Set Your Alarms: Tickets to Shady Hazel Farm’s 2025 Super Club Series Go On Sale May 1st

Shady Hazel Farm is rolling into its third season of farm dinners. Set on Ian and Sara Rodgers’ 16-acre Gibsons farm, this year’s Supper Club Longtable Series has expanded to five nights, each one fronted by next-level culinary talent.

Imagine sitting around an 80-seat table gently lit by string lights, with nothing but blooming fields and the open sky around you. Chefs pull directly from the farm’s own produce — just-picked veggies, heritage lamb, Kune Kune pigs — all matched with carefully chosen natural wines and cocktails.

It’s the kind of meal that feels just a little bit surreal, because it pulls together all the great things about summer into one evening: brilliant food, stunning setting, nice wine, and friends – exactly the sort of thing you’d happily line-up to catch a ferry for. Here is what we’re talking about:

DANNY SMILES | JULY 19th

This summer’s series of dinners kicks off with Montreal’s Danny Smiles of Le Violon, whose dynamic cooking merges his Italian-Egyptian heritage with local ingredients. West Coast appearances by Smiles are rare, and with Le Violon cleaning up the awards, this is a prime opportunity to experience his remarkable cooking firsthand. TICKETS

JESSE GRASSO | JULY 26th

Next up is Chef Jesse Grasso of Pichai (also, Montreal). Roots in kitchens like Toronto’s Black Hoof and Montreal’s Le Vin Papillon – plus early stints at local establishments such as Bao Bei, Wildebeest, and even La Taqueria, back in the day – all adds up to over two decades of experience. Grasso sports some serious skill and an easy kind of cool. His food draws on tradition but never sticks to the script; it’s bold, thoughtful, and all his own. Bonus: Grasso’s not just a force in the kitchen, he’s also one of the kindest, most grounded people you’ll meet. TICKETS

JAMES COYLE | AUGUST 16th

Picking things up mid-August, Chef James Coyle of Salle Climatisée (Montreal) brings his honest, on-point, seasonal cooking to the farm table. I love a mid-August al fresco dinner: the warmth in the air, the inky sky, flowers in bloom, veggies at their peak. Man oh man, what a time to eat outside! Add to that, Salle Climatisée is one of my top dinner spots in Montreal. It’s laid-back, confident, and always hitting it out of the park with whatever’s fresh. I’m especially pumped to see what they do with BC’s summer bounty. Extra Bonus: The Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13, but you’ll still have a good chance of spotting shooting stars by the 16th. With wide-open skies and no city light pollution, the farm offers a perfect, unobstructed view. TICKETS

JOËL WATANABE | August 23rd

Michelin-starred chef Joël Watanabe — of Kissa Tanto, Bao Bei, and Meo fame — lands at Shady Hazel right when the summer vegetables are showing off, and you can be sure he’ll know exactly what to do with them. Watching Joël cook outdoors, away from his tightly-run Chinatown kitchens, is a rare and kind of thrilling experience. That crisp, dialled-in Kissa Tanto precision playing out in the open under the stars, amid fields instead of bricks and mortar? That’s a moment. Don’t sleep on it. Bonus: August 23rd lands on a new moon, presenting you with darker skies and perfect conditions for spotting summer bioluminescence. Imagine wrapping up a beautiful farm dinner, then heading to the beach for a swim in the glowing, sparkling ocean. Sounds pretty magical, doesn’t it? TICKETS

WARREN BARR | September 6th

Wrapping up the series on September 6th, is Chef Warren Barr from Ucluelet’s acclaimed Pluvio restaurant. Barr’s artistic sense of beauty and quintessential far West Coast flavours are something that Vancouver doesn’t see nearly enough. Snagging a seat at this dinner is a perfect way to rectify that situation. TICKETS

Ian and Sara see Supper Club as the perfect meeting point of their passions: farming exceptional ingredients and sharing remarkable meals. Though shaped by what’s freshest from the farm, each dinner guarantees a meal as meaningful as it is delicious.

Tickets go live HERE at 10am on Tuesday, May 1st, 2025, and based on previous years, they’ll disappear fast. With summer creeping in, and those long days calling for a bit of adventure, there’s something undeniably special about hopping a ferry, feeling that ocean breeze, and settling down to a meal served alfresco. So mark your calendar, book accommodations, and secure your spot at what promises to be a summer-long celebration of exceptional food and equally good company, worth every penny of the splurge.

WHY WE CARE

First off: yeah, it’s real good to get chefs outta the kitchen once in a while. Let ’em catch some sun, breathe air that doesn’t smell like fryer oil, and maybe yank a carrot outta the ground with their own hands. That switch from hard kitchen tile to soft dirt underfoot does something good to your brain. And honestly? That matters – mental health, connection, all of it.

Farm dinners are not just about eating good food (even though the food’s usually next-level). Chefs, farmers, and guests, all together at one big table, sharing what the land gives and watching the light fade together – it’s a reminder that community and local food aren’t just things we talk about, they’re also worth making space for.