Private Chef — New York
BespokeCulinaryJourneys
Exclusive in-home dining for New York City's discerning families.
The Experience
Three ways of working, one standard of excellence.
Private Estate Placement
Full-time, discreet culinary residency within your household. Menus composed around your family's rhythms — from quiet weekday breakfasts to formal weekend entertaining.
High-Profile Event Catering
Intimate dinners and private gatherings executed with silent precision. Every course choreographed, every detail invisible — until the first plate arrives.
Tailored Nutritional Curation
Bespoke programs designed alongside your physicians and trainers. Performance nutrition, elevated to the standard of fine dining — never the reverse.
The Chef
Oksana O'Donnell
Agraduate of one of the world's most celebrated culinary institutions, Oksana honed her craft in the kitchens of Michelin-starred chefs across the United States and Europe — where precision is not a technique, but a temperament.
Today she brings that quiet rigor to private residences: sourcing at dawn, composing menus around the rhythms of each household, and disappearing before the first guest sits down. What remains is only the meal — and the feeling that it could not have been otherwise.
Selected Work
Plates, composed quietly.
The Journal
Notes from the table.
Nº 01 — Week of August 17, 2026
A Late-Summer Week, Uptown
Composed for a family of four — luncheons built to hold through long afternoons, dinners that wait patiently and arrive warm. Nothing fried twice, nothing wasted; the week's rhythm written in basil, grain, and late-August zucchini.
Roasted Zucchini Quinoa, Chickpeas & Feta
Mediterranean meatballs or day-boat shrimp
Creamy Chicken Pesto Rigatoni
Rice pilaf, garden salad
Shrimp Fried Rice
Miso green beans
Black Bean Enchiladas
Vegetarian, quietly spiced
Classic Carrot Cake, Cream Cheese Frosting
or dark chocolate cupcakes
Inquiries
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