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.

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 👩‍🍳 💋.

04/20/2026

If you haven’t heard of Highball and Naisho Omakase in Costa Mesa, you need to go! I have gone two weeks in a row and I cannot wait to go back. I am personally not a whiskey drinker, however the cocktails that they have come up with at highball are so inventive and so good that I might be a whiskey drinker after all!!! Sushi on the other hand is one of my favorite meals and Chef Shimpei Shinohara has knocked out the park. The fish is so fresh and the flavors are so on point! You need to check this place out!!!!!
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Sushi

04/13/2026

Trader Joe’s does it again! I have been wanting to compare these two cheeses for awhile now. Sadly the Trader Joe’s cheese is seasonal so I had to wait for it to come back in season.
I compared it to my favorite Brillat -Savarin. Let me know how you think the two compare!

04/08/2026

This hummus recipe by is in my opinion so delicious and one of my favorites.

I did make some tweaks by adding a little extra cumin, but that’s my preference -add as much as as little as you want!
1 -15oz can chickpeas, rinsed, and drained
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 C lemon juice
1 large garlic clove, roughly chopped
1/2 tsp find sea salt, to taste
1/2 C tahini
2-4 Tblsp ice water, more as needed
1/2 tsp ground human or more depend depending on your preference
1Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1. Place the chickpeas in a medium sauce pan and add the baking soda. Cover the chickpeas by several inches of water then bring the mixture to a boil over high heat continuing boiling, reducing heat if necessary to prevent overflow for about 20 minutes or until the chickpeas look bloated and their skins are falling off. In a fine mess strainer drain the chickpeas and run cold water over them for about 30 seconds set aside
2. meanwhile, in a food processor or high-powered blender, combine the lemon juice, garlic and salt. Process until the garlic is very finally chopped and let them mixture rest so the garlic flavor can mellow ideally 10 minutes or longer.
3. Add the tahini to the food processor and blend until the mixture is thick and creamy stopping to scrape down any tahini stuck to the sides and bottom of the professor as necessary.
4. While running the food processor, drizzle in 2 tablespoons ice water scrape down the food processor and blank into the mixture is ultra smooth pale and creamy.
5. Add the cumin and the drained cooked chickpeas to the food processor while blending drizzle in the olive oil blend until a mixture is super smooth, scraping down the side of the processor as necessary. Add more ice water to achieve the consistency you’re looking for.
6. Taste and adjust seasoningby adding salt and more cumin to get the flavor you were looking for.
Enjoy

03/30/2026

Great spot in Newport Beach for takeout (like we did) or dine in! The kung pao chicken was so flavorful. The crispy beef rolls were a surprise as I was expecting rice paper, but they were really tasty. We also got the pork steamed dumplings which honestly I would’ve loved more filling and last we go the truffle dumplings which were fine just not our favorite. I highly recommend trying

03/23/2026

Here’s a sneak peak to how I start my day! I’m a big creature of habit and all these things make me happy! It’s so important to do what you love! So let’s go!

March is always a big celebration month for my family! Here are a few highlights from my birthday!🎉
03/20/2026

March is always a big celebration month for my family! Here are a few highlights from my birthday!🎉

Meals from last week - all with my wrist healing- meals don’t have to be complicated to be good! These are simple quick...
03/16/2026

Meals from last week - all with my wrist healing- meals don’t have to be complicated to be good! These are simple quick easy to prepare meals!!!
Rack of Lamb with mint pesto
Pesto cottage cheese and noodles
Burrata pasta
Filet with truffle cream sauce

03/13/2026

Let’s get a little personal!

03/09/2026

People are always very curious about what being a personal chef looks like- so join me for a typical day! It’s very busy and you need to be very organized so you can maximize your time! I love helping people so I love what I do!

02/24/2026

Homemade French style butter is so easy to make- but don’t limit its use! Don’t add salt to all of it. This will allow you to either cook or bake with it. Other things you can do is make some compound butter! They are super easy and so fun to make!

Wine pairing!!!! Some recent wine parings we had for our dinners! Ribeye with a miso red pepper romesco and who could f...
02/20/2026

Wine pairing!!!! Some recent wine parings we had for our dinners! Ribeye with a miso red pepper romesco and who could forget the filet with a truffle butter and a truffle cream sauce pasta!!!!

02/13/2026

Unbox with me! I wanted to try ordering prime filet from for my clients Valentine’s dinner I’m cooking this year!

02/10/2026

Taco Tuesday hits with this chipotle cream sauce! This is a super easy sauce and it’s so good on your chicken or fish tacos!!!!

02/06/2026

After making my celery juice for years, I had some leftover while I was making lunch and realized that it would be a great addition to my tuna melt and sure enough it was a hit!

01/27/2026

We’ve had some rainy days lately so tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich really hits the spot

01/23/2026

This might be the simplest meal ever find things that you love and just use them -flavor can come from anywhere

01/20/2026

Here’s a dinner that sounds fancy, but it’s so easy and quick to make. It’s my rack of lamb with a mint pesto sauce. DM me if you want the recipe.

01/15/2026

Looking for some help!!!! Please let me know if you have these alien looking lemons too, and if you have figured out how to get rid of the weird ones

01/12/2026

Here’s another super easy quick recipe that you can do ahead of time you marinate your chicken overnight and then all you have to do is take it out and cook it in the oven

01/09/2026

Cheese and charcuterie boards are so fun to build. You don’t need to be an expert you just have to start placing things down- it’s that easy! You can’t make a mistake. It’s OK if you move things around just start! Get what you love and have fun - I’d love to see your boards!!!!

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