a private chef experience

weekly meals. designed for you.

Portland, Oregon

how it works.

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    Place An Order

    Place your order by Friday at Midnight to ensure Tuesday pickup! This allows Chef Luca just enough time to order and prepare your meals while maintaining a Zero Waste approach.

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    Wait Patiently.

    It is a virtue, after all! While you wait patiently, Chef Luca will be preparing your meals from scratch and packaging individual elements to create an at-home private chef experience.

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    Prepare To Cook.

    Mentally. All the physical work is done! All you have to do is follow my instructions. Most meals take 10-20 minutes to prepare (with some exceptions). All you have to do is enjoy the fun part of cooking.

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    Enjoy.

    Enjoy the time spent in the kitchen. Enjoy the delicious food we prepared. Enjoy the company which you share with. You deserve it.

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  • Creator & Chef

    From a young age, I was drawn to the relationship between food & culture. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I spent my youth devouring Mission-style burritos, exploring Boba bars & my own ancestral heritage. I graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014 with degrees in Political Science & Business. My studies focused on political philosophy, business & environmental sustainability have been the catalyst for my culinary curiosity.

    I then learned my trade by working within the industry. I worked stints at esteemed Portland establishments Veritable Quandary & St. Honoré Patisserie before settling in at a North Portland neighborhood cafe Sweedeedee where I quickly aligned creatively and philosophically. Over the next 4 years, I honed my craft and found my love for educating and experimenting with food.

    I now have a very diverse work-life as a Chef in Portland, Oregon.

    - I teach Cooking Classes at Cookshop where I host public and private classes designed for the home chef.

    -I am the owner of Cookwise: part recipe club, part cooking school designed to inspire, educate and empower you to gain control of your own kitchen.

    -Lastly, I am the Creator & Chef of Squirrel Meals PDX, a local meal prep service where I make 3 meals a week in an effort to be a solution for the ‘midweek meal’ problem.

    I vow to continue to explore the culinary world while maintaining the connection between the Chef, the consumer, and the environment that surrounds us.

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