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Chef Alan is a restaurant consultant, cookbook author, and award-winning executive chef with nearly 40 years of high-level professional culinary experience under his belt. He regularly participates in the annual Great Chefs of Los Angeles event — a celebration of the city's best chefs and tastemakers — and specializes in a variety of cuisines, including Asian, French, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Californian, and Floribbean.

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Chicago Cooking Class: Simple French Countryside Recipes

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Chicago Private Chef Meal: French Specialty Delights

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French Specialty Delights

$129 each

Private Chef Meal

$129

Experience the luxurious flavors of French cuisine prepared by a top-rated chef. Elevate your next special occasion with a private chef meal. Indulge in the unmatched flavors of a three-course menu featuring French cuisine. Relax and let the private chef handle all the hassle including preparation, plating and...

Serving the Chicago area

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Chicago Hibachi Catering: Unforgettable Hibachi Dinner

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Unforgettable Hibachi Dinner

$60 each

Hibachi Catering

$60

Relish the authenticity of Japanese hibachi grill. Explore the wonders of hibachi cooking with Chef Josh in this private chef meal. Chef Josh will set up his hibachi grill to prepare an enticing selection of proteins, from strip steak to seafood and vegetarian options. Enjoy the interactive and mouthwatering...

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Chicago Private Chef Meal: Ultimate Gourmet Dinner

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Ultimate Gourmet Dinner

$250 each / 7 Courses

Private Chef Meal

$250 / 7 Courses

Savor an incredible seven-course feast created expressly for your enjoyment. This luxury private chef meal is a platinum-level dining moment that's sure to dazzle you and your guests. Let top-rated Chef Andy immerse your senses in a one-of-a-kind epicurean banquet featuring seven sumptuous courses crafted by...

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5.0

374 Reviews

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Chicago Food Tour: Discover Historic Chicago

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Discover Historic Chicago

$79

Food Tour

$79

Travel through the historic city and indulge in delicious, iconic meals. Experience Chicago’s vibrant culture and culinary heritage on this food tour that celebrates iconic architecture and classic local flavors. From the grand Harold Washington Library to beloved neighborhood eats, dive into the city’s rich...

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Next Date: Tue, Nov 4th at 11:30AM & other times

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Chicago Food Tour + Drink Upgrade: Chicago’s Signature Bites

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Food Tour + Drink Upgrade

Chicago’s Signature Bites

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$125

From deep-dish pizza to handcrafted cocktails, experience Chicago’s culinary scene in full flavor. Elevate your Chicago food tour with a carefully crafted drink upgrade designed to enhance every bite. These local libations bring a fresh dimension to the city’s iconic flavors and vibrant culinary culture. Sip on...

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Chicago Weekend Food Tour: Essential Chicago Eats

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Weekend Food Tour

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$79

Journey through historic Chicago on this weekend food tour, enjoying the best bites along the way. Spend the weekend sampling Chicago’s signature dishes on a weekend food tour blending history, architecture and cuisine. Explore the city’s famous landmarks while indulging in its culinary treasures. Treat your...

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Chicago Team Building Activity: Classic Sushi 101

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Great for Groups of 14-30

Classic Sushi 101

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$159

Learn authentic techniques for creating your own sushi specialties with your team. Let Chef Alejandro demonstrate his modern methods for preparing sushi with artful culinary flair in this hands-on team building class. You'll get the inside scoop on his creative process, a fusion of traditional recipes and contemporary...

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Chicago Team Building Activity: Pasta Crafting Fun

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Learn the art of pasta-making with this immersive team building lesson. Gather your group for a fun pasta-making workshop in this hands-on team building activity. Led by Chef Janet, participants will learn to make fresh fettuccine pasta from scratch, kneading, rolling and cutting the dough together. Then, you’ll...

Chicago (Fulton Market)

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Chicago Team Building Activity: Classic Latin-Inspired Tacos

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Take your team out of their comfort zone with this culinary team-focused experience. Join Chef Andy for this team building cooking class where your crew will gather outside of the office and collaborate on handcrafting a three-course menus with tacos as the featured dish. After preparing elote cups with warm...

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Online Cooking Class: Making Macaron Magic

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Fully Interactive

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$49/Person

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$49/Person

Try your hand at turning out a chic and delicious French favorite dessert. Dazzle your friends with the homemade macarons you'll create in this interactive online cooking class. Chef Stacey provides everything you need to conjure up a collection of salted caramel chocolate macarons with all the charm and flair of a...

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Online Cooking Class: Holiday Hot Cocoa and Chocolate Bark

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Indulge in homemade chocolate bark in this festive online cooking class. Discover how to make indulgent chocolate treats for the holidays in this online cooking class. Join live from your own kitchen as you follow along step-by-step, ask questions in real time and master professional techniques in a relaxed virtual...

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Online Cooking Class: Serving the Spanish Summer

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Bring a taste of sun-soaked Spain to your table with this chef-led cooking class Paella is one of the world’s most-loved dishes and this online cooking class offers the chance to finally master it at home. Sign up and you’ll be guided by a world-class chef, learning the time-honored traditions and secrets behind...

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Chicago Cooking Class: The Art and Science of Cooking

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The Art and Science of Cooking

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Discover what can happen when you approach cooking as both an art and a science. In this hands-on class with Chef Alan, you will learn how to prepare an impressive four-course dinner menu emphasizing proper culinary techniques that result in deliciously artful displays of fresh, high-quality ingredients. Some of...

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Chicago Cooking Class: Japanese Izakaya Fare

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Japanese Izakaya Fare

$95

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$95

Join Chef Alan as he shares his favorite recipes learned working in a Japanese izakaya. In this hands-on class with Chef Alan, you will have the unique opportunity to learn how to prepare a deliciously exotic four-course menu typically only found at an izakaya — also known as a Japanese gastropub. Some of the...

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Chicago Cooking Class: Sweet and Savory Cooking With Fruit

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Sweet and Savory Cooking With Fruit

$75

Cooking Class

$75

Get ready to learn how fruit can be used to elevate sweet and savory dishes. In this hands-on class with Chef Alan, you will learn how to prepare a sophisticated four-course dinner menu using a bounty of fresh fruit and cooking techniques that yield incredible flavor profiles. Some of the recipes you can look...

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Chef Alan's Overall Rating

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Based on 1 review

Reviews guests left for Chef Alan

Carrie

09/16/19

Chef Alan is a personable, talented chef and accomplished improvisational musician. The improv thinking definitely translates into his cooking because I've never thought to put some ingredients together (i.e. mango, crab, and asparagus). I adored the tuna tempura and finished every last bite. I'll be attempting that one soon myself because I can't stop thinking about it. Thanks for cooking and hosting me, Alan!

09/16/19

Chef Alan

Simple French Countryside Recipes

French Countryside Celebration

French Countryside Recipes Night

French Specialty Delights

Unforgettable Hibachi Dinner

Ultimate Gourmet Dinner

Discover Historic Chicago

Chicago’s Signature Bites

Essential Chicago Eats

Classic Sushi 101

Pasta Crafting Fun

Classic Latin-Inspired Tacos

Making Macaron Magic

Holiday Hot Cocoa and Chocolate Bark

Serving the Spanish Summer

Cooking Classes WITH Chef Alan THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

The Art and Science of Cooking

Japanese Izakaya Fare

Sweet and Savory Cooking With Fruit