Culinary By Design

Culinary By Design We help you with all your cooking needs. Whether it's through personal chef, cooking lessons or intimate catered events, we have you covered

Culinary by design is cooking to fit your lifestyle. We provide gourmet meals in your home whether it's through individually prepared meals, personal chef services, cooking lessons or helping you host an intimate event. We specialize in California cuisine with a specific focus on Mediterranean, Asian and Southwest styles using only the absolute freshest ingredients available. Our food is constantl

y evolving and our Executive Chef loves the challenge of creating new dishes that make your mouth water. The quality of ingredients is paramount to the success of a dish and Culinary by design always uses foods from top-quality producers. Culinary by design brings wholesome, healthy and restaurant quality meals to life in your kitchen. We do the shopping, cooking and cleaning
Culinary by design - cooking to fit your lifestyle
In your home or at our location. You decide
Services are available primarily in Orange County and the surrounding areas, although our chefs will sometimes travel to San Diego and Los Angeles counties.

07/21/2026

One of my favorite chicken dishes and it’s so easy and it has so many levels of flavor! Inspired by a dish I had in Positano!!

3- 4 boneless chicken breasts- sliced in half pounded to about 1/4”thick
Olive Oil
Salt to taste

1cup balsamic
2-3 sliced garlic cloves
1 1/2stick unsalted butter
Salt to taste

Pasta of choice
Fresh shaved Parmesan
Arugula

For the chicken- preheat oven to 350F. Place on foil lined baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Cook for approximately 15 mins until the internal temp reaches 155F. Remove from oven and allow to rest for approx 5 mins and the internal temp will reach 165F

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water to your liking

To plate- place pasta on a plate, top with chicken, drizzle with desired amount of sauce, top with arugula and shaved Parmesan

I hope you love it as much as we do!!!

07/14/2026

I love trying new things- sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t- but if you don’t try you’ll never know. Here’s my quick easy tzatziki

07/07/2026

Quick easy full of protein dinner! Pesto cottage cheese and noodles. It brings me back to my childhood but I added a twist to it!

06/30/2026

Compound butters are so easy and they can really make a meal! This shiso butter is amazing!
My butter was frozen so I thawed it in the microwave and by thaw I mean it melted - but that’s ok! After you add the softened shallots, soy and rice vinegar you will place it in the fridge for about 20 plus mins so that it solidifies and then take it out and add the minced shiso leaves.

I also marinated my meat and for this one I used flat iron steak

06/23/2026

Always learning! Next time!!!

06/16/2026

Here’s another quick easy meal that is one of my family’s favorites! Shabu style hot pot. We use a sukiyaki broth. Please note that I am using two hot pots, which is why the portions are a little bit larger. I hope you try it and I hope you love it. Let me know!!!

06/09/2026

Dinner couldn’t be simpler! This miso romesco recipe from bon appetite is so amazing and so simple! I doubled the recipe this time because we had company- but you’re gonna love it!

It’s graduation time!!!! Wanted to fet more pictures of tonight’s fun filled celebration - unfortunately or fortunately ...
06/05/2026

It’s graduation time!!!! Wanted to fet more pictures of tonight’s fun filled celebration - unfortunately or fortunately we were busy! I was able to get a sneak peak at a few of the appetizers- crudités with hummus, shrimp cocktail and smoked salmon with lemon crème fraiche

06/02/2026

Meet Charlie!!! He makes cameo appearances while I’m making dinner -so I wanted to officially introduce him!

05/26/2026

Making your own teriyaki sauce is so much better than store bought and beyond easy to make!

05/19/2026

Chicago is definitely known for its restaurants and one of the newest ones is Crying Tiger! I think the only reason I was able to get a table was because I alone and I went at 3 o’clock. It is definitely one to check out though and worth the hype.
Because I was alone, I wasn’t able to try as many items from the menu as I was hoping, but I did my best with three appetizers and one dessert. Everything was fantastic! If you live or find yourself in Chicago definitely try to get a reservation!

05/12/2026

One pot easy meal!!! It’s a burrito in a bowl! Not pretty but so delicious and easy to make

04/27/2026

Super quick easy sauce! We use it on our hamburgers, but I also love it on a roast beef sandwich with goat cheese 👩‍🍳 💋.

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