Acclaimed Oregon Restaurant, ōkta Announces Solstice in the Fields: A Weekend Event Featuring World-Class Chefs

April 26, 2023

Acclaimed Oregon restaurant, ōkta, hosts Solstice in the Fields, its weekend event with a lineup including an intimate tasting dinner at ōkta from renowned visiting chefs, and a celebration at ōkta Farm with local chefs, wineries, and more.

ōkta, the new and award-winning fine dining restaurant from Chef Matthew Lightner in McMinnville, Oregon, is excited to announce Solstice in the Fields, a weekend of events that includes an intimate tasting dinner at ōkta from five world-renowned chefs, and a celebration at ōkta Farm where guests will enjoy incredible food from Oregon chefs and some of the best wines and products in the region from Saturday, June 24 – Sunday, June 25.

Chefs from around the world will travel to Oregon’s famed Willamette Valley for this exciting weekend of collaboration, creativity, and celebration. Participating chefs will explore local ingredients from ōkta Farm and sustainable connections to our region as they dive into creativity and research, hyper-seasonality and uniqueness, sustainable seafood, and rare and wild ingredients.

Tickets will be available starting on Friday, March 31st at 9 am via ōkta’s Resy page, with tickets available to each event as well as a VIP package including an overnight stay at the Tributary Hotel.

Chef’s Tasting Dinner at ōkta for 36 people on Saturday, June 24th: $650 dinner price with beverage and gratuity included
ōkta Farm presents: Solstice in the Fields for 100 people on Sunday, June 25th:
- General Admission 4-6 pm $200
- Premium Admission with Early Access 3-4 pm $300
VIP Package: Standard Room Rate includes a guaranteed reservation for the Chef’s Tasting Dinner on Saturday and complimentary Premium Admission with Early Access to Solstice in the Fields on Sunday.

“This event is a collaboration between chefs, producers and the land we work on. At Solstice in the Fields, world-class chefs will descend on our valley sharing their culinary and environmental philosophies. Guests will not only have the opportunity to taste through an abundance of locally grown and raised products from the ōkta Farm, but will come to understand the personalities and philosophies behind the dishes and ingredients that make our culinary scene one of the most vibrant in the world. I look forward to everyone experiencing the most innovative and exciting chefs, wineries, and artisans with an opportunity to clearly experience the makers,” Says ōkta Chef Matthew Lightner.

Chef’s Tasting Dinner at ōkta on Saturday, June 24

ōkta will host an exceptional dining experience with five celebrated chefs, each preparing two courses based on their unique culinary points of view and philosophies, using produce from ōkta Farm for an intimate group of 36 guests. The celebration will feature expressions of culinary directions from around the world as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration dinner in the heart of Oregon Wine Country.

The chefs coming together for this special event are:

Aitor Zabala, renowned Spanish chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Somni in Los Angeles, California
Aisha Ibrahim, executive chef at Seattle’s landmark fine-dining destination Canlis
Christopher Kostow, James Beard Award-winning chef of three Michelin-starred The Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa Valley, California
Leandro Carriera, chef of renowned seafood restaurant The Sea, The Sea in London, England
Matt Lightner, chef/partner of award-winning ōkta at Tributary Hotel in McMinnville, Oregon

ōkta Farm Presents: Solstice in the Fields on Sunday, June 25

An afternoon of elevated live fire cooking from Oregon chefs at ōkta Farm will showcase the best of the Northwest, with 100 tickets available. Participating chefs will showcase their own unique philosophies and regionalities, with a focus on regeneration, live fire, and the elements. Guests will taste an abundance of locally grown and raised products, understand the personalities and philosophies behind the dishes, and experience the ingredients that make the Oregon culinary scene one of the most vibrant in the world. Guests will also enjoy some of the best wines and products in the region from producers that share our same core values, and have a chance to meet the people behind their beautiful craft and stories.

Local chefs
- Earl Ninson – Eem
- Lauro Romero – Clandestino
- Jason Barwikowski – Hiyu
- Taylor Manning – Cafe Olli
- Will Preisch – Abbey Road Farm
- Kari Kihara – MAC Market
- ōkta team

Wineries
- Beaux Freres
- Sequitur
- Brickhouse
- Bergstrom
- RR
- Adelsheim
- Hiyu
- Hundred Suns
- Gran Moraine
- Penner Ash
- Corollary
- Non-alcoholic option from ōkta bar and larder