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About Dining Details Personal Chef Service
Dining Details is a Personal Chef Service. We are a team of like-minded
individuals who love to cook, entertain, teach, and bring the love of fine foods to our
clients' tables and taste buds. We provide not only delicious cuisine that nourishes your mind and
body, but also the experience of true satisfaction and enjoyment. We create menus for each client's
specific preferences and dietary requirements, and prepare meals made from whole foods... most of
our ingredients so fresh they were picked or caught that very same day! We have a reputation among
our clients for consistently helping people feel healthier and more vibrant, and enjoy their quality of
life more than ever before through great food and personal service. Each Dining Details chef has their
own specialties, style, and personal flare, but we share the common passion for fine food, attention to
detail, and customized personal service. We travel to restaurants, cities, and homes where fine food
live worldwide, and bring that experience back to you. You are guaranteed consistent satisfaction
with Dining Details Personal Chefs Services. Please see below for client comments.
individuals who love to cook, entertain, teach, and bring the love of fine foods to our
clients' tables and taste buds. We provide not only delicious cuisine that nourishes your mind and
body, but also the experience of true satisfaction and enjoyment. We create menus for each client's
specific preferences and dietary requirements, and prepare meals made from whole foods... most of
our ingredients so fresh they were picked or caught that very same day! We have a reputation among
our clients for consistently helping people feel healthier and more vibrant, and enjoy their quality of
life more than ever before through great food and personal service. Each Dining Details chef has their
own specialties, style, and personal flare, but we share the common passion for fine food, attention to
detail, and customized personal service. We travel to restaurants, cities, and homes where fine food
live worldwide, and bring that experience back to you. You are guaranteed consistent satisfaction
with Dining Details Personal Chefs Services. Please see below for client comments.
Testimonials to Dining Details Services
"Dining Details surpassed our high expectations. Servers were unobtrusive, but everywhere they needed to be. The menu was inventive,
food was fabulous, and the house was left in great shape. Our guests were raving and we are enjoying the leftovers. Thanks again."
Steve Ellenberg, Dinner Party Client
"Thank you for creating such a memorable experience for my wife, her friends, and myself. You and your staff made a lasting, positive
impression on all of us. I don't find anything in the form of constructive criticism to feed back; Dining Details is top shelf in every respect
and we will certainly seek out and recommend your services in the future."
Charlie Jones, Dinner Party Client
"All I can say is Wow. My family and the party guests just raved and raved about the food and the service at the party on Saturday. It was
just perfectly done. And we really appreciated that they were flexible and helped us with plating when it was obvious that a buffet line
would be a huge nightmare with that many people. Oh, and washing a bunch of the dishes was a huge bonus for us!It was so nice to have
Robbie in the kitchen managing the meal so that we could worry about other things and also enjoy the day! Both of the chefs were so
wonderful and they did a marvelous job with the food. I can't stop raving about it. Whenever the opportunity arises, we'll
be sure to recommend you, and to use your services ourselves."
Rachel Rott, Dining Details Client
"Julie serves her clients with grace and excellence. Her cooking is superb, varied, and expertly tailored to each guest's culinary
requirements. Her professionalism and reliability are second to none."
Richard Friedman, Client and Former Employer
"Robbie, I am still bragging to everyone about my weekend and the fabulous meals we had at home. You certainly are gifted. I cannot
tell you how I enjoyed myself with my family and with YOU. You made for an outstanding weekend. Jean and I were writing a little
review of our trip and every other line had to do with your cooking. It was like a great resort-spa. We had such fun, but having
wonderful home cooked meals like yours was the topping. Please write a cookbook so that we can get all your recipes in one shot. I know
it still would not compare to your talent."
Kathy Gabe, Client
"I received a Dining Details Gift Certificate for my birthday last year. It was definitely the best gift I have ever received."
Monica Beith, "How-To Party" Client
"Julie, I don't know how this party could have been any better- you, Robbie, and your team did the most amazing job. Thank you!"
Janet Cooke, Holiday Party Client
"Julie's energetic and refreshing presentation of fine cuisine is unparalleled; each and every meal was special and included such a diverse
and varied style of cooking as to leave us anticipating each new experience."
Paul and Linda Marek, Dinner Pary Clients
"My wife and I had the pleasure of dining on Chef Julie's excellent cuisine. We have traveled extensively throughout the northern
hemisphere and can honestly say we enjoyed the best culinary delights we have experienced from the creative kitchen of chef Julie."
Larry Culp, Chef service Client
"From the moment Julie entered the front door, we knew we had chosen the perfect chef for our holiday party. The preparation was
professional and efficient, the presentation gorgeous, and the food delicious. We were charmed- and by the number of compliments we
received, so were our guests."
Angela & Dean Amstutz, Dining Details Clients
"How can I thank you enough, Julie-? You made the celebration!!! We all enjoyed the beautiful table and the delicious food. We could
have gone to the finest restaurant and it would not be as nice a memory and never close to that dining experience—the total experience!
Life is made up by memories-, and Friday is now among my most wonderful memories."
Pat Hutchinson, Dining Details Client
"Dining Details is the premier personal chef service! The extraordinary attention paid to the service, flower detail, and ambiance is a mere
afterthought once you have tasted your customized gourmet meal, prepared on-site, right before your eyes! Delightful, healthy
combinations of fresh foods make every Dining Details meal an indelible gourmet experience. From Dining Details Destination Dinners
for two to weekly healthy home gourmet services, Dining Details makes a lasting impression from a very special experience."
Brandon Lemke, Destination Dinner for Two and Home-Gourmet Client
"Dining Details surpassed our high expectations. Servers were unobtrusive, but everywhere they needed to be. The menu was inventive,
food was fabulous, and the house was left in great shape. Our guests were raving and we are enjoying the leftovers. Thanks again."
Steve Ellenberg, Dinner Party Client
"Thank you for creating such a memorable experience for my wife, her friends, and myself. You and your staff made a lasting, positive
impression on all of us. I don't find anything in the form of constructive criticism to feed back; Dining Details is top shelf in every respect
and we will certainly seek out and recommend your services in the future."
Charlie Jones, Dinner Party Client
"All I can say is Wow. My family and the party guests just raved and raved about the food and the service at the party on Saturday. It was
just perfectly done. And we really appreciated that they were flexible and helped us with plating when it was obvious that a buffet line
would be a huge nightmare with that many people. Oh, and washing a bunch of the dishes was a huge bonus for us!It was so nice to have
Robbie in the kitchen managing the meal so that we could worry about other things and also enjoy the day! Both of the chefs were so
wonderful and they did a marvelous job with the food. I can't stop raving about it. Whenever the opportunity arises, we'll
be sure to recommend you, and to use your services ourselves."
Rachel Rott, Dining Details Client
"Julie serves her clients with grace and excellence. Her cooking is superb, varied, and expertly tailored to each guest's culinary
requirements. Her professionalism and reliability are second to none."
Richard Friedman, Client and Former Employer
"Robbie, I am still bragging to everyone about my weekend and the fabulous meals we had at home. You certainly are gifted. I cannot
tell you how I enjoyed myself with my family and with YOU. You made for an outstanding weekend. Jean and I were writing a little
review of our trip and every other line had to do with your cooking. It was like a great resort-spa. We had such fun, but having
wonderful home cooked meals like yours was the topping. Please write a cookbook so that we can get all your recipes in one shot. I know
it still would not compare to your talent."
Kathy Gabe, Client
"I received a Dining Details Gift Certificate for my birthday last year. It was definitely the best gift I have ever received."
Monica Beith, "How-To Party" Client
"Julie, I don't know how this party could have been any better- you, Robbie, and your team did the most amazing job. Thank you!"
Janet Cooke, Holiday Party Client
"Julie's energetic and refreshing presentation of fine cuisine is unparalleled; each and every meal was special and included such a diverse
and varied style of cooking as to leave us anticipating each new experience."
Paul and Linda Marek, Dinner Pary Clients
"My wife and I had the pleasure of dining on Chef Julie's excellent cuisine. We have traveled extensively throughout the northern
hemisphere and can honestly say we enjoyed the best culinary delights we have experienced from the creative kitchen of chef Julie."
Larry Culp, Chef service Client
"From the moment Julie entered the front door, we knew we had chosen the perfect chef for our holiday party. The preparation was
professional and efficient, the presentation gorgeous, and the food delicious. We were charmed- and by the number of compliments we
received, so were our guests."
Angela & Dean Amstutz, Dining Details Clients
"How can I thank you enough, Julie-? You made the celebration!!! We all enjoyed the beautiful table and the delicious food. We could
have gone to the finest restaurant and it would not be as nice a memory and never close to that dining experience—the total experience!
Life is made up by memories-, and Friday is now among my most wonderful memories."
Pat Hutchinson, Dining Details Client
"Dining Details is the premier personal chef service! The extraordinary attention paid to the service, flower detail, and ambiance is a mere
afterthought once you have tasted your customized gourmet meal, prepared on-site, right before your eyes! Delightful, healthy
combinations of fresh foods make every Dining Details meal an indelible gourmet experience. From Dining Details Destination Dinners
for two to weekly healthy home gourmet services, Dining Details makes a lasting impression from a very special experience."
Brandon Lemke, Destination Dinner for Two and Home-Gourmet Client
Food is not only
my profession; it
is my passion. I
believe it is
essential to put
love, enthusiasm,
and positive
energy into
everything that I
create. Food
should be
balanced,
nutritious, and
healing to your
mind, body, and
spirit. Quality food
provides you the
ingredients to be
the best you can
be each day. Good
food, good life,
Bon Apetit!
Chef Julie
my profession; it
is my passion. I
believe it is
essential to put
love, enthusiasm,
and positive
energy into
everything that I
create. Food
should be
balanced,
nutritious, and
healing to your
mind, body, and
spirit. Quality food
provides you the
ingredients to be
the best you can
be each day. Good
food, good life,
Bon Apetit!
Chef Julie
Rated One of "San Diego's Top Chefs" by San Diego Magazine,
February, 2007, and featured as San Diego's leading personal chef
service for luxury living, San Diego Magazine, March, 2008. Dining
Details has also been featured in City Beat and on KUSI News
February, 2007, and featured as San Diego's leading personal chef
service for luxury living, San Diego Magazine, March, 2008. Dining
Details has also been featured in City Beat and on KUSI News
Chef Julie Ellard, Owner/Chef/Operations Manager
Julie has been working as a personal and private chef since 2001, first travelling the world
cooking aboard private and charter yachts for several years after graduating from UC Santa
Barbara in 2000. She returned to her home town of San Diego in 2005 to develop Dining
Details. She realized her dream of combining her gourmet cooking skills, passion for health,
people skills, and vast array of cooking experiences to create a luxury service, able to extend
into a variety of client's homes and lives. She is happy to extend a wider variety of services to
more individuals as the business continues to grow. Her goals of spreading enjoyment and
education of healthy, whole food living and the importance of organics are realized more and
more as people embrace the healthy gourmet food that Dining Details provides, and take
advantages of such services as Julie's complimentary monthly newsletter and cooking clubs.
Julie offers Dining Details as a service that makes the best restaurant in the comfort of your
own home, and looks forward to growing the business as a service that provides quality chefs
to a great number of homes and families all over San Diego.
Chef Robbie Frans,Owner/Chef
Robbie began his cooking career working in the kitchens of fine dining establishments in his
home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in Denver, Colorado, where he received his formal
culinary training. After accepting the position of chef aboard the 110' private yacht,
Dorothea, he quickly became the travelling private chef to a prestigious US Ambassador.
Robbie travelled back and forth to Miami, Rancho Santa Fe, and the yacht, Dorothea,
wherever she was docked, catering to the needs of his client's family, friends, and colleagues.
Robbie has travelled abroad a great deal, as well, studying food throughout Europe and
interning in Singapore. Chef Robbie is brilliantly creative, and specializes in preparing
healthy, low fat, delicious creations, straight from the farm to your table. His awe inspiring
presentations have wowed dinner guests such as John Kerry and other political dignitaries.
Natalie Green, Personal Chef, Specializing in Healthy Home Gourmet
Natalie graduated San Diego Culinary Institute in September, 2007, and started with Dining
Details as an intern. She soon took over the position of full time assistant just in the nick of
time for our busy holiday season, and has since moved up the ranks to become a personal
chef, managing her own accounts and taking on the role of "healthy home gourmet specialist."
She has a passion for fine food and gourmet preparations, and eagerly enjoys taking care of
clients and families with her healthy home gourmet cooking. Artistic, friendly, and detail
oriented, she is the perfect addition to the Dining Details Team.
PJ Watkins, Personal Chef, Specializing in Dinner Parties
Chef PJ has been working with Dining Details since early '08, impressing us and our our
clients with his unique plates and interesting flavor combinations. Soft spoken and intently
focused, PJ makes magic happen in kitchens around San Diego. From his exquisite, romantic
dinners for two, to dinner parties for 50, the taste and quality of PJ's cuisine is second to none.
We are proud and honored to add this fine, experienced chef to the team!
Laura Paredes, Chef's Assistant
Laura makes everyone's job easier and more pleasant. She spends her time in the kitchen with
all four Dining Details Chefs, shopping, chopping, prepping, skewering, assembling,
marinating, and so much more. She is blossoming into a respectable young chef, with a
passion for learning, and an eagerness that proves her future success in the business, and with
our company. With only one Laura, and four chefs depending on her assistance, we are glad to
have found such a diligent, intelligent, and energetic junior chef to fill her shoes.
Breezy Gatavasky, Details Coordinating Manager/Pastry Chef
Breezy, Dining Details' Details Coordinator and Assistant Manager, has worked with Dining
Details since the early months of 2006. Having served in such capacities within the company
as chef's assistant, pastry chef, office assistant, design and detail coordinator, and server
coordinator, she is the eyes and the ears of the company. Breezy is the right-hand-woman to
the chefs, assisting in the kitchen as needed but moreover taking care of the party details,
staff, and service flow, so that each chef can focus on their specialty; the food! She also
specializes in wedding cakes. Ask us for more info on her specialty cakes. Extremely detail
oriented, Breezy monitors the consistency and quality throughout Dining Details Services,
taking care of the dining details.
Serving and Bar Staff
Dining Details has a staff of on-call servers, chefs, and bartenders that we can hire or refer to
attend to your service needs.
All Dining Details Chefs are responsibly licensed and fully insured as Personal
Chefs; professionally trained and certified in culinary
arts, certified in both Safe-Serve and HAACP Safety and
Sanitation. Dining Details is a member of the Personal Chef
Network, San Diego North Chamber of Commerce, Business Network
International, Greater San Diego Business Association, and Slow Foods Int.
Julie has been working as a personal and private chef since 2001, first travelling the world
cooking aboard private and charter yachts for several years after graduating from UC Santa
Barbara in 2000. She returned to her home town of San Diego in 2005 to develop Dining
Details. She realized her dream of combining her gourmet cooking skills, passion for health,
people skills, and vast array of cooking experiences to create a luxury service, able to extend
into a variety of client's homes and lives. She is happy to extend a wider variety of services to
more individuals as the business continues to grow. Her goals of spreading enjoyment and
education of healthy, whole food living and the importance of organics are realized more and
more as people embrace the healthy gourmet food that Dining Details provides, and take
advantages of such services as Julie's complimentary monthly newsletter and cooking clubs.
Julie offers Dining Details as a service that makes the best restaurant in the comfort of your
own home, and looks forward to growing the business as a service that provides quality chefs
to a great number of homes and families all over San Diego.
Chef Robbie Frans,Owner/Chef
Robbie began his cooking career working in the kitchens of fine dining establishments in his
home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in Denver, Colorado, where he received his formal
culinary training. After accepting the position of chef aboard the 110' private yacht,
Dorothea, he quickly became the travelling private chef to a prestigious US Ambassador.
Robbie travelled back and forth to Miami, Rancho Santa Fe, and the yacht, Dorothea,
wherever she was docked, catering to the needs of his client's family, friends, and colleagues.
Robbie has travelled abroad a great deal, as well, studying food throughout Europe and
interning in Singapore. Chef Robbie is brilliantly creative, and specializes in preparing
healthy, low fat, delicious creations, straight from the farm to your table. His awe inspiring
presentations have wowed dinner guests such as John Kerry and other political dignitaries.
Natalie Green, Personal Chef, Specializing in Healthy Home Gourmet
Natalie graduated San Diego Culinary Institute in September, 2007, and started with Dining
Details as an intern. She soon took over the position of full time assistant just in the nick of
time for our busy holiday season, and has since moved up the ranks to become a personal
chef, managing her own accounts and taking on the role of "healthy home gourmet specialist."
She has a passion for fine food and gourmet preparations, and eagerly enjoys taking care of
clients and families with her healthy home gourmet cooking. Artistic, friendly, and detail
oriented, she is the perfect addition to the Dining Details Team.
PJ Watkins, Personal Chef, Specializing in Dinner Parties
Chef PJ has been working with Dining Details since early '08, impressing us and our our
clients with his unique plates and interesting flavor combinations. Soft spoken and intently
focused, PJ makes magic happen in kitchens around San Diego. From his exquisite, romantic
dinners for two, to dinner parties for 50, the taste and quality of PJ's cuisine is second to none.
We are proud and honored to add this fine, experienced chef to the team!
Laura Paredes, Chef's Assistant
Laura makes everyone's job easier and more pleasant. She spends her time in the kitchen with
all four Dining Details Chefs, shopping, chopping, prepping, skewering, assembling,
marinating, and so much more. She is blossoming into a respectable young chef, with a
passion for learning, and an eagerness that proves her future success in the business, and with
our company. With only one Laura, and four chefs depending on her assistance, we are glad to
have found such a diligent, intelligent, and energetic junior chef to fill her shoes.
Breezy Gatavasky, Details Coordinating Manager/Pastry Chef
Breezy, Dining Details' Details Coordinator and Assistant Manager, has worked with Dining
Details since the early months of 2006. Having served in such capacities within the company
as chef's assistant, pastry chef, office assistant, design and detail coordinator, and server
coordinator, she is the eyes and the ears of the company. Breezy is the right-hand-woman to
the chefs, assisting in the kitchen as needed but moreover taking care of the party details,
staff, and service flow, so that each chef can focus on their specialty; the food! She also
specializes in wedding cakes. Ask us for more info on her specialty cakes. Extremely detail
oriented, Breezy monitors the consistency and quality throughout Dining Details Services,
taking care of the dining details.
Serving and Bar Staff
Dining Details has a staff of on-call servers, chefs, and bartenders that we can hire or refer to
attend to your service needs.
All Dining Details Chefs are responsibly licensed and fully insured as Personal
Chefs; professionally trained and certified in culinary
arts, certified in both Safe-Serve and HAACP Safety and
Sanitation. Dining Details is a member of the Personal Chef
Network, San Diego North Chamber of Commerce, Business Network
International, Greater San Diego Business Association, and Slow Foods Int.
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