FIRE & FEAST ELORA
On September 13, 2026, The Fieldstone Barn becomes the setting for an extraordinary dining experience. Set among the sunflowers, Fire & Feast is an immersive open-fire dining event inspired by Argentinian-style cooking and Ontario's harvest season.
The evening begins with a Canadian oyster bar before unfolding into a seven-course feast prepared over wood and flame by Chef Dylan James alongside guest chefs Joel and Hannah from Michelin-recognized Down Home Restaurant in Grey County.
Expect exceptional seasonal ingredients throughout the evening, from locally sourced 45-day dry-aged beef to bread from Elora Bread Company served with the farm's own sunflower honey, alongside farm-sourced vegetables and meats — all prepared over open fire and celebrating the harvest season at its peak.
The evening concludes with a signature dessert by chefs Joel and Hannah featuring maple syrup from Elliott Tree Farm, while each of the seven courses is paired with wines from Ontario, Argentina, and beyond, specifically curated to complement the menu and its inspiration.
Bringing together chefs, farmers, producers, partners, and neighbouring agricultural communities, Fire & Feast celebrates the people and places behind the ingredients and the experience itself.
We invite you to join us at The Fieldstone Barn for an evening of food, wine, and conversation shared among the sunflowers.
Because the best meals aren't just prepared — they're shared.
Event Details
Date: Sunday September 13, 2026
Arrival: 3:00 PM to Sunset
Location: The Fieldstone Barn, Elora, Ontario
Experience: Canadian Oyster Bar + Seven-Course Open-Fire Dinner + Wine Pairings
Price: $300 + HST per person
Before tickets are released publicly, we're opening a limited number of early access seats to friends, family, and fellow food lovers who want to be among the first to experience the evening.
Seating is intentionally limited and expected to sell quickly.
Meet the Chef’s
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Dylan James
Head Chef
Chef Dylan James is the Executive Chef of Fire Feast Elora and Executive Chef of The Metcalfe Smokehouse in Elora.Raised in northern Manitoba by an Icelandic father and Métis mother, James grew up hunting, fishing and harvesting wild foods. That upbringing continues to shape his cooking today. Long before foraging became fashionable, seasonality and self-sufficiency were simply part of everyday life.
After refining his technique in Toronto with Steven Salm of Chase Hospitality Group and Janet Zuccarini of Gusto 54 Restaurant Group, James returned to a style of cooking rooted in the outdoors. His menus combine classical technique with ingredients gathered from forests, fields, rivers and nearby farms, always guided by the rhythms of the seasons.
At The Metcalfe Smokehouse, he applies that philosophy to live-fire cooking and barbecue, with an emphasis on careful sourcing, craftsmanship and Canadian ingredients.
James is currently completing his first cookbook, The Rugged Apprentice, which explores the relationship between cooking, hunting and the landscapes that continue to influence his work.
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Hannah & Joel
Guest Culinary Team: Down Home(Michelin Recommended • No. 44 on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants 2026)
Tucked into the farmland of Grey Highlands, Down Home is one of Canada’s most distinctive restaurants. The 16-seat farmhouse restaurant, led by Joel Gray and Hannah Harradine, has earned Michelin Guide recommendations in 2024 and 2025 and was ranked No. 39 on Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list for 2026.Operating from the century farmhouse the couple call home, Down Home serves a seasonal tasting menu shaped almost entirely by nearby farms and the restaurant’s own permaculture gardens. Guests begin their evening by walking through the gardens before sitting down to a menu that changes constantly with the harvest.
Open-fire cooking is central to the restaurant’s identity. Whole fish, heritage pork, vegetables, preserved ingredients and wild plants appear throughout the menu, each prepared with restraint and an unwavering respect for the ingredients.
The beverage program focuses on small Canadian wineries, cider makers and seasonal cocktails, while the dining room reflects the landscape around it through handcrafted ceramics, regional artisans and an atmosphere that feels more like an invitation into someone’s home than a traditional restaurant.
For Gray and Harradine, hospitality begins long before the first course arrives.
“The stories behind the ingredients are just as important to us as the ingredients themselves. The restaurant is our everything, it’s a welcome into our lives.”
FIRE & FEAST ELORA
Set among thousands of sunflowers, Fire & Feast brings together open-fire cooking and one extraordinary table.
Fire & Feast Menu
A seven-course menu inspired by the seasons, where open-fire cooking, exceptional local ingredients, and thoughtful craftsmanship come together. Created by Chef Dylan James alongside the team from Down Home, each course celebrates the flavours of earth, sea, flame, and forest, paired with carefully selected wines from Ontario and Argentina.
Fire & Feast Elora
On September 13, 2026, The Fieldstone Barn becomes the setting for an extraordinary dining experience. Set among the sunflowers, Fire & Feast is an immersive open-fire dining event inspired by Argentinian-style cooking and Ontario's harvest season.
The evening begins with a Canadian oyster bar before unfolding into a seven-course feast prepared over wood and flame by Chef Dylan James alongside guest chefs Joel and Hannah from Michelin-recognized Down Home Restaurant in Grey County.
Invite your friends and foodies alike – because the best meals aren't just prepared, they're shared.
Sunday September 13, 2026 at The Fieldstone Barn, Elora, Ontario.
Fall Festival and Artisan Market
CANCELLED for 2026. All your fall faves in one farm festival this October. Enjoy sipping on Pumpkin Spiced Lattes, Hot Apple Cider or Hot Chocolate while shopping the Artisan Market and listening to live music! Hop on a horse-drawn wagon ride, grab a bite to eat, play a round of corn hole or warm up by the campfires and roast some marshmallows. Kids will love the farm animals and exploring the corn mazes.
Fall Festival and Artisan Market
All your fall faves in one farm festival this October. Enjoy sipping on Pumpkin Spiced Lattes, Hot Apple Cider or Hot Chocolate while shopping the Artisan Market and listening to live music! Hop on a horse-drawn wagon ride, grab a bite to eat, play a round of corn hole or warm up by the campfires and roast some marshmallows. Kids will love the farm animals and exploring the corn mazes.
Sunflower Season
The sunflower field, pick your own, flowers, alpacas, corn maze, farm store and photo spots are ready for the sunflower season - starting Saturday August 17th. We anticipate 4-6 weeks this season but please check our social media to see how the blooms are doing! There's lots to do at the farm so come for a visit and then explore Elora, Fergus and all Centre Wellington has to offer.
Fall Festival and Artisan Market
All your fall faves in one farm festival this October. Enjoy sipping on Pumpkin Spiced Lattes, Hot Apple Cider or Hot Chocolate while shopping the Artisan Market and listening to live music! Shop the artisan market and then hop on a horse-drawn wagon ride. Grab a bite to eat, play a round of corn hole or warm up by the campfires and roast some marshmallows. The kids will love the farm animals (alpacas, goats and a miniature horse) and exploring the corn mazes.
Live music Saturday Oct 14th is Jack & Danica, Sunday Oct 15th is Ben Rollo duo.
For tasty offerings, S.W.A.T. food truck is bringing their delicious menu to the festival, Lady Glaze Doughnuts is bringing sweetness, Wild Kernel Co has flavourful popcorn and cotton candy. Specialty Drinks, Coffee, Hot Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate is available.
The farm won’t disappoint with all the picturesque opportunities that we are known for. Share your outing with everyone on your social feed. The 1800’s doctors carriage surrounded by pumpkins with a 150-year-old historic stone barn as the backdrop, the iconic orange velvet couch, the vintage tractor, This Is US sign, the big swing, the hay wagon – and of course, the natural farm setting.
Live music – check.
Local artisan market – check.
Spiced pumpkin lattes, apple cider and hot chocolate – check.
Tasty food and treats – check.
Horse-drawn wagon rides – check.
Corn hole and ring toss games – check.
Campfires and roasted marshmallows – check.
Farm animals – check.
Kids activities – check.
Corn mazes – check.
Pumpkins – check.
Sweater weather – check.
Pet friendly - check.
Rain or shine – you bet.
Time: 10am-4pm. Admission: $10 for adults and $5 for kids (2 and under are free).
Vendor Application Form
To apply as a vendor for our artisan market at the fall festival, please download the pdf and email it back.
Private Concert with Conor Gains
Conor Gains is an award-winning songwriter (he’s a past recipient of the Cobalt Prize Contemporary Blues Composition Award, recognizing innovation and creativity in songwriting), Gains has sharpened his performing chops as a dynamic, road ready musician. With thousands of shows and festival appearances around the globe under his belt, from darkened clubs to sunny festival stages, (including the prestigious Montreal Jazz Fest), he’s caught the attention of critics: FYI Music called Gains as “a meticulous songwriter with a great voice and considerable guitar chops;” and The Montreal Gazette described Gains’ role to the B.B. King tribute as a contribution to both the “history and the life-force of the music.” Source: Auteur Research
Sunflower Festival Artisan Market
We are lucky to host Canadian artisans at the farm during our Sunflower Festival this year. We will have artisans with us on Saturday August 20th and Sunday August 21st from 10am-5pm. Please come support them and show some love!
Animals: Harmony Meadows Alpacas will be visiting in the paddock.
Food Trucks: BeaverTails and Ish & Chips (August 20th), Marquez Churros and Ish & Chips (August 21st).
Musicians: Derek O’Halloran (August 20th), Williams Daughter featuring Cody Mills (August 21st).
Sunflower Festival Season Starts
Sunflower Festival season starts Saturday August 13th until the sunflowers are finished - usually mid September. Enjoy the sunflower fields, corn mazes, artisan market, artisans, food trucks, and alpacas from Harmony Meadows Alpaca farm. There are a ton of photo spots - LOVE sign, giant swing, tractor, This Is Us Sign, 9ft Blue velvet couch, 10 ft yellow vintage couch and more. Admission is $15/adults $10/kids under 12 - 2 and under is free.
Harmony Meadows Alpacas
Do you love alpacas? Come and visit our special guests from Harmony Meadows Alpaca Farm to learn all about these cute, sweet and silly animals.
They will be bringing some alpaca goodies from the farm store as well in case you want to bring something home with you!
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Top cornfield image by Jessica West Photography.