Yesterday I gave a surprise birthday party for my husband and "Delish Dinners Delivered" (AKA…read more"Culinary Diva's Catering") made the food for the event. IT WAS FANTASTIC! The caterer, Christie Hildreth and her staff did a PHENONIMAL job! The food was FANTASTIC! My event had 50 people from young ones to senior citizens and EVERYONE loved Christie's food. Her set-up was very professional and she and her staff left my home and kitchen meticulous! My friends and family will be hiring her again and again for our various parties and fun events. I am giving her 5 stars, but if you ask me she truly earned 10 stars in my book! She is wonderful to deal with --- her prices are more than fair --- she is fun to be around! I am so very glad we found her! Her home base is in Pacifica, CA but she is willing to deliver her incredible food around the Bay Area!

I've worked with Johana for almost a year in San Carlos. My partner and I needed help with meal…read moreprep while we worked full time and had a new baby. Having someone to do menu planning and grocery shopping was a huge time saver and ensured that we had home-cooked meals to eat rather than falling back to ordering takeout every night. Johanna provided a wide variety in her meals. Most menus came directly from her, but sometimes I would request certain types of food or specific dishes she had made in the past that were our favorites. Johanna tailored her menus to meet my dietary restrictions (low saturated fat). She always left the kitchen clean with clear instructions for the meals and even some cooking tips along the way! Johanna came every 2 weeks but was flexible around holidays and vacation. Would absolutely recommend her services!

Background: Contacted Chef Johanna about preparing food for…read moremy small wedding in the spring of 2022. My (now) husband is a severe Celiac and so making sure all food is completely Gluten-free was the number one concern. The Chef was quick to respond and so helpful in brainstorming a potential menu for the event (we settled on Mexican). She then got started on putting together the recipes and gathering the proposed ingredient list. This is where the Chef went above and beyond for us-she sent us the full recipes and proposed ingredients(down to the specific brands) so that we could ensure that everything was free from gluten and free from cross-contamination (a shocking amount of spices are processed on the same equipment as wheat). She even was able to find a way to make gluten free Tres Leches and Tiramisu (our favorites). For our wedding cakes! Menu: Crudités with Green Goddess Dip Queso Fundido with Chorizo Pico de Gallo Chopped Salad Chili Verde Stew Slow Cooked Barbocoa Tacos Roasted Zucchini Sweet Bell Pepper Rice Spicy Citrus Black Beans Tres Leches with strawberries Tiramisu Preparation: The chef packaged up all of our food so that my sister could pick it up and transport it (our venue was 4 hours north of the bay). She provided detailed instructions for reheating the food and prepping the cakes. She even made sure we would have any additional utensils that would be necessary. She gave me an accurate and in-depth invoice that broke down the expenses and made it easy to work into our wedding budget. Food: WOW WOW WOW! The best part (obviously) was the food! Everything was fresh and vibrant and so so delicious! The Queso provided the best cheese pull I have ever seen and my husband and I are still drooling over that Tres Leches and my family keeps bringing up how incredible the dinner was! Additionally my husband was able to freely eat everything to his hearts content, confident that he wouldn't become ill on our special day. I cannot recommend Chef Johanna enough!!

This is for the version & price point of Planted Table that existed in 2021/2022. (I stopped…read moreordering from them because my allergies were activated, and I needed to do an elimination diet. When I came back to them a couple years later, the price point had gone up & I was priced out.) The portion sizes were large. I think it was like $12-13/meal. 99% of the dishes were delicious. I was REALLY pleasantly surprised at the flavor & taste. I expected gentrified dishes. It was good! I was also specifically looking for meal delivery that generated less waste. Planter table delivered that. I got cool enough with my driver (and tipped well!) that he brought me a little thank you plant. I loved that I had the same driver each time. It was just a really pleasant experience overall. Nothing bad to say.

I resubscribed in April after a break during which I went back to pretending I might cook. I get…read moreabout 6-8 meals per week plus lots of extras. I am not vegan but this hits the spot and is the best meal service I have found. The food is still amazing and I'm happy to see the meal options have expanded, there's seasonal produce options and Acme bread, and now they post calorie information. They have family style option to get a bigger portion for those who have a family, or for me, to bring to a pot luck. They also have individual desserts and full size pies/cakes. Seriously - they have everything. They no longer offer wine for those who care. There are some additional pick up options, too, but I stick with Jack London Square on Wednesdays from 11:30-2:00. Pro tip: get the cookie dough!!!!! And the chili. And the breakfast burritos. And the bake at home pizza ........ $20 credit Referral code: QWC3D2MJ

This was everything I could have asked for in a cooking class…read more The Mama Thai experience was a birthday present from my family for the four of us to do together. I have a decent amount of Thai cooking experience, while the rest of my family had none. Still, we all learned quite a bit, and had fun doing it! Jirayu has a beautiful home, and we immediately felt welcome and at ease. She's been doing this for more than 20 years. She and her daughter Saorise had stations set up for us, each with their own propane burner, tools, wok, and ingredients. We chose to make green papaya salad, red curry fried rice, and green curry eggplant with bamboo and rice noodles. After settling in, we started on the first of our dishes. We worked at a good pace, and Jirayu kept an eye on how we were doing, providing feedback where necessary. We made and ate each dish one at a time. It is an understatement to say that they turned out absolutely delicious! By the end of the first dish, we knew that we wanted to come back and do a few more menu items. Through each menu item, Jirayu talked about the brands she uses that have a more authentic Thai flavor. We talked about coconut milk, fish sauce, bamboo shoots, and palm sugar to name a few, and surprisingly some of the best brands were not Thai! She has also done her research on more healthy cooking, finding ways to omit MSG and unnecessary additives, and to make recipes more vegetarian-friendly. She herself is a pescatarian like me! One really neat trick that we learned is to use a juicer to make curry paste from scratch! If you've ever tried to make curry paste, it can be a long process with a mortar and pestle. I've take around 45 minutes to do it myself, and it makes for sore arm and hand muscles, for sure. For green curry paste, we spent probably five minutes using the juicer technique, and the results were amazing! We had plenty of extras to take home. Jirayu was also very generous with her time and answered so many of our questions. We even got to play with her dog, Ziggy!

When I heard we were doing another cooking class for a team activity in my mind I wanted to say not…read moreagain. But, Jirayu proved me wrong. Not only was her cooking class engaging, but she was knowledgeable, friendly, well prepared, had an awesome Chef's kitchen, and cleanliness was as important to her as it was to us. We came here for an off-site to do some team building like cooking. This is not my first cooking class, nor will it be my last, but this is definitely the best cooking class I've ever taken. And I've taken them all. I've taken Italian food cooking classes, dessert cooking classes, and your good old-fashioned American Cooking Class, but this one blew me away. I'm not going to lie, we had a busy group that had to take business calls and work inbetween cooking, and Jirayu took it all in stride. She even had a sense of humor saying we were the only group should have ordered three entrees without any dessert or appetizers LOL. Our first dish was spicy crab which was prepared fresh by us, but was chopped up and cleaned by her. Our next dish was the pad thai. Our third dish was chicken Pumpkin Curry. We were broken out in two teams of two, and each team would prepare its own meal. Not to brag or anything but we had the best Pad Thai, even the instructor said that. I also liked how the instructor accommodated a vegetarian in our class, and was able to accommodate people who liked Spicy Thai food on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being wild and 10 being flaming hot. For those who wanted flaming hot our instructor was nice enough to take out some Chili's to make the dish extra extra spicy. She told us she does this as her full-time job, and I support her 100%. She's an awesome cook and a great instructor. Take her class you won't regret it!

I have had many of Meals from Chef Isaac ..... I'm not a big…read moreCarb eater so he always will either tell me how to cook, but most of the time he will prepare the meals that I order .. Very Healthy and the greatest combination of flavors ever !! If you have a busy life and want awesome meals call Chef Isaac !

Isaac pulled pork is THE BOMB!!!!…read more I'm from Tennessee and I miss my home cooking. Having his pulled pork brought me back home for a few scrumprtious moments as I readily wolfed the whole dish down. Bravo Sir!!! Cook On!!!!

I really love the food they create. I have tried 2 other delivery services. J&L is different…read more Quality, taste, presentation and consistency is all there. I am a great cook but really don't feel like it every night. I am thrilled this is available.

I love this meal delivery service! There are so many choices and I've never had a week with…read moreanything I don't like. The meals we do like are restaurant quality without being too salty or greasy. We've used them for years now and hardly eat out anymore.

I have been using aspire for a couple of months. I was tired of frozen meals full of preservatives…read moreand bad stuff. I get 5 meals a week, that last me all week lunch & dinner. The meals are tasty, fresh and good quantity. Bryan mixes it up so you're not getting same flavors every week. Glad I tried aspire meals.

Quality of the food has been PHENOMENAL, portions are great, timely communications (including…read morereminding us to order on time for the next week's delivery), menu has some staples but also has new specials every week, and delivery has been consistent and timely.

The food is amazing and the customer support is top notch. Love the flexibility of ordering meals…read morebased on my macro needs. Thank you Local Foodz!!! You've made my life so much easier.

This review is long overdue! I've been getting LoCal meals delivered weekly for almost 2 years now…read more I've tried different meal prep delivery services before but nothing compares to LoCal. The food quality is consistently outstanding and delicious! I've always struggled with clean eating, but their food is delicious and makes it totally easy and accessible. And their customer service is A++. If something is wrong with my order, they make sure I get it right the next time! If you are on the fence do not hesitate to choose them, they are indeed the BEST!!

Pepe can cook! His salsas have layers of flavors. I love them all I cook and use them to make all…read moresorts of dishes taste SOOO good and elicit "How did you ever get broccoli squid to fast this heavenly? It's smoky and punctuated by bursts of taste bud tingling heat, rich and rounded...." "Ah," I think (and say, 'cuz sharing recipe secrets makes the food taste better, not worse) "Chef Pepe's pumpkin habeñero strikes again!" Pepe's lunches are divine. When I've a hankering for Spanish foods, I order from here. There's almost always a twist on classic themes. Always-always, plenty of authentic flavors shine forth from inventive variations on the theme.

From the owner: Delivering gourmet Spanish cuisine. Tortilla Española and Paella cooked onsite. Enjoy amazing Tapas…read morewhile our paella is created for you at an exposition station.

We had breakfast here a while ago, and it was such a great experience. The food was absolutely…read moredelicious, the portions were generous, and the servers were very friendly and welcoming. One of the biggest advantages of this place is the location near the ocean. If the weather is nice, it's incredibly pleasant to have breakfast or lunch there and then go for a walk afterward. I would definitely love to come back!

STAY CLEAR of the $$$ Crab Cakes Benedict! As if the imitation crab wasn't bad enough, the heavy…read morebreading and seasoning obliterated any taste of ( imitation ) crab. Inexcusable given this is California, and steps from the Pacific Ocean. Another reminder to always ask establishments if they use Dungeness Crab! Otherwise, staff was friendly, and dining area relatively clean. Perhaps you'll have a better experience with other menu options.