Poverty, unemployment, low wages, and rising housing costs all contribute to the challenges many of our neighbors face.
We believe food can be a powerful tool to foster health, belonging, and justice in our community. Through our kitchens, Community Agriculture Network, and partnerships across Nashville, we work to transform surplus into nourishment and connection.
In 2026, we will share more than 344,000 scratch-made meals and recover over 330,000 pounds of food, supporting after-school programs, immigrant communities, homeless outreach organizations, and many others across Nashville.
Grow — In our gardens, we grow organic food intensively, and share resources with others interested in growing their own food.
Cook — In our kitchens, we use recovered, donated and garden-grown food to prepare and cook made-from-scratch meals.
Share — In ourcommunity, we share nourishing meals in partnership with local poverty-disrupting nonprofits and community groups.
The Nashville Food Project embraces a vision of vibrant community food security in which everyone in Nashville has access to the food they want and need through a just and sustainable food system.
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