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Master the catch: from lake to table

Two cooks reviewing a recipe card by the water
Our story

Built on fresh water and open fires

Nova Games started with two cooks, a notebook of handwritten recipes and one rule: test every dish lakeside before sharing it. That rule never changed.

The notebook is fuller now and the kitchen team has grown. But we still cook new recipes over the water, in real conditions, before they make it into our collection.

  • Every recipe tested at the lakeside
  • Guides trained in outdoor cooking safety
  • Small groups, always
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9recipes in our collection
11cooks on our team
140lakeside meals last season
12people at our largest gathering
How we work

Grilled Fish Recipes for Your Lakeside Summer Cooking

Smoking Fish Over Campfire: Traditional Methods

A recipe enters our collection only after we have prepared it completely, outdoors, in season. You get methods that work in the real world, not just in a kitchen at home.

Fresh Catch Preparation

Six at the smallest fire, twelve at the largest. Beyond that, the magic of shared meals and conversation starts to fade.

Cast Iron Cooking by Water

If a dish looks simple but tastes perfect, we say so. Nobody wants to spend an afternoon on something that doesn't work, or follow a recipe that skips the hard parts. We test everything at the lake, in real conditions, with real fire.

Fresh catch at dawn
Fresh catch at dawn
Lakeside kitchen ready
Lakeside kitchen ready
Cooling the smoked fish
Cooling the smoked fish