SERVICES
Private Chef/Catering Services
Bijou’s Private Chef service brings the experience of restaurant quality fine dining, directly to you. Whether you’re entertaining at home, in a vacation rental or at another venue, you can be sure that you’ll thoroughly enjoy yourself while our chef wows you with exceptional, innovative cuisine and our staff takes care of your every wish with professional, polished service. Imagine this: you throw the most fabulous party of your life. The food and drinks are delectable, the ambiance is perfect, everybody is having a ball and you are completely relaxed, doing nothing but enjoying yourself. We even clean everything up and leave your space cleaner than we found it. We can make all of this happen.
“This is the first time I’ve actually been calm and able to just spend quality time with my guests at one of my own dinner parties! Andrea and her team were delightful to work with, highly professional and the food was simply exceptional. I will never throw a party again without Bijou’s assistance.”
Katherine V., Los Angeles
Personal Chef/Meal Delivery Services
Did you know that you can take on the 8 million things that you have to do each day and still eat healthy and delicious meals? Do you depend upon mediocre take out or below average home meal kits because of their convenience? Well nothing is more convenient than opening your fridge and seeing a selection of truly delicious, healthy (or decadent, if that’s your preference) meals and snacks waiting for you. With Bijou you are investing in food that is far superior in both quality and taste to those other options and the best part is that your menus are custom designed with your personal likes, dislikes, allergies, aversions, dietary preferences and special requests factored in. We are well versed at most specialized diets and if we don’t know it, we’ll learn it. We also offer work/office lunch deliveries. Go to the ‘menus’ section of this site for a sample of our offerings and please reach out if you’d like more details.
“My busy life was getting the best of me and I was sacrificing my health, and that of my family, to get it all done. We were getting take-out a little too often and were starting to see and feel the effects of that. Then a friend recommended Bijou’s meal services and I haven’t looked back. Andrea and I created a meal plan together that is perfect for our family and everything that we’ve eaten has been just delicious, even our picky kids gobble it down! I also really like that I am supporting a local, woman owned business instead of a huge corporation. We can’t wait for next week’s menu!!”
Susan B, Encino
Grazing Tables, Boards and Boxes
Cooking Classes
If you want to polish up on your knife skills, learn how to make gluten free desserts, butcher a chicken, make better salads or even just get together with your friends and have some fun playing with food, we have a class for you. We offer an array of classes, with a variety of themes, and we can also design one around what you’d most like to learn. We can come to your house or you can come to us. We offer both demo and ‘hands on’ style classes and our class sizes are small, which allows for a more comfortable, intimate experience. Some of our more popular classes are listed below or we’d love to custom design one for you!
*Basic knife skills
*Mastering sauces
*Farm to table cooking
*Decadent desserts
*Mediterranean cuisine
*Reducing food waste
*Fabulous, easy hors d’oeuvres
*Soups and salads
*Specialized diets- vegetarian, vegan, paleo, gluten free, low fat, low calorie
*Food and wine pairing
TESTIMONIALS
Bijou presented us with the most ideal dinner imaginable. A few of us were vegetarians, and as sublime as the steaks were, accompanied by beautiful vegetables, I could have consumed the vegetarian concoctions for the rest of time! I shall never forget how happy we were with Andrea and how capable, appealing, lovely and delightful staff were. I loved — without reservation — having them working their magic in our small house.
-Emily Sparks, Berkeley, CA
Our nonprofit organization hired Bijou Catering twice in the last year, once in the fall for an evening social with our partners and the other during the summer for an annual board & staff retreat. Andrea and her crew are absolutely perfect. From the start, Andrea helped us design a menu that accommodated a range of dietary restrictions and included fresh, seasonal, and natural ingredients. Andrea’s attention to detail is a gift - her timing is impeccable, meals are insanely delicious, and the presentation is flawless. Her appetizers, salads, sides, entrees, and desserts are always well thought out and nothing short of amazing. Andrea was also quite reasonable with her rates given our budget. We would highly recommend Andrea to anyone for their dining or catering needs. Andrea is a true professional who is warm, graceful, communicative, and extremely talented, and we look forward to working with her again in the future.
-Stacey Heras, Projects Solutions
Andrea and her crew are unsurpassed. The food was out of this world and her staff anticipated our every need. We have had the pleasure of working with Bijou Catering for both a small dinner party for 20 and a large engagement party for 75. Both times the events were spectacular and our guests happily sated. We look forward to working with Bijou Catering again.
-Debra R. Schoenberg, Esq., CFLS
When some people hire a caterer for a party, they often ask a friend for a recommendation or a quick Google search. I am not one of those people. I spent weeks researching and contacting potential candidates to cater my sons (very over the top) 1st birthday. I wanted to hire someone who would incorporate my vision while simultaneously creating thoughtful, beautiful, and delicious food. I needed everything a certain way, cause I’m pretty particular, and I had a huge plan for this party. When I first contacted Andrea from Bijou Catering, I was immediately impressed by how promptly she responded to my (multiple) emails, and how seamlessly and creatively she was able to understand my vision and incorporate it into the custom menu she created for me. Hiring her was the most obvious choice. When the day of the party arrived, Andrea and her staff were punctual, knowledgeable and creative with how to set up the space while respecting that I had multiple other vendors setting up. Each one of her staff members went above and beyond to ensure my guests were happy and well fed. The food was not only stunning to look at, but tasted absolutely delicious! Every member of her team dressed professionally, was able to answer questions about ingredients in the food, and was incredibly courteous. Most of my guests were begging me for her business cards before the party even ended. I clearly made a fantastic choice by choosing Bijou as my caterer and look forward to having them cater my next event.
-Dani Prissman, San Francisco, CA
EXCEPTIONAL!
For my birthday, I wanted an event to remember. Andrea at Bijou Catering was my answer. Andrea prepared nine exquisite courses, each perfectly created and beautifully plated. My friends were enchanted as each carefully prepared dish was put in front of them.
I could not have been more pleased. Andrea was a dream to work with: highly creative, very professional and wonderfully organized. I did not have to worry about a thing. Finding Bijou Catering was a dream come true. They are worth every cent!
-Lu Ellen Schafer
Co-Founder, Global Savvy
Our experience in working with Bijou Catering was just great. My family and friends loved all their food and had high praise for the beautiful presentation of each course. My daughter-in-law, a vegetarian, really appreciated the special efforts made specifically for her, said the risotto was excellent, and loved the hors d'oeuvres. 5 stars all round! I cannot forget to mention the two servers, who were nicely discreet and in the background, but took care of everything with quiet and pleasant efficiency. Thumbs up for them. I will not hesitate to recommend Bijou Catering in the future.
-Marcella Myers, San Mateo, CA
We had a divine experience with Andrea! We wanted to have a full dinner for 35 but not enough space to seat everyone, so Andrea created a dinner that was entirely passed plates, from the appetizers, to a soup course, to a salad, and several main courses, as well as three desserts. We gave her a budget, and she gave us several options. The plates were beyond delicious, with subtleties of flavor that you don’t usually get in passed plates, and all were beautifully presented. She and her staff were professional and friendly. The entire experience was lovely--I wouldn’t use anyone else!
-Ronnie Genotti and David Oldroyd, San Francisco, CA
I know very little about San Francisco but on my recent visit there (June 2016) I found a gem in Bjou catering. I wanted an elegant sit down meal for my friend’s birthday in the apartment we had rented thru VRBO. That’s exactly what we got. Andrea (owner) prepared a meal (right there) that was fantastic and flavorful from the avocado bruschetta and cabernet mashed potatoes to the mini carrot cakes for dessert. She and her server, Monica, were so delightful to have around they felt like part of our group (we had ten in all for dinner). If you were ever considering an alternative to a high-end restaurant I would not hesitate to recommend Bjou catering! They were outstanding!!!
-Eileen Tucci, New Jersey
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