Dancing Spirit Ranch Supper Club

with Chef Earl

May 5th at 6pm
The Barn

Mark your calendars for a casual evening on the ranch with Chef Earl.

Come and enjoy five courses of thoughtfully crafted cuisine and some playful beverage pairings to welcome spring.

Tonight’s Menu

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Meet Chef Earl

My name is Earl James Reynolds and I am the Chef and F&B Director at Dancing Spirit Ranch. After working my way up in the kitchen at local restaurants in Whitefish, I eventually enrolled in the Seattle Central Culinary Academy. The program emphasized the importance of local food systems and cooking with the seasons. This would immediately become a flagship piece of my culinary philosophy.

After graduating the program with honors as “Most Outstanding Culinary Student '' I began cutting my teeth at one of Seattle’s premier restaurants, Canlis. During my time in Seattle I was no stranger to the famous Pike Place Market. I was enamored with the sense of community between farmers, fishmongers, bakers, cheese makers and chefs.

For nearly a decade, I worked at premier restaurants along the West Coast where I fine tuned my culinary skills. Eventually, the Rocky Mountains began to call, so I made my way back to my home state of Montana. I began building relationships with farmers while sourcing local ingredients, helping to raise the culinary bar and set the standard for seasonally inspired menus in the Flathead Valley. My whimsically-plated dishes and clever flavor combinations earned me a 2023 James Beard Foundation nomination for Best Chef in the Mountain Region.

I am grateful to be sharing my playful approach to cooking with the guests at Dancing Spirit Ranch, and I am eager to share a farm to table dining experience with you.