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Is There a Personal Chef in Your Future?

by contactus@relishrelish.com 2. December 2008 02:28
Personal chefs aren’t just for movie stars or the super-rich anymore; they’re going mainstream. Years ago, I hired a personal chef to prepare meals for my son, who was studying for his boards during medical school. Since he lived a thousand miles away I couldn’t cook for him, but I wanted him to eat well without spending precious time cooking instead of studying. (Yes, he graduated from medical school and went on to become a cardiologist.)

At the Gluten-Free Culinary Summit in Providence, RI last month, I met four personal chefs who cook for gluten-free clients. These chefs were interested in www.GFreeCuisine.com as a way of getting gluten-free menus for their clients.

How does a personal chef work? He or she shops for the ingredients, then goes into a client's home to prepare several entrees at a time for heating at a later time. It is all done in one day. Up to 20 meals are prepared and packaged for later reheating. The meals are custom-designed for the clients’ particular needs.

While we all understand the importance of a healthy (gluten-free) diet, not everyone has time to prepare a nightly meal, yet eating out isn’t always the answer either. A personal chef is a terrific alternative for families who subscribe to www.GFreeCuisine.com. Just choose your weekly menus, print out the shopping list, and give it to your personal chef who takes it from there. You simply heat the food and sit down to a wonderful, home-cooked gluten-free meal with your family.

With the holidays just around the corner, a personal chef’s services would make a wonderful gift. Where can you find personal chefs who understand the gluten-free diet? You can go to
http://www.personalchefsearch.com to learn more about personal chefs.

Here are four personal chefs:
Chef Marcy Kaminski serves the Providence, RI and Sutton, MA area at :
 http://pcnchef.com/primethymepersonalchefservice/
Chef Patti Anastasia serves Southern New Hampshire and the Merrimack Valley at:
http://www.anastasiastable.com /
Chef Amy Churchill serves Atlanta, GA at:
http://www.alachef.com
Chef Katy Martin serves Denver, CO at:
glutenfreeartistry@gmail.com

Have you used a personal chef? What were your experiences? If you know of a personal chef in your area who specializes in gluten-free meals, will you add the chef’s name to this list? Share your ideas and at the end of October, the winning blog post wins a copy of my latest cookbook, 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes (Wiley, 2008).

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Ann Bender & Karen Hutcherson
Marketers by profession, both Ann and Karen have a fondness for good food and healthy cooking. They understand the importance of the nightly family dinner and developed Relish! a premier menu-planning service (relishrelish.com). Relish! received hundreds of requests to offer the same type of service but to make it gluten-free. Because of the complexity of the product, they solicited the help of gluten-free cooking expert, Carol Fenster, to provide all of the recipes and many of her famous bread and dessert recipes!