Executive Chef Jim La Perriere Brings Elements of Spring

EXECUTIVE CHEF JIM LA PERRIERE BRINGS ELEMENTS OF SPRING

TO THE HOLLAND FARMERS MARKET

Personal executive chef Jim La Perriere is back at the Holland Farmers Market this Saturday, June 2 at 10:00 am for the weekly Chef Series. Highlighting favorite products from the Market, La Perriere will demonstrate how to make iced ginger tea, which will accompany a spring vegetable salad and Alsatian onion tart with crème fraiche and garlic baby arugula.

La Perriere began his career in Northern California, where he worked for a number of prestigious restaurants in Sacramento and studiedunder nationally recognized chef BibaCaggiano. He continued his studies at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, graduating first in his class.

Following graduation, La Perriere returned to California and opened Enotria Café and Wine Bar in Northern Sacramento where he earned andmaintained a four star review. His food has appeared on the covers of Sacramento Magazine, has been featured in various newspapers and has also been a regular guest chef on a number of regionally live cooking shows. With 28 years of experience, he currently works in Saugatuck as a personal executive chef, focusing on private events, corporate team buildings, demonstration dinners, weddings, and most recently, private group cooking classes. Chef La Perriere is a strong believer in the farm-to-table approach and often shops at local Farmers Markets looking for the freshest local products available. For more information about La Perriere, visit his website at

The Chef Series, a weekly event held every Saturday at 10:00 am at the Holland Farmer’s Market, is free to attend, May 16 through September 8. The series is sponsored by Visser Farms, a family farm in Zeeland since 1902. Be sure to visit Visser Farms at the Holland Farmer’s Market every Wednesday and Saturday, or online at

The Holland Farmers Market is open every Wednesday and Saturday from 8am to 4pm, rain or shine. The City of Holland’s Department of Leisure and Cultural Services hosts the Market at the Eighth Street Market Place (150 West Eighth Street) in Downtown Holland. For more information, contact Market Master Candy Todd at 616-355-1138, visit the Market online, or friend our Facebook page at No pets of any kind are allowed at the Market. Michigan Bridge Cards are accepted.