Intimate private dinner
Napa Valley, San Francisco, the Peninsula and Marin
A coursed tasting experience for two to fourteen guests. The menu is built around the occasion, the season, and the specific people at the table. Nothing is selected from a catalogue; André composes each course knowing who it is for.
This is the most personal format he offers. Conversations before the evening, sourcing that begins weeks ahead, and a table that feels as though it was always going to happen exactly this way.
Two to fourteen guestsCoursed tastingYour home or estateThree to six weeks
Executive gathering
San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Napa Valley
Board dinners, partner retreats, investor evenings, and client relationships that need a setting more considered than any restaurant can offer. André understands the difference between a dinner and a negotiation with a table around it.
Discretion is absolute. Service stays invisible until it is wanted. The food is serious without demanding attention away from the people in the room.
Up to twenty-four guestsPlated or family stylePrivate venue or officeTwo to four weeks
Estate and winery event
Napa Valley, Sonoma and Bay Area estates
Harvest dinners, winemaker pairings and milestone celebrations that deserve hospitality proportional to the occasion. André designs menus that answer to the land the property sits on, so what is on the plate speaks to where you are standing.
For winery clients he works directly with the winemaking team and builds around the wines themselves. The food earns the bottles, not the other way around.
Any scaleCoursed, stations, or bothEstate or wineryFour to eight weeks
Private culinary residency
Napa Valley and the Bay Area, by arrangement
An extended engagement built around the life of a household. Weekly visits through the season, menus that evolve with what is available and how you actually live.
This is a collaboration rather than a service. André becomes part of the rhythm of the house. He knows what is in the cellar and who will be at the table on Sunday, and the cooking reflects it.
Weekly or seasonalMinimum three monthsYour homeVery limited availability
Every engagement begins with a conversation.
André does not send a proposal before he understands the occasion. He asks questions. Who is coming. What the evening needs to accomplish. What you love, and what matters to you about food.
From that conversation he designs. Menus are put forward for consideration, then refined. Sourcing begins. By the time he arrives at your home, every element has already been thought through.