Private Chef - Vegan Soul Food Dinner Party

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Soul food gets a healthy makeover in this vegan take on Southern classics.

Enjoy a taste of the South in this private chef experience with a vegan-friendly soul food meal from Chef Lawrencia. Fresh ingredients bring bright flavors to life with dishes like chickpea salad with lemon vinaigrette, candied yams plus a mixture of seasonal vegetables and homemade vegan cornbread with flavorful roasted Brussels sprouts. There's no better way to end a soulful meal than with a rich and creamy vegan strawberry cheesecake.

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

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

With tomatoes, feta, bell peppers, herbs and honey lemon vinaigrette

Vegetables and Candied Yams

With red cabbage, baby bok choy, arugula, zucchini and bell peppers

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Homemade Vegan Cornbread

With garlic and Parmesan cheese

Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake

With nuts, coconut oil, dates, maple syrup, lemon and vanilla extract

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

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 6
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time

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Cozymeal guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Lawrencia

April

05 Feb 2023

I previously booked an in-home chef experience through Cozymeal with outstanding results. This experience fell well short of expectations. 1) The chef arrived 1hr 45mins past the agreed to arrival time and did not call to advise she would be late; 2) she served the courses but did not come back to clear any dishes before serving the next course; 3) the entrée did not include the potatoes or a substitute starch; 4) the entrée dishes were still on the table when she announced her clean-up was complete and she was ready to depart – she did remove her coat and offer to plate the desert when I asked; 5) the amount of stuff spilled on the floor was alarming, but not nearly as bad as the spill over in the oven. I asked my guests for their opinions on the meal quality, comments were: the vegetables in the soup were probably fresh but undercooked and the soup base seemed to be from a can; the bread bowl was tasty but not in line with the dinner style and completely over-sized; the sauce on the entrée was too watery and the meal was bland; serving garlic bread after a huge bread bowl just didn’t make sense; the desert was good but not delicious. I would not recommend this chef for an in-home experience.

Mark

25 Jan 2023

Lawrencia did a great job for our group of 6 in Chicago. The food was delicious and her teaching was top notch. I would definitely book her for future experiences!

Dylan

12 Jan 2023

Great menu, accommodating with scheduling, and friendly!

Nicholas

08 Jan 2023

Chef Lawrencia is a great chef and was very helpful when we needed it. We learned a lot from her.

Jacob

30 Dec 2022

The food was amazing and learned a lot while making the food! Would highly recommend!

Joseph & Eiko

30 Dec 2022

We booked Chef Lawrencia for the Authentic Mexican lesson and had a wonderful time learning from her. We would strongly recommend her lessons to anyone - absolute beginners, people who know their way around the kitchen but not necessarily around the spice drawer, or experienced cooks who just want to learn a new dish. Mexican cuisine is way outside our area of specialty so we really appreciated that the lesson was accessible enough for us to set a foundation but focused enough for us to thoroughly understand the dishes she selected. Her teaching style is excellent - we had a ton of random questions, but she somehow managed to make generous time for these while also keeping us on pace. She clearly takes pride in expanding people's horizons and we will absolutely book her again in the future, for either the Classic Southern Staples or Classic Creole Supper lesson. Thank you, Chef Lawrencia!

Melissa

28 Dec 2022

This class was beyond frustrating, as the instructor was not prepared to teach a class of the size that attended.

Sherry

27 Dec 2022

Purchased the class for my son and his girlfriend for Christmas and they attended class tonight. Both said it was a giant waste of money and felt like a scam. They cut 4 stalks of celery and made dough. There were around 16 people in class with parts of the meal given to different people to complete. Cutting some celery is not worth over $200. Ingredients were great value (Walmart), chef read instructions from a notebook. Very disappointed and would not recommend.

Heather

17 Dec 2022

Very accessible recipes and delicious food. My husband already said he will be able to make the salmon croquettes again on his own!! Chef Lawrencia was really good at giving my husband and I different tasks and bouncing between our stations to keep us engaged and supervise the meal progression. We had a very nice evening.

Filippo

14 Dec 2022

Very positive experience, I found the chef's explanations very simple to put into practice!

Sonia

19 Nov 2022

We had a great date and time with chef Lawrencia. In the meantime we were learning we having fun and also enjoying an amazing meal.

Pauline

29 Oct 2022

Our kids had SUCH a blast learning from Chef Lawrencia! She was super patient and they had a blast learning how to make her recipes! This was s birthday present for one of my kids, and he LOVED it!

Julia

23 Oct 2022

The menu was fantastic and Chef Lawrencia showed up on time and was very professional.

Tenecia

17 Sep 2022

My date night experience with Lawrencia was amazing. We had a great time and the food was delicious!

Jennifer

20 Jul 2022

Chef Lawrencia has been involved in the culinary world most of her life; her creative and delicious interpretation of classic dishes will satisfy even the pickiest eaters!