Private Chef - Gourmet Italian Trattoria

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Social Distancing Friendly

Spend an evening enjoying Italian restaurant favorites without leaving the comfort of home.

This trattoria-themed private chef experience curated by Chef Laura is the perfect event for lovers of fine Italian cuisine. After enjoying a classic soup or salad, you'll select from a handful of authentic Italian delights, including lemon ricotta gnocchi with brown butter sauce, bucatini cacio e pepe pasta, braised beef with vegetables and creamy polenta, spiced shrimp with orzo, and a tiramisu parfait or apple crostata for dessert.

Appetizer

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Antipasto salad with salami, ham, mozzarella, tomatoes and vinaigrette
Tuscan soup with Italian sausage, spinach, potatoes and chicken stock
Arugula salad with tomatoes, pine nuts, dried fruit and vinaigrette
Stone fruit caprese with mozzarella, basil and balsamic

Handmade Pasta

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Bucatini cacio e pepe pasta with Parmesan cheese and black pepper
Penne pasta and mushroom ragu with vegetable stock and cream
Lemon-ricotta cheese gnocchi with brown butter sauce and sage

Entrée

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Fish al cartoccio: White fish in parchment paper with asparagus and orzo
Chicken or eggplant Parmesan with tomato sauce and mashed potatoes
Mediterranean spiced shrimp with roasted tomatoes, spinach and orzo
Braised beef with vegetables, au jus, cheese and creamy polenta

Dessert

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Apple crostata with cinnamon, brown sugar and vanilla bean ice cream
Tiramisu parfait with lady fingers, espresso, cream and cocoa powder
Chocolate or salted caramel gelato with pizzelle cookie

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request.

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 12
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3.5 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour prior to the selected serving time

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Cozymeal guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Laura

Brady

17 Mar 2023

So much fun. Knowledge, entertaining and delicious. Chef Laura was fantastic!

Cathy Schroeder

05 Mar 2023

She was great!! We had a great time and enjoyed the experience.

Cliff

05 Mar 2023

Fantastic evening! Lots of fun learning new cooking skills. Laura was a great teacher and cook. She engaged everyone and answered so many questions.

Scot

27 Feb 2023

Great evening, fun instruction, and delicious food. Yay Chef Laura!

Djordje

07 Feb 2023

Chef Laura was phenomenal! I would recommend her to anyone that is wanting to do a class with her. She has a great personality to talk with during the entire time. She has expertise in cooking and gives you culinary tricks to use. I would definitely be requesting Chef Laura again.

Marcy

06 Jan 2023

Chef Laura provided a fun and informative evening. We had a great time and learned how to make sushi! Highly recommend!!!

Kathy

25 Nov 2022

Chef Laura exceeded all of my expectations. Immensely glad we chose a dinner with her for our Thanksgiving dinner. Highly recommend!!

Sarah

25 Sep 2022

Excellent!!

Jessica

18 Sep 2022

We had such a fun time cooking with Chef Laura! She was very knowledgable and the food tasted amazing!! Would definitely recommend for your next event :)

Cara

06 Aug 2022

Our experience with chef Laura was amazing. She was friendly, professional and the food was amazing. Would highly recommend an experience with her.

Anna

24 Jul 2022

We had a great time with Chef Laura! She was knowledgeable and fun! She brought such fresh and yummy food!

Joy

11 Jul 2022

Chef Laura was wonderful! We had a great time.

Monica

16 May 2022

Laura was AMAZING! From the minute she walked in, she settled all of our nerves and made the environment so relaxed and welcoming. During the process she not only cleaned up our space to make it perfect, but she brought EVERYTHING we needed. We started the process with a clean kitchen and at the end of the night she helped clean the kitchen again. The food itself was perfect. The cooking process was so much fun, and Laura was great at instructing us how to cook and prepare everything. She also provided awesome history and other cooking facts behind the food we were making. It was engaging from beginning to end and I would HIGHLY recommend using Laura for your next cooking/food event!

Kylee

26 Mar 2022

Laura was amazing. So personable. Taught us so much. Very well spoken and made us feel comfortable. Very patient and interesting. Lots of experience. 10/10 would recommend her class.

Ally

26 Feb 2022

Laura was incredible! She was so prepared, easy to work with and talk to, and made us feel so comfortable while cooking! I cannot recommend her enough!

Dana

17 Feb 2022

Laura and the experience was amazing! Such a great night! She was so personable. Highly recommend this for just a private night in or to celebrate with friends!

Shelby

24 Jan 2022

Chef Laura was amazing! We had the best time making sushi and hearing all about her experience. We already want her to come back and teach us more!

Susan

21 Jan 2022

Chef Laura was amazing! I did this for my boyfriend for his birthday and it was an absolute hit! She’s so engaging and entertaining while she cooks. It was very interactive - such a fun way to learn! The food was amazing, definitely can’t wait to try them again! She brings everything with her, so you don’t have to worry about a thing! I will definitely use her again!

Emily

18 Dec 2021

Chef Laura was wonderful! We had so much fun and learned a lot! Highly recommend!

alex

10 Dec 2021

Amazing experience. Chef Laura was so great and she took time to give us techniques to use so not only was it a hands on but a great learning event. I appreciated learning new recipes and also the correct way to slice with a knife.

Stella

25 May 2021

Chef Laura was friendly, knowledgeable and engaging. It was clear to see that she has many years of great experience. She taught me how to make a simple but delicious gnocchi dish and I'm very excited to recreate it soon!

Guest reviews for Chef Laura

Andrianna

07 Jun 2021

Chef Laura’s cooking class was wonderful! She was very professional, engaging and managed to teach us three different savory dishes in one class while having fun!! I highly recommend her.

Kim

07 Jun 2021

We really enjoyed our class with Chef Laura. It was a great way to spend an evening. She was professional but fun and very knowledgeable. The class was virtual so she set up her kitchen with multiple cameras so we could see what she was doing.

Charity

07 Jun 2021

Many of the meals Chef Laura has taught us to cook have become staples in our house. She is incredibly knowledgeable and so much fun to cook with! I’m pretty skilled in the kitchen, but she always teaches me something new, and her recipes always have ingredients that are easy to find in any grocery store.

Melissa

07 Jun 2021

My partner and I have had so much fun doing 'date night' cooking classes with Chef Laura and we have learned some great recipes and techniques, too! She's smart, knowledgeable and easy to follow. You'll love learning with Laura!

Christie

07 Jun 2021

Chef Laura is fantastic to work with! Her culinary experience and background in marketing allows her to be incredibly creative when ideating culinary concepts and developing delicious dishes. She thinks outside the box, and is organized in her approach. Laura is a wonderful chef.

Alecia

07 Jun 2021

Laura is an extremely talented chef who is a delight to work with. Bringing people and food together is what Laura does best! She possesses a talent for connecting with people making her a fan favorite in and out of the kitchen. Her dishes are inventive, original and delicious. Her specialty in beef dishes is exceptional!”