Private Chef - Hearty Northern Italian Fare

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Try enlightened versions of hearty dishes popular in Northern Italy.

Chef Charles has prepared a hearty and delicious menu of Northern Italian fare for you to enjoy during this personal private chef experience. To begin, you'll have a warm potato leek soup hailing from the Alpine regions of Italy. For the main course, Chef Charles will serve chicken Marengo, a dish of chicken sautéed with tomato and fragrant onion. On the side, you'll have green beans sautéed in butter with shallots and for your dessert is a stunning seasonal fruit galette with a dollop of creamy crème fraîche.

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

Cream of Potato Leek Soup

With heavy cream and chicken stock

Chicken Marengo

With tomatoes, onions and green and black olives

Sautéed Green Beans and Shallots

With butter

Seasonal Fruit Galette and Whipped Crème Fraîche

With flour, butter and sugar

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 6
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour prior to the selected serving time

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Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Charles

Stephanie

05 Dec 2023

Food was a 10/10, great taste! Chef Charles was friendly and arrived on time. However, he did appear a bit sloppy. Wearing flip flops, a tee shirt, and a zip up hoodie, I was a bit nervous if we had the right person coming to cook us dinner. Overall, we liked the food, just a lack of professionalism.

Lisa

21 Jun 2023

thanks for an amazing meal, Chef Charles!

Sabrina

24 Jul 2022

Chef Charles was superb. He was incredibly flexible, tailored the evening to what our party wanted, taught superb cooking technicals, was accommodating to our requests and situation and was a lovely person to speak with. Highly, highly recommend. A true profesional.

Alexa

17 Jul 2022

Chef Charles was great - communicative, adaptable and talented!

Belinda

27 Jun 2022

The whole evening with Chef Charles was lots of fun. Even though we are all experienced and adventurous home cooks we learned some great techniques and had a great time chatting and cooking with Charles. Oh, and the food was good too!

Kathy

31 May 2022

Chef Charles was a wonderful host! He started with an insightful explanation for the meal's theme and the cultural nuances of Southern Italy. He was very accommodating in answering all our questions about the meal and cooking techniques that he used. It was a very immersive learning experience. Most of all, the food was amazing! It was a wonderful pairing of flavors and restaurant-quality meal from the comfort of our home. Highly recommend Chef Charles.

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Chef Charles

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In his rich and varied culinary career, Chef Charles has taught cooking classes at popular venues, worked at Michelin-rated restaurants and started his own online cookie bakery. His ventures have taken him all around San Francisco, Napa and Sonoma, where he worked his way from dishwasher to pastry chef. As a seasoned instructor with a true love of food, Chef Charles adds a healthy dash of passion to every course he teaches.

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Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

Chef Charles will travel to guests within the Bay Area for this experience.