Smoky Mountains
Smoky Mountains
One dinner your whole cabin sits down for — no drive back down the mountain.
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Fable Private Dining — your dinner, fully handled in Nashville
From $100/guest · plated up to 30 · catering to 250 · book direct
Fable Private Dining — your dinner, fully handled in Nashville
Restaurant-level private dining in your home, vacation rental or private space — menus, ingredients, tableware, dedicated service and complete cleanup.
Private dinners from $100/guest•Plated experiences up to 30•Events up to 250•Book directly online
4.9 star rating·across 300+ events
Average rating4.9/5
Private events300+
ServingNashville + destinations
What the price covers
The restaurant comes to you. The work doesn't.
One price, the whole night. No separate food bill, no plate rental, no staffing add-on.
- Food + ingredients
- Chef Joshua cooking in your space
- Plates + silverware
- A dedicated server for the table
- Course service + clearing
- Kitchen cleanup
Choose the shape of the evening
A plated table, or a room full of people.
Private dining · up to 30 guests
Plated dinner in your home
Multi-course menus served to the table — food, place settings, a dedicated server, course service and a spotless kitchen at the end. Book it online against my real calendar.
Event catering · up to 250 guests
Buffet catering for the bigger room
Weddings, corporate events and celebrations across Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Build your menu, see the exact total, and book the date online.
Anniversary & date night · exactly two guests
Dinner for Two — $500, all in
Any of my core menus, cooked and served in your home for the two of you. One flat price — no travel fee, no service gratuity, no event minimum. Nashville local.
Want something entirely your own? A $100 reservation holds your date and starts menu development with me — built against a $75-per-guest minimum, balance set once the menu is final.
Start a custom menuThe FABLE collection
Choose your evening.
Five distinct ways to sit down. Same chef. Same standard. Everything handled.
Flagship experience
FABLE · Wild South.
Modern American cooking shaped by the South. Coast, field, wild game and fire — without nostalgia.
- 01Charred Oyster
- 02Poached Red Snapper Roulade
- 03Crispy Quail
- 04Venison Loin
- 05Dark Chocolate
$175 per guest
Five plated courses · $900 event minimum
One price. The whole night.
No. 02 · Steakhouse · For the table
The Butcher's Table
For milestone nights, celebrations and a room that came for the beef.
$145 per guest
Butcher's cut + three sides · $750 event minimum
One price. The whole night.
No. 03 · Modern Southern · Four courses
The Southern Table
For anniversaries, intimate dinners and a first private-chef night.
$125 per guest
Four courses · $750 event minimum
One price. The whole night.
No. 04 · American tavern · For the table
The Tavern Table
For easy, generous nights with friends and family at home.
$110 per guest
Five selections · $750 event minimum
One price. The whole night.
No. 05 · Served in waves · Late night
After Hours
For Airbnbs, bachelor and bachelorette weekends, birthdays, game nights and cabins.
$95 per guest
Served in waves · $750 event minimum
One price. The whole night.
Why a private chef
Go out without going anywhere.
No driving, no 7:45 reservation, no crowded room, no check at the end, no dishes at midnight. Your people, your playlist, your table — and dinner unfolds around you.
At the table
What dinner actually looks like.
Courses plated in your kitchen and carried straight to your table.
Behind FABLE
One chef. One standard. Your table.
FABLE is Chef Joshua Jones. He designs the menus, sources the ingredients, cooks the dinner in your kitchen and stays accountable for the evening from the first email to the last plate.
A dedicated server looks after your table all night, which keeps Joshua on the food — and lets you be a guest at your own dinner.
Trained at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, with a NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialist certification that makes dietary adjustments a conversation rather than a compromise.
About JoshuaSourcing
Where dinner starts matters.
The menu begins before I ever step into your kitchen. I prioritize seasonal produce, Tennessee growers, independent butchers, local ranchers and trusted regional suppliers whenever the ingredient and season allow it.
That means better meat, better produce, better flavor — and a dinner that feels connected to where you are, not pulled from a generic catering catalog.
Seasonal produce · local farms · independent butchers · regional ranchers · responsibly sourced seafood
Create something custom
A dinner built around your night.
Homes, vacation rentals, event spaces. Seated or standing. A $100 reservation holds your date and starts menu development — credited to your final total, with nothing further charged until the menu and price are agreed.
Start a Custom MenuBefore you ask
The short answers.
Is the food included in the price?
Yes. Every ingredient is included — there's no separate grocery bill afterward.
Do I need plates, silverware or a server?
No. Plates and silverware come with me, and every seated preset dinner includes a dedicated server for the table.
Do you clean up?
Yes. The kitchen is clean before I leave. You shouldn't be doing dishes at your own dinner party.
Can you cook in an Airbnb or vacation rental?
Yes, as long as the kitchen is workable. Send me the listing and I'll confirm before anything is booked.
How it works
Dinner shouldn't take weeks of emails to plan.
Pick your evening. See your price. Book when you're ready.
See Live Pricing- 01
Choose
Choose a FABLE experience — three distinct dinners, each with its own menu, guest range and character.
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Personalize
Set your date, guest count and menu options. The price updates live as you go. No quotes, no waiting.
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Book
Reserve online. The date locks instantly and your private Dining Studio opens the same moment.
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Experience
FABLE arrives, cooks, serves and cleans. You stay at the table.
Want a dinner built around your night? Custom evenings run on a separate path — a $100 reservation holds the date and starts menu development, and it's credited to your final total. Nothing further is charged until the menu and price are agreed.
Create Something CustomDestination dining
Private dining where you're staying.
I travel from Nashville to cook at cabins, vacation homes and private residences across four regions. Each destination has its own page with the menu, the fit and how to book.
North Georgia
North Georgia Mountains
A slow, long-table evening in the mountain house — the night becomes the plan.
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Kentucky Bourbon Country
The dinner that anchors the weekend — after the day out, before the late night.
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Explore Bourbon CountryBirmingham
Birmingham
Host the dinner party without doing any of the hosting work.
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Explore BirminghamNot traveling? The same dinners — Wild South, Southern Table, Butcher's Table, Tavern Table and After Hours — are served at home in Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee.
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Included after booking
Booked is only the beginning.
Every FABLE reservation opens a private Dining Studio for your evening — your menu, timing, event details, guest invitations and sharing tools together in one private space. It arrives the moment you book. There's nothing to set up.
- —Your menu, course by course
- —Date, arrival and service timing
- —A digital event pass for the night
- —Invite your guests by text or email
- —Share your evening when it's over
- —Message the chef directly
Stories from the table
“The event I attended tonight was absolutely splendid! From beginning to the end of service everything thing was immaculate! If you would like to have a night of splendid food and a phenomenal dining experience I highly recommend them. YOU. WILL. NOT. BE. DISAPPOINTED!”
Book a night
Some nights are dinner. Some become FABLE.
Real availability, live pricing, booked directly online.