A great chef with lots of love and passion for food and people like I've never experienced…read morebefore... HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Chef Dani is absolutely amazing. She has catered for my wedding, my mom-in-laws Celebration of…read moreLife, and we have also gotten individual orders from her when she offers them (such as her Thanksgiving Pie selection - omg. Apple pie was so good, BUT THE BANANA CREAM was such a hit). She has an eye for detail and elegance, with wonderful variety on her top notch, famous honeycomb charcuterie boards. For my wedding, I gave her an idea and a budget, she came back with wonderful and creative options (also accommodating my vegan family) so I increased the budget because it all sounded so amazing!! Her food is amazing, but Dani herself is absolutely fabulous. She is so kind and loving, and professional - and you feel that with everything.

We had a party a few months ago. We had 100 guests at our home a few months ago and I HIGHLY…read morerecommend Jeff and his team. Everything was literally perfect! He met with us at our home well before the party to help plan everything out. We didn't have to worry about a thing. I would use him again in a second. EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!

Jeff was our caterer for our wedding and we cannot recommend him enough! He was super easy to talk…read moreto and walked us through not only our catering questions and needs, but he was extremely knowledgeable and provided his guidance throughout our entire wedding planning journey. We had so many calls with Jeff and he was extremely patient with all our questions. We took a chance since Jeff did not offer food tasting but I can now say that all his first star reviews are true! Our guest LOVED the food and raves about it. We decided on tray past appetizers and a buffet dinner. We also included a meat carving station. Throughout the entire process, Jeff recommended what he thinks our guest would like and what options complemented each other based on our choices. We also LOVED the food and the tray past appetizers we chose were so good! I wish we were able to have more! Hopefully more of my friends will host weddings and I can attend another wedding that Jeff caters! We highly recommend Jeff and he was soo amazing to work with. Thank you so much Jeff for such an amazing night!

This review is long overdue!…read more Eric was a joy to work with. He was prompt with communication, and provided perfect recommendations for my private, birthday party dinner. His menu selections were top notch, and my husband and I were thrilled with the outcome. We did 3 appetizers before the 4 course meal began. We did the elote (street corn) appetizer, tuna tartare, and lamb chop. Of note, I don't eat lamb at all, but Eric's Lamb chop was AN AMAZING FLAVOR BOMB! I appreciated that him and his server showed up prepared with all of their supplies (and small plates for serving). For dinner, we had the heirloom tomato and burrata salad, followed by the char grilled octopus, then the Australian Wagyu steak with creme brûlée to finish. The menu was superb, Eric presented his gorgeous plates with detail and attention, and (of course) they cleaned up everything after! This was a PHENOMENAL experience, and we are already looking to book Eric again for my husband's birthday! Eric, you are an artist and amazing chef! Thank you for offering this wonderful experience and making my birthday memorable!

We hired Chef Eric for a private dinner in Oceanside. He was great with communication, offered a…read morelot of options for the meals, and made coordination very easy. The food was absolutely incredible with generous portions. I highly recommend also upgrading to the server, who served, refilled our glasses, and made us feel like royalty. Eric and his server were great to talk to, executed flawlessly, and left our kitchen spotless before leaving. One of the best meals of our lives, hands down.

The knowledge and expertise of this company is beyond reproach! If you have any kind of digestive…read moreissues or merely want some terrific meals, you have come to the right place. Not only are Alexia and Andrew a pleasure to work with, they both are truly dedicated to their work and it shows. The combination of working with a learned nutritionist who helps guide a dedicated chef to create amazing healthy meals to help you heal is priceless! I honestly have never learned so much about nutrition is such a short period of time. So life-changing. And the meals from Andrew are very creative, yummy and satisfying. I'm never hungry after having one of his creations. They are such a joy to work with. And they truly belief in what they promote, and it shows! Thank you Alexia and Andrew for your help!

Andrew from Kitchen Curative has been our personal chef for last 6 weeks so far. He comes every…read moreMonday and plates us dinner that night, and then he does all of our food prep for the week, including lunches and dinners. Everything is labeled and he even cleans up after he's done cooking! Best best of all... the food tastes AMAZING!!! OMG!!! He has introduced new foods and tastes to us that my wife and I had no idea existed, and he has transformed familiar foods into whole new taste and experience. And second best of all, he's pleasant to have in your kitchen! Meaning, he's not weird or awkward or anything. He's very knowledgeable about what he does and sometimes takes the time to teach us fun facts about certain things. Not only do we enjoy the time-savings he gives my wife and I for cooking healthy meals, but he teaches us things as well. And you know what... some people have a cleaning service to come clean their home for them to save time, and some people have a personal chef come to their home and cook for them to save time. If you do meal prep for the week, you know how it's easy to spend almost a whole Sunday cooking and packaging food for the week! We truly love this service! Don't know why we didn't think of this before! Thank you, Andrew!

Taylor Made was absolutely incredible to work with for our wedding. From the very beginning, they…read morewere so communicative, supportive, and genuinely invested in making sure everything went perfectly, and it truly did. The entire day ran so smoothly, and we felt completely taken care of. And the FOOD... our guests are still talking about it. Truly. You know how often times wedding food is nothing to write home about? This was the complete opposite. It was genuinely delicious--like, go-back-for-seconds and thirds and fourths kind of delicious. We had multiple people tell us it was the best wedding food they've ever had. We also had them do our wedding cake, and it was honestly one of the best cakes we've ever tasted. Not just "good for a wedding cake"--actually amazing. Everything was not only delicious but also beautifully presented, which made it feel even more special. We have been raving about TMC to literally everyone who asks about our wedding. If you're planning an event and want food that people will be obsessed with and talking about long after it's over, you need to go with TMC. We cannot recommend them enough. Thank you, TMC, for making our day so memorable!

Taylor Made Cuisine is incredible. The team was extremely helpful and supportive in helping us plan…read morethe perfect menu for my best friend's bridal shower. The team answered all of our questions along the way. On the day of the event, Beatriz arrived early and created the most beautiful food display. The food was delicious, fresh, and flavorful. Beatriz was attentive and so kind. We highly recommend Taylor Made Cuisine. Thank you, Beatriz for making this day so special.

Called Jonathon 5 days before my wife's surprise birthday looking for help...he was awesome in…read morecoordinating the menu and getting everything organized. Then the food! I was looking for a heavy appetizer menu and he delivered. The poke, carpaccio, salmon and salads were amazing...I asked him to do a potato dish for my wife and she was super happy with the stuffed potato skins he made! All raved about the food and presentation.

Big thanks to Chef Jon and his wonderful team for preparing dinner for my family for the second…read moretime. Each of his dishes are delicious and he's able to come up with a menu to accommodate any dietary restriction. I'd highly recommend and can't wait to use his services again!

Chef Peter is the real deal. I contacted him to cater our firm's holiday party this year. From…read morefirst contact to the two months leading up to the event, he was responsive and kind. He worked with me on a menu and he delivered my vision. Even with extreme circumstances (another vendor broke our garage door 24 hours before the event) Chef Peter and his crew took it in stride. They were on time and hauled their heavy equipment in and got straight to work. He was basically cooking/grilling on one side of our building (back patio), having to run back forth to the interior kitchen and sink. He and his crew worked SO hard that night. They are very professional. Every plate was perfect, they cleared the tables and made sure everything was spotless when they left. I also hired Jacob the Bartender (he works with Chef Peter) and WOW! Crafted cocktails and excellent service. Every person who was late to my party was sat and had a drink in their hand in less than a few minutes. Jacob was a pleasure to work with. Great bartender. I could not ask for a better duo for the night. Also big thanks to Tomas and Erick - their waitstaff. Amazing night they pulled off. I'm a perfectionist. Type A host. I'm very particular on how I throw my parties and Chef Peter surpassed my expectations & more. My entire firm will not shutup about how amazing the food and service was. The party was a hit and I believe it was because of the food & bar. I will 100% hire this team again for future events.

Exceptional service, easy to work with and very responsive. Everything you look for in working with…read morea private chef for an event. The food and presentation were outstanding! So glad I was lucky enough to find Chef Peter. Our event couldn't have gone better!

Chef Mumsie and her team went above and beyond to make our Annual JQ Awards Brunch a success. After…read moreposting the opportunity on Thumbtack, I had reached out to a few caterers who gave me wild estimates or plain menus that didn't satisfy our needs. Then luckily, Chef Mumsie messaged me, we had a lovely conversation over the phone, and the wheels started turning. Within 2 days, Chef Mumsie put together an entire menu, featuring 4 different unique flights of food, along with the quote and contract agreement that really blew us out of the water. She listened to our budget needs, while still providing delicious and decadent food that our guests loved! On top of that, she assisted with our event in other capacities out of the goodness of her heart. We will definitely reach out to Chef Mumsie again next year!

I have to qualify this review first by saying I have worked as a professional cook and have owned a…read morecatering business. So I have an eye for and know what works and what doesn't, what can be prepped beforehand without sacrificing quality, and what can be done on sight and off-site with the aim of making sure everything is properly expedited and comes out on time. When I arrived the table was set up nicely set up and decorated. However, we had previously informed Chef that we were going to be 13 and we would like two tables, as some people are uncomfortable with sitting at a table of 13 people. So we had to ask Chef to please separate the two tables. When Bridgette came the day before, my wife mentioned she wanted a table of 6 and one of 7, not two tables pushed together to make 13. There were also no cloth napkins, but paper napkins. I guess assuming that a request for "linens" did not include cloth napkins, only tablecloths. Even though this was done in our home where we are well equipped, I still expect anyone coming to prepare food to come fully equipped to meet their needs without having to use the home equipment. This was not the case, as Chef used our Kitchenaid, tongs, and other items. As well, they did not have a serving platter for one of the hors'd'oeuvres. Furthermore, they had to use some of our silverware because they did not bring everything needed (spoons, forks). There were steak knives on the table when we were eating fish, and no other knives. Finally, they used all my kitchen towels-easy enough to bring your own hand towels. As well, because we used the plates on the table for hors'd'ouevres, they had to wash and prepare again for salad plates, as they had expected the hors'd'oeuvres to simply be finger food. Nonetheless, the hors'd'oeuvres-asparagus with prosciutto and chicken bites, or whatever they might have been-still require plates. This delayed serving. Personally, I would have brought the salad all prepped. Because it wasn't prepped, it meant a longer serving delay. The server didn't know the difference between wine and water glasses-some basic protocol needed. The food was excellent, served hot and fresh like it should be. We had a delicious shaved fennel salad with parmesan, and a main course of Blackened Sea Bass with a succotash and roasted potatoes. That is the beauty of preparing on-site. I say this with the caveat, as mentioned earlier, that a few things could have been prepped beforehand without sacrificing quality. This would have allowed the service to flow more quickly and not have such long delays between dishes. As Chef prepared the chocolate mousse on site, some people had to leave before dessert since it took well over 45 minutes between our main course and dessert. If I had done this lunch, I would have brought the mousse pre-made. They used up my whole bag of ice too-I would have brought ice. Finally, food left over was taken away and not left with us. I asked the server I f she was going to leave the food to me as she was walking out and she laughed uncomfortably and said no. My assumption is that the client paid for the food, they should get any leftovers. I give Kudos to the Chef for excellent food, but the service was uncomfortably slow and everyone noticed. Finally, the server was inexperienced. Overall, organization and attention to details were lacking. To end on a positive note, they did an excellent job leaving the kitchen just as the found it and were friendly and professional despite the hiccups mentioned. I didn't have to worry about anything. If you are looking for good food, Chef Mumsie does a great job. But please ask that they send you experienced servers, and make sure to point out every possible detail that you can think of, because in my experience, they did not have a checklist or form to check off what you do or don't need for an event.

Great and wonderful experience. Good info and detailed pricing. They cleaned up well in the houseread more

I hired Chef Daniel for my boyfriends birthday and he came out to our boat and truly made the…read moreexperience memorable. If you're looking for some good food and some good conversation, this is the place for it. Can't say enough good things about my experience. Worth every penny!

We used this hibachi catering company for my husband's 30th birthday at an Airbnb and it was an…read moreabsolute hit. From start to finish, the experience was seamless - communication leading up to the event was clear, friendly, and super reassuring. I did some other research on different companies in the area and this was the easiest to order from and get estimates. Day of, the chefs showed up early, got set up quickly, and were ready to go right on time. The food was fantastic and there was so much of it - we were still enjoying leftovers for many meals afterwards. Beyond the food, the entertainment really made the night. The chefs were hilarious, engaging, and kept the whole group laughing with plenty of surprises sprinkled throughout the evening. This is such a great option for a big group and made the celebration feel extra special without having to leave the house. Highly recommend booking two chefs if you can - it keeps service moving quickly and doubles the entertainment value. Would absolutely book again and recommend to anyone looking to do something fun and memorable.

We hired Hibachi Catering as a post Thanksigivng surprise while family was in town and boy did they…read moredeliver! Not sure how we didn't think to do this sooner, but everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we plan to use them again. For reference our grouped from age 5-83 and everyone was happy with the entertainment and food. They went above and beyond to make this a special event for our family. Thank you Hibachi catering!