The Chefs View

🍷🍽️ FIVE COURSES. EXCEPTIONAL WINES. LIVE SYMPHONY. ONE UNFORGETTABLE EVENING! 🎻✨

Last week, I had the pleasure of creating an extraordinary five course private dining experience, beautifully presented on RAK Porcelain from the UAE! 🇦🇪

Did I mention we had musicians from the Springfield Symphony performing LIVE throughout dinner? 🎻🎼

The evening was simply DIVINE!

👨‍🍳 THE MENU

🥩 COURSE 1 | Herb Encrusted Lamb Lollipops
Roasted red pepper coulis.
🍷 E. Guigal Côte Rôtie Brune et Blonde

🥗 COURSE 2 | Roasted Beet & Endive Salad
Golden and red beets, Belgian endive, arugula, whipped Roquefort and ricotta, candied pecans, ch*****ne vinaigrette.
🍷 Maison Trimbach Riesling, Alsace

🥘 COURSE 3 | Beef Bourguignon
Truffle smashed garlic potatoes, roasted carrots, onions, mushrooms, rich red w**e reduction, finished with torched rosemary.
🍷 Marchand Frères Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

🍮 COURSE 4 | Honey Crème Brûlée
Perfectly caramelized sugar, Luxardo cherries.
🍷 Royal Tokaji Red Label 5 Puttonyos

🧀 COURSE 5 | Artisan Cheese Experience
Three exceptional cheeses, one from Missouri 🇺🇸 and two from France 🇫🇷, served with toast points, local honey and candied nuts.
🍷 Paired with a spectacular 50 YEAR OLD TAWNY PORT!

✨ THE ART OF DINING

Being a private chef is about more than cooking incredible food. It’s about creating unforgettable experiences that engage every sense.

From the first bite to the final note of the symphony, every detail matters.

Special thanks to the Springfield Symphony musicians for the beautiful music and RAK Porcelain - Professional Porcelain for providing the perfect canvas for our culinary creations! 🇦🇪

The Chefs View 👨‍🍳

RAK Porcelain USA 🇺🇸 - Professional Tina Davis

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Is this the future of transportation or just another wild Elon Musk promise?

🚨🛒 WAIT… A GROCERY STORE WITH FREE CHILDCARE AND A NIGHTCLUB?! 🤯🍸💃

Naples, Florida, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON OVER HERE?!

Welcome to SEED TO TABLE! 🌱🍅🥩

I have traveled the world as a private chef, visited some incredible markets, and experienced grocery stores in countless countries. But THIS PLACE?! This is an entirely different level of grocery shopping! 🤯

First of all, can we talk about the FREE CHILDCARE?! 👶🎉

YES, FREE CHILDCARE WHILE YOU SHOP! Parents, are you listening?! Someone finally understood the assignment! 😂🙌

But WAIT… it gets BETTER!

Imagine walking into a grocery store that has:

🥬 Fresh Produce Straight From Local Farms

🥩 Premium Meats And Incredible Seafood

🧀 Fresh Mozzarella, Homemade Pasta And Gourmet Specialties

🥖 A Beautiful Bakery Full Of Delicious Temptations

🍷 W**e Experts And Multiple Bars

🍽️ Restaurants Serving Up Incredible Food

🍹 Drinks You Can Enjoy WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING!

🎶 LIVE MUSIC SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK!

💃 AND YES… A NIGHTCLUB ATMOSPHERE! 🪩🔥

WHO INVENTED THIS PLACE?! 😂

And here’s what really gets my attention as a chef…

Seedtotable is part of Oakes Farms, an agricultural operation growing more than 70 varieties of fruits and vegetables across over 3,500 acres in Southwest Florida! 🌱

Some of that produce can travel from the farm to the grocery store in as little as 24 HOURS!

THAT is what fresh food is all about! 👨‍🍳👏

This isn’t just a grocery store. It’s a FARMERS MARKET, RESTAURANT, ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, BAR AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE ALL UNDER ONE ROOF!

You can literally drop the kids off, shop for dinner, enjoy a cocktail, eat an amazing meal, and dance the night away!

I came for groceries and apparently stumbled into VEGAS WITH VEGETABLES! 🥕🪩😂

Naples, you have something SPECIAL here!

Now I have ONE QUESTION…

WHY ISN’T EVERY GROCERY STORE LIKE THIS?! 🤯

👇 Would YOU shop at a grocery store with FREE CHILDCARE, cocktails and a nightclub? TAG someone who needs to experience this place!

There’s one very special person that I hold Dear to my heart that I’m sharing these figs with today I’m gonna surprise you and see you later.

🤩 LIFE UPDATE

On my way to cook for six guests today, and honestly, this is one of my favorite size events.

Six people gives me the opportunity to really slow down, get creative, focus on every plate, and make the experience personal. After all these years of cooking, that part still excites me. Creating something memorable for people around a table never gets old.

But driving through Ozark, Missouri today got me thinking about something else.

There used to be this little restaurant down by the river that everybody went to for prime rib. It was one of those local places people just knew. And now it has been gone for years.

It reminded me how easy it is to say, “We need to go try that place sometime.”

Then sometime never comes.

So here is your reminder. Go eat at that local restaurant you keep talking about. Support the chef who is putting everything they have into creating great food. Support the restaurant sourcing ingredients from local farmers. Support the family taking the risk and trying to build something special in your community.

If somebody is doing something amazing, show up while they are still there.

Restaurants do not survive on compliments, shares, or people saying they have been meaning to come in. They survive because people walk through the door, sit down at the table, order the food, and come back.

Support local. Support chefs. Support farmers. Support the people who are actually out there creating something.

And today, I get to do exactly what I love.

Six guests. Six plates at a time. Six opportunities to create an experience they WILL remember.

That is what this life is about. Find what you love. Get damn good at it. Keep creating. Keep growing. Keep showing up. And never lose the excitement that made you fall in love with it in the first place.

Do work that matters. Create experiences people remember. Leave your mark. ❤️👨‍🍳🔥