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Are you tired of coming home late from work
and not having anything in the pantry or refrigerator that’s
quick and easy to prepare? Is fast food an all too common
alternative for you and your family? Do you feel that mealtime
should be family time, but laborious food preparation and
clean up causes this time together to be cut short? Then
a personal chef is exactly what you need, and it’s
not as expensive as you may think!
A
personal chef can provide you with delicious, healthy meals
that are simple and easy for you and your family to enjoy. Let
Chef Celeste take care of everything else!
Cuisine
Featured menus are inspired by the Mediterranean
style diet (renowned for its health benefits, go to International
Olive Oil Council for more information).
This style has many cultural influences including Italian,
French, Spanish, Moroccan, Turkish and Greek. Also available
are ethnic cuisines such as Creole and Cajun, southern style
foods, Mexican, Indian, Thai and traditional American. All
foods are prepared with a focus on simplicity that is both
appetizing and healthful. Also, Chef Celeste makes sure all of your preferences
and food concerns are taken into consideration in the preparation
process.
The
beauty of focusing on the Mediterranean style is that it’s
great for anyone with special diet concerns, such as those
concerned with heart healthy diets approved by the American
Heart Association or those who are Diabetic and
are trying to follow the
American Diabetic Association’s guidelines.
This style is also great for those on low carb diets such
as the Atkins diet and the South Beach diet “lifestyle”
with its use of many low glycemic index foods (for more
about the glycemic index, go to Glycemic
Index of Foods). The Mediterranean style is also
perfect for vegans and vegetarians with its use of protein rich legumes
and fresh vegetables. Finally, this style is the essential
complement for those who want to supplement their personal
training exercise program or dietitian approved regiment.
(We really like the folks at Nutrition & Fitness Advisors)
All
dishes are prepared with heart healthy and trans fat free
Olive oil and Grapeseed oil and are typically prepared with
an abundance of fresh, fragrant herbs that are also recognized
for their medicinal attributes. The Mediterranean style,
combined with choosing fresh, organic and in season vegetables
and fruits, ensures a diet that is loaded with Vitamins
and Minerals. You get all of this and food that tastes,
smells and looks out of this world!!!
Are
your children picky eaters? No need to stress, traditional
dishes are also available such as good old-fashioned Macaroni
and Cheese or Meatballs and Spaghetti. Would you like a
change now and then? Chef Celeste makes sure that the variety of ethnic foods also offered
help to give you an assortment of choices to suit your moods.
Catering
“Olives
and Herbs” also offers catering services for small
dinner parties, cocktail parties, wedding and baby showers,
English tea parties (proudly serving Notting
Hall of Boston fine loose teas),
or intimate dinners for two. Catering services are offered
in eastern Massachusetts.
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An
“Olives and Herbs” personal chef service serves
Boston, North Shore, South Shore, Cambridge and the metro west areas including Brookline,
Belmont, Watertown, Lexington, Weston, Wayland, Lincoln, Newton, West Roxbury,
Wellesley and Needham. How It
Works
Personal
Chef Service includes grocery shopping for the meals, preparation
in your home, storage of your meals, and spotless clean
up of the kitchen! Choose from a wide assortment of menus
that are changed seasonally. Chef Celeste will do all of the
shopping and then come into your home to cook one day once
a week, bimonthly or monthly depending on the service you
choose. The meals are stored in glass Pyrex containers that
are microwave and oven safe and stored in your refrigerator
or freezer. All you have to do is come home and follow the
reheating instructions provided and you have dinner ready
in no time without the messy pots and pans!
Cooking Classes
Would
you like to learn the basics of cooking but are not interested
in being in a large class? Want to learn how to make your own 30 minute meals?
Or rather, would you like to know how to throw the perfect party but don’t know
where to start? Perhaps you are a newlywed, a bachelor or
new college freshman away from home and need a little help
in the kitchen. Then cooking
classes are just the thing for you!
Taught in
your home, in Watertown or in Cambridge near Kendall Square, classes
are a great way to learn more about a variety of foods and
techniques either individually in private lessons or with
others in a group setting. You can learn many of the tricks of
the trade from professionally trained Chef Celeste from the Cambridge
School of Culinary Arts, while also learning about the history
and cultural influences of the foods we love. Group lessons
are perfect for wedding showers, small corporate functions,
or just an excuse to get a group of friends together and
be silly with food! Chef Celeste will come into your home or teach
in our kitchens in Watertown or Cambridge and demonstrate food preparation and
techniques. Then, you and your friends get hands on attention
while executing recipes. Go to Cooking
Lessons to learn more about what we offer.
Group Lessons in Cambridge
Olives and Herbs
is proud to offer individual or group lessons at 157 Sixth
St., Cambridge, MA, near the Kendall Square T Stop and the
Cambridge Side Galleria. Please go to our Lessons page for
more information on class offerings and dates.
Lessons In Your Town
“Olives
and Herbs” also teaches individuals or groups privately in Boston
and surrounding areas including Brookline, Cambridge, and
WestRoxbury; the north shore including Malden, Swampscott,
Salem, Marblehead, and Manchester by the sea;
the south shore including Quincy and Braintree; and the
metro west area including Belmont, Lexington, Arlington,
Weston, Newton, Needham, Wellesley, Natick,
and Ashland. If we forgot to mention your town, please contact
us for availability!
Can’t
find the perfect gift? Personal chef services or lessons
are just the thing. Whether it’s
for the new mom, the newlywed, the freshman college student,
the busy professional, stressed families, valued administrative
assistants or the person who already has everything, this
gift certificate is sure to bring a smile! Please contact
us for the perfect gift today!
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“It’s
my mission to provide the healthiest, most delicious and affordable
meals for discerning busy professionals and the people
who matter most to them.” 