we had Chef Nik and his sous chef Robert on Valentine's Day and they did an amazing job! Each…read morecourse was delicious and well planned. the presentation was top notch and the fact that there was nothing to clean up made the entire experience outstanding. I can't wait for another occasion to have them. If you can, experience his culinary skills! I highly recommend him. @chefnikdouglas

We absolutely love having Nik as our at-home personal chef! We've been working with him for nearly…read more6 months now, and he comes twice a week to prepare all of our family's meals. Honestly, we don't know what we'd do without him. Nik is not only talented, but he's also wonderful with our whole family--everyone looks forward to his visits. He provides seasonal menus for us to choose from, arranges for all the ingredients to be added to our Instacart before he arrives, and then comes in and works his magic. When he's done, we have a clean kitchen and a fridge full of delicious, healthy meals ready to enjoy. The price is very fair for the incredible service, convenience, and quality meals we get. I would highly recommend Nik to anyone looking for a personal chef who truly makes life easier and tastier!

We had Chef Kevin handle a special private dinner for our daughter's graduation from Skidmore…read moreCollege. We were staying at an Airbnb in Saratoga Springs and after a busy graduation day there was nothing better than relaxing in our Airbnb with family and celebrating. Chef Kevin cooked us the most incredible dinner. It was the highlight of the weekend and I recommend Chef Kevin 100%!!

We were lucky enough to randomly find Chef Kevin and his team just recently when seeking a private…read morechef for a 1-week vacation for ~10 people at an Airbnb in a relatively remote location in upstate NY. From ideation, to custom menu design, to contract reviews, paperwork including proof of insurance, and payment, Kevin was incredibly professional, flexible, responsive, and ultimately was the determining factor in ensuring our family (with young kids) would actually be able to enjoy the vacation without worrying about cooking, ordering in, or carpooling far distances on windy, dark roads. Kevin and team were also dog and kid friendly. Beyond the professionalism, the food and service were absolutely outstanding. It was hard to believe, but each meal was better than the last, as were the quality of the ingredients used. We would recommend Chef Kevin to anyone seeking relative affordability and a great value yet making zero sacrifices around taste, quality, and service. We are happy to write this review and support Kevin. We expect when we reach out for our next family event that Kevin will have a team of 100+. There is no better - Kevin and team won't disappoint.

MadeByRk is amazing! We were recently married after several years of postponements due to Covid and…read morethe loss of some family members...it was a tough time for us. Throughout it all, Renée was with us every step of the way during all the ups and downs. She was kind, flexible and very supportive. It really is a testament to how much she cares about her clients. Not only did we find an amazing level of service with MadeByRk, but we experienced a true partnership and friendship as well. When the happy day finally arrived, Renée and her team made us feel so comfortable and at ease (even helping calm a mini meltdown with a much needed hug and alleviating any and all Covid concerns). She helped coordinate everything, including seating charts (she even measured the venue to make sure all the tables and chairs would fit), day of stationery, making sure our vibe and theme came through and bespoke food stations with the most pleasant and thoughtful attendants. The food was great, especially the cake and desserts (her buttercream frosted chocolate cake is heavenly and she made these adorable themed cookies just for us). In addition she provided beautiful decorations and flower arrangements, which they set up throughout the whole venue, as well as setting up a lovely champagne toast for us. Then she came back the next day to even help further for all post-event necessities and clean up (including preserving the top of our wedding cake for our anniversary). We can't say enough about her and her team. They made the best day of our life even that much better. Renée and her team have our heartfelt appreciation for everything. Truly one of a kind! Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Wow, Rivertowns - How lucky we are to have this amazing catering and bakery!…read more Made by RK has all the bases covered. Yummy? Check! Scrumptious? Check! Vegan dishes? Check! Gluten free options? Check! Sweets? Check! Savory dishes? Check! How does owner Renee manage to pull off all the above and more? I'm not exactly sure, but I'm beginning to think she is a culinary wizard! Give her dishes and treats a try, they are truly amazing. We love the truffle cake, the pecan pie, the various cookies, the savory side dishes, essentially everything. She even takes custom orders for main dishes and cakes. See, I told you she's a wizard.

Chef Alex and her staff made our anniversary the very best party. Everything was unique to us from…read morea Mediterranean menu she gave us on spec. My family and I were knocked out by every dish. I highly recommend her. My mom wants to hire her once a week now! Thank you Alex

From the owner: Chef Alexandra is Your Own Gourmet: an affordable personal chef and in-home catering service…read moreoffering packages starting at $70 plus the groceries for up to 4 servings. Well versed in most cuisines & diets including gluten-free, Chef Alexandra enjoys preparing healthy, organic meals for you to enjoy. Serving from 2-250 people: whether it is Dinner on the Table, a cocktail party or any other special event, Your Own Gourmet can help. Westchester, Rockland and Bergen counties.

Chef Sebastian was amazing! He really outdid himself with each and every dish. The hors d'oeuvres…read morewere a party favorite. I can't wait until I have another party/event so we can have him back!!

I'll start off this way, I'm probably the only person whose favorite meal this week in 90° July…read moreweather included half a quart of warm, Smoky Red Pepper Soup with Basil Croutons ($10). I'll admit, a small part of the reason is because I keep my apartment very cold and really love soups. The primary reason though is that I found an executive chef who is a culinary genius that will cater and deliver phenomenal gourmet food directly to my door at very reasonable prices. This was one of the best original soups that I've tasted in a very long while. A great thick, creamy texture, good heat (without being too spicy), and you could taste the flavor of the ingredients, not just get overwhelmed by the red pepper. The taste and texture worked in perfect concert together, just like the cream and the red pepper. I've been paying ten bucks a quart for deli-quality soups during this quarantine. This was certainly in a much different class of quality, for the same exact price. Once people catch on to this amazing value, I'll likely end up paying far more for the same caliber of cuisine. However, supporting a well-deserving and hardworking small business with an honest and positive is more important to me than saving a little money. By the way, in addition to his well-honed, epicurean chops, Chef Sebastian is also a real sweetheart of a guy. I know a lot of great chefs and they're not all...oh, what's a good euphemism to use here? As good at dealing with people as they are with knives. Well, Chef Sebastian is wonderful with both. A true professional and a good person. Alright, now let me review some more of his food. In the late 1990s, I lived in New Orleans. So, I definitely know a thing or two about great-tasting cornbread. Chef Sebastian makes excellent cornbread. Not too crumbly, but also not sticky. There's nice pieces of whole corn and little pieces of jalapenos inside. Remember, I'm not a big fan of spicy, but this cornbread was perfect. Not too spicy and it was pre-cut into small squares for me and filled an entire sizeable container. I've eaten a few pieces with 4 meals already and I still have leftovers. His portions are immense. That goes double for the Slow Smoked Beer Marinated Local Shortrib ($27 with corn and cornbread). I've never been given that much shortrib in a single portion intended for one person. I LOVE his homemade BBQ sauce so much that I used it abundantly, put the shortribs in potato roll buns and served them up similar to pulled pork sandwiches, only these were far better because they were beer marinated shortribs. There was enough for 4.5 overstuffed sandwiches. My executive chef friend ate one, along with a piece of cornbread, and was extremely impressed with both as well. The Smoked Whole Trout ($14) was actually a bit overwhelming. Even with my big appetite, I certainly couldn't finish it. It's an entire large cooked trout. For $14 and hand delivered to your door by the chef himself? Where else will you get that type of value? Nowhere! Certainly not near Port Washington, where I live. I ate half of the fish the first day that the food arrived because obviously it's seafood. Although, I did decide to sneak Chef S's New Jersey grilled corn on the cob into this meal, even though it really came to compliment another dish. I didn't want to wait though. The fish was cooked nicely and traveled very well. A nice thickness, easy to cut the meat away, and just a nice smokey flavor throughout. However, I avoided the recommended horseradish sauce that came with it because I was in the mood for more of a fish flavor. I wasn't disappointed. The corn was tasty too. The 24 Hour Slow Smoked BBQ Pork Shoulder ($21 with corn and cornbread) was another massive creation. Once again, I had leftovers. You can taste the time it took to cook this. Completely fall off-the-bone type of dish and so savory. Extremely tender and also beautifully complimented by Chef's homeade BBQ sauce. Honestly, that stuff could go with anything. It's delicious. Local Jersey Peach Crisp with Homemade Whipped Cream ($7). My favorite dessert from anywhere this month. It's a giant piece made for 2 people, as long as one of them isn't me. LOL. I devoured about 3/4 of it because it was so incredible. Thin fresh peach slices with a deliciously sugary crust. This dessert could start an addiction. Just before writing this paragraph I polished off the remaining 1/4 piece left in my fridge. By the way, his food and containers keep very well. The food is delicious, but the portions are huge! Pickle Spears ($8). These are smaller sized pickle spears. However, there's enough of them to fill the jar and they're obviously pickled that way to provide much more surface area and access to the flavors of Chef's special blend of peppers and seasonings. They're very good. If you like pickles, you'll totally like these. Lots of flavors: garlic, peppers, mustard seeds, and some others. Be careful though, these bite back. Everything is PERFECT!

I cannot recommend Tara highly enough. I found Tara as a referral from a friend who raved about…read moreher, but having experienced her being our private chef for the night I don't think he went far enough! Tara recreated our wedding menu from the place card alone, it was French theamed and multi course, including three different entrees (we ate well!) and along with her server Suzette they made our evening. Friendly, timely, amazing food, low pressure, cleaned everything up behind them, played with the dog! They did everything for us that night so all we had to do was roll into bed after they left! Tara mentioned she does events from small (we were just 2 ppl) up to 100+ Will use again. And I cannot wait.

Five stars isn't even enough for Chef Tara. My husband and I were going to New York for our five…read moreyear wedding anniversary. We wanted to make it special, but during these difficult times it was very hard to find a place that would accommodate any private seating. That's until my husband found Chef Tara. She opened up her beautiful home and allowed us to create the most memorable 5 year anniversary, and most memorable dinner we will ever have. Chefs Tara skills in the kitchen are truly like no other. She created the most beautiful five course meal filled with everything we love. The octopus was one of the best ones we ever had. The salad was a perfect light touch and all with seasonal vegetables from her garden. Then we got into the pastas. Both homemade, and both out of this world. We finished our dinner with her Chilean Sea-bass, that could quite honestly be the best one we will ever have. On top of chefs Taras cooking skills, she also was amazing company, and opened up her home/kitchen as if we were apart of the family! Thank you Chef Tara for making our anniversary one to remember. We both look forward to the next time we get to enjoy your company, and your food that makes my mouth water just thinking about!

food is great and so is service, can not wait to place order for this week. Please call meread more

We hired chef Jessica for my wife's birthday party. She came 3 hours before dinner and prepared…read moreeverything in our kitchen with her own equipment. Everything was better than restaurant food and even my young grandchildren complemented the chef. Every course was delicious but the chocolate cake with berries was especially fabulous! Jessica was friendly, easy-going, and accomodating and a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended.

Great if you have unlimited funds, or are sick/grossly overweight and you need someone to do all…read morethe work. If you have any really knowledge about food, can cook a few nights a week, and don't like waisting money, avoid. For us, we found it wasn't worth it and really didn't like Ilia as a person. Nickled and dimed you on everything and was somehow never in the wrong. Advertised a 3 dinner a week service as $250, but it was really just $250 for her time, THEN you add in the cost of all the ingredients (and she always bought the most expensive version of everything) +$15 delivery fee (even though she is always right by our house to shop at Mom's), +$8 kitchen use fee, +$30 every other week somehow for new bottle of olive oil, etc. Wound up being $400-$450 each week for what amounted to a few lunches and dinners for the family (3 of us, and our son is 7 and barely ate her food). Couldn't wait to try to charge for an ice pack she thought we lost. If she is ever late or misses a day for whatever reason (parade, weather, you name it), there is never any money back. Also can't fully cook all the diets she claims she can do. Made a lot of mistakes when I needed low fodmap, but somehow we always ate the cost. At the end, won't even bring us back the 4 containers we paid $80 for and said "we can pick it up." Really not the type of person you want to be doing business with.

For the first 6 months of the pandemic I was cooking every day but cooking for 5 adults was cutting…read moreinto my work time - so we tried Healthy Nourished Body and I must say-Ilia's cooking service is AMAZING ! She can cater to any allergies and her menu is 14 pages long!!! We got our first delivery of food last night and will be putting in our next order this weekend. Ilia has you buy the glassware to deliver the food in so the service greener than green and sooooooo delicious !!!

Working with Craig was fabulous! He was incredibly easy to work with and answered all of my…read morequestions with great patience, no matter how silly they were. He was exceptionally willing to work within our budget and to keep costs down. He made suggestions as to how to lower costs and priced out different options so that we could choose what was most important to us. Of course, none of this would matter if the food wasn't good. I am so happy to say that we have received so many raves on the food and the service. I absolutely recommend Craig and would definitely hire him again if we were having another event.

Craig and his team catered a bridal shower at our house. It was such a success due to the delicious…read morefood and the very attentive staff. It couldn't have gone better. I can't wait to plan another event with them!