Meet your T Italian chef Founded by a team of professional Dubai-based chefs, ‘Your Italian Chef’ is a new home cooking service that allows you to enjoy a stress-free, fine dining experience from the comfort of your own home. Tailored to your needs – whether it be an intimate dinner with family or a party with friends, ‘Your Italian Chef’ allows you to customise your next dinner party without having to spend all night in the kitchen – because they’ll take care of the hard work for you. Luca Cima, the Italian chef behind it all tells us more. Interview by Sophie Voelzing
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It’s a newly launched concept with me and several other chefs at the helm. Day to day I am based as a chef at Bice Mare Dubai in Souk Al Bahar with chef Leonardo Maltese, who has played a crucial role in creation of ‘Your Italian Chef’. As a team, we offer high-end, gourmet Italian dining experiences at customers’ homes. We take over home kitchens to cook a full meal at the same high standard experienced in a fine dining restaurant – the only difference is that it’s all served from the comfort of our clients’ homes. Menus are completely tailor made for each customer, depending on their requirements. We offer handmade pasta, risotto, seafood and meat, plus a range of side dishes and desserts. Our ‘Inspiration Menu’ is made up of all the classic Italian dishes, however, we are able to customise dishes based on individual tastes. Once the menu is decided upon, my team inspects the client’s kitchen to check for equipment requirements a few days before the event. On the day of the event, we arrive with plenty of time to set-up and prepare
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ell us about your home cooking service ‘Your Italian Chef’ and how it works…