Chef Joey
Le Cordon Bleu alumnus who draws on his Italian heritage for authentic, innovative cooking.
Request ConsultationInformed by the Italian principle of “L'Arte D’Arrangiarsi”, the art of creating something from nothing, Chef Joey works magic with so little.
Less is so much more for this inventive chef. An alumnus of the Los Angeles branch of the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, Chef Joey graduated with honors. It was an experience that really taught him how to infuse his own creativity into the most complicated recipes.
Italian on both sides of his family, he travels to Italy each year to expand his understanding of Italian cooking.
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Chef Joey
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Chef Joey learned L'Arte D'Arrangiarsi — the art of creating something from nothing — from his Italian family while living in Italy. It's his way of expressing what it means to cook by feel, instinct, and momentary inspiration.
Chef Joey was born & raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically, San Jose, an area most don't know was predominately developed by Italian immigrants during the late 19th & early 20th centuries. A second generation American, he has Italian heritage on both his mother & fathers paternal sides. With family ties to Taormina & Messina, Sicily, as well as Torino & Trieste far in the north, & family scattered elsewhere, as well as friends who may as well be family in Rome.
His love for cooking began as a small child; sitting on the kitchen counter "helping" his mother make chocolate chip cookies. As soon as he was capable, he began his culinary adventures on his own...even if it was a just box of Betty Crocker Blue Berry Muffin Mix at age 7 (hey, he did it himself....those picture instructions were fantastic). Chef Joey graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Los Angeles, California with honors & hasn’t touched a box of muffin mix since.
Each year Chef Joey returns to Italy to visit with friends and family. While abroad he learns new skills, techniques, & dishes, in addition to bringing back inspiration that he then passes onto his clients.
Career Highlights
Private Clients
Private Chef • Los Angeles, CA • May 2011 - present
Education
Los Angeles, CA • 2010 - 2011
Certificates
Notable Clientele
Donatella Versace • Paul Marciano • Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jessie Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita • Scott Cutler
Galit Laibow • Sarah Michelle Gellar
Deanna & Kenny Gravillis
Disney ABC • Equinox Gyms • Twitter, LA
Reviews
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Nothing but amazing feedback about Chef Joey and the agency!
We heard nothing but amazing feedback about Chef Joey from our clients. In addition, as an agency, it was such a breath of fresh air to work with your team and Chef Joey. It is often hard to find reliable private chefs as they either don't have a great website/social we can reference, are slow to respond/aren't willing to chat over the phone, don't have pricing readily available, or other details our clients need to lock these events in (especially for last-minute events). The menus, website, and payments were incredibly easy to navigate and I look forward to chatting with the rest of our Special Projects & Experiences team later today about this weekend's successful event.
Chef's Gallery
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