Game Butchery Courses and Wild Game Dinners…
A private dining experience for you and your friends
Events at Hill House
Welcome to Hill House—our home and headquarters in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, just outside Fredericksburg.
Set among beautiful countryside with extraordinary 40-mile views, Hill House is where Mike Robinson, Jon Coates and their guests come together to celebrate wild food, open-fire cooking and true field-to-fork hospitality.
Throughout the year, we host an exclusive collection of intimate dining events, hunting and butchery courses, private group experiences and corporate retreats.
These are deliberately small, personal events. Guests cook alongside our chefs, learn skills honed over decades and enjoy exceptional wild food in the relaxed surroundings of our home.
Hill House Experiences
Intimate wild-game dinners
Whitetail deer stalking, preparation and cookery
Wild-game butchery and cooking days
Private Hill House takeovers
One- and two-day corporate experiences
Places are limited, and several experiences are offered only a handful of times each year.
Wild-Game Dinners at Hill House
An intimate and interactive Hill Country dining experience
Saturday 29th August 2026
Ahead of the opening of AXIS, our forthcoming restaurant in Fredericksburg, we will be hosting two very special dinners each month in the beautiful Long Room at Hill House.
Each dinner is limited to just 20 guests and features five courses accompanied by wines from one of our favourite vineyards. Many evenings are created in collaboration with the featured winery, giving guests the opportunity to discover exceptional wines alongside a seasonal wild-game menu.
Dinner is prepared by AXIS Head Chef Jon Coates and hosted by restaurateur and Chef, Mike Robinson.
These are not conventional restaurant dinners. Guests are invited to arrive a little early, step into the kitchen and become part of the experience. Join in with the final preparations, discover new culinary techniques or simply enjoy a glass of chilled rosé while taking in the 40-mile views from the terrace.
Much of the cooking takes place in our open-fire Gaggenau kitchen, where guests can watch each course come together over flame and charcoal.
Dinner is served at one long communal table, creating a relaxed and convivial evening shared with fellow lovers of food and wine.
Mike owns a Michelin-starred restaurant in London—and during an evening at Hill House, you will understand why.
Sample Menu
Menus change according to the seasons and the availability of the finest wild ingredients.
Snacks
Wild venison lollipops with Oxford sauce
Beef tartare on Pomme Anna potatoes with caviar
Whipped smoked cod’s roe with homemade chips
Dinner
Wild Gulf snapper crudo with pickled radish, cucumber and ponzu dressing
Hill Country Axis deer ragù with homemade tagliatelle, aged Parmesan and truffle
Warm shallot tarte Tatin with aged balsamic caramel
Charcoal-grilled wild boar chop saltimbocca with braised fennel and peaches, boulangère potatoes, and apple and pork sauce
Dessert
Fredericksburg peach soufflé with peach and bourbon ice cream
$450 per guest, including wine with each course.
Important Information
Because we work with a very small kitchen team and create menus centred around wild game, these dinners are not suitable for vegetarian or vegan guests.
Menus shown are examples and are subject to seasonal changes.
Wild-Game Butchery and Cookery at Hill House
Saturday 3rd October 2026
Spend the day learning directly from Mike Robinson and Jon Coates
Mike and Jon are internationally known for their knowledge of wild-game harvesting, butchery, preparation and cookery.
This hands-on day at Hill House offers a rare opportunity to work alongside them, develop your practical skills and discover how to transform wild ingredients into an exceptional five-course dinner.
The day focuses on wild Axis deer and wild boar. Guests will learn how to skin, butcher and prepare the carcasses before moving into the kitchen to create dishes for the evening feast.
For fans of Farming the Wild, this is a unique chance to spend the day working directly with Mike and Jon in a relaxed, highly personal setting.
The Day
8:30am — Arrival and introduction. Morning — Skinning, carcass preparation and butchery Afternoon — Wild-game preparation and cooking 5:30pm — Five-course dinner at Hill House
Group Sizes
Up to eight participating guests
Up to eight additional partners may join for dinner
Maximum dinner party of 16 guests
Pricing
Bespoke experience: $1200 per participating guest
Partner dinner ticket: $250 per guest
Exclusive Hill House takeover: $10 - 15,000 depending on numbers for the day
Start Your Next Adventure!
Hunt, Prepare and Cook with Mike
A complete Texas field-to-fork experience
This is a rare opportunity to learn the deerstalking, shooting and fieldcraft skills that Mike Robinson has developed over many years in the field.
Offered only five times each year during the winter months, this private experience is available for groups of up to four guests.
The day begins with a morning of stalking on Mike’s 2,500-acre low-fence hunting lease, located close to Hill House in the Texas Hill Country. The deer are fully wild, making this an authentic and challenging hunting experience.
What You Will Learn
During the morning, guests will learn how to:
Stalk fully wild Whitetail deer
Shoot accurately and confidently from sticks
Improve practical field-shooting skills
Select an appropriate management deer
Properly field dress, bleed and transport the animal
The experience includes the opportunity to take one non-trophy Whitetail management deer, male or female, per hunting guest. Hill House rifles will be provided.
After the hunt, we return to Hill House for one-to-one instruction in skinning and butchery. You will prepare your deer under Mike’s guidance, and the finished meat will be packaged and frozen for you.
The day then moves into the Hill House kitchen, where we will prepare wild venison and wild boar for an early celebratory feast.
Partners are welcome to join us for dinner at approximately 5pm by prior arrangement.
Price - $10,000 for a private group of up to four hunting guests.
Optional Trophy Animals
Occasionally, a mature antlered Axis deer or Whitetail may be encountered. If a guest wishes to take one of these animals, this must be agreed with the guide and will incur an additional fee.
Mid-sized male Axis deer: $4,000
Large trophy Axis deer: $7,000
Eight-point Whitetail deer: $2,500
Availability cannot be guaranteed, and all decisions in the field remain at the discretion of the guide.
Requirements
A valid Texas hunting licence and all legally required hunting credentials are essential. Guests must provide their licence details before attending.
This experience is suitable for both newer and more experienced hunters. Safety, ethical harvesting and respect for the animal are central to the day.
