Private Chef - An Upscale Taste of the South

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Social Distancing Friendly

Enjoy comfort food at its best, as Chef Laura creates Southern fare with modern twists.

In this private chef experience, Chef Laura will prepare and serve Southern comfort dishes featuring elevated twists and high-quality ingredients. Choose from a wide variety of upscale traditional recipes, including pimento cheese fritters with garlic aioli, a caprese salad with peaches, mozzarella and spicy honey, bourbon-espresso flat iron steak with fingerling potatoes, and salted caramel bread pudding for dessert.

Appetizer

Choose one

Nashville hot shrimp with spicy oil, parsley, pickles and white bread
Fried green tomatoes with corn meal and roasted tomato salsa
Pimento cheddar cheese fritter with rice and garlic aioli

Soup or Salad

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Southern Caesar with corn, cornbread croutons and buttermilk dressing
Fire-roasted tomato bisque with chicken bone broth, jalapeños and cream
Southern caprese with peaches, fresh mozzarella, basil and spicy honey
Sausage gumbo with bell peppers, garlic, okra and andouille sausage

Entrée

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Bourbon-glazed beef meatloaf with haricots verts and baby red potatoes
Semi-hot country fried chicken with collard greens, potatoes and gravy
Bourbon-espresso steak with fingerling potatoes and Brussels sprouts
Spicy barbecue shrimp and cheesy grits with holy trinity melange

Dessert

Choose one

Bananas Foster with brown sugar, bourbon and vanilla bean ice cream
Grilled peaches and sweet whipped cream with honey drizzle
Banana pudding with vanilla wafers and whipped cream
Salted caramel bread pudding with cinnamon custard

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 this experience

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.

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 :)

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!”