Plan your visit to the restaurant The Barn at Blackberry Farm

Blackberry Farm’s renowned cuisine is rooted in what comes from our farm as well as the region. Often described as Foothills Cuisine,® it wanders the line between refined and rugged, borrowing from both haute cuisine and the foods indigenous to Smoky Mountain heritage of Blackberry Farm. Our 2014 James Beard Award winning wine team, focuses on finding the perfect pairings for our Foothill Cuisine to complete the full experience.

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A stone fireplace, a chandelier overhead, and tables clad in antique fabrics lend a rustic charm to The Barn at Blackberry Farm restaurant. Inspired by the culinary traditions of the region, Chef Cassidee Dabney's creative dishes celebrate fresh seasonal ingredients, grown on site or sourced from local producers.

The Barn at Blackberry Farm Restaurant

Situated within the Main House, the Dogwood features a menu as dynamic as the veranda views of Blackberry Farm and the Great Smoky Mountains that extend beyond its bar and dining room. Inspired by the remarkable location, but open to creative interpretations and flavors, the Dogwood’s well-crafted cuisine from Executive Chef Sarah Steffan is characterized by an eclectic perspective expressed through diverse dishes and fare. Seasonal menus are served in an intimate environment that is at once elegant and comfortable, with engaging guest experiences like passed small bites, shared plates and an ever-changing sideboard of classic farmstead desserts. Complementing this memorable cuisine, the Dogwood’s beverage program features a curated list of small production wine and beer and an exclusive assortment of inventive cocktails, unique whiskeys and American brandies.

The Dogwood

Breakfast and lunch is enjoyed in the Main House at Blackberry Farm. Pick a table inside the dining room, or take in the view of the Great Smoky Mountains from the Main House lawn. Executive Chef Bonnie Moore’s dishes are designed to sustain guests through an active day on the stream or trails and share delicious, regional flavors inspired by what’s growing at the Farm. Lunch is centered on wholesome salads, unique Southern sandwiches and soups that highlight seasonal and farmstead ingredients.

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At Blackberry Farm, we present multiple opportunities to learn, to be inspired, to connect with self and others toward better understanding what is needed to live a healthier, more fulfilling lifestyle. At Blackberry, we engage in stimulating outdoor activities, while at the same time, acknowledge the need for rest and recovery. Journey to the Deep Healing Woods to quiet the mind and still the soul or fly fish in the Hesse Creek and recover in our Wellhouse ; a sanctuary for the soul.

Wellness and Adventure

In the heart of Tennessee, Blackberry Farm’s spa is a wellness retreat set amid the landscapes of the Great Smoky Mountains. Its elegant design blends into the natural surroundings, creating a soothing envronment in which to enjoy a full range of innovative personalized treatments and therapeutic massages. Facilities include massage rooms, sauna, steam bath and a heated outdoor pool with panoramic mountain views.

Spa The Wellhouse

<p>1,700 hectare farmland supply the property’s kitchen with the finest fresh seasonal produce throughout the year. Cheese, vegetables, honey and cider are all produced at the farm and constitute the essential ingredients of a simple cuisine, one that subtly blends the resources of the local region.</p>

Re-discover life’s simple pleasures and natural balance at this traditional farm in Tennessee. All year long, a fantastic team made up mostly by women and headed by the young and talented Chef Cassidee Dabney,creates delicious recipes. Borrowing from both haute cuisine and regional heritage, it is based on local ingredients and takes advantage of the cheese, vegetables, herbs and honey produced in the farm. The Wellhouse and its new wellness facilities are rooted in the same philosophy of balance and harmony between body and soul, and offer an enjoyable addition to the many activities provided, amongst which cooking classes, gardening, cheesemaking, fly-fishing or exploring the region in a Lexus or by horse-drawn carriage.

Plan your stay at Blackberry Farm

Quietly nestled in the foothills of the southern Appalachian mountains, our working farm immerses guests into a gentle rhythm of living. Blackberry Farm is a delight to the senses during each of the four seasons. Spend your days casting a line in Hesse Creek for trout, in the saddle seeing the farm on horseback, clay pigeon shooting, learning about heirloom seeds from our master gardener or sampling cheese from our East Fresian sheep.

Activities, excursions and other attractions during your stay at Blackberry Farm

This property welcomes groups or events. 3 Meeting room(s)  - Maximum capacity: 150

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From cultivating fruit, vegetables, rice and cereals, to rearing rare-breed cattle or keeping bees, the gardens and farms of Relais & Châteaux properties produce an astonishing array of organic products that are as delicious as they are healthy and beneficial for the planet.

Garden to Gourmet

Honey is the taste of the terroir–each jar the story of a season and the flowers that bloomed. On World Bee Day, May 20, 2023, five of our properties reveal their relationships with this liquid gold and their dedication to upholding the integrity of the natural world.

Honoring the Hives

Every country has holiday traditions that put a twinkle in the eye of the young and not-so-young. And Relais & Châteaux properties enjoy keeping these traditions alive, making festive moments more memorable and sharing the celebrations of their local cultures.

Ten magical holiday retreats

Cooking over an open fire is as old as humanity’s mastery of fire itself, dating back some 400,000 years. Each region of the world – and indeed nearly every country – has its own tradition and its own distinctive name for it. Time to travel from braai to churrasco and from bulgogi to binchotan.

The Art of Cooking Over an Open fire

Sarah Wyndham Lewis, professional Honey Sommelier, embarks on a Relais & Chateaux honey trail through 5 beekeeping properties, highlighting their fierce commitment to safeguarding bees and the environment.

The Barn at Blackberry Farm Restaurant

Chef Cassidee Dabney

Plan your visit to the restaurant The Barn at Blackberry Farm

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