Private Chef Julia

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I provide In-home, custom services: Dinner Parties, Cooking Classes, Culinary education, Meal planning, Meal Prep Services. Private Chef Service.

I am specialized in private in-house catering as well as cooking demonstrations/Classes Creating a uniquely enriched environment in the kitchen and the dining area. The service includes the shopping, cooking and cleaning.

10/01/2026

I got to celebrate an 80th birthday with a family of five who wanted the night to feel as special as the occasion itself. This wasn't our first dinner together. I've cooked for this family a few times now, and eighty years deserves a table like this.

The Menu:

Hors d’Oeuvres
- Mini beef wellington filet with mushroom & horseradish cream
- Mini Crab Cakes with lemon-herb aioli & microgreens
- Bacon-wrapped dates with goat cheese & maple glaze

First Course
- Burrata & roasted autumn pear salad pomegranate, toasted hazelnuts, crispy prosciutto & aged balsamic

Entrée
- Filet mignon with truffle mashed potatoes, roasted wild mushrooms, seasonal vegetables & red w**e demi-glaze

Dessert
- Warm apple crisp with brown butter oat crumble, vanilla bean ice cream & salted carmel

Eighty years of memories deserve a celebration that matches them. If you're planning a milestone birthday, contact me and let's build a menu around it.

09/29/2026

A 40th birthday deserves more than a reservation**.** I set the table for 18 in Hartland, celebrating a milestone with the people who mean the most.

There's something about cooking for a full group like this. The energy of family and friends all in one room, plates going around, the birthday guest actually getting to sit back and enjoy their own night. No one's stuck in the kitchen missing their own party.

Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, family gatherings, I build the menu around the celebration and bring it right to your home. If you've got one coming up, contact me and let's talk about what your night could look like.

09/27/2026

Celebrating a new life on the way with this baby shower in Holly Michigan. We cooked for the Young family, and it was such a joy to be part of their day!

Thank you to the young family for letting me be part of your beautiful celebration.

If you have a baby shower, or gathering coming up, contact me and let’s build a menu for it!

09/24/2026

Here’s the full spread from Claire’s “Ahoy, Its a Boy” baby shower in Holly, Michigan — beautifully presented one course at a time. ⚓

Hors d’Oeuvres
- Petit beef wellington bites
- Caprese skewers
- Petit lobster rolls

First Course
- Buttermilk herb dressing salad with seasonal vegetables

Entrée
- Herb-roasted organic chicken with lemon white w**e sauce
- Whipped potatoes & seasonal vegetables.

Dessert
- Warm chocolate lava cake with vanilla bean ice cream.

Want a menu built around your celebration? Contact me.

09/22/2026

A corporate dinner in South Lyon, start to finish. Setup, prep, plating, and the moment guests sit down to actually enjoy it.

This is my favorite part to capture: everything that goes into the evening before the first bite, then watching a table full of people relax into it.

If you want an evening like this for your own home, contact me and let's talk about what it could look like.

09/20/2026

This is what a full baby shower menu from a private chef looks like—beautifully plated by the water in Holly for Claire’s “Ahoy, It’s a Boy!” celebration. ⚓️

We started with petit beef wellington bites, caprese skewers, and mini lobster rolls, then a buttermilk herb salad with seasonal vegetables. For the main course, herb-roasted organic chicken with a lemon white w**e sauce, whipped potatoes, and more seasonal vegetables. Dessert was warm chocolate lava cake with vanilla bean ice cream.

Every dish was built to be shared around a table full of people who love Claire.

09/16/2026

A corporate dinner in South Lyon, where guests got to decide how they filled their plates.

We started the evening with passed bites: crostini, caprese skewers, and a shrimp cocktail display set out on the coffee table so guests could mingle before sitting down to eat.

For dinner, beef tenderloin and herb roasted organic chicken were laid out alongside a gruyere potato gratin and broccoli and carrots, so everyone could build their own plate exactly how they wanted it. Simple food, done well, is what makes a corporate dinner feel less like a corporate dinner.

We closed the night with individual chocolate mousse cups, because dessert should feel just as personal as everything that came before it.

This is what private dining does for a work event: it turns a meeting into an evening people actually remember. If you’re planning something for your team, let’s talk about what that could look like.

09/13/2026

This one was for a surprise dinner for ten in New Boston, filet mignon, lobster bisque, and a wedge salad that came together course by course while the guests had no idea what was waiting for them. Watching a room settle into a meal like that never gets old.

Want an evening like this for your people? Contact me and let's talk about what you're celebrating.

09/10/2026

Hosting doesn’t have to mean you’re stuck in the kitchen all night. This get-together in Bloomfield Hills was ten friends who wanted a real dinner party where they could actually relax, so I handled the menu, the prep, and every course while everyone just sat and talked. That’s the kind of hosting I love making possible.

Want a night like this for your friends? Contact me and let’s plan it.

09/08/2026

Ten friends, one table, and a menu that brought them together. We started with a velvety roasted butternut squash soup, moved into herb-crusted filet mignon with truffled cauliflower, and closed the night with a classic vanilla bean creme brulee. Good food slows people down and lets them actually be together.

Planning a get-together of your own? Contact me and we’ll build a menu around it.

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Oakland Township, MI
48377

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https://www.privatechefjulia.com/

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