Collaborating with friends
In my job as a private chef I’m usually cooking alone. So it’s very exciting when I have the chance to collaborate with a friend who has a similar food sensibility to me. For my recent pop-up I wanted to create a menu with my good friend Giuliana Sarto. We met last year through the private chef world and have been working together a lot this year in a catering setting so I already knew we worked well together. The process of planning, recipe testing, prepping, and shopping together was so fun and fulfilling. Every pop-up is special, but this one felt especially so because it made me feel proud of the food community I’ve created in LA.
Scallop crudo, plum jus, kumquat kosho, pluot, hyssop
Grilled 3 Bean salad + caper raisin vin
Farro flour cavatelli, melted summer squash, creamy sungold sauce, opal basil
Sweet corn semifreddo, apricot sauce, caramel puffed sorghum
all photos by Lauren Lotz
