Gourmet Dinner Series

Friday, January 10, 2025 | 6-9 p.m.

Curl up like one of our glorious snow leopards and warm your belly with comforting winter foods at our next Gourmet Dinner Pairing! learn how the snow leopard survives the so-called "Third Pole" of the snowy, stark Himalayan region, while enjoying a gourmet, 5-course dinner as we tuck in for a long CNY winter.

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Friday, September 6 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

We're BUZZING with excitement for September's Gourmet Dinner Pairing! Celebrate National Honey Month with us and learn about the art of beekeeping and the important role of pollinator bees in agriculture and conservation. All courses this month will be paired with drinks from Heritage Hill Brewhouse.

Friday, August 9 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

Join us for a delectable vegetarian menu inspired by our Asian elephants to celebrate Asian Elephant Awareness Month! This dinner will feature vegetarian Asian dishes, and will begin up at the Elephant Outlook with our elephant herd.

Friday, July 19, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

Feast like a ferocious feline during our July Gourmet Dinner Pairing! This dinner is themed after the diets of our carnivorous cats from Eastern Russia, the Amur leopards and Amur tigers! This dinner will be paired with wine. 

Friday, June 21, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

Join us in June for our next Gourmet Dinner Pairing! This dinner will be a retro BBQ & Beer party in the Courtyard (weather dependent) featuring our Chilean flamingos. Seats are limited, so don't wait to join this unparalleled experience!

Friday, May 10, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

We are so excited to TACO-bout Catering at the Zoo's May Gourmet Dinner: Tacos & Tequila! Savor a custom five-course meal paired with tequila representing the native habitat of our Harris Hawks.

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

Join us for a gourmet 5 course dinner featuring wine from Colloca Estate Winery in Fair Haven, NY.  Dinner will be themed around the Heritage Breeds in our Domestic Animal Barn!   Heritage Breeds are traditional breeds of livestock that were raised by our forefathers before farming became industrialized.

Every course features eggs in some way or another, and the menu at large represents a shifting closer to Spring.  Eggs have long symbolized rebirth, hope, and good luck--it's time to shake off the winter blues and look forward to the coming change of seasons!

Friday, March 8, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

Join us for our Sustainable Seafood Dinner and wine pairing featuring our very own Chef Allison Walts educating guests on sustainable fishing and what we can do as chefs and diners to protect the world's oceans.

Friday, February 9, 2024 | 6-9 p.m.

This Gourmet Dinner will feature delectable dishes from the native range of our Andean bear Bjorn, paired with South American wines.