
Danielle DeFeudisPrivate Chef in New York, NY

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Danielle is a New York City chef with over 13 years of professional experience and six years of private work. She cooks for clients in the way that suits their life: weekly meal prep, intimate plated dinners, relaxed family-style meals, larger dinner parties, and cocktail events. Her training began in San Francisco, where she cooked at Dominique Crenn’s Petit Crenn and Tartine Manufactory. In New York, she worked at Olmsted and Estela, the Michelin-starred restaurant, before opening Lodi at Rockefeller Center and later leading the kitchen at Dame as Chef de Cuisine. She holds a degree in Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales University, so she cooks with an eye for flavor and for how people want to eat. Today she is Head Chef of the commissary kitchen at Nami Nori, where she runs production at scale. For private clients, that means a chef who is organized, consistent, and comfortable in your kitchen, whether she’s feeding two people or forty.
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20 guests maximum · Books up to 6 months in advance
Work History
November 2020 - Present
Private Chef - Part Time · Private Chef · New York, NYPlans seasonal, nutrition-focused menus around client preferences and macro targets, sourcing from NYC greenmarkets and specialty purveyors for private households and events.
February 2025 - Present
Head Commissary Chef · Nami Nori · New York, NYManaged commissary ordering and production across three locations, adjusting purchasing and labor to sales trends while maintaining food cost targets and quality.
August 2024 - December 2024
Culinary Director · Little Green Gourmets · New York, NYEstablished kitchen protocols, led hiring and training, and developed company-wide training manuals and SOPs for sanitation and food safety across multiple locations.
October 2022 - August 2024
Chef de Cuisine · Dame · New York, NYLed a two-person team in all kitchen operations and developed seasonal menus, reducing food costs by 10% while maintaining a flawless health inspection record.
February 2019 - May 2022
Sous Chef · Mattos Hospitality (Estela, Michelin-starred) · New York, NYMay 2018 - February 2019
Sous Chef · Olmsted · Brooklyn, NYEducation
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+ 20% platform fee and groceries
2–50 guests · Books up to 6 months ahead
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