PRIVATE CHEF | CUSTOM CATERING
Please contact us below to start planning your next event. Whether the event be intimate, casual, grande or luxurious- Ariel can help make your special event a success.
BIO
Ariel's love of all food began at an early age on a farm in Sonoma County, California. She was lucky to be raised with fresh garden produce, farm eggs and meat , and a mother who experimented with food and cooked almost every meal from a Julia Childs cookbook.
With an adventure in Europe in 1989, her culinary inspiration was ignited and she has never looked back . This was the time when her passion for regional and globally inspired, yet locally sourced food, really took root. Ariel continued her education and culinary refinement back home with extensive culinary classes, cookbook writing courses at Greystone in Napa and tutelage under extraordinary chefs. The combination of passion, innate drive and curiosity coupled with "old fashioned" hands on experience fueled her onward in her journey.
After becoming a young mother, Ariel managed the kitchen and staff for many years at a successful conference and retreat center where she also co-authored a successful cookbook, The Abundant Table ; a pillar in many shelves across the nation. After her tenure at The Bishops Ranch, Ariel continued to finesse her style and cooked extensively in private, high end homes as well as small boutique wineries while further customizing her regional styles and exceptional event crafting skills to fit her client's needs.
Ariel rounded out her hands on experience working with a small wine label and then finally in a role as a Direct Sales and Events Manager with a prestigious Sonoma County winery, Hartford Family Wines. During that time, Ariel acquired her First Level Sommelier Certificate with the Master Court of Sommeliers which allows her to further customize menus to pair with local and global wines.
Since then, Ariel created a successful private /personal chef and small custom catering business in Ariel Ross Foods. For Ariel , working with local farms and using quality produce and meats is of the highest importance. To that end, her goal is for her clients to see and taste the food as close to natural as possible with the shape, favor and texture in tact. Her bright, fresh food style and esthetics paired with warm and consistent customer service are paramount in the culmination of comfort and "the farm to dining table experience" .
Now with 25 years experience in the food and wine industry, Ariel continues to refine and hone her skills and finds inspiration in eating, foraging, travel and baking with wild yeasts. Ariel sources locally and organically when possible and Ariel makes a point of incorporating heritage grains, legumes and meats into her seasonal and globally inspired menus.
Please contact us below to start planning your next event. Whether the event be intimate, casual, grande or luxurious- Ariel can help make your special event a success.
BIO
Ariel's love of all food began at an early age on a farm in Sonoma County, California. She was lucky to be raised with fresh garden produce, farm eggs and meat , and a mother who experimented with food and cooked almost every meal from a Julia Childs cookbook.
With an adventure in Europe in 1989, her culinary inspiration was ignited and she has never looked back . This was the time when her passion for regional and globally inspired, yet locally sourced food, really took root. Ariel continued her education and culinary refinement back home with extensive culinary classes, cookbook writing courses at Greystone in Napa and tutelage under extraordinary chefs. The combination of passion, innate drive and curiosity coupled with "old fashioned" hands on experience fueled her onward in her journey.
After becoming a young mother, Ariel managed the kitchen and staff for many years at a successful conference and retreat center where she also co-authored a successful cookbook, The Abundant Table ; a pillar in many shelves across the nation. After her tenure at The Bishops Ranch, Ariel continued to finesse her style and cooked extensively in private, high end homes as well as small boutique wineries while further customizing her regional styles and exceptional event crafting skills to fit her client's needs.
Ariel rounded out her hands on experience working with a small wine label and then finally in a role as a Direct Sales and Events Manager with a prestigious Sonoma County winery, Hartford Family Wines. During that time, Ariel acquired her First Level Sommelier Certificate with the Master Court of Sommeliers which allows her to further customize menus to pair with local and global wines.
Since then, Ariel created a successful private /personal chef and small custom catering business in Ariel Ross Foods. For Ariel , working with local farms and using quality produce and meats is of the highest importance. To that end, her goal is for her clients to see and taste the food as close to natural as possible with the shape, favor and texture in tact. Her bright, fresh food style and esthetics paired with warm and consistent customer service are paramount in the culmination of comfort and "the farm to dining table experience" .
Now with 25 years experience in the food and wine industry, Ariel continues to refine and hone her skills and finds inspiration in eating, foraging, travel and baking with wild yeasts. Ariel sources locally and organically when possible and Ariel makes a point of incorporating heritage grains, legumes and meats into her seasonal and globally inspired menus.