Hopkinsville’s Supper Club to feature German cuisine, culture

Are you a foodie looking for a way to try food from all over the world right here in Hopkinsville? Well then the Supper Club is the right place for you, and on Thursday they will be spotlighting German cuisine and culture.

The club traces its roots back to 2020, when Alissa Keller, executive director of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, launched a virtual program called “Cooking From the Past.” Community members shared recipes and videos of them cooking their favorite dishes. The Hopkinsville-Christian County Human Rights Commission later partnered with the museum to form what is now the Supper Club, which highlights cuisines from around the world.

Raychel Farmer, executive director of the commission, says the club is open to anyone who wants to connect over food and culture.

Farmer says the commission is all about celebrating diversity and uniqueness and calls Hopkinsville one of the most diverse communities in the state. Farmer says the club has allowed the museums and the commission to bring people together, highlight everyone’s similarities as well as recognize and appreciate each other’s differences.

The club is designed to go beyond creating the traditional dinner setting. Farmer describes it as an interactive live cooking show featuring local chefs and community leaders, sharing cuisines from their culture. It goes beyond a typical dining experience by encouraging audience engagement and allowing for in-depth discussions about the culture or theme of the event.

This month’s featured chefs will be Cody Noffsinger and his best friend, Cody Willis, who will prepare a menu inspired by Noffsinger’s German heritage. The timing, Farmer says, aligns perfectly with Oktoberfest celebrations.

Farmer says Noffsinger’s German heritage goes back at least 17 generations, and his mother grew up in southern Indiana, where German culture is widely represented. He’s been exploring those roots recently and is excited to share that experience with our community.

The German-themed menu will feature fried red cabbage with a twist, German egg noodles, homemade pretzels, authentic brats and sausages from Noffsinger’s mother’s hometown and German beer.

If you would like to enjoy some German food, tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Pennyroyal Area Museum on East 9th Street or online through the museum’s website.