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Seasonal private dining and intimate weddings, Pacific Northwest–wide.

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Private Dining & Intimate Events

Morchella Events delivers unforgettable catering experiences, blending award-winning chef expertise with the wild, seasonal bounty of the Pacific Northwest. We create custom menus for weddings, private dinners, and corporate events—bringing fine dining to any location, indoors or out.

Intimate Weddings
Chef-driven wedding dining for celebrations of up to 50 guests, with plated, family-style, and fully customized service options. Buffet service is not offered.

Private Dining
Customized seasonal dinners for groups of 6–32 guests, prepared in homes, private venues, rentals, and destination settings.

Custom Seasonal Menus
Menus built around the season, the setting, Cameron’s garden, trusted local producers, and wild-foraged ingredients.

Wine Pairings
Optional pairings designed to complement each course and create a more complete dining experience.

Begin Your Inquiry

Join us for limited-seat culinary experiences that showcase the best of the Pacific Northwest's seasonal and wild ingredients. Each event is a creative, multi-course showcase, a chance to experience Chef Cameron Dunlap's cooking before booking a private dinner or event of your own.

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Chef Cameron Dunlap

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Meet Chef Cameron

The Story Behind Morchella

Ticketed Dining Experiences

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Cameron Dunlap has spent more than 15 years building a career around one idea: food tastes better when it's rooted in a place. That belief has taken him through kitchens at some of Portland's best restaurants, into leading his own for three years, and onto Bon Appétit's list of the Best New Restaurants in America in 2022.

Today, that same instinct shapes Morchella. Cameron builds every menu around what's actually in season, much of it foraged himself from the forests and coastline of the Pacific Northwest, alongside what's growing in his own garden and what he sources from trusted local producers.

What he's built now is more personal than a restaurant ever allowed. Private dinners for six. Weddings for fifty. Custom menus designed around the people at the table, in their home, their garden, or wherever the setting calls for. It's chef-driven hospitality without the dining room walls, built to travel wherever the next table is set.

The Experience, In Their Words

  • "The Morchella team is so professional and talented. Easy to work with and the food is the most creative And beautiful I've seen from any caterers out there."

    — Shannon F.

  • "Speaking from a vendors side of things, the side that clients rarely see, their integrity to stick to their commitment to the client and provide a 5 star service regardless of the circumstances was unmatched."

    —Ashey Y.

  • "If there was ever the perfect dinner, this is it!"

    — Daniee M.