Private Chef - Classical French Feast

Embark on a flavorful journey with this fabulous meal crafted in authentic French fashion.

The fanciful French dinner featured in this private chef experience is a festival of fine flavors, courtesy of Chef Ridic. Savor gougères filled with a variety of soft cheeses and whet your appetite with a refreshing mixed green salad. Enjoy osso buco as your entrée, with mashed potatoes on the side and a mint lime sorbet palate cleanser. For dessert, dive into fresh madeleines with mixed berry coulis.

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

Gougères

With savory pâte à choux, gruyère cheese and Boursin cheese

Chef's Choice Mixed Green Salad

With honey Dijon vinaigrette

Osso Bucco and Mashed Potatoes

With oxtail, red wine and gravy

Mint Lime Sorbet

With simple syrup

French Madeleines

With powdered sugar and mixed berry coulis

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 12
Meal Courses 5
Event Duration 4.5 hours
Chef Arrival Time 2 hours prior to the selected serving time

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Reviews guests left for this experience

Bruce & Ute

10 Feb 2023

Thanks to Chef Ridic we spent a tremendously enjoyable evening with lots of free-flowing conversation and delicious, expertly prepared food. We think Chef Ridic is an excellent chef. We were grateful for the tips and tricks he shared with us while he was preparing the delicious 5-course meal for us. Chef Ridic is very personable, inspiring, friendly, and well prepared and organized. Each plate he served us was artfully arranged and we did not feel rushed. We truly appreciated the good time he afforded us at our home and highly recommend him.

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Ridic

Jill

24 Feb 2024

Ridic is great. He is a great chef with great social skills: a winning combination for this sort of work. He is taught us and engaged with us and with limited help from us (:-) prepared a delicious meal. I highly recommend Chef Ridic.

Jill

30 Dec 2023

This was such a great experience! Ridic is awesome. He was communicative before he came and the evening exceeded all expectations! He was friendly, fun, flexible. We learned a lot and had a delicious meal.

Annette

03 Dec 2023

This was such a fun evening! Chef Ridic arrived on time with everything needed for cooking dinner. He was professional yet relaxed, and guided the whole group through each recipe. Delicious, educational, light-hearted. Perfect evening!

Melissa

05 Sep 2023

We had a wonderful time cooking with Chef Ridic! He was very accommodating of one of the food allergies and we learned so many new cooking techniques. Such a fun time and delicious menu!

Patrick

27 Aug 2023

Really fun evening. Food was delicious. Our family of 4 enjoyed the ”layered” flavors of our Spanish themed meal. As for Chef, he was easy to talk to. He explained everything and let us to do the work with helpful advice along the way. Our two teenage sons did the majority of the cooking. Fun!

Hai

30 Apr 2023

Ridic was great and made the experience very memorable. Would definitely recommend Chef Ridic.

Maurissa

06 Apr 2023

Chef Ridic held an amazing cooking class. He allowed us to learn and was willing to jump in when needed. He also taught us a lot about food and everything tasted great! I like that we were able to communicate before the class through Cozymeal. A lovely experience (:

Nick

26 Feb 2023

Chef Ridic was fantastic! We learned about his interesting background as a chef and he taught us so many great techniques for building flavor and cooking some amazing Thai food. All three courses were exceptional! We will definitely be using them a lot in the future, especially the red curry pumpkin hummus recipe. Would highly recommend Chef Ridic and we would love to do another cooking experience with him again.

Matthew

27 Jan 2023

Chef Ridic was a delight! Nice, courteous, flexible. Food was delicious, and beautifully plated! Also learned a bunch of new tips and tricks

Amber

01 Jan 2023

Fantastic time with Chef Ridic! Great convo, and we learned so much. Would do this again and again!

Chelli

30 Dec 2022

Chef Ridic was a blast to have at our house. I bought the experience for my boyfriend for Christmas and we invited a couple of friends and all of us just had the time of our lives. It was fun learning & doing & getting to know each other over great food & wine. I highly recommend this experience. Re: tip below, we have him cash. He was awesome & we will definitely use him again.

Berlyn

28 Nov 2022

We had a fantastic time with Chef Ridic. He was very personable and knowledgeable. The food turned out absolutely delicious and we learned so much. It was an evening full of laughter, great cooking tips, and even better food. Highly recommend.

Katie

03 Nov 2022

Chef Ridic was awesome! I hired him to do the private cooking class as a surprise for my husbands birthday. Chef was very laid back and personable, with a friendly approach to teaching. He made the experience super fun and we learned a lot about the food we made! I would highly recommend him to anyone who’s looking for a calm and enjoyable cooking experience.

Nicole

19 Sep 2022

Chef Ridic showed me how to make a roux for a gumbo. I had no idea there were several different kinds of rouxs. Learning how to make sauces and roux are something I have been trying to gain more skills and knowledge on. Thanks Chef Ridic for helping me with this.

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Chef Ridic has a culinary background that dates back to his teenage years. As a teacher, managing chef and entrepreneur, he’s passionate about sharing his love for creative cuisine. His experience includes working as a hotel sous chef as well as preparing gourmet dinners for various charity benefits. This allows Chef Ridic to curate outstanding private chef experiences and memorable cooking classes that are impressive and fun.

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Chef Ridic will travel to guests within Salt Lake City for this experience.