Services

Private Chef Work

Private Chef work has many avenues. Whether you’re planning an intimate event, feeling overwhelmed by getting dinner on the table every night, struggling to meet varying dietary restrictions among family members, organizing a date night, or simply just wanting some great food you didn’t cook yourself, I can help!

Private chef work is done in your space and is custom built you preferences, dietary restrictions, and desires.

Kitchen Coaching

Becky tailors courses to meet each individual client where they are at. From no experience in the kitchen to a folks with a good foundation but just need a little support. learn some new kitchen skills, identify your kitchen and pantry stressors, set goals and have unlimited texting access to Chef Becky as you work to accomplish them.

Butchery

Chef Becky has been specializing in butchery for nearly 15 years, but prior to that she grew up hunting and butchering with her father in the woods of West Virginia. His favorite story to tell is about her first full sentence. At about two years old, she looked out the window at a deer and said “bang bang, meat, daddy”, and just like that, a butcher was born.

Pork & Pickles (the url on this website) was a butchering company created by Becky in Athens, Ohio. For six years Becky navigated the systems of state health regulations, running a small business, and training staff members on the principles of seam butchery.

Butchery services are custom built to your needs. These can be great for farmers looking to learn about processing their own animals, restaurant cooks and chefs looking to bring butchery skills to their kitchens, sausage and charcuterie classes, or any meat enthusiasts looking to jazz up their skillset.

Chef-On-Call

Imagine having a professional chef at your fingertips, ready to answer all your food and cooking questions.

Ask about anything food-related, including but not limited to meal planning, ingredient sourcing, flavor profiles, drink pairings, food safety, kitchen equipment, cooking techniques, and restaurant recommendations!

I will usually respond within minutes, guaranteed within 24 hours. Embrace the confidence of having a culinary mentor in your pocket, ensuring your kitchen adventures become successes.

Food & Beverage Consulting

Chef Becky knows restaurants, FOH and BOH, through and through. She got her first restaurant job at 16, was a shift manager by 17, went to culinary school after completing an undergrad in Geography, slaved her 20’s away, opened her first restaurant at 30, sold her first restaurant at 33, and was nominated for a James Beard Award at 36.

She has extensive experience working in and consulting on FOH, BOH, restaurant accounting, creating LLC’s and navigating bureaucratic red tape, strategic planning, restaurant design, and progressive staff management.

Whether you are a restaurant group or an individual owner, just beginning to planning your concept, halfway through your buildout, a new restaurant struggling with some details, or a well established spot looking for a revamp or some fine tuning- Chef Becky’s Restaurant Consulting can help.

Cooking Classes

I will work with you to design a custom class just for you. All classes are BYOB and end in us sitting down to a meal together.

Some classes I’ve taught in the past are pasta rolling, soups & stews, knife skills, charcuterie board building, condiments & sauces, 3 ways to use a whole chicken, grilling, braising, specific US regions, specific global regions, and many more.

Classes are typically 3 hours of instruction, a copy of all recipes, and one week free of my chef-on-call texting support for all participants following the class.

You provide the space and all ingredients.

Perfect for kids, adults, and families. Great as a gift or a birthday party idea.

Kitchen & Pantry Organizing

As a chef Becky offers unique and specialized perspective that goes beyond traditional organizing services for kitchens and pantries. Her intimate understanding of kitchen functionality, ingredient accessibility, and the efficiency required for seamless meal prep will get your space working for you and not stressing you out.

Chef Becky offers 2 hour consults and 4-6 (or more) hour sessions. Let’s tackle it together!