Let the Secret Chef
be part of your special day.

We will work with you and design a menu to fit your budget and provide you with the highest quality of food and service. Everything is customized to fit all your needs. We’ll take care of all the rentals, staff, party planning and can suggest high-end vendors for flowers, invitations, dresses, etc. Please contact us for a consultation and complimentary tasting.

 

Cocktail buffet & Passed Hors d’oeuvres
(sample menu)

Tuna tartare on homemade potato chips
Mini wild mushroom and truffle tarts
Mini Lobster Roll
Beef Tenderloin Crostini with horseradish cream sauce
Greek Chicken lollipops with yogurt sauce
Mini BLT’S
Half side pastrami cured salmon with appropriate accompaniment
Mini Shrimp cakes with chili lime sauce
Mini Crab cakes with creamy mustard sauce
Gruyere gougeres

 

Buffet Service
(sample menu)

Arugula Salad with lemon vinaigrette and parmesan shavings
Caprese pasta with fresh mozzarella and fresh basil
Chicken and Mushroom Ragu with Linguini
Chipotle/Honey Glazed Pork Loin with creamy mashed potatoes and braised collard greens with bacon

 

Plated & Coursed
(sample menu)

First Course
Shrimp with lime and chives, tomato water and avocados
Grilled corn chowder, English peas, pancetta, seared scallop, and chives

Second Course
Red and yellow beets over dandelion greens, lemon truffle vinaigrette, basil oil, butter croutons, and goat cheese puree

Third Course
Korbutu pork chops marinated in olive oil, rosemary and garlic Swiss chard, bacon and vinegar, peach marmalade and fried shallots

Testimonials

Thank you so much for all the work you and your crew did for the wedding. Everything was fantastic, the guests all loved the food (those gruyere gougeres were AMAZING), the rentals came and went perfectly, drinks were flowing and everything felt seamless all around. You did such a great job, especially with the amount of people and budget that we had. I can't thank you enough, everything came out exactly like I had imagined and hoped it would.

Jennifer & Miguel

 

Ellen was our caterer for our wedding reception in November, 2009. After considering several catering options, we decided on The Secret Chef because of the caliber of food for a reasonable price and Ellen's responsiveness to our multiple questions. Throughout the months leading to the wedding, Ellen always kept us informed of the status of things and was proactive when inevitable potential issues arose so we could solve them. She created a cocktail hour and buffet tailored to what was important to us, always had great ideas to make the evening special and was incredibly flexible (even when we started a full 30 min later than we thought!) We would strongly recommend her for wedding catering!

Laura Keller

 

The Secret Chef has catered many events for us including open houses for work and more importantly our wedding. Our family could not stop talking about the food at our wedding. We were very happy with the service. The Secret Chef made all of the catering care free for us on our important day. The open house event catered by the Secret Chef was wonderful. Ellen chooses interesting and tasty dishes to serve. She is very helpful with choosing the menu for all events. We would highly recommend The Secret Chef.

Martha Duarte Austin,