Anne Saxelby built her career around one simple belief: every great cheese starts with a family farm. Through her shop in New York’s Essex Street Market, she introduced diners to American artisan cheesemakers and the rural communities behind them. Her partnerships with goat dairy farmers helped spark Goatober, a fall celebration launched in 2011 by Antinori Foods USA that invites chefs across the country to cook with goat and support the small farms that raise them.

Chef Nicole Brisson will gather friends at Brezza inside Resorts World Las Vegas this fall to honor Anne Saxelby’s Goatober. The evening will feature food stations set throughout the restaurant, giving guests the chance to wander, mingle, and meet the chefs while tasting their way through the menu. The Goat Fest spread celebrates goat from the cheese board to the main course: