Business Details
Your Culinary Experience Starts Here
We are Nate & Rochelle, a culinary and business duo whose journey began with intimate supper club dinners in our home. Over the years, we expanded our passion into a specialty food store, deli, and eventually a full-service fine dining restaurant. Our expertise spans culinary arts, hospitality, business strategy, and data analytics, allowing us to offer private chef services, cooking classes, and consulting. With Nate's mastery of kitchen economics and Rochelle's background in business management, we deliver personalized experiences rooted in years of operational excellence.Our commitment to quality remains unwavering, whether crafting multi-course meals for private events or sharing culinary knowledge through educational classes. We now focus on creating bespoke dining experiences and strategic consulting, blending our deep industry experience to serve clients with the same dedication that defined our restaurant success.
Services
Cooking Classes
Private Chef Services
Consulting Services
Bar Supplies
Specialty Food Products
Highlights and features
- We offer over 20 years of culinary expertise from fine dining operations
- Our team provides personalized private chef services for intimate gatherings
- We specialize in hands-on cooking classes featuring seasonal dishes
- Our consulting services combine culinary knowledge with business strategy
- We maintain a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction
Services
Cooking Classes
Our cooking classes feature seasonal dishes from our restaurant's menu. Participants enjoy a curated dining experience while learning techniques to recreate these meals at home. Classes include detailed instruction on preparation and presentation.
Private Chef Services
We provide multi-course meals for groups of 4-12 in your home. Our private chef services feature dishes from our restaurant's repertoire, tailored to your preferences while maintaining the quality of a fine dining experience.
Consulting Services
Our consulting combines culinary expertise with business analytics. We offer brand development, operational design, and marketing strategy services tailored to food industry entrepreneurs and established businesses seeking optimization.
People
Nate Rafns
Chef & Culinary Educator
Nate brings decades of culinary expertise, specializing in kitchen economics and operational efficiency. His career spans fine dining restaurants and educational cooking classes, with a focus on seasonal cuisine and process optimization.
Rochelle Rafns
Business Strategist
Rochelle combines hospitality expertise with data science proficiency. She specializes in brand development and business analytics, leveraging her masters' degrees to provide strategic consulting for food industry clients.
Questions
What private chef services do you offer?
We provide multi-course meals for groups of 4-12 in your home, featuring dishes from our restaurant's repertoire with personalized adaptations.
Are your cooking classes hands-on?
While not hands-on, our classes include detailed instruction on preparation techniques and ingredient selection to recreate dishes at home.
What consulting services do you provide?
We offer brand development, operational design, and data-driven marketing strategies tailored to food businesses and culinary entrepreneurs.
Where are your cooking classes held?
Classes take place at Willamette Valley Kitchen Company in Salem, Oregon, featuring our favorite seasonal dishes from the restaurant.
