Candlelit dinner table set on a covered stone porch overlooking rolling hills at sunset

Destination private dining · Kentucky

A private dinner for your bourbon-country weekend.

Bardstown and Louisville. The day is already planned. This is the evening that holds the whole trip together.

Bardstown · Louisville · Surrounding Kentucky bourbon-country areas

Travel up to 4.5 hours from Nashville · $350 flat travel fee per event

Featured here: The Bluegrass Table — created for this destination.

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A bourbon-country weekend usually has a full daytime itinerary and a wide-open evening. That evening is where groups lose momentum — everyone is tired, nobody wants to negotiate a reservation for ten, and the night quietly turns into whatever is closest.

Booking the dinner in advance fixes the shape of the weekend. Everyone comes back to the house, sits down, and is served a proper multi-course evening at a set hour.

I cook the food and run the service. What you pour alongside it is entirely yours.

The day is planned. Let the evening be planned too.

Sunrise over misty Kentucky pastures lined with black plank fencing

The kind of nights this suits

A group weekend where dinner should be on the itinerary, not improvised
A milestone trip with friends staying in one house
A celebration dinner at the end of a full day out
A private home hosting out-of-town guests

What's included

One dinner price. One travel fee.

Dinner pricing is fully inclusive of food, chef, tableware, a dedicated server, service and clearing, and cleanup. Destination dinners carry a $1,500 event minimum and a flat $350 travel fee per event.

Tell me the house, the headcount and what time the group realistically sits down. I'll confirm the kitchen before the date is locked.

Food + ingredients
Chef Joshua cooking in your space
Plates + silverware
A dedicated server for the table
Course service + clearing
Kitchen cleanup
+Destination travel — $350 flat per event

Destination menu

The Bluegrass Table.

Created for this destination

A four-course Kentucky menu built around Louisville classics, bourbon-country flavors and modern Southern cooking.

Written for a Kentucky weekend — Louisville classics reworked, bourbon-country flavors, and modern Southern cooking. Four courses, chosen one per course, served at your table as part of destination private dining.

Regionally inspired. Thoughtfully sourced.

The menu is built around the flavors of the region, with seasonal and regional sourcing used whenever practical. Ingredients are chosen for the menu, the season, and the region — not pulled from a generic catering catalog.

First Course

Choose one

Hot Brown Arancini
Crisp risotto, Mornay sauce — a playful nod to Louisville's Hot Brown.
Ohio Valley Tomato Tart
Heirloom tomato, goat cheese, basil, flaky pastry, sorghum.
River City Mushroom Toast
Hen-of-the-woods and shiitake mushrooms, bourbon cream, garlic-rubbed crostini.

Second Course

Choose one

Market Greens
Seasonal greens, toasted seeds, house vinaigrette.
Heirloom Tomato & Burrata
Heirloom tomato, burrata, basil oil, aged balsamic, sourdough croutons.
Seasonal Bisque
Chef-driven seasonal vegetable bisque, warm bread.

Main Course

Choose one

Bourbon-Glazed Beef Tenderloin
Sweet potato grits, crisp Brussels sprouts, bourbon glaze.
Smoked Kentucky Trout
Corn and butter bean succotash, sweet peppers, lemon-dill cream.
Lamb Chops
Mint chimichurri, roasted fingerling potatoes, seasonal vegetables.
Benedictine-Stuffed Chicken
Pan-roasted chicken, Benedictine-style filling, spoonbread, braised greens, bourbon cream.

Dessert

Choose one

Bourbon Bread Pudding
Warm brioche bread pudding, bourbon caramel, vanilla bean ice cream.
Kentucky Chocolate-Walnut Pie
Chocolate-walnut pie, sorghum cream.

Four courses · choose one per course

Pricing quoted with your date + headcount. Available only as part of destination private dining.

Best for Airbnbs, bachelor and bachelorette weekends, birthdays, game nights and cabins.

$95 per guest

One price. The whole night.

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Something bigger, standing, or entirely its own thing? I'll build the evening around the room and come back with one clear all-in quote.

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Before you ask

Travel, answered.

Can you cook in a rental or private home here?

Yes. Send me the address or the listing and I'll confirm the kitchen and the service setup before your date is locked.

What does destination pricing look like?

The published per-guest menu price still applies. On top of that, destination dinners carry a $1,500 event minimum and a $350 flat travel fee per event — per event, never per guest and never per hour. The travel fee covers getting me, the food and the full service kit to your property.

Are food, service and tableware still included?

Yes. Dinner pricing stays fully inclusive: food and ingredients, plates and silverware, a dedicated server for the table, course service and clearing, and kitchen cleanup. Destination dinners add the $350 flat travel fee per event and carry a $1,500 event minimum.

What if the kitchen is limited?

Tell me what the kitchen has — oven, cooktop, counter space, fridge — and I'll confirm the setup with you before the date is locked. If something needs adjusting, we sort the menu around it in advance rather than on the night.

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