Kitchit All-Star Hosts Series: Brooke & Friends

Today we are thrilled to introduce our Kitchit All-Star Hosts series here on the blog! Since our launch we’ve heard plenty of amazing feedback about Kitchit, but until now we haven’t had a forum for sharing Kitchit experiences and showcasing the amazing events that our members and chefs have been putting together. We’ll be changing all of that in no time by highlighting great Kitchit events of all kinds that we hope will serve as inspiration to current and future Kitchit members!

Our All-Star Hosts need not be entertaining experts, and they need not have 8-burner ranges or an organic garden growing in the back yard. All they need are a few photos from their last Kitchit event and passion for sharing good food with good friends.

If you’d like to submit your Kitchit event for consideration as a part of this series, please email photos and a brief description to the Kitchit concierge: [email protected]. Be sure to include why you think your event should be chosen! As a token of appreciation for sharing your stories, featured All-Star Hosts will receive a small gift from the Kitchit team to help make your next event that much sweeter.

Today, we are featuring Kitchit member Brooke and her friends, who recently celebrated Brooke’s birthday, courtesy of Kitchit and chef Ian Mullen. They had a wonderful time – but don’t take our word for it! Here, Brooke’s brother, Cliff, chronicles the event:

“We heard that a Bay Area startup, Kitchit, was offering the class and quality of a private chef experience at reasonable prices, and since we wanted to give Brooke a dinner fit for a particularly awesome, caring friend, we jumped on the opportunity.  The result was a delicious dinner for Brooke and fifteen friends.

Through Kitchit’s website, we got in touch with Chef Ian Mullen and worked with him to choose menu items and discuss kitchen and dining room logistics. When the day of the birthday event arrived, Ian turned our kitchen into a beautiful, professional production line.

 Without lifting so much as a finger, we were delighted by a delicious first course consisting of baby purple artichokes, young ramps, speck, and Ian’s burrata, made by hand.  The Italian cheese with pork and tender artichokes started our evening on a flavorful and delicious note.

Following the first course was the main event: a dish of black bass with rhubarb, dandelion greens, and kabocha squash.  The flavors balanced and blended perfectly with the tart rhubarb playing off of the sweet squash.

Finally, our feast concluded with a sugar pumpkin, goat milk sorbet, and chocolate nib dessert, which went far above and beyond Brooke’s original request just for something “pumpkin-y.”  

A typical birthday party includes elaborate work on the part of the hosts to set up and take down the table arrangements, prepare the food, and wash dishes after the fact.  However, at this dinner, serving the food and cleaning up afterwards were completely handled for us. 

Instead, we got to spend the entire evening reciting haikus about the birthday girl, telling tales of past adventures, and enjoying a world-class meal.  This Kitchit dinner brought the quality of the first-class restaurant experience to our intimate, fun, home setting.

From the littlest of us to the eldest, we want to give Kitchit a big thank you for a wonderful, memorable dinner experience.  Thanks a bunch!”