Chef Plum
Born in Richmond Virginia, Chef Plum is a graduate from The Culinary Institute of America with over 18 years of experience.. Having worked all over the east coast in five star hotels and resorts to great small neighborhood restaurants. Plum-Luv-Foods was born in 2006 and since then has brought great whole farm foods to families, small parties, Broadway actors, executives Chef Plum has been featured on Food Network, ABC's The Taste, Ehow.com, Jamie Olivers Foodtube, national commercials and many other outlets
Chef Plum Hosted the All Recipes.com segment on the nationally syndicated “Better” show on the Hallmark channel. Recently Chef Plum was the winner of Episode 2 of “Guys Grocery Games”, “Chopped” open your basket and “America's Best Cook” Regional Challenge on the Food Network.
Chef Plum has a passion for simple easy farm foods believing great food doesn’t need gimmicks. Chef Plum's latest brainchild Dinner Underground has brought a series of pop up restaurants to Newtown and Danbury. Chef Plum is the first chef to ever host a pop up restaurant inside the walls of mall kitchen giant Williams-Sonoma.
Chef Plum is a regular on “BetterCT” on WFSB, FoxCT, Food Network, Star 99.9 and the nationally syndicated show, “Better”. Also Chef Plum is an award winning on camera talent for ehow.com
An avid Football fan Plum is the food writer for proplayerinsiders.com giving his weekly take and recipe for great game day foods.
Chef Plum works with local farmers in the Connecticut area to bring the best ingredients to your families table. Throughout his 18 years of experience he has worked for many families in the Westchester and Manhattan NY area as well as Greenwich, CT. His first client had a four year old son who had many food allergies including gluten and dairy free and all he wanted was chocolate cake. Chef Plum created a cake for him and when he saw the little boy’s reaction of finally eating the cake like every other child, he knew he wanted to cook for client’s on a more personable level. Ever since then he has cooked for client’s with all allergies and special diets and knows the in’s and out’s of making food taste amazing no matter which special diet you’re on!
Client Testimonials
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I am thrilled to tell anyone about Plum's cooking! Plum helped my family and I get on a plan of eating healthier without sacrificing taste. We all feel much better because of it. Not only does he prepare simple delicious meals for everyday, but he can also wow everyone at a fancy dinner party. And believe me, we tested him on both fronts. Plum also managed to juggle everyone's personal preferences and nutritional needs with the most accommodating of attitudes. Really, sometimes I don't know how he puts up with us. I am always on diet (in theory), my daughter hates vegetables, and my son has severe allergies to dairy, soy and fish among others. My other son and husband also have their own crazy ideas of what they want. We all want different snacks...the list goes on. Believe me, it is a pleasure to be a reference for Plum. I am sure he can handle any culinary challenge that comes about. We will certainly continue to use Plum and would recommend to anyone that enjoys good healthy food to call him.
Tracy Collins,
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Thank you so much for helping to create a truly classy environment at our ten year reunion. The food and service you provided were of the highest quality and professionalism. You seemed to truly enjoy yourself in the kitchen and made working the party seem effortless, somehow. I really think your love of cooking and your confident personality had a direct effect on how much the evening was enjoyed and how wonderful the food tasted. I look forward to working with you again in the future!
Erin Walrath
