A dinner cooked over open fire, in front of your guests.
AURA is not catering delivered from a truck. It is a full dining experience built around a live wood fire at your venue, from the first glowing coals to the last plate.
The fire is the centerpiece.
The cooking becomes the evening: the smell of hardwood smoke, the sizzle on the grate, the chef working the fire. Guests gather around it the way people always have.
Cooked over wood
Hardwood burned down to glowing coals, with meat, fish and the season's vegetables cooked over it the way fire cooking has always been done.
Made from scratch
Every menu is written for your event and the season. Stocks, sauces, fresh pastas and desserts are made by the chef for each gathering.
Brought to you
AURA arrives with its own fire stations and sets up at your venue, from an estate lawn to a vineyard to your own backyard, wherever the site allows an open fire.
How an AURA evening comes together.
- 01
Share your date
Tell us the date, the guest count and the venue through the inquiry form. We confirm the site is right for an open fire as we plan.
- 02
Write the menu
Chef Melissa writes a menu for your event, the season and your guests, with dietary needs discussed and confirmed as it comes together.
- 03
Light the fire
AURA arrives with its fire stations, builds the fire and cooks in full view of your guests through the evening.
Bring the fire to your evening.
Now accepting Spring 2027 inquiries across the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and the Hamptons.
Inquire for Spring 2027