What To Expect
What you can expect when working with Chef Tom Catrow for private events, in-home chef services, fine dining experiences, and culinary consulting.
Private Chef Services
The experience of a private chef, brought into your own kitchen, with the kind of meal you might normally wait weeks to reserve.
Everything begins with a menu designed around you. Your preferences, allergies, dietary needs, and health goals are considered long before the cooking starts.
Expect signature California cuisine, elevated by a sauce program developed through 25 years of experience in fine dining kitchens.
Choose what works for your household, whether that means one special dinner or private chef services on a recurring schedule.
This is not meal delivery or food left in a drop-off tray. Tom handles the shopping, cooking, plating, and cleanup in your home. You simply enjoy the meal, the company, and an evening with nothing left to do afterward.
Because every household is different, each plan is priced individually according to frequency, dietary requirements, and the complexity of the meals.
Private Event Catering & Fine Dining Experience
Your kitchen turns into a private restaurant, with each dish prepared live and plated one course at a time. It is more than dinner. It is the kind of experience your guests will still be talking about weeks later.
Every menu is created specifically for the occasion. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary, engagement, or simply bringing favorite people together, Tom plans the food around that particular evening.
Tom brings 25 years of fine dining experience directly to your event. He has cooked for archbishops, professional athletes, and intimate private gatherings, always with the same attention to the moments that matter.
From planning the menu and preparing the ingredients to cooking and plating each course, Tom handles the entire meal. You get to enjoy your guests, accept the compliments, and stay out of the kitchen.
Pricing is customized for every event based on the number of guests, menu complexity, and level of service. Welcome cocktails, handmade sauces, wine pairings, and private servers can also be added to complete the experience.
Culinary Consulting
Backed by more than 25 years of culinary experience, Tom helps restaurants, professional kitchens, and organizations improve their food, refine their systems, and run stronger operations.
His consulting is available for restaurant startups that need menu development or kitchen guidance, community organizations creating youth cooking programs, and new chefs or kitchen managers looking for support from an experienced culinary professional.
Each project is priced individually based on its goals, needs, and overall scope.
Chef Tom serves clients across Seal Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, and the greater Orange County area. Whether you need a private chef for your household, a chef-driven dining experience for a special event, or professional culinary consulting, your pricing will be customized around your specific needs and goals.
Together, we can create a plan that fits comfortably into your lifestyle.