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Laurel #E668 - Full-Time Chef & Household Manager in Marin & the Wine Country LIVE-IN
Experience: Laurel has over six years of experience as a Household Manager & Chef with one client. As a Household Manager, she takes care of all aspects of running the home from entertaining to tending the garden and caring for the chickens. As a Chef, she provides healthy meals, and makes most of the food herself, including homemade bread, preserves and pickles.
Education: Laurel has a culinary education and is a chocolatier.
Impression: Laurel is dynamic, driven, hardworking and loyal.
Special Interests and Skills: Laurel is an experienced gardener.
Availability: Laurel is looking for a Full-time Chef and Household Manager position in Marin or the Wine Country.
Layla #E717 - Full-Time Chef in the Bay Area LIVE-IN OR LIVE-OUT
Experience: Layla has over eight years of experience as a Private Chef both in homes and on yachts. In addition to her positions in private homes, she has extensive experience in the foodservice industry and is the previous owner of a catering company.
Education: Layla has taken culinary courses in Italy, focusing on Tuscan techniques and wine, and has studied both sushi and pastry preparation.
Impression:: Layla has a passion for food and cooking. She is enthusiastic and easy-going, and has had to be very flexible in all of her jobs, especially when cooking on yachts.
Special Interests and Skills: Layla has an extensive knowledge of wine and wine pairings and is trained in formal silver service.
Availability: Layla is available for full-time positions in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jacob #C862 - Private Chef Part-time or Full-time
Experience: For over ten years, Jacob has been cooking in fine dining establishments, from The Fifth Floor in San Francisco to the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta to Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg. Now he is ready to bring his culinary talents to your home.
Impression: Jacob is down-to-earth, friendly, and hardworking.
Special Interests and Skills: Jacob has specialized in high-end, intimate dining, and he would like to bring this experience to private homes.
Availability: Jacob is seeking a part-time or full-time chef position in the Wine Country or in Marin.
Mike #C601 - Private Chef
Experience: Mike has been cooking professionally for over 20 years in private homes as well as fine restaurants such as Farallon, Spago, and Stars. He has been trained in French, Italian and American cooking and is comfortable preparing everything from vegetarian fare to comfort food.
Impression: Mike is easy going, confident, and adaptable.
Special Interests and Skills: Mike has experience with wine pairing and formal table setting and is comfortable wearing chef whites.
Availability: Mike is considering part-time and full-time chef positions anywhere in the Bay Area and is open to working on a temporary or full-time basis.
Jack #C340 - Part-Time Chef in San Francisco, Marin, the Wine Country and Monterey.
Experience: Jack has been working as a chef in private homes for the past nine years; he worked for one client for over five years and the other for more than three. He develops menus, manages kitchen and service staff, travels with clients, and caters events for up to 500 guests. Jack also does on-call cooking for a local winery, assists with instruction at his alma mater, and serves as an assistant and consultant to an executive chef, as time permits.
Education: Jack attended the Napa Valley Cooking School and has earned professional certificates in culinary and pastry arts.
Impression: Jack is easygoing, flexible and genuine.
Special Interests and Skills: Jack has volunteered at such events as the
Worlds of Flavor Conference and the Mustard Festival. He also won first prize in a recipe competition in 2005.
Availability: Jack currently works part-time and is looking for another part-time position to complement his current job.
James #A911 - Full-time Estate Professional/Chef/Household Manger/Personal Assistant (Open on Location)
Experience: James has been employed in formal, private homes consistently since 1998. He has experience as a Chef, Butler, Household and Estate Manager, and Personal Assistant. He is currently employed as a Butler in a 25,000-sq.-ft.-home in the Bay Area, where he manages 15 staff members.
Impression: James is willing, cheerful, capable and responsible.
Special Interests and Skills: James is fluent in Spanish. He is computer literate, with an emphasis on Quicken, MS Money, Palm Pilot, Power Point and Excel. He is also proficient in floral arranging!
Availability: James is seeking a full-time position, and is completely open on location.
Ken #A879 - Full-time Chef (Open on Location)
Experience: Ken is a stellar Chef with over 20 years professional experience. He has worked in one private home full-time for four years, and was the sole proprietor of a specialty condiment company in Hawaii for four years.
Education: Ken studied Hotel and Restaurant Management in college.
Impression: Ken is flexible and has a pitch-in attitude.
Special Interests and Skills: Ken is a Bay Area native and is delighted to be back after years in Hawaii.
Availability: Ken is seeking a full-time position and will work in San Francisco, Marin, Carmel, the Wine Country, the East and South Bay areas, and on the Peninsula.
Byron #A190 - Full-Time or Part-Time Chef in the Bay Area
Experience: Byron has five years of experience as a private Chef for one client, in addition to experience as the Executive Sous Chef for the owners and guests at a privately owned winery and eight years of experience at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco.
Education: Byron graduated from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and has a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Tennessee.
Impression: Byron is pleasant, friendly and enjoys being creative with food. A former Supervisor of Byron's told Town & Country: " Byron has the desire to please people and that is very important in this industry. Byron is very sensitive to the customers' needs and is good at anticipating those needs. He has great attention to detail and if he has to do something differently to make just one person happy, he will take that on by himself."
Special Interests and Skills: Byron has a wide range of culinary skills and is accustomed to accommodating last-minute special dietary requests including low fat, low carbohydrate, low salt, macrobiotic, vegan and vegetarian.
Availability: Full-time or Part-time Chef
