Really nice fellow. Tasty food. He was tardy but it all worked out. Would hire him again. Reasonable price point.
Weston Smith
Great value
- 24 hires
- Based in Saint Paul, MN
- 6 years in business
- 2 employees
- Background checked
About Weston Smith
Hi there, I’m Weston. My group is called Local Effort - we’re at local effort food dot com. Our focus is on local and seasonal food and ingredients. We’re available across Minnesota, especially around the Twin Cities, and we grow vegetables in Roseville. I'm available as a personal chef: for home dinners, as an instructor and a coach, food styling, and for events. I can teach novice and intermediate-level wine tasting techniques, how to make sourdough bread, and chocolate tempering. I love to bring a little restaurant hospitality to people's homes. I've got a handful of fancy gadgets and tools, I don’t compromise on ingredients, and I get a joy out of trying to recreate someone's favorite dish, or attempting dishes outside of my experience or tradition. My favorite thing is helping folks improve their own home cooking. I'll come over and cook with you, or I will cook for you and you can just watch and learn. I can write recipes, help with groceries, and offer dietary and nutritional guidance. In the end, I want you to learn to love your food. However we get there is up to you. When you're working with me, the food is always better. Here's what I bring: 11 years of New York-based kitchen and hospitality experience. odd ingredients, potions, seasonings, and experiments - I'll show you what I do to personalize my own cooking, how I think and how I shop. my undivided attention ...and more importantly, your undivided attention. Great home cooking is about adding personal flavor with your personal presence.
Reviews
Weston freaking (he’s going to make me curse) Smith!! Let me just start out by saying this review is an honest assessment. My wife and I do not know Weston outside of cooking. Aside from being responsive, attentive to our dietary restrictions (GF and DF) and punctual to the meet, Weston was the best decision I could’ve made for my wife’s birthday. He has a light presence to him and he’s very thoughtful in his approach. Not only is he very easy to talk to, he uses local ingredients sourced from Minnesota and Wisconsin. He started out by making us a duck appetizer. We both have never had duck before and let me tell you, it definitely won’t be our last time, either. We’ve already made a couple phone calls to our immediate community to talk about the duck appetizer and to start planning our next visit with him. He then made a Hanger steak taco entree that was divine. Best tacos in town. The meat was extremely tender, the ingredients were fresh and to top it all off. . We had left overs. He followed up with some chicken wings as a special request from us and they were amazing! I wish we would have gotten a chance to try his homemade ranch, (I’m a fan of ranch) but the chicken did not need it to be exactly what we wanted it to be. He made a chocolate cake to top off the night with his house blend whip crème and my goodness it was delightful. I can’t speak enough on how great he paired all of the flavors of every dish. He cleaned up after himself and there’s a reason why Weston Smith is #1
Had Weston over to cook a plated dinner for the family after our daughter’s birthday. Prompt concise details to organize and we loved the local ingredients. Definitely recommend for intimate and delicious dinners
From the initial inquiry through to the final bite of delicious food every detail and expectation was exceeded. The menu was original and also appealing to our entire dinner party. The food and ingredients were sourced locally and of the best quality, every dish was prepared perfectly. It was not just a meal, but an experience and we were all so grateful for the wonderful evening! Many thanks! Picture of the delicious all scratch chocolate cake with butter cream frosting. Our wedding cake!
Weston was so gracious as to add our event to his schedule last minute despite already being booked earlier in the day. Everyone was impressed with the great menu, delicious food (kids included!) and friendly service.
I hired Weston as a gift to my partner for our anniversary. The experience could not have been more amazing! Weston was extremely responsive on Thumbtack, and quickly made adjustments to the menu based on our preferences. He was very fun to chat with while he was cooking, and had a lot of details to share about the ingredients he was using. We are excited to hire Weston again, and would recommend him to anyone!
Think of the Taste, Quality, Creativity and Service of the best restaurant in Minneapolis and then bring it to your home… that’s what Weston delivers! I hired Weston for a small dinner party for my husbands birthday. He was very responsive, worked with me on planning a menu that exceeded expectations for my budget and taste, and helped with making excellent wine recommendations. He was a pleasure to have at my home and presented everything beautifully. He was efficient and thorough in cleaning up afterwards. Did I mention the FOOD WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD? Highly recommend! Hire him today! I’m already trying to figure out when we can have him back again…
He was amazing -i picked wrong date accidentally and he accommodated.
We hired Weston to cook for a group of 10 for a couples shower we were hosting. He absolutely surpassed all our expectations! He was very responsive and easy to work with setting the menu. But best of all, his imagination and menus made for a yummy dining experience vs just a meal. We would definitely hire him again- and would highly recommend!
We were looking for a special way to celebrate my wife’s birthday. We found Weston through thumbtack and booked him to cook a special dinner for 6. It was amazing! His communication up front was excellent, he uses local fresh ingredients and the food was great! He is friendly, professional, and no mess to clean after. We will be booking Weston again.
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Weston Smith★ 5.0
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