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Chef Anna Cooks!
- Tacoma, WA 98403 (map)
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I was recently invited to do chef demonstrations at the 2011 Puyallup Spring Fair! More details to come... – May 14, 2011 at 11:53 am
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Chef Anna Cooks! • Tacoma, WA
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Chef Anna Cooks! is your answer to great-tasting, healthy, affordable meals enjoyed in the comfort of your home, without the daily grind of shopping and cooking.
Our personal chef service offers a professional meal preparation where your individual tastes drive the creation of a menu customized just for you! Your personalized meals are prepared in your home, packaged, labeled, and stored in your refrigerator or freezer.
Along with in-home meal preparation services, Chef Anna Cooks! offers the following services:
• Catering
We provide in-home catering for small events such as:
* Dinner parties
* Appetizer parties
* Small wedding parties
* Children's birthday parties
* Business meetings
* Baby showers
• Cooking lessons
Have you ever wanted to learn some culinary tricks of the trade? Are you interested in learning how to prepare dishes from other countries?
I offer lessons in your home, teaching basic culinary techniques as well as your choice of cuisines from France, Italy, Thailand, Spain, Morocco, or India. Lessons are $40/per person (minimum of 4 persons).
• Children's cooking and baking lessons
Chef Anna Cooks! also offers fun and engaging baking or cooking classes for children, ages 5 and up. This is a great idea for birthday parties, sleepovers or other special occasions.
Children's cooking lessons are $12/per child (minimum of 3 children). Child-sized aprons that can be decorated are available for $10/per child.
• Gift certificates
Give the gift of Chef Anna's personal chef service for all types of occasions including the following:
* New parents
* Birthdays and holidays
* Recovery from hospital stay
* Weddings and anniversaries
* Business clients
* New neighbor
Reviews
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May 12, 2011
This is a truly incredible service. The meals are excellent; better than the best 5 star restaurant fare. Flavors are amazing. Personal dietary needs are incorporated into the menu planning. You come home after working to a nutritious and delicious meal for less money than you'd spend on take out pizza. Our family's quality of life quotient went through the roof after Chef Anna came into our lives.
– Karen
Question and answer
Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A. If you are looking into a personal chef service, be sure the chef is licensed and insured. Also, you want to hire a professional. Chefs with culinary degrees and business degrees will offer a higher level of organization and service.
Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?
A. The secret to the success of a personal chef is organization! If you meet with a personal chef to discuss service options, and they seem disorganized or scattered, that will reflect in the quality of the food they prepare. A well-prepared personal chef consultation will most likely result in fantastic food.
Q. What questions should a consumer ask to hire the right service professional?
A. Be sure to ask if the Personal Chef is licensed and insured. You may even want to know if they are bonded. If they are not bonded, they should be willing to do so. Also, ask about their culinary education and any other relevant experience.
Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?
A. A Personal Chef is going to fill a very important gap many busy professionals have in their life. If you find that dinner time has become less of a priority for your family, and you are relying for on unhealthy food choices from fast food restaurants and supermarket delis, then chances are a Personal Chef can make a very healthy impact on your life.
Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?
A. I guarantee quality and professionalism - quality in every ingredient used, quality of the prepared meals, and quality of service. My culinary and business background ensure that not only will your meals taste great, but your menus, invoices, and product labels will be professional and organized.
Q. What do you like most about your job?
A. I simply love cooking. It not only allows me to be creative, but to also create something tangible and meaningful. Memories are made over a fantastic meal and I love being a part of that.
Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?
A. After 16 years working as an Administrative Assistant, I decided to follow my passion and become a Professional Personal Chef. I am a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, Seattle, and have interned at such restaurants as The Rainier Club and Osteria La Spiga.
While studying at Le Cordon Bleu, I won the Constitution Day menu contest and had the opportunity to learn from acclaimed Chefs and Bakers, such as Ewald Notter, founder of the Notter School of Pastry Arts in Orlando, FL and author of "The Textbook for Sugar Pulling & Sugar Blowing" and Julia Usher, author of "Cookie Swap". In 2011, I completed my diploma with the Culinary Business Academy for a Professional Personal Chef and became a member of the USPCA (United States Personal Chef Association).
I have a passion for ethnic food, my favorites being Portuguese, Spanish, Moroccan, and Italian. I have traveled extensively throughout Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, and have had an opportunity to learn simple, yet oftentimes overlooked, techniques from those cultures.
However, I also love cooking and preparing simple food - from a fragrant roast chicken to cedar smoked salmon. Using the best ingredients, proper cooking techniques, and creating recipes from scratch are my foundation for creating beautiful, memorable, and incredible tasting food.
