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After culinary school I moved to New Orleans where I worked in some of the city's finest kitchens. After receiving Food and Wine Magazine's 'Best New Chef' award in 2004, I moved to the Bay Area to work for top restaurants and then for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy as the food and beverage manager. A few years later, I moved back to Seattle and am now working on my own. I am passionate about all things food and love cooking, anytime day or night.

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Signature Classic Creole Cuisine

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Enjoy a comforting meal with classic Creole flavors from the South. Discover authentic Creole cooking in this decadent private chef meal as Chef Karen takes you on a tour of traditional favorites. Begin with shrimp boil skewers with sausage and onions, and crispy buttermilk fried chicken glazed with local honey....

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Decadence From the Steakhouse

$119

Private Chef Meal

$119

Enjoy a luxurious steakhouse dinner with an incredible depth of flavor. This private chef meal features a menu inspired by the most luxurious private chefs. Chef Lorenzo will curate a menu of decadent dishes for you to create a customized menu. Have a delicious start to the meal with a classic shrimp cocktail...

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Handmade Italian Pasta Feast

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Experience pasta like you've never had it before in this private chef Italian experience. Watch in awe as Chef Dirk prepares fresh hand-cranked noodles and wheel-shaped pasta from scratch. You will enjoy the pasta with a sauce of your choice, with options including slow-cooked beef and red wine or a cream sauce with...

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Exploring the Mission District

$79

Food Tour

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Discover the culinary secrets that lie at the heart of a cherished San Francisco neighborhood. On this Secret Food Tour: San Francisco, the Mission District, you'll see how immigrants shaped the neighborhood by creating brilliant artwork, beautiful architecture and sharing their fantastic food! Originally home to...

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Explore Chinatown and Little Italy

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Discover the cultural hub of San Francisco's Chinatown and Little Italy. On this food tour, you'll explore all that San Francisco has to offer as you visit Chinatown and Little Italy's best restaurants, bakeries and more. An experienced guide will keep you entertained with stories and interesting facts about the area,...

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Historic Ferry Building and Farmers' Market

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Prepare to savor the unique flavors of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building and Marketplace. Embark on a culinary adventure in this 90-minute food tour and discover one of San Francisco's most iconic landmarks: The Ferry Building. Enjoy a diverse array of local delicacies and global fusion dishes. With Guide Lisa...

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Team Building Activity

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Build team relationships while crafting an Italian-style meal with world-class gourmet, Chef Lorenzo. Foster a collaborative and fun team environment with this pasta-making team building class featuring rich Italian favorites, including homemade gnocchi pasta. First, mix up a creamy cheese fondue for dipping crispy...

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Vibrant Plant-Based Farm-to-Table Feast

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Team Building Activity

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Join Chef Dirk for a vibrant and fun culinary team building experience like no other. In this hands-on team building cooking class with Chef Dirk, you and your team will learn how to prepare a colorful four-course menu that is built on the principles of a contemporary plant-based diet. You and your team will begin...

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Boozy Irish Comfort Food

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Join Chef Tracy for a cooking class focused on pie recipes featuring Irish ales and spirits. In this interactive, live online cooking class with Chef Tracy, you’ll create Irish comfort food from scratch with a boozy twist. Begin by preparing cottage pie, a version of the traditional shepherd's pie, that uses...

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Master the fun internet sensation — the butter board — to impress at your next gathering. In this interactive online cooking class taught live from Madrid, Spain, Chef Carlos will show you how to create tantalizing flavor combinations using seasonal ingredients to prepare three innovative butter boards. Why not...

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Get ready to master two traditional Italian recipes during this fun, interactive culinary experience. During this online cooking class with Chef Stefano, who teaches live from Italy, you will learn how to prepare two authentic Italian recipes completely from scratch: cannelloni and panna cotta. Chef Stefano will begin...

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Chef Mat's Overall Rating

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Brooke

08/15/16

Soups have always mystified me. Mine always ending up either tasting like salt or like water. Chef Mat easily demystified them for me and I look forward to creating simple delicious meals at home with fresh herbs and homegrown vegetables. Delicious and fun. Highly recommended!

08/15/16

Chef Mat

French-Inspired Steak Night

An Italian Experience

A Vegan Take on Italian

Signature Classic Creole Cuisine

Decadence From the Steakhouse

Handmade Italian Pasta Feast

Exploring the Mission District

Explore Chinatown and Little Italy

Historic Ferry Building and Farmers' Market

An Italian Experience

Classic Italian Kitchen Techniques

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Essential Seasonal Butter Boards

Homemade Cannelloni and Panna Cotta