Mother's Day Mocktails & Canapés

This Mother’s Day we’re hosting a mocktail party! Bring your mom, your moms, your mom-like figure, your favorite aunt, your grandma...all are welcome! Treat yourself to farm-fresh libations and canapés with award-winning cocktail creator William Elliott (Maison Premiere, Brooklyn) and AOOA’s Culinary Director Beth Goodwin. Together, they’ll teach–and taste!–you through how to take your outdoor entertaining in the Hudson Valley to the next level. In between delicious bites and enticing sips, you’ll make take-home treats and learn invaluable tips for your next soirée in this hands-on, interactive workshop. Cheers to that!

Attendee Guidelines:

• Minimum age: 13
• Please list any allergies or dietary restrictions at the time of booking. Kindly note we are not an allergen-free kitchen and we may not be able to accommodate last minute notifications.
• Dress weather appropriate as we’ll be outside. Please wear closed-toed shoes.
• All supplies and materials will be provided. If you prefer, feel free to bring your own chef’s knife, paring knife, cocktail shaker tins and strainer.

Beth Goodwin is AOOA's food aficionado concocting all of the delectable farm stand goodies.  Mentored from a young age by Mollie Katzen (Moosewood Cookbook) and Mona Talbott (Talbott & Arding, Hudson), Beth started her career in the legendary kitchens of Chez Panisse when she was 15. Prior to joining AOOA, Beth worked in restaurant development for Major Food Group and as a culinary consultant. She is a graduate of Cornell’s Hotel School and a recipient of the Kopf Prize in food & beverage scholarship.

William Elliott is the Executive Bar Director and Vice President of Premiere Enterprises, the creative development firm behind critically-acclaimed Maison Premiere and Sauvage in Brooklyn, NY, The Golden Hour at The High Line Hotel in Chelsea, NY, as well as Seabird and Maison Estelle in London. Maison Premiere received a James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2016, was voted Bar of the Year by Time Out New York, and has been ranked consecutively in the World's 50 Best Bars list. William and his cocktails have been featured in the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Punch, Forbes, and Gear Patrol, as well as in many of the best beverage books of the past ten years. He now resides in the Hudson Valley and works on creative development for various bar, restaurant, and hotel concepts around the world.