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Born and raised in Atlanta, award-winning Chef Pamela was introduced to cooking by the talented Southern women around her. While living in New Orleans, she developed a taste for Southern and Cajun cuisine. Her career in food service includes time as general manager of a popular NYC restaurant, as well as owning her own Southern eatery in San Diego. Now, Chef Pamela brings her love of cuisine to her exciting cooking classes.

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Santa Barbara Cooking Class: Southern Comfort Feast

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Santa Barbara Private Chef Meal: Southern Italy Specialties

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Southern Italy Specialties

$99 each

Private Chef Meal

$99

Savor a meal that celebrates the culinary heritage of Italy's historic southern region. Taste the unique culinary character of Southern Italy in a private chef meal with Chef Pamela. It's a voyage beyond the familiar flavors you're used to in Italian dining. You'll enjoy a classic Caesar salad and lobster fra...

Serving the Santa Barbara area

Next Date: Wed, Jul 2nd & other times

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Santa Barbara Private Chef Meal: Cajun Sophistication

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Cajun Sophistication

$109 each

Private Chef Meal

$109

Chef Pamela combines classic French and bold Cajun cooking in this elegant menu. In this private chef meal, Chef Pamela highlights vibrant Cajun flavors with a touch of sophisticated European flair. Begin with bright shrimp and corn chaudrée topped with crispy bacon. The main course is a creamy Cajun carbonara...

Serving the Santa Barbara area

Next Date: Wed, Jul 2nd & other times

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Santa Barbara Private Chef Meal: Elegant Southern Seafood

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Elegant Southern Seafood

$109 each

Private Chef Meal

$109

Southern flavors are on full display from start to finish in this elegant menu. In this private chef meal, enjoy gourmet Southern seafood prepared with care by Chef Pamela for you and your guests. You'll begin your meal with oysters vol-au-vent: Tender puff pastries topped with creamy oysters. For the main...

Serving the Santa Barbara area

Next Date: Wed, Jul 2nd & other times

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Chef Pamela's Overall Rating

5.0 / 5

Based on 12 reviews

Reviews guests left for Chef Pamela

Marissa

04/03/24

Chef Pamela was absolutely amazing, she came with the energy and made learning fun. The food was delicious!! So delicious in fact that one of our friends, that does not like seafood, actually finished his whole bowl of gumbo and thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone had a great time and she exceeded our expectations. We would definitely take a class with her again!

04/03/24

Kathleen

05/23/23

We could not have been more pleased with our Cozymeal Chef Pamela (and her assistant Ashley)...they were phenomenal and truly went above and beyond to ensure we had a fabulous & memorable evening! From start to finish, Chef Pamela was organized, incredibly experienced, professional yet engaging - she is clearly a remarkable chef and gifted at involving everyone in the group in a positive and uplifting way to create a delicious, one-of-a-kind meal together. The overall experience was wonderful - we were spending time with our future in-laws (celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary) while celebrating our children's engagement (they are getting married in July). It was an opportunity to help us celebrate two lovely events in an intimate and fun fashion so we could all get to know each other better and create a memorable evening in the process. Given her exceptional personality & natural cooking ability, she did just that! Chef Pamela clearly has an incredible gift for uniting individuals in a fun, creative & warm fashion...Ashley was a lovely assistant and worked seamlessly with Chef Pamela to coordinate the evening (& photo document it as well) while we all created a delicious and uniquely fun dinner together. Shall definitely use Cozymeal again when the opportunity arises and recommend it (and Chef Pamela) to others!

05/23/23

Ami

02/17/23

We had a fabulous time with Chef Pamela! She was warm, fun, engaging, and enthusiastic—plus the food we cooked was delicious. Cannot recommend her highly enough!

02/17/23

Lori

10/18/21

We've taken quite a few cooking classes over the years, and since covid, it's actually become our thing to do atleast once or twice a month. We've taken 4 cooking classes from Chef Pamela now, 2 in person and 2 online. She is incredible! Her food, her story, her knowledge, her personality, her warmth, all go unmatched. We've never laughed and cried so much in a class of any type really. I don't know how to describe this experience, it's not something that can really be put into words. Maybe cozy can upgrade and allow us to include pictures with our reviews. The pictures say it all. I'll leave you with this, the fried chicken is a game changer!

10/18/21

Tom

10/13/21

Probably one of the best meals of my life. My wife surprised me with Chef Pamela for my 40th birthday party. We had a small dinner party. Everyone still talks about Chef Pamela. Not only is the food fantastic but her personality is great! I also taken a few classes with her online her way of teaching is very easy to follow. If you don’t know how to cook like me lol ! You will be really surprised by yourself…! I cooked a meal for my wife from a few weeks back and my wife and I both enjoyed it immensely .

10/13/21

Craig

10/07/21

Best cooking class experience we've ever had! Chef Pamela is a phenomenal Storyteller of food and heritage, and will have you laughing until you cry. Her food is equally amazing, if not more. Our last class, we made homemade Chicken and Dumplings with these honey rolls that were to die for. What a rare treat to find in this city. We'll continue to take a class a few months, and do a chefs table when ever we can. She's worth every dime!

10/07/21

Chef Pamela

Cooking Classes WITH Chef Pamela

Southern Comfort Feast

Elevated Southern Classics

Taste of New Orleans

Private Chef Meals WITH Chef Pamela

Southern Italy Specialties

Cajun Sophistication

Elegant Southern Seafood