IT'S NOT JUST FOOD, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE
CHEF PREPARED ON SITE
From the moment my team and I arrive at your door, you'll know that you're about to experience something special!
We'll arrive with fresh ingredients and everything else needed to transform your home kitchen into a professional work space.
Unlike other personal chef and catering services that may begin preparing some or all of your food days in advance, we fully prepare everything fresh on site to provide an unapparelled level of freshness and quality in our finished product!
HIGH QUALITY INGREDIENTS
Locally sourced, hand crafted sea salt. Grass fed beef tallow. Air chilled chicken. Those are the kind of ingredients you can expect to see me unpacking in your kitchen.
I select all of the ingredients myself and purchase as close to the service date as possible (often the day of!) to ensure optimal freshness and quality.
I especially loves to source special ingredients from farmers markets and my favorite local vendors, like Saltery in Duxbury, The Fruit Center in Hingham and Mullaney's Fish Market in Scituate Harbor.
HEALTH CONSCIOUS MENUS
I'm on a mission to prove that healthy food should never have to look or taste like "health food" with my vibrant array of dairy free, gluten free, refined sugar free and allergen friendly menu options!
I love to create recipes that leave you feeling even better than before you've enjoyed them - which means avoiding overly processed and inflammatory ingredients, like seed oils, binders and artificial preservatives, whenever possible.
FLEXIBLE SERVICE OPTIONS
Whether you're looking for a simple personal chef service, or full service catering option complete with bartending, service staff, entertainment and rentals, my team of experienced team of service professionals and I can assist with almost every element of hosting, no matter how big or small!
Meet, Melissa!
With a passion for creating vibrant dishes with whole, healthy ingredients, I am on a mission to prove that healthy food should never have to look or taste like "health food" with my ever evolving repertoire of healthy, but delicious dishes. I love to work with local farms and artisan vendors that mirror my passion for minimal processing and letting the health and high quality of my ingredients shine!
I began cooking at very young age, taking my earliest instruction from the seasoned home-chefs in my traditional Italian family, where I developed my love of working with high quality, whole food ingredients. As soon I was able to work outside of my family's kitchen, I immediately found myself learning from the professional chefs that took me under their wing during my 15+ years in the restaurant industry.
When I'm not working with Suddenly Simple, you can find me hosting my health conscious, cable-access cooking show, Mood Food With Melissa, launching my paleo-friendly bakery line Mood Food Bakehouse, or in the pottery studio creating my signature plates and serving spoons.
In the past, I have hosted a number of pop-up public dining events, including a farm-to-table dinner series and number of wellness retreats, and still love to be involved as the chef for these types of events when they are hosted by others!
At this time, I am no longer hosting public dining events and can only be booked for chef services via Suddenly Simple - although, you may still find me popping up for a rare public offering, collaboration or promotional event from time to time!
Follow @melissamakesitsimple on Instagram or view the event feed for updates on where I will be popping up next.
I'm on a mission to prove that healthy food should never have to look or taste like "health food", with my vibrant and flavorful dishes!
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