local ingredients on your plate
With local ingredients placed right onto the plate, we invite you to dive into Medicine Hat's farm to fork dishes and drinks.
Savour Alberta's South Farm to Fork festival celebrates the abundance of local ingredients found right here in Southern Alberta.
And you can order the features from November 1-21.
This very delicious region-wide event includes Medicine Hat, Taber, Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, South Canadian Rockies, and Waterton. A partnership between neighbours. A partnership between industries. And you get to enjoy every bite.
Hungry for Hearty
Dish: Southeast Alberta Braised Beef Lasagna. An elevated Italian classic featuring slow braised Alberta beef, rich tomato sauce, layers of pasta, ricotta, finished with herbs and parmesan petals.
Dish: Smoked Pork Tenderloin Creamy Carbonara. Locally sourced smoky, tender pork tenderloin tossed with pasta in a rich, creamy d'Carlo style carbonara sauce, topped with fresh herbs and fresh Parmesan.
Dish: Whisper Board
Drink: Saskatoon Berry Mule
Dish: Bangers & Mash. Sunrise Ranching Co. "Ancestral" Sausage, Colcannon (Kale Mashed Potatoes) with Travois Porter, Brown Butter Baby Carrots, and Blueberry Haskap Kombucha Reduction with Your Preference Kombucha.
Dish: Burgers. LOCAL's beef is sourced from High River.
Drink: Beer. Local beers from Medicine Hat Brewing Company and Hell's Basement Brewery.
Dish: Pan-Seared Denver Steak with Port Mushroom Gravy. A tender, deeply flavourful 6 oz Southern Alberta Denver cut, Port wine and Mushroom gravy, served with crispy, oven-roasted sweet potato wedges, sauteed mushrooms and finished with a smoky bacon crema.
Drink: 2026 Canada Beer Cup & Alberta Beer Cup Gold medal winning Gentlemen’s Oatmeal Stout.
Dish: Aggies Cabbage Rolls. Pork, beef and rice rolled in tender cabbage and baked in tomato sauce, topped with garlic and dill sour cream. Ingredients sourced from Deluxe Meats, Alberta Cabbage, Bles-Wold Dairy Sour Cream.
Dish: Northfolk Ranch Alberta Elk Tasting. Elk Steak with Elkwater Colony Harvested Saskatoon Berry Reduction, Braised Elk Shoulder Paperadelle and Prosciutto Wrapped Elk Meatloaf with Wild Mushroom and Local Honey Caramalized Onions. Served with Roasted local honey Butternut Sqaush and Hariot Vert. (available until sold out, then the feature is Elk Papardelle)
The Clubhouse at Paradise Valley
Dish: Toad in the Hole. Breakfast sausage locally produced and sourced from Premium Sausage, baked into a homemade Yorkshire Pudding, and covered with Sauteed Onion Gravy. Served with Buttery Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables.
Drink: Spiced Pear Mule (2oz). Grit City's Pear Vodka, Lime, Ginger Beer, Cinnamon.
Dish: Steak Sandwich. Locally sourced 6oz sirloin from Mike's Meats, Sous vide and served on French onion sour dough from Serotonin Sweets, with horse radish aioli, roasted mushrooms, Swiss cheese, and chimichurri.
Drink: All Travois Ale Works beer on the menu, made in the brewery on site.
Dish: Locally sourced 25oz T-Bone Steak. Served with pan seared in a triage of garlic butter, beef tallow, and duck fat. Finished with a drizzle of house made chimichurri sauce, accompanied by seasonal vegetables and oven roasted tomatoes on the vine. Choice of side. (serves 2 or an ambitious 1)
Fig & Olive Charcuterie & Grazing Co.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, enter on Instagram for the chance to win a Farm to Fork Charcuterie Board from Fig & Olive Charcuterie.
Ask in restaurant about the feature:
El Super Taco
Homesteader Restaurant & Lounge
Lattes & Light Eats
Homestead Market features over 180 Alberta and Canadian vendors from creative and culinary worlds. Find local ingredients at this market to bring home and make your very own Farm to Fork dish.
Sandwiches made with vegetables from Jamco Growers, and meat from Weiss Ranch Bulls.
The full drink menu features the beans roasted in-house at Poolhouse Cafe & Roastery.
Zucchini Blossom Market & Cafe
Salads, sandwiches, and soups all features vegetables from various farms and greenhouses in Medicine Hat.
Ask in restaurant about the feature:
Sips & Savouries
Made by Medicine Hat Brewing Company, and served inside the taproom. Order an Auggie on tap, or an Auggie Mojito for a mocktail.
Made by Big Marble Farms using fresh cucumbers from the greenhouse, and sold at Poolhouse Café & Roastery.
Your Preference Kombucha distills kombucha, water kefir, and kombucha gummies in Medicine Hat. The drink can be purchased at Homestead Market.
Tru Me Whole Health is made and canned in Medicine Hat at Travois Ale Works.
Sweet Treats
All the chocolate is made in house using Annegret's very own receipe. From truffles, to bars, and specialty shapes, enter this chocolate shop to find a decadent sweet treat.
All the ice-cream is made in house, making it a Medicine Hat local favourite. Choose a flavour from the menu, and indulge in a locally made scoop of ice cream.
Find more details about the regional culinary festival here.
