You're bidding on a Meal for Two at the new St. Jack restaurant, opening in Lake Oswego in the spring of 2021! The product of a lifetime of study and passion, St. Jack is an ode to the bouchons, or esteemed cafés of Lyon, France, and to Chef Aaron Barnett's take on the humble excellence of rustic French cuisine.

This relaxed preview dinner includes three courses (with options for meat or fish), dessert, and wine pairings.

Preview dinners will be held at the end of May, prior to the restaurant opening. Winners will be contacted to schedule on one of several dates available, to be determined closer to the event.

Donated by St. Jack & ChefStable: Portland chef Aaron Barnett opened his Lyonnaise bouchon St. Jack in 2001, teaming up with ChefStable restaurateur Kurt Huffman on the restaurant that he'd been dreaming about for years. Barnett - a Canadian who grew up eating frog legs, snails, and lots of offal with his gourmand parents - had a background in French cooking. Though he held down a couple of other head chef jobs when he moved to Portland, the opening of St. Jack shot him to success given the intense local buzz that later turned into accolades from the Oregonian's rising star restaurant of the year to Eater PDX's Restaurant of the Year, to a James Beard semifinalist nod for Barnett in the Best Chef: Northwest category.