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What's
cooking with Chef Blair
How
would you like to come home after a busy day at the
office to a freshly cooked meal?
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Thanks
to Appetite for Life, a personal chef service, busy
professionals and families in the greater Richmond area
can savor home-cooked meals in their own kitchens even
if they are pressed for time or can't boil water. Owned
and operated by Chef Blair Grossman, Appetite for Life
customizes menus to suit the needs of everything from
business affairs to nutritious family meals and romantic
dinners for two.
Meal
plans start at $14 per person per meal. Grossman consults
with each client to assess food preferences, dietary
requirements and menu options. He then selects fresh
ingredients and does any necessary grocery shopping.
He arrives at your home with his "mobile kitchen"
and prepares your meal of choice. (Favorite dishes include
pork cabbage dumplings and salmon lasagna with a creamy
basil sauce.) He leaves no dirty pots and pans; the
only sign that he was there is the aroma of delicious
food.
Passionate
about culinary arts and hospitality, Grossman enjoys
helping people increase their appetite for life by giving
them more time to spend on what matters most to them.
"Especially in these uncertain times, everyone
is reevaluating life and realizing the importance of
things like family dinners," he says. "I hope
to encourage people to spend more time together sharing
meals."
Jim Conaway, president of Triad Capital Group, became
a loyal client after hiring Grossman for a business
function. "Not only was the food great, but it
gave me the opportunity to spend time with my clients.
I didn't have to worry about anything in the kitchen."
He was so impressed that he hired Grossman to cater
a New Year's Eve party and to create a nutritionally
focused meal plan to prepare him for a triathlon.
Aside
from meal planning and preparation, Grossman offers
instructional dinner parties, where groups of four to
six people can roll up their sleeves and join him in
the kitchen. For more information on any of his services,
visit www.chefblair.com.
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Elizabeth Thalhimer
Return to Virginia Business - February
2002
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