An invitation-only dinner · Fall 2026 · Hickory Hill Ranch

The Fort Wayne Table

Open-fire lamb. A long table. Twenty seats. The other nineteen people are the point.

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Hickory Hill Ranch hosts one Fort Wayne dinner this fall. Tom roasts lamb over open fire — as much as twenty hungry guests can eat — with sides built around the table. The whiskey is good. There are twenty chairs at the table, and the single thing every guest is paying for is the other nineteen names in the room.

What this is

Open fire, slow roast

Tom is a chef. He roasts lamb over open coals all afternoon — as much as the room calls for — alongside sides built for the table. By the time you arrive, the smell carries to the road.

Twenty operators

Owners, founders, and senior people from the Fort Wayne business community. Curated, not crowdsourced. You'll know why every other person is there.

Two or three voices

Short remarks from people worth listening to between courses. No keynote. No slides. No badges.

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Each seat is $1,000. To hold a place, we collect a $100 refundable deposit now and the balance closer to the date. Twenty seats total — first deposit, first seated.

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This event is invitation-only. Enter the 6-character code from your invitation. Codes are not case-sensitive.

You'll be redirected to a secure Stripe checkout. We charge $100 now to hold your seat; the remaining $900 is invoiced two weeks before the event. Full refund if we cancel; deposit forfeited only if you cancel within 14 days of the event.

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Drop your email and we'll send the menu, the speaker list, and a quiet note when registration opens for the next event. No spam, no newsletter blast — only the things you'd actually want sent to you.

Plain answers

When is it?
A Friday or Saturday evening in late September or early October 2026. The exact date is set when the room fills.
Where is it?
Hickory Hill Ranch, just outside Fort Wayne. Address sent to confirmed guests.
Who's behind it?
Hickory Hill Ranch was established in Indiana in 2021, in the Fort Wayne area, with a simple aim: raise quality meat for ourselves and for others to enjoy. The dinner is a natural extension of that — a single night that brings the ranch, the chef, and twenty guests around one table. Our chef is a local cook who learned to break down and roast lamb the old way, from his Greek family — fire, time, salt, and patience. The lamb comes from a local farmer who raises a small herd of premium sheep, small-batch, on his own pasture; we cook as much as twenty guests can eat, with sides scaled to match. Three local operators, one table, twenty guests.
Is the alcohol included?
Yes. A licensed bartender provides the whiskey program and any wine. Non-alcoholic options available.
Dress?
Whatever you'd wear to a good dinner with friends.
Refunds?
Full refund if we cancel for any reason. Cancel more than 14 days out: full deposit refund. Within 14 days: deposit forfeited (the lamb and sides have been ordered).