Experiences Event Design & Planning Santa Fe Taos Venues We Love About Our Team Our Mission Sourcing Partners Vendors We Love Reviews Clients Press Impact Calculator Good to Know Inquire
Santa Fe · Taos

Wedding catering menus, cooked around a fire.

Chef-driven, family-style catering across Northern New Mexico — wood-smoked, live-fire, and designed to leave as little as possible behind. The Charro for 51 to 150 guests and the Asado for 75 to 150, a private chef for families and private clients, a chef for corporate and wellness retreats, or the Micro Wedding for 26 to 50.

Explore the experiences
The Experiences Five Experiences
Guest Count 12–150
Method Wood Fire & Smoke
From Past Events

The food itself.

A chilled corn soup topped with heirloom cherry tomatoes and herbs. A radicchio and radish salad with fresh herbs. A roasted poblano filled with cheese and black beans in a cast-iron skillet. From a past event: polenta with bay shrimp, blistered tomatoes and olives.
Set Experiences

Choose your feast.

Each ranch feast is a set menu with a base price you build on — sized to your guest count and shaped by the season. Add stations and add-ons as you like.

Slow-smoked brisket, sliced on the board — The Charro signature. 01
Family Style51–150 Guests

The Charro Dinner

A ranch feast rooted in the horseback Charro tradition of Spain and Mexico. The centerpiece — meat from the ranches named on our Sourcing Partners page, most of them in New Mexico — is wood-smoked for 18 hours off site by our local smokehouse partner and delivered hot; our full crew serves it family style on our table top set. A dried floral tablescape — real dried flowers, vases and lamps — is included.

House-made cornbread with your choice of botanas, a wood-smoked centerpiece, red cabbage spiced citrus slaw, Ají Sauce “Salsa Verde”, Mexican red rice and heirloom mōlli black beans; handmade blue and yellow corn tortillas, chips & salsa, a green chile queso board and fennel & white cabbage slaw can be added — inquire and we will send every price and our free catering calculator. Every Charro side, salsa, salad, grain, bean and starch is vegan — otherwise only the meats, the cheese birrias, the queso, the tamales and the cornbread carry animal products, and cotija is served on the side. The Charro is diet- and allergy-friendly as designed; we do not take dietary requests, and menu options are not interchangeable.

From the Charro Table
East LA-style birrias — crisp corn tortillas with cilantro, pickled red onion, guacamole and lime, from the Charro table.
East LA-style birrias
Frijoles Charros (Charro Beans) — The Charro table.
Frijoles Charros
Arroz Poblano con Crema de Coco — The Charro table.
Arroz Poblano con Crema de Coco
Fennel and white cabbage slaw — The Charro table.
Fennel & white cabbage slaw
Handmade blue corn tortillas, toasted on the comal — The Charro table.
Handmade blue corn tortillas
East LA-style birrias in the skillet.
East LA-style birrias in the skillet
Heirloom Mōlli (mole) black beans — The Charro table.
Heirloom mōlli black beans
Ensalada de Nochebuena — radicchio & citrus salad — The Charro table.
Ensalada de Nochebuena
Ají Sauce “Salsa Verde” — The Charro table.
Ají Sauce “Salsa Verde”
Pollo al Ladrillo — local free-range young poussin, brined, spatchcocked and grilled under a brick over the coals — The Asado. 02
On-Site · Family Style75–150 Guests

The Asado Dinner

The open-flame Asado tradition of Argentina and Uruguay, cooked live on site over wood fire. Our grill chefs work the coals while our full crew serves dinner family style. Served on our table top set — white porcelain plates, gold flatware, clear glass water goblets, linen napkins and tablecloths. A dried floral tablescape — real dried flowers, vases and lamps — is included.

Live-fire proteins, house-made focaccia, a seasonal salad, fire-grilled vegetables, rustic herb mashed potatoes and chimichurri, family style — add passed appetizers or an appetizer station, table boards, and dessert or a dessert station to complete your table. Inquire and we will send our free catering calculator to build your Asado. The Asado is carnivore-centric: meat, gluten, dairy, tree nuts and shellfish run through the entire menu. We do not take dietary requests or special requests, and menu options are not interchangeable. If your group has allergies or dietary needs, choose the Charro Dinner — it is diet- and allergy-friendly as designed. The Asado is rooted in South American and European live-fire cooking, with Mexican flavors on the table, and we will not compromise its flavor.

Inspired by the gauchos of Argentina and Uruguay — watch the documentary Gaucho Gaucho.

From the Asado Table
Sliced grass-fed ribeye, seared on the plancha, with chimichurri — The Asado.
Ojo de Bife — grass-fed ribeye with house chimichurri
Rosemary focaccia for the fire table — The Asado.
House-made focaccia
Baby gem & radish salad — The Asado table.
Baby gem & radish salad
Wood-grilled steak with chimichurri.
Wood-grilled steak with chimichurri
Fire-roasted winter squash over the coals.
Vegetables charred over the fire
The Asado menu card and wines on the table at dusk, ranch beyond — The Asado table.
The Asado menu
Spice-crusted grass-fed ribeyes searing with butter on the plancha — The Asado table.
Seared on the plancha
Hands laying spice-crusted grass-fed ribeyes onto the plancha — The Asado table.
Going onto the plancha
A full tray of halved peaches grilling on the plancha — The Asado table.
Grilled peaches with melted chèvre
The Gaucho Tradition

Where the Asado comes from.

The horsemen of the Argentine and Uruguayan plains live light. They move with their herds, cook over open fire, protect the land they ride and leave little behind. That light footprint is the way of life behind our Asado, and this is the documentary that keeps us inspired.

Gaucho Gaucho, a documentary about the Argentine gauchos

Gaucho Gaucho · Documentary · Watch on Apple TV

Apps, Dessert & Bar · Add-ons

Enhancement add-ons.

Round out any ranch feast with add-ons — served family style on our table top set, with setup and breakdown all handled by our crew. Composting is available on any event in our service area.

Appetizers

Passed by our crew, or served from an appetizer station with its own station server. Table boards for the table.

Dessert

Two house-made desserts in all: one wedding or special-event cake and one cookie or chocolate mousse, or two from our cookies and chocolate mousse. Served family style on white porcelain platters, or from a dessert station with its own station server.

DIY Bar or Full Bar Service

DIY self-serve bar (add-on) — beer and wine only. You order the beer, wine and ice and have them delivered to the venue; our crew sets up the bar and keeps it tidy; no bartender, no cocktails — guests pour their own. Full Bar — we help select your alcohol and place the order. New Mexico state-licensed bartenders set up the bar, pour, and mix craft cocktails; the Full Bar includes the Hydration Station. Either way, you pay for the alcohol and its delivery directly — we never sell or bill for alcohol.

Wine Table

A separate table just for wine and sparkling, added to your DIY bar or Full Bar — bottles chilled on ice, with additional servers pouring tableside through dinner. We help select the wine and sparkling, place the order, and deliver it; you pay the wine invoice directly to our partner, Total Wine in Santa Fe.

Hydration Station

Hydration station (add-on, or included with the Full Bar) — house-made orange-blossom and hibiscus teas, kept stocked and maintained by our crew throughout the event.

Add-ons are sized for up to 150 guests.

Appetizers & for the table
Platters of corn masa tamales with the Net Zero Ranch menu card — Charro appetizer station.
Corn masa tamales
From a past event: shrimp & peach bites.
From a past event — shrimp & peach bites
From a past event: harvest grape & goat-cheese bruschetta.
From a past event — harvest grape & goat cheese bruschetta
From a past event: roasted red shallots with gorgonzola bruschetta.
From a past event — roasted red shallot & gorgonzola bruschetta
From a past event: blistered shishito & ricotta bruschetta with lemon zest.
From a past event — blistered shishito & ricotta bruschetta
From a past event: shaved radish & basil pesto bruschetta.
From a past event — shaved radish & basil pesto bruschetta
Spring pea, mint & white truffle bruschetta on charred bread — passed appetizer on the Asado.
Spring pea, mint & white truffle bruschetta — passed appetizer
Pâté board — passed appetizer on the Asado.
Pâté board — passed appetizer
Whipped butter with grilled bread — an accompaniment to the house-made focaccia on the Asado.
Butters for the focaccia — for the table
Dessert
Net Zero Ranch's mini carrot cakes.
Mini carrot cakes
Net Zero Ranch's chocolate mousse cups.
Chocolate mousse
A white-frosted layer cake topped with fresh figs and elderberries.
A celebration cake by our bakers
From the Wine Table & Bar
Signature highball cocktails garnished with charred citrus wheels, poured to order at the bar.
Charred-citrus highball
Chilled New Mexico sparkling wine on ice — the wine table.
Chilled New Mexico sparkling
St. Clair New Mexico Port — the wine table.
St. Clair New Mexico Port
A Net Zero Ranch bartender in the Net Zero Ranch apron.
Your bartender
A golden bowl of Provence rosé chilling on ice at a Net Zero Ranch bar.
Rosé on ice
A styled wine table with champagne flutes and a golden bowl of sparkling on ice, outdoors.
The wine table
Wine and glasses at a Net Zero Ranch place setting — the wine table.
Wine at the table
A styled beverage table with brass tumblers, champagne flutes and sparkling on ice.
Sparkling & glassware
Private Chef

A chef of your own.

For families, retreats, and small groups who want their own chef. Seasonal, market-driven menus sourced across Northern New Mexico, priced in our catering calculator from the chef’s day rate.

Crispy-skin salmon over creamy cauliflower purée with watercress and tarragon — Vacation Chef dinner.
Private Chef12–26 Guests4-Day Minimum

The Vacation Chef

For discerning families and private clients — custom individual meals and refined hospitality, with close attention to every guest’s needs, for the length of your stay. Special diets and individual allergies are accommodated — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and anti-inflammatory. One chef plus one sous chef, with a server added from 13 guests, on full 12-hour days (farm-stand shopping, baking, snacks, prep, cooking and table setup; no half days).

Private chef inquiry
Roasted baby potatoes with arugula, radish, basil, and herb pesto in a wooden bowl — Retreat Chef table.
Private Chef26–50 Guests5-Day Minimum

The Retreat Chef

For corporate and wellness retreats — one standard menu set after your deposit, always served buffet-style, with no individual meals or table service. Trained in nutritional and specialty diets — anti-inflammatory, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free; individual allergies accommodated. One chef, one sous chef and two servers, on full 12-hour days (farm-stand shopping, baking, snacks, prep, cooking and table setup; no half days).

Retreat inquiry
Family Style

The Micro Wedding.

Guests raising a toast by candlelight at a Net Zero Ranch dinner.

The candles are edible — made in house from butter.

A candlelit dinner at Net Zero Ranch, in black and white.
Family Style26–50 Guests

Family style for 26 to 50 guests: passed apps, an amuse-bouche, a three-course dinner, a dried-flower tablescape with gold pieces, table lamps and candles, menu cards, and a full crew. Rentals, bar and wine cards are add-ons. We help select the wines.

Micro Wedding inquiry
A seated Net Zero Ranch dinner tablescape.
Seated at the table
A Net Zero Ranch wine service station with bottles and glassware.
Wine service
An ivory-and-floral styled tablescape at a Net Zero Ranch dinner.
Styled tablescape & florals
Rental · Design · Production

Event rentals, designed.

Tables, chairs, linens, glassware, and tents through our partner Summit Rentals — with full event production and design by our in-house team. One team, soil to soil.

Event Design & Planning
Carbon Footprint

Estimate your event’s impact.

Our impact calculator estimates carbon footprint, landfill diverted, water saved, and equivalent trees for one year from our own estimated factors, benchmarked against the average American wedding. Run the numbers for your day, then share the result.

Carbon Calculator
Service Area

Across Northern New Mexico.

Taos Valley Rio Chama Valley (Abiquiú, Ojo Caliente, Española) Chama Greater Santa Fe Albuquerque Wider Region (Ribera, Sapello, Mora, Pecos, Terrero)