Private Chef - A Feast of French Classics

Name: Private Chef - A Feast of French Classics
Brand: Cozymeal
SKU: 39148
Price: 139 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (16 reviews)

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All inclusive: 3-course meal, ingredients, cooking, service & clean up.

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What You’ll Do

Explore the celebrated culinary legacy of French cuisine with a gourmet menu showcasing classic dishes.

Go on a culinary adventure from the comfort of your own home with a private chef experience that promises to delight your senses. Chef Derrick invites you to savor the classic flavors of Parisian cuisine through a meticulously crafted three-course meal.

Choose from a choice of appetizing starters such as French onion soup or mussels in white wine to luxurious main courses including coq au vin and steak dishes. Not forgetting an array of tempting desserts to try classic to the finest Parisian bistros.

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

Your Menu

Starter (Choose 1 per Group)

French Onion Soup au Gratin
With GruyГЁre cheese

Vichyssoise Soup
With potatoes, leeks and cream

Lyonnaise Salad
With frisГ©e greens, bacon, warm vinaigrette and poached egg

NiГ§oise Salad
With lemon, green beans, fingerling potatoes, poached egg, tuna, capers, olives and cherry tomatoes

Goat Cheese Napoleons
With roasted beets, fresh greens and French vinaigrette

Classic French Mussels
With white wine, butter, shallots and garlic

Main Course (Choose 1 per Group)

Beef Bourguignon
With red wine, bacon, carrots, onion and pommes duchesse potatoes

Coq au Vin
With bacon, wine, pearl onions, mushrooms and crГЁme fraГ®che mashed potatoes

Steak au Poivre
With peppercorn cream sauce, truffled roasted potatoes and asparagus

Sole MeuniГЁre
With lemon, scalloped potatoes, sautГ©ed haricot verts and shallots

Peppered Duck Breast
With Bordeaux wine sauce, seasonal vegetables and truffled roasted potatoes

French Ratatouille
With eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, bell pepper, herbs and classic dauphinoise potato gratin

Dessert (Choose 1 per Group)

Lavender CrГЁme BrГ»lГ©e
With vanilla beans, heavy cream and seasonal fruit

White Chocolate SoufflГ©
With lemon sabayon and seasonal fruit or berries

Chocolate Pots de CrГЁme
With whipped cream and port wine reduction

CrГЄpes Suzette
With flambГ©ed citrus sauce, Grand Marnier and vanilla bean ice cream

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 3
Event Duration 3 hours

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Meet your chef

Chef Derrick

Food safety certified

16 reviews

Over the past 30 years, Chef Derrick has built an admirable career in the culinary arts. His time in the kitchen has taken him from Philippines to California in roles ranging from line cook to head chef. Much of his experience occurred in the hospitality industry, which provided him a keen service-oriented skill set. With so much to offer his guests, Chef Derrick is ready to help you taste the good life.

View all of Chef Derrick's Experiences

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Chef Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)

Social Distancing Friendly

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Cancellation Policy

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

Chef Derrick will travel to guests within Orange County for this experience.

What You’ll Do

Explore the celebrated culinary legacy of French cuisine with a gourmet menu showcasing classic dishes.

Your Menu

Starter (Choose 1 per Group)

French Onion Soup au Gratin
With GruyГЁre cheese

Vichyssoise Soup
With potatoes, leeks and cream

Lyonnaise Salad
With frisГ©e greens, bacon, warm vinaigrette and poached egg

NiГ§oise Salad
With lemon, green beans, fingerling potatoes, poached egg, tuna, capers, olives and cherry tomatoes

Goat Cheese Napoleons
With roasted beets, fresh greens and French vinaigrette

Classic French Mussels
With white wine, butter, shallots and garlic

Main Course (Choose 1 per Group)

Beef Bourguignon
With red wine, bacon, carrots, onion and pommes duchesse potatoes

Coq au Vin
With bacon, wine, pearl onions, mushrooms and crГЁme fraГ®che mashed potatoes

Steak au Poivre
With peppercorn cream sauce, truffled roasted potatoes and asparagus

Sole MeuniГЁre
With lemon, scalloped potatoes, sautГ©ed haricot verts and shallots

Peppered Duck Breast
With Bordeaux wine sauce, seasonal vegetables and truffled roasted potatoes

French Ratatouille
With eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, bell pepper, herbs and classic dauphinoise potato gratin

Dessert (Choose 1 per Group)

Lavender CrГЁme BrГ»lГ©e
With vanilla beans, heavy cream and seasonal fruit

White Chocolate SoufflГ©
With lemon sabayon and seasonal fruit or berries

Chocolate Pots de CrГЁme
With whipped cream and port wine reduction

CrГЄpes Suzette
With flambГ©ed citrus sauce, Grand Marnier and vanilla bean ice cream

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 15
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 3 hours

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Chef Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)

Social Distancing Friendly

Reviews

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Derrick

cesar medina

02 Mar 2024

Food was delicious . Presentation was beautiful

Melissa

19 Feb 2024

My husband and I were gifted a Cozymeal gift card and decided to put it toward a private chef experience. Chef Derrick cooked a beautiful meal for us. The steaks were huge and flavorful, the avocado fries were crispy and the side dishes were all tasty. It was our first time trying potatoes terrine and we liked the way he prepared this particular side dish. Our dinner was very gourmet and Chef Derrick was professional, easy to make conversation with and he even let my toddler snack on some of the ingredients while he was cooking. We enjoyed leftovers the next day because there was so much food!! Thank you Chef Derrick for a memorable Valentine's Day.

Tyler

24 Dec 2023

Our experience with Chef Derrick was fantastic. He is very personable and a talented chef. He was patient with our questions and taught us many new cooking skills. I highly recommend a class with him.

Mack

26 Feb 2023

Great meal and great person.

Mike

12 Feb 2023

OMG - Wonderful! We enjoyed the experience with another couple. We knew it would be fun but were not prepared for how exquisite the food would taste. To have someone of Chef DerrickвЂ™s pedigree come to our house and prepare that meal on a Saturday night was a total privilege. It is only due to his unique (and impressive) day job as an executive chef that he would be available. We learned so many cooking tips too. Plus Derrick has a wonderful, polite and humble personality.

Cindy

23 Jan 2023

We enjoyed our evening with Chef Derrick very much. Derrick was very personable and explained the French Cuisine dinner from the prep to the cooking to the plating very well. Giving us useful tips along the way for even our everyday cooking. The dinner itself was very tasteful and satisfying. Chef Derrick brought everything to our kitchen from all the food to everything to cook it with. Looking forward to recreating the dish in the future, but probably not as well as Chef Derrick. Next time when we invite Chef Derrick over we'll have some friends join us. Thanks Cozymeal and Chef Derrick!!

Judy Osman

13 Jan 2023

Chef Derrick is very organized, friendly, and a delight to observe his talents. We received a gift certificate for Classic Spanish Flavors and thoroughly enjoyed our evening. HeвЂ™s so good we are already planning another gathering with him.

Audrey

03 Jan 2023

We organized to have a cooking class for my parents as their Christmas gift with our family of 8 and Chef Derrick was great to work with! Knowledgeable and patient with our group as well as super fun to chat with. Thank you!

Craig

02 Jan 2023

We learned a lot from this delicious experience with the wonderful and resourceful Chef Derrick. He presented a variety of dishes for us and had lots of useful tips.

jennifer

24 Sep 2022

Derrick is beyond fantastic. I have high expectations and Derrick surpassed.

Reviews Chef Derrick received outside of Cozymeal

Lori

17 Oct 2022

It is always a pleasure to be served with Chef Derrick's cooking. Tastefully and professionally done! I wish I could have it everyday...Chef Derrick loves what he does and with the dashes of love he puts in his cooking, his food comes out as champions!!

Marissa

12 Sep 2022

We love all the food created by Chef Derrick. No matter what cuisine it is, its always tasty and delicious! Chef Derrick makes unique and original food!

Irma

12 Sep 2022

Chef Derrick has a special way of creating dishes and concoct food flavors that leaves your palate crave for more. He cooks from the heart and his passion is reflected on how delectable his food creations come out. Absolutely and highly recommended.

Jiggs

12 Sep 2022

Chef Derrick belongs to a new breed of trendsetters in the culinary world. Whether one craves for something Mediterranean, French, Caribbean, Italian, Japanese or fusion of Spanish-Filipino cuisines, expect Chef Derrick to deliver and impress. His passion in the art of cooking clearly shows in the sumptuous cuisines he creates. Not only is Chef Derrick a genius in the kitchen, he is also civic-minded who knows how to give-back to the community.

Pie

12 Sep 2022

Chef Derrick cooks with love , passion and most of all Class, thatвЂ™s why everything he cooks is very tasty and delicious.. always leaves an awesome taste in your mouth!