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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 Marc 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 Marc 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 Marc 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 Marc 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
Marc 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 Marc 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.” 