• Restaurant hours - Champney's at the Deerfield Inn

    • Breakfast: 7:30-10am
    • Sunday brunch: 11:00am-2:00pm
    • Tavern lunch: 12-2:30pm, Monday-Saturday
    • Dinner: 5-9pm

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Chefs

Chef KIM STEFFENS writes:

Kim SteffensI am mother of three wonderful dogs and two cats. I began cooking when I was a kid. I was also involved heavily into art so when it came time for me to decide what to do with my life, I was swayed to go to art school. I enjoyed it but consistently found myself cooking and baking for my friends. When I looked into getting a job I applied as a waitress at a local place not knowing a friend from high school already worked there, and told the manager to hire me as a cook instead. That began the new page in my life and I continued to work in places where it not only helped me pay for Art School but I got some different education out of it too.

I eventually turned my attention completely to cooking when my chef suggested to me that I go to culinary school instead, so I went to the CIA . I wanted to continue to the pastry program but couldn’t afford to do so, so I educated myself here and there while I was working as a sous-chef at a hotel in Cincinnati (then called the Regal). This is where I met my husband Tim. I eventually turned my attention to pastries and landed myself a job as a pastry chef at Daveed’s, voted second best restaurant in Cincinnati, where I worked for six years.

During this time, Tim got himself a Food Director position that transferred us to his home land, New England. I worked at a few local places, learned a bit of the local palette and Tim and I worked a catering business, some of which we did in trade for help to turn our old cider mill house into our own place. That’s pretty much it. Now I am happy to be here!

Kim maintains the inn’s long-held food philosophy of encouraging sustainable practices and showcasing the quality and taste of the area foods we eat. She takes every advantage of seasonal products from the fields, orchards, and waters of this valley, and her menus incorporate the exceptional, honest flavors that only artisanal producers, local farmers and growers can provide.

Chef TIM STEFFENS :

Tim

Breakfast/lunch line cook and baker SUE GRISWOLD :

Sue

Welcome to Champney’s

For our 125th anniversary at the Deerfield Inn, we gave our restaurant and tavern the name of Champney's.  James Wells Champney, engraver, photographer, and painter, lived on Deerfield's Main Street while teaching at Smith College, and has been called "the father of American Impressionism".  Our relaxed fine dining restaurant and comfortable tavern are open seven nights with a market-driven menu using fresh area produce.  We offer a great list of 101 martinis, a wide selection of imported & domestic bottled and draft beers, and an extensive wine list with more than 20 wines by the glass.  In fine weather you can eat out on the intimate porch, or on weekends take a horse-drawn carriage ride before returning for dinner.