Classic and Contemporary Catering by Elaine, A Personal Chef Service
Classic and Contemporary Catering by Elaine - A Personal Chef Service
by Chef Elaine Rotondi
Serving in Boston's Northshore and surrounding areas in Massachusetts
Telephone:(781)665-6062
E-Mail: rotondichef@verizon.net
CREATIVE HEALTHY CUISINE......Specializing in Pastry ,Deserts and Wedding Cakes.Fresh Natural Ingredients, hand-made scratch baking. SMALL EVENTS..... Desert Parties ,Tea Parties, Celebrations.... CUSTOM DESIGNED MENUS to meet your tastes and budget. Vegetarian, Vegan, Special Diets ,Child friendly options... .....COMFORT and GOURMET SLOW FOODS.....SWEET and SAVORY.....Professional Personal Chef with over 20 years experience in Culinary Arts, American, my grandparents born in ITALY, I combine tradition, Classic with Contemporary Style..........Highly skilled and knowledgeable in COOKING and BAKING . FOCUS, Italian, Mediterranean and New England Cusines.......... Profoundly influenced as a child by, my mother and father one of 13,all born American's, planting the family gardens, preserving the harvest, canning tomatoes, pickling, jam and wine making. Summers were spent at my uncle Smokey's New Hampshire farm, watching and feeding the amazing farm animals, blueberry and apple picking, pumpkins, the aroma of the PIES Baking! the Celebrations, from their labors of love..... By age seven I discovered my first love Baking, Cookbooks and Dark BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE!..... My LIBRARY,a study for ideas,inspiration and motivation has over 2,000 wonderful books and food magazines with current trends, there is always more to learn.... Employed by several New England Catering Company's as Pastry Chef with accounts at The Boston Harbor Hotel, Harvard Medical and Divinity Schools and Cafe, Marriott Hotel Banquets and Chef in Corporate Dining, MIT Sorority's, Private Middle School and Foodservice Director-Chef for Nursing and Retirement Community Homes. Experience, working with many Chefs in a team environment and one Chef-Mgr.accounts... FOOD is MY PASSION.I believe HONESTY and DEDICATION are the Qualities of a GREAT CHEF. GOAL........ EXTRAORDINARY FOOD and SERVICE, THYME for YOU to ENJOY!.......................