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Bring the restaurant to you.

You don’t pick from a menu, you design one! Chef Michael brings the materials, years of experience and love of food to create an evening that your guests will rave about!

Plan your evening See the food

Your kitchenOr wherever you’re hosting
Your menuBuilt to your tastes
We shopSourcing is on us
FreeConsultation before anything

The host usually misses their own party.

You know how it goes, you plan a night with your favorite people and then spend the evening working away in the kitchen and missing the evening. Let us take care of the food, and service if need be, while you entertain and enjoy!

Other services available: Server, Bartender, Sommelier

Start with a free consultation

Guests smiling around a dinner table at a private chef evening

Chef Michael plating appetizers at the counter

Charcuterie boards laid out along a kitchen island

What people book it for

Convenience, Peace of Mind, Unforgettable Food & Memorable Events

A group of guests with Chef Michael at a party

Dinner parties You host, we cook. The kitchen stays ours for the evening and yours by the end of it.
Holidays The meal everyone remembers, without one person missing all of it.
Milestone birthdays Built around the food the guest of honor actually loves.
Date night at home A courses-and-wine evening that does not need a reservation or a coat.
Small gatherings Showers, engagements, retirements — the ones that are too personal for a hall.
Grazing & canapés Charcuterie, focaccia, boards and small plates for a room that is standing up.

How an evening comes together

Four steps, and three of them are ours.

We talk it through

Your date, your guests, what you like and what nobody can eat. The consultation is free and there is no menu to choose from — it gets written for the night.

You get the menu

Written out, costed, and changed as many times as you want until it reads like the evening you had in mind. Wine suggestions if you want them.

We shop and prep

Sourcing, prep and the timing plan are all on our side. You do not get a shopping list the day before.

We cook, you host

Chef Michael works in your kitchen while the evening happens around it, courses land when they should, and the kitchen is left clean.

The food

There is no set menu, we offer a wide range of options

716 Kitchen Skills offers a wide variety of food and styles of service so that your unique event gets exactly what it needs!

Full gallery

Plated courses — Restaurant plating, on your own table — **Plated courses**Restaurant plating, on your own table

Boards & Grazing — Always house made components for above average charcuterie — **Boards & Grazing**Always house made components for above average charcuterie

Seafood — Freshly sourced and expertly prepared — **Seafood**Freshly sourced and expertly prepared

Steak — Perfectly cooked with creative preparations — **Steak**Perfectly cooked with creative preparations

Canapés — Small bites for a standing room — **Canapés**Small bites for a standing room

Showpieces — The centerpiece of the night — **Showpieces**The centerpiece of the night

Unique Desserts — Photo worthy final courses — **Unique Desserts**Photo worthy final courses

Game-day food — Because this is Buffalo — **Game-day food**Because this is Buffalo

What it costs

Each event is different, with unique menus, and levels of service for you to choose

A four-course dinner for six and a room of forty on their feet are not the same job, so there is no single number that would be honest on this page.

Tell us the date, roughly how many people, and the kind of evening you have in mind. You get a written menu and a price for it before you commit to anything, and the consultation that gets you there is free.

If it’s a cooking lesson you’re after rather than a chef for the night, that one does have a flat rate — it’s on the pricing page.

Get a menu and a price

Chef Michael serving guests at a dinner party

Dinner served at the table — one of the levels of service on offer.

A large group of guests after an evening with Chef Michael

Buffalo & Western New York

Tell us the date and who’s coming.

The consultation is free, and the menu gets written before you commit to anything.

Plan your evening Email Chef Michael