Our Culinary Experiences
Small intimate dinners in your home with your family and friends.
Chef Matt comes in and cooks in your kitchen – part dinner, part show. If you ask, he might even pass on a few secrets. This is an option for guests of 2 to about 50 depending on the capacity of your house. Perfect for anniversaries, birthdays, as well as nice vacation dinners with the entire family.
Meal services.
Chef Matt will prepare meals based on your needs and drop them off for you to reheat and enjoy. Perfect for busy families or strict diets, we can prepare delicious meals according to your exact specifications. We can prep for upcoming trips or vacations, so you don’t have to spend your time cooking or spend the time and money eating out for every meal. We’ll drop off meals on your arrival that you can enjoy throughout your vacation.
Catering Events
Whether it be a wedding, corporate luncheon, fishing tournament, or large group … at the office, on the beach, or even on the boat … we can accommodate your group. We are a full-service catering company, from setup to cleanup we take care of it all.
Where is the menu?
Many people ask first for a menu. People also ask, “What is your specialty?”
Chef Matt cooks everything. When you book with Chef Matt Port A you get Chef Matt, he is the one personally cooking every meal.
We are catering in beautiful beach towns in the coastal bend of Texas, so yes, we utilize the wonderful local seafood. We source our seafood from the best fish mongers in the Coastal Bend, commonly talking to 3 or 4 before purchasing. But we are also in Texas, so great beef is still king! All our beef and pork comes from Champs Meat Market in Corpus, Check them out here. We use the freshest best produce from CC Produce and a few select markets in town. The way we like to approach things is to start with a conversation: learn what you like and enjoy, learn what you dislike, and then customize a menu for YOU! Check out our gallery page to see some of the wonderful creations we have created for our guests.
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Drop Off Dinners
We bring the food and set it up just like we would our Family style service for our Chef Dinners.
While yall are eating the appetizers we set the salads on the table, set the entrée and get the dessert ready. Then we take the appetizer dishes away. You sit and enjoy a great meal with Friends and Family.
Private Chef Dinners
Chef Matt comes in and cooks in your kitchen - part dinner, part show. If you ask he might even pass on a few secrets.
What to Expect:
- Small intimate dinners in your home with family and friends
- An option for guests of 2 to 50 served family style or plated
- Perfect for anniversaries, birthdays, vacation dinners
- Full Meal Preparation
- We bring our own pots and pans so that at the end of the night we just load up the dirty pots and take them with us. Your kitchen will be clean and the dishwasher loaded and running with your place settings
Private Cooking Classes
If you're looking to learn how to prepare healthy and delicious meals, look no further! Chef Matt has been teaching people how to cook for many years. Whether you want to learn how to cook for yourself or how to prepare an exciting meal for a group, Chef Matt can assist.
What to Expect:
- Sessions customized to your goals, generally plan for 2 hours
- Knife Handling Techniques
- Food and Flavor Pairing Principles
- Meal Presentation
- Group Classes, also available
Consulting
From a small convienent store with a deli to fine dining restaurants and private clubs, Chef Matt's expertise has been requested throughout the country. His consultation is hallmarked with attention to detail and policy/procedural implementation. Services include:
- Menu Development
- Wine List and Wine/Food Pairings
- Dietary Restriction Adjustments and Modifications
- Budgeting
- Kitchen Design (in food service establishments as well as in the home)
- New Restaurant Design
- Existing Restaurant Ramp-up
- IDDSI recipe and compliance
- HACCP, PC, GMP's, SOP, Plans and Logs
The two he is most proud of were, the Saltaire Yacht Cub on Fire Island New York and Roosevellts in Port Aransas.
He went to Fire Island after Hurricane Sandy to re-open the Yacht Club in Saltaire, New York. He walked in to holes in the floor and no CO, it took Chef Matt 11 days to have the club open for breakfast and lunch. In 3 more days, the club was open for dinner and late night. It was one of the most successful times for the club running from 6am to midnight, offering more to the community than it ever had.
After Hurricane Harvey, Chef Matt was brought to Port Aransas to reopen Roosevelt’s. He was profitable his second quarter of business and ended with a system that had a waste percentage of .6% (yes that is correct POINT SIX PERCENT) and an operating profit of 32%!
Catering Services
Contact Chef Matt today to inquire about available catering services. Whether you're planning a small get-together with friends or an extravagant experience with many guests, Crabcakes & Caviar Catering can assist! Chef Matt offers full catering services including.
- Custom Menu Design
- Complete Meal Preparations
- Clean Up
- Full services
- Buffet
- Bartender