Private Chef & Culinary Director
Cooking is precision, held over heat.
I’m Marcus Reyes — I design tasting menus and run the pass for private dinners, weddings, and events across the city. Every plate is built to a single standard: technique first, ego last.
About
Trained in Lyon. Built for the pass.
I started in a hotel kitchen at seventeen, scrubbing pans for a chef who believed mise en place was a moral position. Three years in Lyon taught me classical technique; a decade running private kitchens taught me how to translate it for a table of two or two hundred.
My philosophy hasn’t changed since that first kitchen: source honestly, cook with restraint, and never send a plate you wouldn’t eat yourself. No foam for the sake of foam. No dish exists to impress — only to be genuinely good.
What I Offer
The Menu of Services
Six ways to bring the kitchen to your table — each built the way a tasting menu is: course by course, with intention.
01 — Course
Private Dining
An intimate multi-course menu, cooked and served in your own dining room. Built around what’s in season and what you actually like to eat.
02 — Course
Wedding Catering
Plated or family-style menus for your wedding day, designed around timing, room flow, and the two of you — not a banquet-hall default.
03 — Course
Corporate Events
Client dinners, launches, and offsites that need food good enough to be the thing people remember — without disrupting the room’s agenda.
04 — Course
Birthday Parties
Milestone birthdays deserve a menu built around the person, not a caterer’s set list. Cake included, if you want it — homemade, always.
05 — Course
Cooking Classes
Hands-on sessions at your place or mine — knife skills, sauce work, or a full menu you’ll actually cook again. Small groups, real technique.
06 — Course
Menu Consultation
Planning a big event and unsure where to start? An hour with me on pacing, portioning, and pairing will save you from expensive mistakes.
Get in Touch
Let's Plan
the Menu.
Tell me the date, the room, and the people — I’ll take it from there. I typically respond within one business day.
- hello@marcusreyeschef.com
- +1 (555) 123-4567
- 412 Ironwood Lane, Suite 3, Portland, OR