GIDDY GOAT CHEESE

To All Giddy Lovers!

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:41:00 -0400

Come Say Goodbye to Us At Our Final Charleston Farmers Market on Saturday July 30th & Take Home Some Giddy Goat Relics!

We will be doing our final market this Saturday @ Marion Square from 8-2 PM and we’d love you to come say goodbye to us and take home some great Giddy Goat relics to remember us by! We’ll be giving away the famous “Giddy Up!” T-shirts free with a purchase of $27.00 or more: easily hit with a Growler of Giddy Up! Whey Soda (you keep the growler) and an 8oz cheese. Only while supplies last (we have two boxes of t-shirts).

We also have a bunch of “Meet the Giddy Goat Cards”, stickers and smiles. All free of charge. If you are a regular customer we will have a photographer snapping shots of all of you who have helped make this such a special experience over the last 4 years.

We look forward to seeing you Saturday!

GIDDY UP!

Giddy Goat to Cease Operations July 30, 2011

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:48:00 -0400

We are sad to announce that Giddy Goat will cease operations as of July 30, 2011. Since we started Organic Process in 2005 we have followed our instincts and drives — trying to create things people will value. But a major part of insuring the Organic Process continues is to look soberly at the reality of our situation and determine the most practical and inspired path forward. Sometimes things work; but they don’t work as a business. Giddy Goat is an example of that.

Over the past 4 years we have had incredible support and love from the Charleston community. We made great products, stayed creative and fun in how we approached the business and have built some fantastic relationships. But with the growth of a local food operation comes more work, more stress, and the need for larger and larger investments. What we have learned is that making and selling local artisan cheese is too big to be a hobby and too small to be a business. The list of challenges faced by small food producers is too long to detail here — but they are some of the bravest and hardest working people on the planet. Feeling like a colleague to such people has been an honor.

Organic Process will find it’s voice in a post-Giddy world, but right now we are sad at the disappointment we are bringing to the relationships we have formed with employees, farmers and customers. We are convinced that Giddy Goat did make the world a better place and that it will be a bit sadder (for awhile) for being gone.

We will be at the Charleston Farmers Market through July 30th and will be fulfilling orders to restaurants and stores through the 22nd of July. Please come see us and say goodbye.

Giddy Up!
Mitchell, Farrah and Everyone at Giddy Goat

Giddy UP! On Tap @ Closed For Business

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:05:37 -0400

LOCAL SUPPORTING LOCAL!

Giddy UP! Apple Ginger Whey Soda is now on tap at Closed For Business located downtown on King Street. Be sure to stop in and try the locally handcrafted soda thats refreshing and good for you!

Giddy Up! Whey Soda
Apple-Ginger $5/$25

Ask your bartender or server to mix Giddy Up! with your favorite liquor for a Special Giddy Up! Cocktail.

Giddy Goat In Beaufort's new SILO.

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:27:13 -0400

We are excited to tell you that Giddy Goat Cheese will now be available in Beaufort, SC through the new Sea Island Local Outlet. This is both an online and storefront farmers market featuring local produce and artisan products from around the area.

About SILO:

SILO is the Sea Islands Local Outlet. Our mission is to provide locally sourced food to Beaufortonians and educate them about where and how the food they eat is produced. Just as a silo in agriculture is used to store large amounts of feed or grain until it is ready to be distributed, Beaufort’s SILO is a place where a large variety of local food will be brought, stored and distributed to local residents. In essence, it is a local grocer with two shopping methods: the online farmers market and the shopfront. SILO will operate a physical market out of a retail shopfront in the Habersham Marketplace. For online orders, customers will pick up their order at the shopfront on Market Day. On other days when the shop is open, customers can come in and pick up many of their groceries from local sources. These are not gourmet/tourist-oriented products. The goal is to market to local Beaufortonians who enjoy eating locally-sourced foods. Meat, eggs, milk, cheese, breads, desserts are examples of products that are offered.

Visit them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SILO-Sea-Islands-Local-Outlet/194836077231349

Where Can You Find Giddy Goat?

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:01:07 -0400

CULINARY ARTIST PROFILE IN ART MAGAZINE

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:37:04 -0400

Be sure to pick up this month’s issue of Charleston’s Art Mag to see the Culinary Artist Profile on Farrah and Giddy Goat.

Culinary Artist Profile: The Giddy Goat

words: Jessica Dennis

Farrah Hoffmire isn’t your typical Southern belle who’s afraid to get her hands dirty. She’s an artist, a film producer, and now a goat-cheese maker. Her local, handmade, Giddy Goat Cheese has already caught the eye of the finest chefs and stores in the region.

Having grown up on a small farm in Summerville, SC, Hoffmire is well acquainted with the agrarian lifestyle and has always kept it close to her heart. In 2005, she and her husband Mitchell began their own philanthropic media company called Organic Process Productions which focuses on art and media projects, particularly things that highlight local food and cultural heritage in South Carolina.

Though OPP is still going strong, Hoffmire wanted to do more hands on work. She yearned for a farm of her own and began thinking about what she could produce herself. In 2009, she reached out to strong pastoral figures, Sidi and Louise Limehouse (owners of local organic Rosebank Farms) and helped them launch their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Amid this process, her new friends taught her how to make fresh goat cheese from goat’s milk and provided her with kitchen space to do it. True to her roots, she quickly took to the process and began making and selling it herself. “Basically people started asking for it, I kept making and improving it, and people kept buying it. We were thrilled”, she says.

And buy it they did. Giddy Goat Cheese has been sought after and sold to many of Charleston’s best restaurants, grocery stores, and markets. Giddy Goat Cheese comes in four flavors: Pure (salt-free), Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt, Pimiento, and Crystallized Ginger.

When asked how she manages all of her interests so efficiently, Hoffmire humbly jokes about how much time there is in a day when your whole life is your work. She manages Giddy Goat Cheese during the day, then paints or edits video at night.

“Giddy Goat is a great start, but only the beginning,” she says. She has also recently launched a healthy handcrafted whey soda using the nutrient rich by-product whey from the cheese making process. We can only imagine what’s she’s got in store for us next!

Farrah Hoffmire
Giddy Goat Cheese
www.giddygoatcheese.com

TO VIEW MORE VISIT: CHARLESTON ART MAG’S WEBSITE

Giddy Up! Ice Cream Float... YUM!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:48:00 -0400

This weekend we are teaming up with another local small batch dairy business to bring you Giddy Up! Ice Cream Floats. We will be using Roots Peach Ice Cream and our handcrafted Giddy Up! Apple Ginger Soda to bring you a this new tasty treat at the downtown Charleston Farmers Market.

Roots Ice Cream is made in small batches with fresh ingredients to ensure quality and flavors are sourced and inspired by local farmers and businesses. For more information visit:http://www.rootsicecream.com/

Stop by the Organic Process/Giddy Goat Cheese Tent Saturday for a Giddy Up! Ice Cream Float:

This weeks Flavor: PEACH

See you Saturday!

Get Giddy In The Piggly Wiggly!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:29:25 -0400

This weekend Giddy Goat Cheese is expanding to be available in the Charleston area Piggly Wiggly Stores. We are excited to be working with Piggly Wiggly and featured as a new local product throughout their stores.

Visit your local Piggly Wiggly this weekend and pick up some Giddy Goat Cheese for the Holiday Weekend!

We will be doing in free in store tastings throughout the following Piggly Wiggly store locations this holiday weekend! Come see us at:

West Ashley:

1739 Maybank Hwy
14 Sumar Street

James Island:

1005 Harborview Road

Mt. Pleasant:

1220 Ben Sawyer Blvd: Sea Island Shopping Center
1981 Riviera Dr: Sea Farms Shopping Center

Go Get Giddy In the Piggly Wiggly this weekend and support handcrafted local products in your grocery stores!

Fish Restaurant Holds Launch Party for Giddy UP! Handcrafted Soda

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:08:52 -0400

On June 30^th FISH will host a special Homegrown Style Remixology Night, with our new all natural Giddy Up! Apple Ginger Whey Soda. Mixologist Evan Powell will be mixing up signature cocktails with the healthy, refreshing soda for $4.00 from 5:30-8pm.

Giddy Up! Apple Ginger Whey Soda is made with fresh local whey and local ingredients to the Carolinas. Giddy Up! is caffeine free with no preservatives or added sugar. We use only the best ingredients to create a delicious soda packed full of protein and amino acids to give you the natural energy you need.

Support local handcrafted products and join us for the special Homegrown Remixology Night at Fish Restaurant on June 30^th.

* We will also be taking pre-orders for 16oz Growlers at this event. Contact Beth Wendt at beth@organicprocess.com if you want to pre-order a growler to be picked up at Charleston Downtown Farmer’s Market on Saturday.

Handcrafted GIDDY UP! Apple-Ginger Whey Soda Is Now Available!

Thu, 19 May 2011 12:25:00 -0400

DELICIOUS * REFRESHING * ALL NATURAL

We are excited to announce that GIDDY UP! HOMEGROWN SODA is now on the market! This is a delicious and all natural soda handmade with local whey and other ingredients local to the Carolinas. We use ancient beverage-making techniques to create a healthy and refreshing soda that’s good for you!

GIDDY UP! is caffeine free with no preservatives. We use only the best ingredients to create this refreshing drink packed full of protein and essential amino acids.

Now you can enjoy this ageless and delicious health beverage! Giddy Up! Apple Ginger Whey Soda is available in Growlers, 5 Gallon Kegs, and 16oz cups at the Farmers Markets. For more information about our soda and how you can get it click here: About Giddy Up! .

Footage from the Top Chef Challenge at 2011 Charleston Wine...

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:54:00 -0400

Footage from the Top Chef Challenge at 2011 Charleston Wine & Food Festival. The event brought 6 celebrity “Top Chefs” from previous seasons of the Bravo hit tv show to compete in a “One-Ingredient Challenge”. Handmade Homegrown Giddy Goat Cheese was the winning ingredient, voted on in advance by ticket-holders. Each Chef served up a dish using Giddy Goat Cheese to over 500 guests and a panel of judges who voted on who they felt best used the cheese and deserved Holy City bragging rights. Great day and big thanks to our friends at PDA for producing this video.

Join Us For The Food Truck Rodeo on May 1st

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:37:00 -0400

The Charleston Food Truck Federation and Mixson are launching the 2nd Charleston Food Truck Rodeo- Brunch style featuring a Giddy Goat Cheese Menu Challenge. Join us Sunday May 1st from 11am-3pm for the delicious event!

Great Weekend For Giddy Goat At Charleston Wine & Food Festival

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:32:00 -0500

On Friday March 4th Charleston Wine & Food Festival brought 6 celebrity “Top Chefs” from previous seasons of the Bravo hit tv show to compete in a “One-Ingredient Challenge”. Handmade Homegrown Giddy Goat Cheese was the winning ingredient, voted on in advance by ticket-holders. Each Chef served up small plate of their recipe using one of our four flavors of Giddy Goat Cheese to over 500 guests and a panel of judges who voted on who they felt best used the cheese and deserved Holy City bragging rights.

The line-up included Ariane Durate, Ryan Scott, Kevin Gillespie, Brain Malarkey, Dave Martin, and Marisa Churchill. The winner: Chef Dave Martin earned the bragging rights this year with his Root Beer Braised Pork with Giddy Goat Cheese & Nueske’s Wilkd Cherrywood Bacon Grits.

Giddy Goat is extremely honored to be asked to be apart of this first year event. Owner Farrah Hoffmire has been making cheese for 3 years, 2 years professionally, and is thrilled by the recognition this event has given her products.

Visit Giddy Press for more articles on the weekend and events.

More Photos From The Event:

Organic Process Productions Owner Mitchell Davis among the panel of celebrity judges.

Giddy Goat display serving up all of our fresh chevre flavors and new healthy and refreshing Apple-Ginger Ale Whey Soda.

Owner Farrah Hoffmire talking with a guest about our cheese making process and the creation of the knew Whey Soda.

Giddy Goat Cheese Gears Up For MUSC Farmers Market Starting March 18th

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:42:00 -0500

We are excited to announce that starting March 18th we will be apart of the MUSC Farmer’s Market every Friday from 8am to 2pm in the Horseshoe. To kick off and promote our knew presence at MUSC, Executive Chef Fred Bennet preformed a special event cooking demo on March 2nd using Giddy Goat Cheese. Chef Bennet created 3 dishes made with our Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt, Crystalized Ginger, and Pure fresh chevre, all which would be featured in the MUSC cafeteria the following week.

The event also served as a kick off of a health and nutrition month throughout MUSC and we highlighted the health benefits of goat cheese in that it is lower in fat and calories, higher in protein, higher in calcium, and easier to digest than cow’s milk cheese, while incorporating that our cheese is hormone-free with no preservatives.

For more information on the event and the recipes visit: http://www.muschealth.com/nutrition/News/Giddy%20Goat%20Cheese%20Cooking%20Demo

We look forward to serving up Giddy Goat Cheese and delicious, healthy, local food starting this month!

Giddy Goat Cheese won "Lowcountry Ingredient" in Charleston Food + Wine Festival's 6 Top Chef's Challenge

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:00 -0500

6 Top Chefs Challenge!

Date:Friday March 4 2011

Time:12:00 – 2:00 pm

Location:Main Tent at Marion Square

Attire:Casual

$100.00

Available

Giddy Goat Cheese won local ingredient choice for Charleston Wine + Food Festival 2011* 6 Top Chef Challenge!

For the first time ever Charleston Wine & Food Festival will celebrate the Bravo hit TV show, Top Chef, with a bash and “Lowcountry Ingredient” challenge. A fan favorite from each season will be on-hand to serve a small plate of their signature recipe, using Giddy Goat Handemade Homegrown Goat Cheese, a Lowcountry ingredient voted on in advance by the event’s ticket-holders.

A panel of judges (including OPP’s very own, Mitchell Davis & the celebrated Lee Brothers!) will vote on each chef’s dish and decide who has won Holy City bragging rights. Tiffany Derry, a contestant from the 2010 season, will serve as Master of Ceremonies and Artisan Winery will match the chefs’ plates with complementary wine.

Giddy Up In 2011!

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:57:00 -0500

We’ve had an exciting first year, and are so happy that so many of you are enjoying our handmade, small-batch fresh chevre! Here are some new things to look for from Giddy Goat in 2011!

Giddy Goat Milk Cycle: "The Seasonality of Our S.C. Goats"

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:52:00 -0500

We think it is important to engage the community in learning the cycles and seasons of locally grown and produced food. Thank you for supporting us in following these natural cycles and being a part of building a stronger local food community!

Pimiento Giddy Goat Cheese Pizza at Monza’s Pizza 451 King...

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:01:00 -0500

Pimiento Giddy Goat Cheese Pizza at Monza’s Pizza

451 King Street
Charleston, SC 29403
(843) 720-8787

Giddy Goat Cheese hanging to drain the whey from the curds. The...

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:00:00 -0500

Giddy Goat Cheese hanging to drain the whey from the curds. The whey is 100% natural pure protein. We are collecting the whey and experimenting with natural healthy protein sodas.

Lowcountry Local First Farmer Apprentice Pilot Program

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:42:36 -0500

Lowcountry Local First Farmer Apprentice Pilot Program