Regions: Rockies

Guest chef Kelly Whitaker is one of the most celebrated chefs in Colorado, with two James Beard awards under his belt and a spot on Bon Appetit’s Ten Best New Restaurants list in 2019. At The Wolf’s Tailor, he’s known for intricate and creative menus highlighting Colorado’s wild edibles and game. He also grows his own vegetables and herbs, mills local heritage grains for his bread, utilizes whole animal butchery, and practices an impressive low-waste culinary program. We are thrilled to have him back in the field kitchen at McArthur Gulch after a fantastic event last year. This 480-acre expanse of land protected by the Colorado Land Board Trust encompasses rolling grasslands, woodland, and wildlife including elk calving grounds and goshawk nesting areas. The view from the field kitchen doesn’t get much better than this. Same goes for the table. Guests audibly gasped last year when they saw the table revealed in a sweeping meadow of tall grass and wildflowers.

A second night at this majestic spot in the Colorado Rockies. Once again, we’ll dine in a vast meadow dotted with wildflowers and surrounded by rolling hills, woodland and wildlife beneath summer skies. Guest chef Caroline Glover cooked a fantastic feast for us at the Gulch last year—and we are thrilled to have her back! Her Aurora Restaurant Annette has made big waves in the Rocky Mountain food scene since it opened in 2016 and has earned her quite a few James Beard nominations. This year, she’s a finalist for the Best Chef: Mountain category! Her menu last year featured all sorts of glorious summer produce from area farms and freshwater fish caught in nearby mountain streams. We can’t wait to see what she cooks up this year.