PRIVATE CHEF · CULINARY CONSULTANT · SAN ANTONIO

Elevated dining,made personal.

Thoughtful menus, bold flavor, and calm professional execution—from intimate dinners and weekly meal prep to stronger restaurant kitchens.

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15+Years in hospitality

HK 19Runner-up & fan favorite

26%Food-cost leadership

SEASONAL · CUSTOM · UNFORGETTABLEFood should feel like an occasion.

PRIVATE DINING✦MEAL PREP✦COOKING CLASSES✦MENU DEVELOPMENT✦SUPPER CLUBS✦RESTAURANT STRATEGY

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Hospitality, tailored to the moment.

Every engagement begins with a conversation. Final proposals reflect guest count, menu complexity, location, timing, and service needs.

Private Dining

A restaurant-worthy experience in your home, built around your guests, your occasion, and the way you love to eat.

From $150 per guestSix-guest or $900 service minimum; groceries quoted separately.

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Personal Chef & Meal Prep

Fresh, customized meals that make busy weeks feel effortless—planned, shopped, cooked, labeled, and left ready to enjoy.

Prices vary depending on menu.Up to four entrées with sides; groceries and containers separate.

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Restaurant Consulting

Practical culinary leadership for menus, food cost, recipes, training, kitchen systems, and openings.

$300 per hourFocused projects begin at $2,500. Retainers available by scope.

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Small-Group Cooking Classes

A relaxed, hands-on cooking experience for friends, families, celebrations, and private groups—guided by Chef Mary Lou from prep to plate.

From $125 per guestFour-guest or $500 service minimum; final pricing varies by menu and ingredients.

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Colorful chef-prepared weekly meals in glass containers

YOUR WEEK, ALREADY HANDLED.

PERSONAL CHEF & MEAL PREP

Meals that work for your real life.

No generic subscription menu. Your food is built around your household, dietary needs, schedule, favorite flavors, and goals.

01 Personalized menu planning
02 Grocery shopping and ingredient sourcing
03 In-home preparation or arranged delivery
04 Storage, labels, reheating notes, and cleanup

WEEKLY COOK DAYStarting at $375

Custom nutrition-focused meal plans are available from $175.

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RESTAURANT CONSULTING

Creative vision, backed by operational reality.

Chef Mary Lou brings executive-chef experience, a hospitality-management education, and years of leading high-volume kitchens. The goal is not a binder that collects dust—it is a clearer, more consistent, more profitable operation your team can actually run.

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01Menu development & engineering

02Recipe writing and costing

03BOH systems and SOPs

04Team training and kitchen culture

05Food-cost and waste reduction

06Restaurant openings and refreshes

Thee Side Quest

CHEF MARY LOU'S SUPPER CLUB

A little mysterious. Always delicious.

Limited-seat dinners where the menu gets more playful, the table gets more communal, and every course tells a story. Pop-ups and upcoming supper clubs will be announced here—separate from Geeks & Grubs and focused on the food, the room, and the experience.

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An intimate candlelit supper club tablescape

POP-UPS & EVENTS

What's next at the table.

NEWDATES SOON

SAN ANTONIO · LIMITED SEATING

Thee Side Quest: the next chapter

The next menu is in development. Join the list to receive first access when reservations open.

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Chef Mary Lou standing in a professional kitchen

MEET CHEF MARY LOU

Big personality. Serious kitchen experience.

Mary Lou Davis is a San Antonio native, Culinary Institute of America graduate, hospitality-management professional, and the runner-up and fan favorite of Hell's Kitchen Season 19.

Across private homes, restaurants, pop-ups, and executive kitchens, she is known for vibrant flavor, clear standards, genuine hospitality, and making ambitious food feel joyful instead of intimidating.

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