On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July, ROAM Restaurant will welcome writer, cook and host extraordinaire Jago Rackham (As seen in Vogue & AnOther Magazine recently) for a pair of long-table dinners amongst the vines at Sandridge Barton Estate, vineyard and winery in South Devon.

Set within the rolling countryside of the Dart Valley, the dinners will take place amongst the vines, where guests will gather around long trestle tables, draped in white linen and lit by candlelight as evening draws in. Tickets are available for 40 guests upon each evening, which will see Jago and the ROAM team prepare a four-course feast celebrating summer produce, communal dining and the art of entertaining. Wines from Sandridge Barton will be poured throughout the evening by ROAM Co-Founder and GM Miles Tuddenham (Previously Planque, Noble Rot) alongside Winemaker Charlie Brown, with pairings selected in response to Jago’s menu. The menu will unfold across four courses, beginning with Jago’s pickles, breads and seasonal small plates including Galmpton oysters and summer pickles before moving into larger dishes like cold Sandridge topside and fish cooked in vine leaf designed for passing across the table and eating slowly as the evening draws on.

For Rackham, the collaboration marks something of a homecoming, since he grew up ten minutes away in a house were celebrations were marked by the presence of wines from Sandridge  Alongside the ROAM team he’ll cook recipes inspired by his debut book, To Entertain: Instructions for a Dinner Party, released earlier this year. Part recipe book, part memoir and part guide to hosting, To Entertain draws on years of dinner parties hosted across a succession of London flats, folding together recipes, flowers, table settings and reflections on the pleasures of feeding people properly and building inclusive community. Written alongside illustrations by artist and friend Faye Wei Wei and dedicated to Rackham’s partner, artist Lowena Hearn who will be hosting alongside Jago, the book captures a style of entertaining and cookery that’s intentionally old-fashioned and representative of classical English cookery, which should be generous, abundant and theatrical.

Located at Lower Well Farm within the Sandridge Barton estate, ROAM is led by restaurateur Ian Alexander alongside Miles Tuddenham, with cooking rooted in Devon and West Country produce whilst taking cues from the relaxed, produce-led restaurants of Spain and Italy. The dinners also form part of a wider programme of summer events across the estate, with Sandridge Barton continuing to expand its food, wine and cultural offering throughout the season.

Tickets are priced at £75 per person and include a welcome drink, four-course dinner and paired Sandridge Barton wines. Further information and booking details are available here.

Guests will also be able to purchase copies of To Entertain on the evening. Jago Rackham’s vineyard dinners will take place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July at Sandridge Barton, South Devon.

Set menu TBC.