The Cooking
Everyday cooking built around the people eating it, from family dinners and familiar favorites to changing dietary needs, guests, and the occasional reason to make something special.
Chef Adam Lassiter · Greater Nashville
A dedicated private chef for your household.
I work with one household long-term, learning how you eat, what you enjoy, and how food fits into the way you live.
Begin a conversationIt gets better with time.
I learn what you like,
how you eat,
and how you live.
A private chef relationship becomes more valuable with time. I learn the details that are easy to overlook: portions, routines, favorites, schedules, and the things you simply prefer a certain way. Over time, there are fewer questions. I know what works, what you keep coming back to, and what your household is likely to need next.
Cooking is at the center of what I do. It isn't the whole job.
Taking care of a household's food means paying attention to everything around it.
The Provisions
Good cooking starts well before the stove. I source ingredients, keep the refrigerator and pantry ready, remember preferred staples and brands, and pay attention to what needs to be restocked.
The Details
I pay attention to what works, what doesn't, and the small preferences that reveal themselves over time. I use those observations to make better decisions, adjust, and keep refining the way I cook for your household.
The Household
Travel, changing schedules, guests, children, household staff, and guidance from a trainer, dietitian, or physician can all affect the way a household eats. My job is to understand the culinary side of those changes and adapt accordingly.
Life at home
More than dinner.
Some days that might mean breakfast before everyone heads out, lunch ready in the refrigerator, and dinner together that evening. Other days it might mean prepared components, something familiar for the kids, or a meal ready whenever the day finally slows down. The rhythm changes with the household.
The goal isn't restaurant food at home every day. It's really good food that belongs in your home. Sometimes that's something you already love. Sometimes it's something new. And sometimes it's simply what makes sense that day. It's built around the way you like to eat, whether that's simple and health-focused, comforting, celebratory, or somewhere in between.
Knowing what to cook matters. Knowing what belongs on your table matters more.
Health + performance
When the food has a job to do.
Some households have specific goals behind the way they eat. That might mean protein or macro targets, changing nutritional needs, performance and recovery, or guidance from a physician, dietitian, or trainer. I understand how to take those goals into the kitchen and turn them into food you actually want to eat.
I don't replace the professionals giving that guidance. I work from it. When appropriate and with your permission, I can coordinate with them and take responsibility for the culinary side.
Health-focused food should still be food you look forward to.
Experience
More than 25 years of professional cooking.
I've spent my career cooking in restaurants, remote lodges, private homes, and kitchens around the world. I've cooked for families, executives, athletes, and private households. Each has needed something a little different from me.
The kitchens have changed throughout my career. The responsibility hasn't. Pay attention. Know your standards. Take ownership of what's in front of you. And make sure the people you're cooking for are taken care of.
For me, that starts with good ingredients, treated with care, and knowing when to let the food speak for itself.
In a private home, good judgment matters just as much as good cooking. That means knowing when to ask, when to make the call myself, how to work alongside other household staff, and that what's private stays private.
Begin with a conversation.
I don't begin with a package because every household is different. We'll talk about how your household lives, how you like to eat, the kind of support you're looking for, and what you would want the relationship to look like. If it feels like the right fit, we'll work out the schedule, responsibilities, and arrangement from there.
Tell me about your household