New Year’s Day Brunch Putting on events at home can be taxing, so we decided to try something new and hire a chef for our New Year’s Day Brunch. We settled on chef Gerard. The overall experience came with some major ups, but also downs. Although his professional cooking tenure wasn’t long, we chose him based on his then 8 reviews (all 5 stars). Planning began about 3 weeks prior to the event. Gerard’s communication and attention to detail were exceptional. After he submitted an initial menu, changes were made due to dietary restrictions and/or our personal preferences for the 12 guests. He was always positive and willing to go the extra mile for whatever was needed. Needless to say, we were very excited and feeling optimistic about our event. Consequently, we gave the chef some must have guidelines pertaining to the day of the event which involved a food presentation time, an actual eating time (11:30am), and the cleanliness of the kitchen due to the open floor plan. Unfortunately, none of the request were met. Gerard and his assistant Stephanie assured us that they would be at our home 8:00am, they arrived at 8:42. A broken dish, missing ingredient, and even the monitored fire alarm being set off 6 times were all forgivable, but being late was not. The event was scheduled to begin at 11am. All of the guest were present by 11:15. Gerard spent the entire morning trying to catch up. By 11:20 my wife and I jumped in to help move things along by setting food out and cleaning up the kitchen. The brunch dishes turned out fine as the guest seemed pleased. Regrettably, we had to spend New Year’s evening scouring pots/pans (which weren’t initially cleaned well by the cooks), and degreasing our stove and quartz counters. His service advertised that our kitchen would look even better than it did prior to cooking. Not true. Nevertheless, while an actual apology for tardiness was not given, we learned a lot from the experience and have already concluded that serviced catering will be our go to weapon of choice for future events. We also believe that this was a valuable learning experience for Gerard, which can do nothing but help him improve at his chosen career.

Our experience was delightful. I wanted to take my wife on a date and I didn’t want to go to a cliche franchise restaurant. This was a personal chef experience like no other. It was more affordable than a typical 4-5 star restaurant and it was in a much more intimate setting.

What a wonderful experience! Having the chefs was a game changer, I actually had tine to enjoy my party. And the food was amazing, people had seconds and thirds. If you’re on the fence about hiring them for an event, I’m telling you to do it, it’s worth every penny!

The Chefs did an awesome job in catering to our guest. They curated a great inclusive experience with the food they prepared. Will and plan on using again.

Chef Gerard and his team made our group date night the best decision ever. All of the food was tasty and delicious and the service was top notch. Everything they did exceeded expectations.