Our team continues to improve and maintain high quality service and food

Here at Atlanta Personal Chef Service we always strive to improve our professionalism when it comes to food and service. We did a dinner party this week that demonstrates just that. Our chefs did a fantastic job! The pictures below displays our level of professionalism. Our catering business has grown and our dinner party service has never been this busy! Our weekly service clients are enjoying our services more and more! We thank all of our clients that has helped us get here. Everyday we travel go to Buckhead, Vinnings, Marietta, Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Apharetta and help Atlanta families to get back on the dinner table. We are reaching our 5 year mark and  we couldn't do without our clients!

Dinner Party Pictures

Atlanta Personal Chef Service continues to keep with a busy fall doing catering events, dinner party services and weekly in home services. Below are a few pictures of what we been up to.

Taste VS experience VS art

Have you ever seen those pictures of food that looks way too good to be true and wondered if the food would taste any good?  Food photography is a big deal in the culinary world. Chefs go to extreme lengths to make sure their food looks like a fine dining restaurant commercial. However, a lot of the times the food does not taste that good. It’s like a very expensive wine. Was it worth spending 100 dollars for the wine? Probably not, but if you bought the bottle and you waited three years to drink the wine, then  it was likely worth the price. 

Food is about taste, experience and art. I put the three words in order of what matters the most. Food needs to taste good. If the food does not taste the good then the chef has failed. I've had plenty of bad looking dishes in my life that tasted fantastic and I always end up going back for more. Its like a good taco place. You are not looking for something fancy. You just want that tasty taco that you know you can get in that specific restaurant.

Experience is also a big deal. Experience is what will make a customer spend a lot of money at a expensive restaurant or catering company. Everything from the wait staff's smile to making sure that the food is hot. Going above and beyond to remember guests names is a big deal. Remembering someone's name is probably the biggest compliment you can pay someone.

Finally art. Art is what sums up the clients experience.  A good looking tasty food with a great experience will make the client go back time after time to the restaurant.

Atlanta Personal Chef Service's food combined with the experience is one of kind. One cannot go wrong in hiring our services. Our reviews speak for itself.  Want try what is like to hire a personal chef or catering company and have experience great food, experience and art? Give Atlanta Personal Chef Service a try!  

Recent Dinner Party Pictures

Atlanta Personal Chef Service just did another did dinner party this past weekend for for 22 people. The dinner went great and everyone had a great time. To find out more about our dinner party or catering business click here:

Dinner Party- A look back at 2015

Below are some of the of pictures that we took around this same time of year in 2015. We have certainly grown as company. Our services now include: cooking lessons, dinner party services, weekly service, corporate lunches, corporate parties, Holiday Parties, cooking classes, catering, food drop off (big parties), and buffet parties.

We are proud to be Atlanta Personal Chef Service! The best rated personal chef service in Atlanta!

Personal Chef Life in Atlanta

The life of personal chef it’s not easy. We deal with traffic all day long going from client house to client house. We often work independently (meaning you are responsible to send menus, grocery shopping, and cooking what THE CLIENT wants). I emphasize the word client because a personal chef cooks what the client wants! A lot of chefs come into the personal chef industry thinking they will cook what they want and it does not work like that. If a chef wants to make chefy food, then this is not the industry for them. We make food for what the client wants and lot of times it’s as a simple spaghetti and meatballs meal.

 Also, this job you have to be focus. The people you cook for enjoy different dishes from each other and you have to remember that.  You also have to remember what spices each client has in their cabinet and what allergies they have. Also, you do a lot of cleaning! In the restaurant you have a dishwasher. In the personal chef industry, you are the dishwasher combined with personal chef.  You wear multiple hats every day.  A lot of the times you are nutritionist and other times you are the dishwasher.  This is not an easy job, which is why it pays better than the average industry.

There are perks on being a personal chef. Working independently can be a great thing! You have more autonomy on your everyday life.  It can be very peaceful.  You don’t have people cursing in the kitchen like in the restaurants. You get to know your families, which for me is the best perk of the job.  Some clients they go above and beyond to be such a great people. In turn, you do want to cook great food for them!  You make extra snacks or birthday cake.  The clients that I work for through Atlanta Personal Chef Service are the nicest people I’ve ever met. You do your job well and they will support you.

Atlanta personal chef service does catering events, dinner party services, and cooking lessons apart from their weekly services. So, they will keep you busy! The dinner party service is where you apply the chef skills and cook some fine dining food. This is not an easy job, but Atlanta Personal Chef Service will sure help you succeed!

Catering Brunch Events

Did you know that we do catering brunch events? Below is a picture of one catering events where chef Shawn did a Peaches & cream peanut butter waffles! We do catering events all over Atlanta. Atlanta Personal Chef Service just stated with its catering branch and we are very excited so give us call for you next catering event and have a taste of some of our delicious food!

Dinner Party in Atlanta Pictures

Another dinner party done by Chef Nia. Chef Nia has been with our Atlanta Personal Chef Service for almost a year. The dinner party was a simple dinner for two, but keep in mind that Atlanta Personal Chef Service also does catering events in Atlanta, weekly service and cooking lessons. To find out more abut Nia click in the following link: http://atlantapersonalchefservice.com/about.php

Personal Chef- Weekly service pictures

Below are pictures of our weekly services. Keep in mind that Atlanta Personal Chef Service does more than weekly services. We also have dinner party, catering, cooking lessons, weeding catering, and buffet party services. Give us a call find out more!

Fall Dinner Party and Catering Menu

Below is our Dinner Party and Catering Menu

Keep in mind that the menu can be customized in any shape or form

Appetizers 

 Crisp Crab Cakes, cherry pepper coulis, green bean slaw  
Walnut crusted Goat Cheese, stewed figs, crisp prosciutto
Wontons of Braised Duck, dried fruit, herb salad
Tempura Prawns with “Tom Kha” Coconut Sauce, shimeji mushrooms 

Cold & Hot Soups 

 Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, rosemary crouton, maple chantilly
Wild Mushroom Potage, mushroom broth, herbs, truffle oil
Parsnip Vichyssoise, parsnip crisp, chive oil, truffled mascarpone
Loaded Potato Soup, cheddar crisps, sour cream, bacon, green onion
Lobster Chowder, bacon, fried potato, celery leaf

Salads

Roasted Veggie Za’atar Salad, feta cheese, parsnip, carrot, pear, mixed greens
Arugula and Endive salad, red wine-poached dates, gorgonzola, almonds
Chicory “Ceasar” salad, anchovy vinaigrette,“egg in a basket”*
“Frisee au Lardon,” pork belly, shallot, sourdough crouton, red wine vinaigrette
Greek Panzanella Salad, tomato, cucumber, olive, roasted peppers, pita chips, feta 

Fresh Pastas

Butternut Squash Ravioli, brown butter, shallots and sage
Crab Lasagna with Fontina Fondue, wasabi sprouts, blistered cherry tomatoes
Braised Short Rib Ravioli, autumn squash puree, au jus, fried sage
Celery Root Ravioli, parmesan, wild mushrooms, olive oil, truffle
Sweet Potato Gnocchi, walnut pesto, arugula, parmesan

Entrées  

Surf & Turf, filet mignon, lobster tail, potato gratin, swiss chard, bordelaise sauce 
Sorghum Glazed Duck Breast, farro piccolo, cherry jus, braised cabbage
Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin Medallions, apple pie spiced scalloped sweet potato, escarole
Fried Cornish Hen, smoked cheddar grits, roasted tomato & horseradish sauce, wilted greens
Seared Scallops, white beans, cherry tomato, sauce bouillabaisse, chorizo oil
Grilled Rib Eye, rosemary & grain mustard au jus, sauteed spinach, brown butter rosemary risotto
Cedar Plank Salmon, zucchini orzo risotto with lobster and roasted cherry tomatoes

Desserts

Pumpkin Spoonbread, dark chocolate ganache, cocoa nib brittle, vanilla ice cream
Eaton Mess stuffed Crepes, seasonal fruit, crumbled amaretti cookies, raspberry sorbet, whipped cream
Guiness Pot de Creme, stout brittle, whipped cream
Apple Tarragon Tart, salted butter, caramel vanilla ice cream
Chai Spiced Creme Brulee, lemon sorbet, candied lemon rind
Chocolate Lava Cake, Fresh Berries, vanilla ice cream, chocolate ganache

We are now accepting reservations through the end of the year!  We book out quickly for parties in December, so plan in advance.  
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Getting ready for Catering and Dinner Party events in the fall

Its that time of the year again when we sharp our knives and get ready for our cater events and dinner parties in the fall. We are very excited about this season. After hitting our big year mark of five years of being in business, we are very excited for another busy season. As you can Chef Shawn, sharpens his knife with skills. Next week alone we have two dinner parties and we booking more catering events in Atlanta than ever before. If you having any big events and you are looking for catering companies in Atlanta then give us a call today! We are booking up fast!

Cooking Lessons in Atlanta- A chef's perspective

A lot people think that cooking is easy and something anyone can just pick up, which is that main problem with the Chef profession. 

In the Chef industry, there are a lot of people that just don't know how to cook. I've worked with chefs in supposedly fine dining places that were really bad cooks. Also, people in general think that being a chef is a low position job. People are not willing to pay for a good chef to cook for them. Most people don't even know how to differentiate between good food and bad food. Unfortunately, in the U.S, efficiency and price are more valuable than quality.

So, if you are looking to learn how to cook good food, Atlanta Personal Chef Service is probably the best place for you to learn other than a culinary school. They have well respected chefs that know what good food is. There are two types of cooking lessons: The group lessons that teach a two course meals and private lessons. 

Please keep in mind that Thumbtack is not a place for you to find good chefs. Thumbtack is one of the worst things that have ever happened in the service industry. You as customer will have no idea if the chef is cooking from their own catering kitchen or in their hot tub. 

Give us call and try one of group cooking lesson. They are very fun and cheap. $45 per person is very cheap. Atlanta personal chef service just wants to get people excited about cooking, then maybe they will want to try one of their private cooking lesson. 

Atlanta Catering Pictures

Here are some pictures of some of our catering events in Atlanta. Our catering branch is growing and we are very excited for our fall season. We will be doing more catering events in Atlanta. This season should be a busy one. The best way to book our catering service is by booking in advance. Go to our contact us page us visit us at:  http://atlantapersonalchefservice.com/dinner-events-parties.php

Now offering catering, cooking lessons, and corporate lunches services

Did you know that Atlanta Personal Chef Service now offers catering, cooking lessons, and corporate lunch services?

We offer catering service for groups of 20 or more people. To find out more click here

We offer cooking lessons for groups. We have cooking lessons with a big groups and we all have private lessons: To find out more click here:

We are also offer corporate lunches for employees as a part of their benefit package.

Below in a picture one of our events:  Give us a call and book with us today!

We Are More Than Just a Personal Chef and Catering Company

Atlanta Personal Chef Service is more than just another catering or personal chef company in Atlanta. We will never compete on price to give a less quality product to our clients. We spend hours perfecting our skills. Our food is combination of mixing the right ingredients with art. We take each of events like we were planing the events for us.

Our dinner parties is where our skills truly shine. For every dinner party that we do, no matter the size, we will have a meeting to discuss the best approach. We see which would be the best fit for the party and come up with a plan.

For our catering events, the same thoughtful process that goes into the dinner party goes to our catering events. But, catering events tends to be less formal. They tend to be less focus around the food and more focused on the atmosphere.

For weekly clients, we spend everyday going over on how can we improve our services. If the chef we sent you is not a good fit, then we will send another. With the weekly service, we really focus on what the family wants to eat, including the kids.

For our corporate lunches, our service is very professional. Our prices are very reasonable and competitive. We are easy to work with and we still maintain our quality.

  

The sacred time of eating a meal

There is something about human nature that we love eating and being around people. We love the company of friendships and family, especially around food. In the past, some called it breaking bread together. Eating a nice meal with people its often a synonym with comfort, laughter and good times. However, in our modern times, this practice seems to be fading away little by little.

Work these day demands a lot from people and we can' help our selves but to rush through this sacred time. We are always stressed about meeting the next deadline at work and planning the next vacation that eating becomes just another box in a big check list. We are too busy doing life, instead of living it. Very rare you see people praying before they eat, even less so taking their time.

I want to challenge you today to have a nice meal with your family, friend, or co-worker. Take your time savoring your food and be thankful for what God provided you. If you are eating alone, call a friend or a family member that you haven't talked with for while and let them know you were thinking of them. Then, put you phone away and observe your surroundings. This is not meant to be easy, but rather an exercise to improve your life. Once you do this often, maybe you will see the benefits and never again rushing through a meal.

He at Atlanta Personal Chef Service we want to help you cherish your meals and celebrate your good times. We have many services that can help with that such as our catering branch, dinner party services,in home weekly service, and cooking lessons.

Let us know how we can help you or your family to get back to cherishing again the sacred time of eating a meal together.

Cooking Lessons in Atlanta

Did you you know that Atlanta Personal Chef Service now does cooking lessons in Atlanta? We have group lessons that starts at $45 per person and we also do private classes. The group lessons is a great to get introduced to cooking. You will get a glass of wine with your meal, while you are learning your new skills. Also, the chef will help you give you tip to pick the adequate cooking equipment for you what you need. These cooking lessons are great! Give it a shot and find out more by clicking here

Good chefs are not cheap- Dinner Party Service Explanation VS Catering Service prices

Here at Atlanta Personal Chef Service we are very proud of cooking fine dinning food. Our services may sound pricey compared to what other chef service provide but, people need to know that there is more to cooking than just cooking. What our chefs provide is great food and a great experience. Just like at a restaurant, we will serve you and make sure that you water is filled. We do have cheaper services, which is when our catering comes in handy, but catering is very different than a fancy sit-down dinner party.

We recently had someone that told us that a chef in Atlanta was charging less than $20 per head for a 13 people sit down dinner party. You may ask ask me, are you kidding? No, I'm not! Chefs are willing to work for very low these days and people are willing to hire them. Chefs with little experience or chefs that have not grown on their profession.

I always tell our clients to the their research. Look for their reviews on google and yelp. Find out if they have their kitchen or not. Testimonials in their website does not count as review because anyone could have written that.

Having a personal chef, personal chefs to do a dinner party or catering event is not cheap. If the chefs are charging a cheap price its because something is wrong. Maybe they are not paying for the right insurance or cooking out of their home kitchen (which is illegal).

Catering is very different than dinner parties.  Catering for a large groups (20 or more) can be done for $20 to $50 per person, but dinner parties? no.

Give us a call learn more about us.

Pictures of our catering in Atlanta

Below are some pictures of our catering events in Atlanta and around the Atlanta area. We are very  proud of catering the business that is growing so much in Atlanta. Our chefs dare doing a great job! Ready to book us for your next catering event? Make sure to contact us by clicking here. Chef Shawn, our head chef, over sees all over catering events and dinner parties. He one of best chefs that we have! Enjoy some of recent pictures!

Atlanta Personal Chef Service Team

Atlanta personal chef service got together recently for a fun meeting and we took this picture. This our 2016 team! We are ready for the busy season and ready to book some weekly service meetings, catering, and dinner parties! 

Atlanta Personal Chef Meeting discussion future catering events in Atlanta

Atlanta Personal Chef Service had a meeting this last Thursday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss future catering events in Atlanta as well as dinner parties. Chef Andrew cooked some of the dishes in our fall menu and we talked about them. We also planned for a busy week of events coming up: a catering event, dinner party, weekly service meeting, cooking lesson and buffet/cocktail parties The picture below show the girls from our team having a good time!

Chef Andrew showing his skills cooking three courses from our Dinner Party Menu in Atlanta

Here at Atlanta Personal Chef Service: We always striving to do our best! Below is Chef Andrew displaying his skills and cooking some of our dinner party items: Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin Medallions, apple pie spiced scalloped sweet potato, escarole as the main entree. These same items can also be served o our catering events, buffet parties, and cocktail parties!