Private Chef - Explore Tastes of Tuscany

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COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Social Distancing Friendly

Chef Matt takes you on a tour of the elegant flavors of Tuscany.

Tuscany tends to summon images of vast farmland and vineyards at sunset, simple flavors and comforting dishes. In this private chef experience, Chef Matt will prepare four courses of regional favorites, including Italian wedding soup or hearts of romaine salad, cavatelli with vegetable ragout or salmon with pesto spaghettini, pan-seared koji-cured beef culottes with mashed kohlrabi and kale chips, and a chocolate torte or dunderi for dessert.

Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.

Antipasti

Choose one

Hearts of romaine with frisée, rainbow carrots, apple, colatura vinaigrette and burrata
Italian wedding soup with gnocchetti, meatballs, greens and Parmesan tuile

Prima Corso

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Poached salmon with pesto, spaghettini, pea shoots and cured egg yolk
Cavatelli with vegetable ragout, pecorino, pine nuts and microgreens

Pan Seared Koji Cured Beef Culottes

With kohlrabi mash, artichoke hearts, kale chips and black garlic ketchup

Dolce

Choose one

Flourless chocolate torte with pinot noir ganache and raspberry cream
Dunderi with toasted pecans, maple-caramel sauce and blueberries

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments cannot be made during the event.

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 30
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 4 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Reviews guests left for this experience

Ashley

09 Nov 2020

We had a great time celebrating my husband's birthday with Chef Matt. He was energetic, informative and cooked a fantastic meal for us. Highly recommend as it was a night to remember.

Summer

09 Nov 2020

Chef Matt was wonderful and so knowledgable. The food turned out amazing and he was so easy to talk with. I would recommend this to anyone and we felt very safe since he was wearing his mask. I would do it again! Summer

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Matt

G Cody QJ

28 Nov 2021

Our chef cancelled at the last minute and has offered no support in helping us obtain our refund. Weeks of careful planning with another couple, including expensive childcare, was wasted. We will not be using Cozymeal again and we will be warning our friends away from this organization.

Justin

27 Nov 2021

I honestly hate doing this, but I have to give a very negative review here. This class was initially scheduled as an anniversary present to my wife. We had a very difficult time finding childcare for our four children, but we managed to make that happen. Matt asked us to reschedule that initial date due to a conflict of his own. We understand that things happen, and as difficult as it was to adjust our schedules and find new childcare, we managed to make to make the new date work. On the day of our class, Matt emailed me approximately 45 minutes before our class and said that he was coming back from a football game, his car broke down, and he had to cancel. He did not offer to reschedule and simply said he'd make sure we were refunded. My wife and I were beyond dissapointed. I guess life happens. I am not a fan of leaving these types of reviews, but I also saw that this isn't the only one of this nature on Cozymeal for Matt. I do wish him the best of luck, but there is no chance I would ever attemp to use him or Cozymeal again. This is just my experience. Hopefully others have had better luck.

Jerald

04 Sep 2021

After he requested a postponement of our first accepted reservation, chef never arrived for the rescheduled reservation. This was our first and last experience with Cozymeal

Josh

28 Aug 2021

This was for a 50th anniversary dinner. Matt was a joy to have in our home. His food had layers of flavor. The food was fantastic. Each dish had something extra from Matt's stash of seasonings. To top it off, dessert came from a relative's recipe (but of course with Matt's own spin) which just shows you how good Matt is and how relatable he is. This was the exact experience we were looking for. Thank you many times over!

Jessie

14 Mar 2021

Matt is so awesome and the meal he taught us to make was one of the best I’ve had in my life.

AndyAshley

02 Feb 2021

You will not be disappointed booking a meal with Chef Matt!

Kat

07 Aug 2020

Chef Matt was the absolute best. We had so much fun. He was knowledgeable and friendly. We couldn’t ask for more. Looking forward to booking our next meal with him.

Talia

18 Jun 2020

Absolutely wonderful

Amy

18 Jun 2020

Wonderful experience,

becca

21 Mar 2020

We learned so much from Chef Matt in just a few hours! Can’t wait to practice making more gnocchi now that we’ve seen his techniques! We would give 10 out of 5 stars if possible!

Mallory

09 Mar 2020

I cannot rave enough about this experience! The food was phenomenal and Chef Matt was beyond friendly and engaging.

Allison

08 Mar 2020

A great date night experience!

Denyce

23 Feb 2020

We had a fantastic time and learned so much! Chef Matt was knowledgeable and friendly. We are anxious to do another!

Kate

22 Feb 2020

We had a great evening with Chef Matt. He was knowledgable and outgoing. We would do another one of his classes.

Edy

19 Jan 2020

We had an awesome time! Chef Matt is knowledgeable, fun and a great teacher. Highly recommend!

Julie

29 Oct 2019

Chef Matt was wonderful! He was educational and entertaining and helped us make a fabulous meal! We will be able to use the skills he taught us to make other delicious meals. Highly recommend for a great evening!

Taylor

02 Oct 2019

Our cozymeal experience was beyond great. We had a blast learning and exploring all the fun Gnocchi techniques with Chef Matt. I hope to see him again sometime!

Angela

14 Jul 2019

It was an absolute pleasure to have Chef Matt in our house! He is very knowledgeable, kind, has. A great sense of humor, and is a great teacher. He really cared about us and made sure we felt included and confident. He taught us and walked us through how to make three different kinds of gnocchi. They were DELICIOUS! He showed us how to do all of the steps and then let us jump in and join. He had great stories about his life and was very personable. We made two savory gnocchi dishes and one sweet. All three were mouthwatering!! Our cooking went a little long but Chef Matt kept with the schedule and made sure we got to experience everything. He stayed a little late to serve our dinner and was happy and joyful the whole time. It was fun to see the final product that we made together. We would love to have Chef Matt back in our home again!

Isabella

08 May 2019

Matt is an amazing chef and displayed remarkable knowledge and memorable techniques, along with interesting basics about cooking that really resonated. Not to mention the food was mouth-watering!