Ravenwood Barn Dinner (June 2018)
Event Information
Description
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF
CREATIVE EXCHANGE AROUND THE TABLE
Here’s what you can expect during your night in the barn:
The first hour will be spent welcoming guests with a signature beverage and time to mingle outside while dinner is being prepared over our open-fire grills. Guests will then be seated inside the barn at one long farm table to enjoy our harvest boards full of hors d’oeuvres that celebrate the season's bounty.
A brief introduction to the menu and wine selection will be followed by a series of savory courses that make use of meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables from our neighboring organic farmers. Taking advantage of what is available to us in the Hudson Valley in late June, this meal is meant to be a celebration of time and place.
After dinner, guests will be served coffee, tea and dessert and invited to stay seated or gather around the bon fire. A lit pathway will help guide guests back to the parking lot to end the evening.
Organizer CHRIS + DANA
Organizer of Ravenwood Barn Dinner (June 2018)
CHRIS LANIER chrislanierny.com
From his time spent in the acclaimed kitchens of Café Boulud, WD-50, The Little Nell and Spruce, to his years as a private chef in NYC, to his work as a food stylist on commercial photo shoots – and most recently as the proud owner of a small farm in upstate NY, Chris Lanier has been involved in producing amazing food from the ground up. Since the couple’s 1st dinner party in a Brooklyn loft space in 2010, Ravenwood has been an opportunity for Chris to enjoy the immediate response of guests to his work as a grower and chef – something that can be difficult to achieve in a restaurant setting. It’s also been a chance to pull together the best offerings of The Hudson Valley and surrounding NY area around a communal table that celebrates each season’s provisions.
“My cooking has always been focused on the seasons, and I go out of my way to find the very best products. The natural progression for me was to see what it takes to foster beautiful produce first hand. I wanted to go beyond the chef who shops at all the markets, to the chef who works on the farm. After two seasons spent working on a farm in eastern Long Island, I was hooked and started to entertain the idea of getting a place of our own in the Catskills. The soil alone takes years to develop – and that is just the beginning. So far, it’s been rewarding to have a careful hand in the process of farm to table, and I hope that mindfulness is reflected in the dishes I prepare.”
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DANA MCCLURE danamcclure.com
Dana McClure has been a part of New York’s art and design world in many capacities. Beginning her career in 2001 as a graphic designer, she has art directed print, motion and interactive projects for business, non-pro t and cultural clients worldwide. In 2008, Dana won a Telly Award for a documentary that she directed and co-produced entitled ‘Odd Ones Out’ which was distributed internationally. Recently, Dana ended a ten-year run as part-time faculty for both New York University and Parsons The New School for Design teaching classes in 2D design and time based media. Her self-initiated work ranges from limited edition prints and mixed-media collages to hand-printed textiles and objects for the home.
“I feel very fortunate to have lived in Brooklyn for the past ten years at the start of my career. With a place so full of talented makers, the cross-pollination of ideas seems to happen organically and it’s impossible not to be inspired by the abundance of creativity and diversity. Of course the Hudson Valley has its own incredibly rich history of artists and artisans and we’re really excited to become a part of that. My hope with Ravenwood is to help connect these two communities and to cultivate a space that entices people to come out of their studios, and away from their farms to connect and exchange. In our opinion, there’s no better way to do that than around the table breaking bread.”
