About Chef Brian

I started my cooking career about twenty years ago in Sonoma County, California. My hometown of Healdsburg has been for decades a hub of excellent bistros, restaurants and delis serving local, pastured, foraged, farm-to-table and heirloom organic foods. Most of the establishments I worked with and supported since I first started cooking professionally have focused on ingredient quality, value, technique and integrity. Those have been the most important influences on my own development as a Chef in the twenty years I have progressed through my career.

I began catering in Sonoma County about a decade ago doing contract work as an Event Chef with a variety of local small businesses and wineries, and for a time in a corporate Chef Manger position with Compass Group. I personally managed events serving groups of single families to 300+ guests, with a variety of menus prepared specifically for individual clients. I gained significant experience with fine-dinning service, but always remained inclined towards preparing home-style and traditional foods. I believe offering nourishing and delicious meals with simple presentations with affordable prices if the best way for me to better the world in my own way.

Brian Scott Gilbaugh