Private Chef - Gourmet Vegan Holiday Celebration

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CAD $ 83.99 Per person

All inclusive: 5-course meal, ingredients, cooking, service & clean up.

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What You'll Do

Savor the holidays with a gourmet plant-based dinner prepared by a world-class chef.

With this private chef experience, you can set aside holiday stress and enjoy a festive spread crafted by Chef Charlene. Revel in the flavors of the season while every detail is taken care of just for you.

Select a custom menu featuring vibrant seasonal flavors, starting with a classic soup or innovative butternut squash â€œfondue.â€ Then, choose a hearty main course like a vegan turkey roast, stuffed butternut squash or mushroom Wellington. Complete your meal with homemade sides, dinner rolls and a spectacular dessert, making for a delightful holiday celebration.

Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.

Your Menu

All the menu options are vegan

Appetizer

Choose 1 per group

Sweet potato, chestnut and parsnip soup
Seasonal greens with pecans, pomegranate seeds and blood orange vinaigrette
Butternut squash â€œfondueâ€ with assorted vegetables for dipping
Stuffed mushrooms

EntrÃ©e

Choose 1 per group

"Turkey" roast with balsamic roast gravy and cranberry sauce
Whole roasted cauliflower
Stuffed roasted butternut squash with chickpeas, quinoa, kale, pumpkin seeds and cranberries
Mushroom "Wellington"

Dinner Rolls

Served with garlic herb compound butter

Homemade Sides

Choose 2 per group

Macaroni and cheese with crunchy breadcrumbs topping
Sage, apple and celery stuffing
Maple glazed sweet potatoes or carrots
Italian roasted vegetables

Dessert

Choose 1 per group

Streusel apple pie
Coconut panna cotta with crushed salted cacao nibs topping
Individual tiramisu trifles

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments cannot be made during the event.

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 15
Meal Courses 5
Event Duration 4 hours
Chef Arrival Time 2 hours prior to the selected serving time

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Meet your chef

Chef Charlene

34 reviews

With 20 years of culinary experience, Chef Charlene is a master of vegan favorites in the kitchen. As the owner of a thriving plant-based catering business, she specializes in crafting mouth-watering Caribbean cuisine. She recently published a cookbook with beautiful, fresh recipes to magnify flavor in vegan meals. Chef Charlene is passionate about creating a memorable experience for her guests, one gourmet plate at a time.

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Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

Chef Charlene will travel to guests within Toronto for this experience.

What You'll Do

Savor the holidays with a gourmet plant-based dinner prepared by a world-class chef.

Your Menu

All the menu options are vegan

Appetizer

Choose 1 per group

EntrÃ©e

Choose 1 per group

Dinner Rolls

Served with garlic herb compound butter

Homemade Sides

Choose 2 per group

Macaroni and cheese with crunchy breadcrumbs topping
Sage, apple and celery stuffing
Maple glazed sweet potatoes or carrots
Italian roasted vegetables

Dessert

Choose 1 per group

Streusel apple pie
Coconut panna cotta with crushed salted cacao nibs topping
Individual tiramisu trifles

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 15
Meal Courses 5
Event Duration 4 hours
Chef Arrival Time 2 hours prior to the selected serving time

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Reviews

Verified guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Charlene

saumil

16 Feb 2026

We made 3 kinds of pasta. Charlene was an amazing chef, extremely patient and knowledgeable. Was an amazing experience!

Stephen

20 Jan 2026

Chef Charlene showed us how to cook some great vegan meals. We ourselves are not vegan, so this was a great experience and we learned a lot. We made our own vegan "meatballs" and sausages, which I always wanted to learn. Chef Charlene was so knowledgeable and shared many tips and suggestions for future vegan cooking. We'll be including all of these recipes in our diets from now on. Thanks!

Shree

16 Feb 2025

Charlene was nothing short of fabulous!

Ashita

23 Nov 2024

Chef Charlene was such a pleasure to work with! She's kind, funny and makes it very easy to follow along. We can't wait to learn more cuisines from Chef Charlene!

Elise

15 Nov 2024

Charlene is awesome! We are both beginners in the kitchen and Charlene was so patient and kind, and made the learning experience really fun!

Nick

11 Oct 2024

We had an incredible time learning how to make three types of vegan pasta from scratch with Charlene. She brought all the ingredients and came prepared with necessary tools. All we needed to have on hand were knives, cutting boards, and pots. Not only was it three hours of fun, but the final products were absolutely delicious. It was so hard to pick a favourite. Would absolutely recommend this class; we are already thinking about having her back to learn some other dishes. I wish I could have rated this experience 10 out of 5!

Cindy

15 Jun 2024

We loved our evening with Chef Charlene. She's talented, funny and an excellent instructor!

Elizabeth

26 Apr 2024

We had so much fun cooking with Chef Charlene -- and the food we made was delicious. Highly recommend this experience :)

Elenore

01 Apr 2024

My friends and I had the best time learning how to make vegan tarts with Chef Charlene! First, she is such a good teacher and made learning all these recipes and techniques so fun and easy. Second, the food was outrageously delicious... it was so flavourful we couldn't believe we had made it. Finally, we laughed a lot and really enjoyed the experience. I would highly recommend this, or any course, offered by Charlene.

Jessica

17 Mar 2024

The cooking class with Chef Charlene was super fun! She was really informative, had a lot of patience for our questions, and the food was AMAZING. Would highly recommend anyone to book an experience with Charlene!

Pheonia

04 Feb 2024

Our experience with Chef Charlene was AMAZING. The food we cooked together was absolutely delicious. Exceeded our expectations. Even our 12 year old daughter had a blast learning about vegan food and how to cook it. I highly recommend any class with chef Charlene. She is fun, very professional, and knows her stuff!

Jon

31 Jan 2024

Our cooking experience with Charlene was tremendous. She was able to share her expert culinary knowledge in a warm, engaging, highly skillful and thoroughly enjoyable manner with a group of 7 family members who presented with a diverse range of cooking experience! She made it work. I cannot recommend Charlene more highly. We all had a tremendous time together. Most importantly, our completed vegan meal was beyond delicious, beautifully plated and thoroughly enjoyed by our whole group. We chopped, cooked and prepared with our own hands. Thank you Charlene for making the celebration of a special family birthday so enjoyable and memorable. Well done and thank you again!

Shira

28 Jan 2024

We loved our experience with Charlene! She was so warm and friendly and created such a relaxed and fun atmosphere. The food was delicious and our group of 7 had tons of food! Everyone got to participate and contribute to the meal prep. I would highly recommend Charlene.

Sebastian

07 Jan 2024

Charlene was absolutely excellent! Phenomenal class, she did a great job of explaining the dishes (along with great stories!) and keeping both of us occupied while we were cooking. Neither of us felt left out of the experience of the cooking class! The food was absolutely excellent and will be trying to make the recipes again! 10/10 Experience

Kaela

06 Jan 2024

Wonderful class! The pasta with amazing and Charlene was a great teacher! She was very fun and knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend this class for anyone looking to have a good time and make some good food!

Daniel

31 Dec 2023

Wonderful experience. Chef Charlene is a great, and patient, instructor. The cooking class was fun and relaxing. The food was incredible. We highly recommend Chef Charlene. She was amazing.

Hadia

27 Nov 2023

I booked her for a friend's birthday, had so much fun with my friends. Thank you Charlene for making the day so special for us, you were very informative and loved how the food came out. Definitely would plan to have you over again for future.

Ben

15 Oct 2023

We had a great dinner party (9 in total), and overall Charlene was very good; very professional, well organized, and the food was very nice. We especially liked the crabless cakes. The group was not all veg or vegan, but everyone enjoyed the food.