Concept demo, prepared for Chef Phil DeWar by HigherMindAI. Film and imagery are concept pieces. Menu prices are from the published catering menu.
Guests laughing and passing a platter at a candlelit dinner table

Door I - private chef

Your table. His setlist.

An interactive dinner, composed for one table on one night, cooked in your home.

905.586.0045

Culinary arts: food as a medium

A chef builds a menu the way a musician builds a setlist.

“When designing the sequence of a menu the chef is no different than a musician curating a setlist; each dish setting the stage for the next flavour, complimenting one sensory experience after another to provide a journey for the audience.”

“When you book a private cheffing session with Chef Phil DeWar prepare yourself for an interactive culinary experience. Enjoy sublime dining as your chef shares the story, inspiration, and elements behind each specially designed course.”

“No two menu tours are alike.” from the private cheffing page

Chocolate sauce poured over a slice of rum cakeConcept imagery

A sample setlist

Opening act. Main set. Encore.

Built from the published menu to show the shape of a night. Yours is composed with Phil, and it will not look like anyone else's.

Opening act

  1. 01Plantain Bruschetta
  2. 02Saltfish Fritters
  3. 03Trini Doubles

Main set

  1. 04Classic Soulyve Jerk Chicken
  2. 05Oxtail
  3. 06Curry Goat

On the side

  1. 07Rice & Peas
  2. 08Macaroni Pie
  3. 09Mumbo Salad

Encore

  1. 10Mango Cheesecake
  2. 11Apple Blossom

Private dinners are quoted personally. The desk collects the brief; Phil answers with the menu and the number.

How the night runs

Four steps to the table.

  1. 01

    Build your setlist

    Two minutes on the desk: date, guests, town, the dishes you are drawn to, the heat you can take.

  2. 02

    Hear back inside 24 hours

    The published promise: "we will respond to your request within 24 hours." published

  3. 03

    Compose it together

    "Any personalisation or collaboration in the theme of your carte du jour is always encouraged!" published

  4. 04

    The night

    "Enjoy sublime dining as your chef shares the story, inspiration, and elements behind each specially designed course." published

Where he cooks

Nine towns on the list.

Further out is a conversation - pick "Other" on the desk and travel is confirmed with the quote.

OrangevilleMonoCaledonShelburneGrand ValleyAllistonNew TecumsethDundalkCollingwood
Service areaabout 20 minabout 45 minOrangevillethe kitchenMonoabout 15 minCaledonabout 20 minShelburneabout 25 minGrand Valleyabout 25 minAllistonabout 40 minNew Tecumsethabout 45 minDundalkabout 40 minCollingwoodabout 75 min

The desk

Name the date.

Two minutes on the desk, and a reply inside 24 hours.

Call 905.586.0045