Hire Chef Chris!

Our off season has arrived! Chris is scheduling local requests for private dinners in your home just in time for the holiday season. With an extensive background in private chef work (before and during his years at Ravenwood), Chris has produced meals for countless brands and high-profile clients across a wide range of cuisines. 

If you're planning to host an event in your home and want to offer your guests something truly memorable, feel free to reach out via email with details (guest count, date and type of event. We'd love to prepare a custom quote and design a special menu sure to delight. 

Happy Holidays everyone as we shift into a whole new year. ✨ (more details on Chris below!)

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Chris Lanier has been involved in producing amazing food literally from the ground up for the past 25 years. From plating dishes as entremetier at Café Boulud, and spending time as the assistant pastry chef to Sam Mason at WD-50, Lanier transitioned from working at some of the world’s most renown restaurants to private chef industry working for high profile celebrities in New York, Long Island and Antigua. In 2005, his food styling career began as assistant to Alison Attenborough and he splintered off on his own in 2011. Chris is currently a proud co-owner of a small vegetable/flower farm in Olivebridge NY and has since been growing food for his family and Ravenwood while building close relationships to many growers and producers in the region.