Personal Chef

If you are a busy person or family, are tired of eating out all the time, want to eat healthier meals, or simply want to try some new food, than this service is for you.  The Improv Chef will will discuss in advance your dietary requirements and tastes  and then propose a menu to cook. Once you approve and pick a cooking date, he will come to your home for 3-8 hours with a selection of fresh, seasonal, organic ingredients and cook a few dishes to feed you for a few days to several weeks,  filling your fridge or freezer with tasty treats and your home with the aroma of various spices and herbs.

Some sample dishes:

• Indian style black bean chili with seasonal greens
• Cream of asparagus soup with morel mushrooms
• Lamb stew with dried apricots, figs, and chick peas
• Sweet potato lasagna with blue cheese sauce and  hazelnut crust
• Curried cauliflower

Private Dinners

The Improv Pot  will come to your home to cook and serve a 3-course meal for up to 6 people. As above, fresh seasonal ingredients are used but are turned into more complex, plated meals for you and you guests to enjoy.

Sample Menu 1 (Winter):

• First
  • Braised leeks in coriander-cream reduction, paneer cheese crisps
• Second
  • Fried chicken quarters, cinnamon-cardamom glaze
  • Caramelized butternut squash, ginger-clove butter
  • Sauted greens, fennel seed oil
• Third
  • Chai-infused tapioca pudding

Sample Menu 2 (Summer):

• First
  • Cucumber-lime-cumin gazpacho
• Second
  • Pork roast, peach-hazelnut chutney
  • Green beans, crispy shallots,
  • Potatoes, turmeric-infused butter
• Third
  • Berries, homemade yogurt, mint, rose water

Sample Menu 3 (Summer, Vegetarian):

• First
  • Roasted eggplant, shredded fennel, blueberry-ginger vinaigrette
• Second
  • Tempeh steaks, lime-chili glaze
  • Beets, mustard-yogurt reduction
  • Basmati rice, pea sprouts, cumin butter
• Third
  • Sweet cheese dumplings in fresh hazelnut milk