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Chef Alekka LLC Your very own at-home chef experience.
• Cooking Classes • Dinner Parties. Customized menus 👩🏻‍🍳
Manager Hilltop Shared Kitchen

Happy 6 Years with Pittsburgh Brand Builder & Photographer I met Jonathan through Sarah Weber for my very first website ...
10/10/2026

Happy 6 Years with Pittsburgh Brand Builder & Photographer

I met Jonathan through Sarah Weber for my very first website and brand shoot. After that he became the only person I wanted to bring my food to life in photos. He understood my vision and can basically read my mind. Slowly over time we grew and changed my style until I ditched the chef jacket and started being me.

He is also my therapist when I feel stuck in my head creatively.

Here’s to 6 more years😂

I spend a lot of time thinking about what goes on the plate, but what goes in your glass is just as important to me. 🍷I ...
10/08/2026

I spend a lot of time thinking about what goes on the plate, but what goes in your glass is just as important to me. 🍷

I love a good w**e, but I REALLY love finding the right w**e to go with a meal. The way a pairing can bring out flavors in both the food and the w**e is something I could talk about for hours. Preferably while drinking said w**e.

And while I know my way around a kitchen, I also love learning from people who know way more about w**e than I do.

Which has me thinking about some fun things we could do with food and w**e together.

Nothing to announce just yet, but I may have something up my sleeve. 👀🍷

A little reminder that my Fall Baked Donuts class is THIS Saturday and there are still spots left! 🍩We’re making three k...
10/07/2026

A little reminder that my Fall Baked Donuts class is THIS Saturday and there are still spots left! 🍩

We’re making three kinds because making everyone choose one felt unnecessary:

🥓 Maple Bacon
🎃 Pumpkin
🍎 Apple C***r

These are baked donuts, so no giant pot of hot oil required, and you’ll learn how to make all three with me at Hilltop Shared Kitchen.

October 11 from 11–1:30. $80 per person.

Come spend your Sunday morning making donuts with me. You’ll leave with donuts, which seems like reason enough.

Register at chefalekka.com ❤️

10/05/2026

The event space Hilltop Shared Kitchen is perfect for hosting: corporate and private dinners, baby showers and bachelorette parties.

And poker ♣️ games!

My Dads poker group started in 1983 and I think they’ve been playing the same made up games since then😂

They bring change to play with in socks or old boxes that they consider good lucky charms.

Normally they snack on chips and dip and drink b**r.

When I host them they get an actual dinner (my salad idea got vetoed🙄) of meat and a side. This year it was meatloaf and Mac and cheese.

Looking for a space this holiday season to host your next celebration (or poker game) Email me for more information and rental info.

10/03/2026

My day off was spent with Catrina doing a ramen comparison. Because what else do chefs do when they aren’t working 😊

I got sent a package of ramen and sauces from Buldak a couple of weeks ago and decided to compare with Catrina’s Momofuku brand.

I kept my variation simple with no extra bells and whistles and was kinda on the fence with the truffle flavor.

I have to say I really enjoyed it because of the spice level at the beginning mellowed out and the truffle flavor was very subtle.

Let’s talk about salads…They’re usually the quiet intro on the menu, but not around here. I love playing with unexpected...
10/01/2026

Let’s talk about salads…

They’re usually the quiet intro on the menu, but not around here. I love playing with unexpected ingredients, bold dressings, and crunchy, herby toppings that make you go oh damn. A great salad should be bright, balanced, and just as craveable as the main.

Here are a few of the current salad options for private dinners at Hilltop Kitchen (or at your house!):

🥬 Bistro Salad — pickled shallots, herbs, toasted walnuts, lemon vinaigrette
🥗 Mixed Greens — with fresh herbs + herbed vinaigrette
🥒 Cucumber Salad — light + refreshing
🍊 Citrus + Fennel — blood orange, shaved fennel, red onion, mint
🍋 Kale Salad — with preserved lemon + pecorino
🍑 Arugula + Stone Fruit — fennel, grapefruit, arugula
🥬 Shaved Brussels Sprouts — with red onion, toasted cornmeal + apple c***r vinaigrette

They’re fun to eat, fun to style, and absolutely not just filler. Salad slander will not be tolerated here. 🥄

DM me if you’re hungry or just want to talk about what citrus is in season. 🥗💬

A peek of the Gathering of Chefs, an event that benefits the Bradley Center. The Bradley Center is committed to improvin...
09/29/2026

A peek of the Gathering of Chefs, an event that benefits the Bradley Center.

The Bradley Center is committed to improving the lives of children and families affected by trauma, mental illness and behavioral challenges.

100% of the proceeds from last night go to them.

This is also a time where I get to see all my friends who have to same busy schedules as me.

This year’s theme was Farm To Table so I immediately reached out to my friends Lenochka Farm for protein. PHIPPS just harvested from the summer so they provided most of my produce.

My offering this year was:
Slow cooked pork in dried chiles served on baked polenta with pickled red onions, chimichurri and cotija cheese.

I could not have done with without the help of Catrina and Sarah who showed up and made me look good in public 😂

I’ve been going to the Fingerlakes for the past 8 years and now it’s become a place that I look forward to going every y...
09/27/2026

I’ve been going to the Fingerlakes for the past 8 years and now it’s become a place that I look forward to going every year.

It’s a place that I can truly relax, be myself and appreciate the people there that own w**eries, farms and restaurants that now are on my permanent list of places to visit.

Most of my favorite are on Seneca lake and with my Dad and my friend Kristen I have narrowed down a few of my recommendations:

1) - great location to many w**eries and is dog friendly

2) - you can walk there from Grist house for tastings and a amazing view

3) The 1886 experience at - highly recommend this if you are interested in learning about how European w**es came to the Fingerlakes

4) **es My personal favorite hands down. They take the time to explain each w**e you are tasting and are very knowledgeable about their craft. PLUS very heavily influenced with French w**e and food.

5) Tobeys donut shop in Watkins Glen- grab some for the ride home

6) and for those you bourbon, gin and vodka vibes

Sometimes I get home at the end of the day and realize I’ve basically lived two completely different lives before dinner...
09/25/2026

Sometimes I get home at the end of the day and realize I’ve basically lived two completely different lives before dinner.

I started at South Fayette Technical School, where I was invited to be a guest speaker and teach students knife skills. We talked knives, practiced cuts, and hopefully everyone left with all ten fingers.

A few hours later I switched gears completely and headed to Phipps to teach one of my most popular classes there, Botanical Focaccia.

Same chef. Same day. Very different classrooms.

I really do love that teaching has become such a big part of what I do. Whether I’m showing someone how to properly hold a knife for the first time or teaching a room full of people how to turn focaccia into a garden, I get to spend my day talking about food and sharing what I know.

Not a bad way to make a living. ❤️

09/23/2026

Cooking With Friends: Episode 5 and I have another chef in the kitchen with me! 👩‍🍳 CHEF SARAH | LIV TO EAT

Chef Sarah came by to make one of her go-to meals after a long day. It’s easy, clean, nutritious and, most importantly, actually tastes good.

Along the way we debate spaghetti squash with Bolognese, discuss the best place in the Strip to buy Parmesan, take shots of olive oil (as chefs do), give you the tip that Marshalls has the best salt, and a little teaser about something Sarah and I are cooking up together soon. 👀

Basically we cooked, ate, talked about food the entire time and probably could have kept going for another three hours.

Someone give us a cooking show already. 😂

Watch Episode 5 of Cooking With Friends to see what Chef Sarah makes!

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