PAT MARTIN | 2022

Join us around the fire pit on the Farmstead lawn. Over the last decade, our Live Fire Guest Chef series has welcomed a diverse roster of chefs from across the world and we are looking forward to another summer of incredible dinners.

Our guest chefs will work alongside our executive chef Stephen Barber and our entire culinary team to roast, smoke and sear a family-style feast served right from the flames thoughtfully paired with Long Meadow Ranch wines.

Pat Martin | Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint | Nashville, TN

Pat Martin learned the art and craft of West Tennessee-style smoke and meat 25 years ago in the tiny town of Henderson, TN before making Nashville his home. It became a consuming passion that eventually led to a business when he opened the first Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint in October of 2006 in Nolensville, Tennessee – just south of Nashville. Today, there are ten Martin’s locations in the Nashville area, Louisville Kentucky, Birmingham Alabama, and our newest location in Charleston South Carolina.

We come in at 5 am, every day, seven days a week. From the sides to the sauces, everything is made from scratch every single day. But the bar-b-que actually starts a day ahead, as the process for smoking whole hogs simply can’t be rushed. 

Just as Pat learned the nuances of whole-hog bar-b-que through years of hands-on experience, his crew of pitmasters also spend time apprenticing before they’re trusted in the pit. The intuition it takes to make good bar-b-que is not something that is developed overnight. It’s this passion for the craft that keeps customers coming back to Martin’s year after year. 

Pat is a member of the famed Fatback Collective, a philanthropic group of restaurateurs, pit masters, chefs, farmers and writers who strive to help others in times of need in the diverse and modern South. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Martha Ann, and their three children, Wyatt, Daisy and Walker.

Date: Friday, August 26

Time: 6:30 – 10:00 PM 

Location: Farmstead

Event Schedule

6:30 PM – Cocktail Hour

7:00 PM – Live Fire Dinner

Live Guest Tickets

Adults | $195 per guest + tax

LMR Corral Club Members | $165.75 per guest + tax

This series benefits the Timothy W. Hall Foundation. Since 1997, the foundation has been dedicated to supporting innovative programs in arts and sciences, including school gardens, animal husbandry projects, and music curriculum.