Late Summer on the Riviera: A Seasonal Cooking Experience
A Final Celebration in the Wild Seeds Open Air Ranch Kitchen in Dulzura, CA
Saturday, August 22nd · 6:00PM
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Saturday, August 22nd · 6:00PM *
For the final time, the open-air kitchen at Wild Seeds Ranch will be dressed for dinner.
Fresh herbs will perfume the evening air. Music will carry across the ranch as the sky softens into gold and guests gather around the kitchen island with chilled glasses in hand.
Late Summer on the Riviera is a celebration of everything this space has held: flour-dusted counters, meals made from scratch, new friendships, shared laughter, and the unmistakable pleasure of cooking outdoors on a summer evening.
The evening takes its inspiration from the coastal towns strung along the French and Italian Riviera, where food is bright with citrus, fragrant with herbs, generous with olive oil, and always made to be passed around. We’ll create a coastal Mediterranean feast filled with bright, salty flavors, warm bread, seasonal produce, and a dessert worthy of lingering over.
As the last dishes come together, we’ll pour another round of spritzes. The focaccia will be torn apart while it’s still warm. Platters will be passed from hand to hand. The kitchen will glow beneath the evening sky, filled one final time with conversation, laughter, and the scent of the Riviera.
This is a fully hands-on cooking experience, and no advanced cooking skills are needed. Come with someone you love or come on your own. Either way, you’ll cook, gather, and share in the final feast to emerge from this beautiful ranch kitchen.
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This month’s menu captures late summer on the Riviera with bright citrus, sun-ripened tomatoes, fragrant herbs, briny olives, warm focaccia, and recipes designed to be shared.
Welcome Sip
Lemon-Basil Riviera Spritz
First Course
Rosemary & Flaky Sea Salt Focaccia with blistered tomatoes and herbed olive oil
Garden Course
Sunny Mediterranean Pearl Couscous Salad
Main Course
Oven-Roasted Lemon Chicken Spiedini
Dessert
Lemon Olive Oil Cake with whipped mascarpone, fresh figs, and macerated berries
Still deciding? Here are a few things that might help. But don't wait too long — this table only seats six.
Email: chefemmagabrielle@gmail.com
Your Questions, Answered
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Arrive before 6:00PM, as the sun begins to lower and the evening opens up. We'll move through the menu together. Hands in it from the very first step, then sit down to eat what we've made as the night settles in.
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All ingredients. A recipe booklet to take home. And an evening that photographs itself.
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My goal is always to make catered experiences available to all. Have any dietary restrictions? Please feel welcome to email me.
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Think linen, florals, and your favorite summer dress. Come dressed for a garden party beneath the pines.
Hi, I’m Emma Gabrielle
Private Chef. Soft Adventurer. The girl who believes every meal deserves candlelight and every picnic deserves to feel like it exists somewhere outside of time. My favorite hobby is to chase the slow, beautiful version of everything.
These cooking classes are an extension of how I move through life - unhurried, sensory, and a little bit enchanted. I want you to leave here knowing how to make your own ordinary afternoons feel a bit more magical. I can’t wait to have you here xx
Saturday, August 22nd at 6:00 PM
$75
per person

