What I can do for you

As a veteran chef, culinary consultant, and experienced project manager, I have helped a wide range of clients, including innovative food start-ups, private estate managers, event directors, and more. Here are just a few examples of the projects I have delivered to clients and services I offer.

PRIVATE EVENTS & MULTI-COURSE DINNERS  

Food Start-Up Advising & Culinary Marketing  

Recipe Development & Food Styling

Project Management for Private Estates & Businesses

memorable experiences through food

• Specializing in cooking multi-course dinners utilizing local Californian ingredients that highlight global flavors. These bespoke menus are best enjoyed by smaller groups in intimate settings of 8-20 guests.

• Event planning and vendor sourcing, including conceptualization and coordinating all components including sous chefs, staff, rentals, styling components and special touches.

Nutritional Education

• Worked with food/tech company, Shef, Inc., to create informational and educational materials to encourage partnering chefs to cook healthier meals and revamp their menu offerings to attract more health-conscious customers.  

Food-Related Marketing & Writing

• Writing food-related content for leading food/tech app for multi-platform use, interviewing company’s partnering chefs for human interest articles.  

• Helping food app client create effective and creative ways to market their product to specific target audiences through new filter categories, writing food-themed copy for user prompts of company’s app and online marketplace.

• Advising food brand client on promotional recipes to support product marketing, as well as research and discover target market groups.

Recipes for Customer Engagement and Promotional Use

• Advising start-up culinary companies and food brands on new recipes, marketing outreach, and product improvements. 

• Developing new recipes, including the research, testing, and drafting, as multi-platform content to attract and engage customers.

Food Styling

• Creative directing and food styling of photoshoots for multi-platform marketing efforts. 

Kitchen Consulting

• Consulting on kitchen remodel designs and architectural plans to help develop a true chef’s kitchen, helping ensure efficient layouts for cooking and customized storage solutions that work for a family’s specific needs.

• Advising on the selection of upgraded cooking equipment and appliances (e.g., professional cooking range, pasta press, or high-heat pizza oven).

Set-Up of New Homes and Vacation Properties

• Purchasing and managing set-up of all dining and hosting items, including items needed for an upscale bar, formal dining, alfresco events and any styled decor needed to elevate and enhance your entertaining space.

Wine & Spirit Collections

• Curating wine and spirit collections or helping clients refresh and organize an established wine cellar.