Personal Chef/Catering

Melissa K.

(client)
Melissa hired The Culinary Dude as a personal chef and caterer

Top Qualities: Creative, Personable, High Integrity

Please know that Scott Davis was in my employ for approximately one year as a family chef.  Scott bought, prepared meals, served many meals including both casual family dinners as well as adult entertaining dinners.  His menus were consistently excellent with strong attention to detail.  All components were well thought out, complementary, served with restaurant flare, and of course, delicious.  Working in advance with Scott to plan the menus was always easy via email or phone and he was always graciously amenable to change.  Scott handled his chef role as a true professional. 

My daughter has extreme food allergies that cover a large group of foods and Scott was very willing and happy to work with me to create special menus that everyone could eat.  Not cooking with dairy, egg, seafood, sesame, nuts and mustard can be tricky but Scott looked at it as a challenge and no one eating at my house ever noticed the difference -- all credit to Scott.  One of my husband's bachelor friends would regularly call to see if it was a "Scott cooking" night as he loved to enjoy a wonderful meal.   

In addition, I have three small children that all loved Scott and his cooking.  He has a special talent with children and was playful with them as well as willing to teach them about the meals he was preparing.

 

Catering

Angela F.

(client)
Angela hired The Culinary Dude as a caterer

Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative

"Scott not only serves up amazing fresh food, he is there from start to finish with preparation to clean-up. Imagine dishes like blue cheese mac & cheese, lamb cakes and fruit kabobs with a vanilla sauce served in a wine glass. Scott is always willing to work within your budget and delivers exactly what he says he will and never disappoints."

 

Catering

Jay F.

(client)
Jay hired The Culinary Dude as a caterer

Top qualities: Personable, Good Value, High Integrity

"Scott is a very diligent planner who takes great pride with all aspects of his work and overall service and presentation. He represents himself with the utmost integrity. He is very keen on understanding his clients' needs and their expectations and then delivers seamlessly.....all along with a sense of urgency yet with a comfortable calmness in all tasks and milestones. He is methodical in his approach and in his preparations and thus the results always seem to be well thought-out, often exceeding the expectation. I have hired him a couple of times for 'key' professional and personal events and I will continue to do so as he is very honest, fair and personable as well as creative and consistent."

 

Personal Chef

Cassia V.

(client)
Cassia hired The Culinary Dude as a personal chef

Top qualities: Personable, Good Value, Creative

"Scott provides delicious, healthy meals for our family, based on our preferences and needs (from my pregnancy with twins to extra visitors over the holidays). In addition to being a great chef, Scott is flexible, responsive, creative and completely reliable. He keeps us well-fed and has a knack for finding ways to make our life easier!"

 

Catering/Personal Chef

Paul M.

(client)
Paul hired The Culinary Dude as a Personal chef and catered many of his social events

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity

"In almost three years of providing us with weekly meals and snacks, Scott has never failed to create delicious meals and tailor-made menus, a wide variety of meat and vegetable selections, always healthy, and always delivered in a friendly and professional manner. We trust him completely, and communicating with Scott is effortless. We've also used Scott to cater large social events, and our guests uniformly praise the food, even many months later. We recommend Scott with zero reservations. None."

 

Catering

Julie F.

(client)
Julie hired The Culinary Dude as a Caterer

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value

"The Culinary Dude catered a recent dinner for the IABC Executive Board and Research Foundation Trustees. Scott provided a number of menu options and was willing to work within my budget. The night of the dinner, he and his staff were flexible when we had to delay the party a half hour, they served champagne to the guests which was not part of the original agreement, served FABULOUS food, and best of all, cleaned up. I would use them again without hesitation."

 

Catering/Personal Chef

Jeff B.

(Client)
 Jeff hired The Culinary Dude as a Personal Chef and catered many of his social events

Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

"We had Scott cater three parties and he cooks regularly for us as a personal chef. He is a fantastic value. His food is great. When he catered, he was on top of everything; it was like having a staff of five in one man. People really loved his Macaroni and Blue Cheese and his caramel brownies. During the week, my favorite dish was his baked fried chicken. He worked within our requirements (my wife is vegetarian and prefers everything organic); he does all the shopping and preparation in your kitchen. It is an incredible luxury that is surprisingly affordable :)"

 

Personal Chef

Terra C.

(client)
Terra hired The Culinary Dude as a Personal Chef

Top qualities: Great Results, On Time, High Integrity

"We first hired Scott to help us by preparing meals for us for the week during a particularly busy time for our family. He came to our house (always on time) and cooked for about 4 hours. His great meals (total of 6 courses to be eaten throughout the week) were stored in containers to be eaten throughout the week. The food was great, fresh and EASY. Another thing that is great about Scott is that he will work with particular/picky eaters and work around any food allergies, etc. And bonus: He does all the grocery shopping too!"