DEAR BUSINESS OWNER,
I'm writing to invite you into something I believe is bigger than a single dinner. Microclimate Foods: An Ojai Tasting — an intimate 10 - Course Tasting seasonal dinner at Earthtrine Farms on November 21, 2026 — is the opening chapter of an ongoing series celebrating the extraordinary food culture of this valley.
I'm inviting a small group of Ojai businesses to sponsor the series — not as advertisers, but as named co-creators of Ojai's culinary story. There are three ways to participate, and each one matters.
The farms are here. The microclimates are extraordinary. The Pixie tangerine, the Channel Islands seafood, the regenerative growers working in this valley — the ingredients for world-class cuisine already exist in Ojai. What's been missing is a documented culinary identity: a story that says, clearly, this is what Ojai tastes like, and why it matters.
Microclimate Foods: An Ojai Tasting is the first public declaration of that identity. Every sponsor, every producer, every collaborator in this event is being written into the founding document of Ojai's food scene. The guide, the event series, the digital record — this is the story food writers, travel editors, and future visitors will discover when they ask: what is the food of Ojai?
Businesses that support this series now are not sponsors in the transactional sense. They are founding members of a culinary movement.
Choose the form that fits your business. All three carry the same recognition and guide feature — the difference is what you contribute.
Contribute food or product. Your goods at the table, your name on the evening.
Contribute funds. Support the evening, share in what it creates.
Share the evening with your guests. Offer seats as a gift to your clients or community.
This is not a one-time dinner. Microclimate Foods: An Ojai Tasting is designed as a recurring seasonal series — each event tied to the current harvest, the current season's producers, and the ongoing documentation of Ojai's culinary identity. Sponsors who participate in the inaugural event become the founding partners of the series.
November 21 at Earthtrine Farms. 10 tastings, 50 guests, 10 producers. The inaugural tasting.
A dinner built around the valley's most celebrated ingredient, in peak Pixie tangerine season.
Peak Ojai summer produce. A lighter, more vegetable-forward progression through the garden.
Each event added to the Ojai Visitors Guide and to privatechefwilliam.com as a permanent feature of Ojai's culinary story.
Every sponsor and producer in the Microclimate Foods: An Ojai Tasting series is featured in Chef William's downloadable Ojai Visitors Guide — a curated resource for visitors, food writers, and locals who want to know where the extraordinary food of Ojai actually comes from. Available at privatechefwilliam.com and shared with every future guest and media inquiry. Your inclusion is permanent.
Every partnership starts with a conversation — please reply by October 1, 2026 and I'll follow up within a few days. No obligation, no fixed ask.
Chef William Robertson
Private Chef & Culinary Author — Ojai, California
Financial contributions are tax-deductible through our nonprofit fiscal sponsor. Donate online via Zeffy — no fees, 100% of your contribution goes to the event.
Donate via Zeffy →There's no pressure and no fixed ask — every partnership starts with a conversation. Fill this in and Chef William will follow up within a few days to find what works best for your business.