A full menu, service, and hospitality package designed for the marriage of Elena & Marcus — 140 guests, golden hour, among the rows at Larkspur Hill.
Elena, Marcus — thank you for the long walk through Larkspur Hill last month, and for letting us taste the wine you've quietly fallen for. We left talking about your table the whole drive home.
We're Saffron & Smoke — a small private-event kitchen built around one belief: a wedding meal should taste like a memory, not a banquet. We cook seasonally, plate with intention, and run service so quietly that you'll forget anyone is working at all.
What follows is a menu-first proposal — because the meal is the heart of it. Logistics, timeline, and a clear investment follow, all tailored to the 140 of you under the oaks at golden hour.
Larkspur Hill is stunning — and it's also a working vineyard with no permanent kitchen, a single gravel access road, and a 7:30pm light you'll want to be sitting down for, not waiting on dinner through.
You told us your last two tasting visits left you worried about the same things: food that arrives lukewarm after the long walk from a back-of-site tent, a bar line that swallows cocktail hour, and a service team that feels like staff rather than hosts. Those are the exact problems we build around.
Our read on the day, stated plainly:
You want the food to be the talked-about part — distinctive, warm, generous — without a single seam showing. The win is a meal that lands hot and on time, a bar that never has a line, and a team your guests mistake for friends of the family.
Built around late-September Sonoma harvest and tuned to your wines. Final tasting locks every choice 8 weeks out.
One private tasting for the two of you, plus a final menu-lock tasting four weeks out, are both included — so nothing about your meal is a surprise on the day.
Sign below and your September 20th date is held with our full kitchen. We'll send your tasting invitation within the week — and start dreaming up your menu the moment we hear yes.
Deposit is non-refundable and applied to your total. Final guest count and balance schedule confirm at the four-week lock. Proposal valid for 30 days from issue. We can't wait to cook for you.