Dinner Meal Service Dinner Parties Cooking Classes Dinner Meal Service is typically 18 adults dinners that are customized both to your dietary requirements (low fat, low sodium, high protein, low carb, etc) and your particular tastes. Dinner Parties are typically sit down dinners for 8 - 12 guests. They normally consist of appetizers, a first course, an entree with the appropriate sauce, starch, and vegetable, and dessert. Cooking Classes are for a minimum of eight people and can be demonstration only or hand's on. Topics include: Appetizers, Seafood Cooking, Healthy Cooking, Vegetarian, Desserts, and "Busy Soccer Mom Tips & Techniques". 
As I thought about a name for my personal chef business, I remembered Labor Day weekend of 1997. That weekend turned out to be my Fork In The Road of life. I had worked for 29 years in the engineering field. But I was not fulfilling my passion: cooking. It was that weekend that I had decided to go to culinary school. I graduated with honors from Kendall College two years later with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Culinary Arts. After graduation I joined a restaurant consulting company as a chef and operations analyst and I began catering as an assistant chef. I also started planning for my own business. The only name that really tells my story is “Fork In The Road”. Unlike other businesses that you might consider, I offer you personal chef services because I cook to fulfill my passion. When you taste my cooking you will understand this firsthand. I sincerely believe that those who find and fulfill their passion in life are blessed. I hope that you will find yours; until then, enjoy mine! Chef Ken
What does it cost? This is the most frequent question because many people think that having a Personal Chef is a service that only rich people can afford. While I do cook for several millionaires, I also cook frequently for the typical family of four with both parents working and the kids in day care. My Dinner Service is typically around $300 for 18 meals; my Dinner Parties range from the Wednesday night ladies book club salad, pasta, and Italian bread for $15/person to the seven course gourmet meal with matched wines for $90/person. Most dinner parties are $40 - $45/person. My Cooking Classes are for a minimum of eight people and are $30 per person and $40 per person with champagnes and/or wines matched to each item prepared. When will you arrive? This is the second most frequently asked question. For Dinner Meal Service, I arrive at 9:00 AM; for Dinner Parties and Cooking Classes, I typically arrive one or two hours before the event starts. I don't have many pots and pans? Is that a problem? Not at all because I bring all the pots and pans that I need to cook with. I am watching my cholesterol? Can you cook low fat? I specialize in all kinds of "healthy cooking" techniques. I cook low fat, low sodium, high protein, low carb, and vegetarian for several clients.
Fork In The Road Personal Chef Services Chef Ken Mertes Chicago and surrounding suburbs 630-898-7221 forkintheroadpcs@sbcglobal.net |
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