It’s not uncommon for vendors to win awards locally, regionally and nationally, she said, “because of their passion and forethought” of their product. Kristina Stanley, the city’s recreation supervisor, said these two James Beard semifinalists are representative of the market’s vendors. Gencarelli said the James Beard nomination is a big honor for Yoli because not many tortillerias are nominated - but it’s still business as usual. “We really believed in that market and we really love all the vendors, that was like the main reason we wanted to be there,” she said. Overland Park Farmers’ Market provided a space and atmosphere for Yoli to share its unique product and offer samples to the public, Marisa Gencarelli said. Yoli got its start at the Overland Park Farmers’ Market. Yoli, a Kansas City, Missouri, tortilleria, is a James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist. Yoli Tortilleria, in Kansas City, Missouri is a James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist.īefore launching their own storefront, co-founders Mark and Marisa Gencarelli sold their wares in a stall at the farmers’ market, starting in 2017. “We find what we need there and we stick there, we stay there.” ‘The culture and the camaraderie’ “There is a great variety among the vendors and the quality is amazing,” he said. The ingredient options and vendor variety evolved over the last 19 years, Thorne-Thomsen said, but it’s the quality that has kept him coming back. While it started as personal shopping for him and his family, he said, he later began shopping at the market for ingredients for his restaurant. The Kansas City area’s only two semifinalists this year for prestigious James Beard Awards also both happen to have strong connections to the Overland Park Farmers’ Market.Ĭhef Carl Thorne-Thomsen of Prairie Village’s Story., who is a James Beard Best Chef: Midwest semifinalist, started shopping at the farmers’ market when he and his family moved to the metro in 2003.
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