Multiple Meal Service - this provides meals cooked, packaged, and stored for you to use as you please.
This service includes:
- Initial Consultation to determine your needs, special requirements, food preferences, and to discuss how the service works.
- Menu Development from an extensive recipe collection and tailored to your specific dietary needs and preferences.
- Grocery Shopping at the beginning of each cook date to ensure the freshest ingredients are used. **As an added bonus, I will purchase up to eight additional items for your own personal use - saving you additional trips to the grocery store (24 hours advance notice required).
- Food Preparation in your kitchen with my cooking utensils. This includes food packaging, labeling, and storage in either your refrigerator or freezer. Items can be packaged family style or in single or double portions.
- A Printed Personalized Menu and Heating Instructions will be left for each entree and side dish.
- Kitchen Clean Up will be completed leaving you with a sparkling clean kitchen filled with the aroma of a day's cooking.
- Pantry Cost is included in the service fee to cover items used in small amounts such as spices, dried herbs, sugar, flour, oil and some condiments. This saves you additional grocery costs.
Meal Service Plans are tailored to your specific needs. Here are a few of the options available.
Traditional - includes all the services with entrees and appropriate side dishes.
5/4 - five entrees and side dishes, four servings of each = 20 meals
4/4 - four entrees and side dishes, four servings of each = 16 meals
3/4 - three entrees and side dishes, four servings of each = 12 meals
5/5 - five entrees and side dishes, five servings of each = 25 meals
Entree Only Service - includes all the services with entrees only.
E5/4 - five entrees, four servings of each
E6/4 - six entrees, four servings of each
Occasional Service Plans are available for those who do not desire a long term commitment. Dates of service will depend on availability.
Occasional Service Plans can be purchased in a Gift Certificates and make great gifts for new moms, families in crisis, recouperating patients, house warming gifts, birthdays, and anniversaries.
Special Occasions/Dinner Parties
Special occasions such as parties, dinner parties, special dinners, and small gatherings can be made more enjoyable with food prepared by My Chef Shirley. I can provide you with appetizers, gourmet dinners, or casual buffets. It's your choice. If you don't need that much help I can come do all your prep work so you just finish up when your guests arrive. I provide custom services at a price you can afford. Enjoy your own party and leave the cooking to me. Contact me to see how I can make your next special occasion easier for you.
Cooking Classes
Cooking classes and demonstrations are available to groups and individuals. Topics include such time-saving and healthy techniques as Quick Stove Top, Double Duty, Make Ahead Meals, Salad Sensations, Lean and Tasty, Saucy and Delicious, and many more. Classes for cooking for special diets and food allergies are also available.
Cooking demonstrations and tastings are a great team building or social event and have been used for birthday parties and baby/wedding showers.
Please contact me at info@mychefshirley.com if you would like to discuss any of these or other options not listed. I have an option to suit you.
Serving Fairfax County, Virginia and the surrounding areas.