Breaking Bread Dinner Club

🦬 Dinner With Bison @ Rock River Bison Ranch 🦬  

Featuring Chef Ryan Rau of Urban Farmer
June 14, 2025

About The Experience

🦬 We're not some fancy members-only club - we're a community of folks who love great food and want to connect with the stories behind it. Our dinners are an immersive experience, celebrating the intertwining stories of food, farmers, and cuisine. Each pop-up dinner is held on a beautiful farm, beginning with an exclusive farm tour that unfolds the narrative of the local bounty.

Throughout the tour, our expert chefs curate thoughtful pairings of locally sourced food and drink, seamlessly weaving together the flavors of the land.

About The Chef

🦬 Chef Ryan Rau originally hails from Oregon, where he trained at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and started his journey with Urban Farmer at the brand’s Portland outpost nearly 7 years ago. Today, Rau applies his background in butchery, slow foods and fusion cuisine to Urban Farmer Denver’s unique culinary program, showcasing seasonal, hardworking ingredients from small farms and purveyors. “The community we’ve created with our farmers and purveyors is what sets us apart, and I love the opportunity to explore new ingredients on a seasonal basis,” he says. “Our chef’s tasting menus are designed to educate our guests about the ingredients we source while delighting them with creative preparations and flavors.” As a leader in the kitchen, Rau fosters an environment that promotes growth, initiative, creativity and accountability. His philosophy is to set his cooks up for success to reach and exceed their potential by sharing the knowledge he’s acquired throughout his career.

About The Venue

🦬 Rock River Ranches was started by the four Moore brothers in 2010.  Today is it is owned and operated by Rex & Julie Moore and their two sons. We supply Colorado’s finest local bison to local Colorado restaurants and now direct to the consumer.  We have our own Bison herds in Wray, Hudson, and Hartsel CO as well as Lusk WY and our cold storage warehouse in Commerce City, CO.  Most of our bison are naturally raised in Colorado and a few are from the surrounding states.  They are harvested in small groups of 10-14 bison every 2 to 4 weeks so fresh chilled bison is always available.

Schedule

🦬 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Check-in &  Farmers Market presented by Future Farmers of America

Meet the farms supplying the dinner, shop, and help support local farms and ranchers including bison Rock River Ranches

🦬 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM Farm Tour & Food/Drink Pairings 

Revel in the beauty of the bison ranch and the unique flavors, all while connecting with the land and the story behind your food and drink pairings throughout the tour. 

🦬 7:15 PM - 9:00 PM Dinner With The Bison 

Four-course meal served family-style. Each dish is thoughtfully prepared to showcase the finest produce from local farms, perfectly complemented by our succulent bison sourced from the ranch

Additional Information

🦬 Ticket prices include two food/drink pairing during the farm tour, a four-course family-style dinner, wine pairings and water

🦬 Tickets are only available to ages 21+

🦬 Due to the family-style nature of our meals and to uphold the highest quality standards, we can not accommodate any dietary restriction requests.

🦬 This event is held on a working farm, please dress accordingly including if there is a possibility of inclement weather. In the case of inclement weather, if possible we will still hold the event, and if it is deemed unsuitable to host the event, we reserve the right to postpone to a future date.

**We reserve the right to adjust the time and menu to meet the needs of the chef and events