EPICurean Personal Chef

This company & the owner Mathew are unprofessional and are a waste of time to try and deal with. I would recommend looking elsewhere for such services.

AMAZING! We wanted to do an upscale dinner party at our home with a private chef. After reading Mat’s great Unilocal reviews we knew he would create an evening that was unforgettable. The food and professionalism exceeded all of our expectations. All of our guests raved about the food, and still talk to us about how amazing the evening was. The food was the highlight of the evening. We are lucky we found him and can’t wait to plan another dinner party.

Chef Mat has prepared a great meal for my work Christmas Party 3 years in a row now. We have had turkey with all of the fixings and this year we tried the Prime Rib. It is always a hit with everyone from work. To think that after years of going to different restaurants with our group and over paying and being dissapointed… WE HIT THE JACKPOT! I found Chef Mat on some random internet search and have not looked back. If you are even halfway considering EPICurean, go for it. You will be blown away.

What can I say that hasn’t already been said! My girlfriend hired Chef Mat to cook for us on our anniversary. He was amazing! First he was able to make us a wonderful meal in a very cramped kitchen. He is a stickler for perfection he had something on the menu but called and asked if he can change it because what he had wasn’t fresh enough. He also introduced us to a few new dishes. And throughout the whole meal he was able to explain his dishes and keep us entertained. I would highly recommend him to anyone thats looking for an amazing chef! It was worthy every penny!!!

Grandslam! I hired Chef Mathew from looking online. I new nothing about him at all other than what I read online, and I never even saw a picture of him (not that it matters but just for a face to the voice). From the point I contacted Mathew I felt the care and thought in helping me surprise my girlfriend. He prepared a couple 4 course menus from me to pick from. I told Mathew we will be upstairs having couples massages, so if he could just quietly come in and start with dinner target of 8:30, also I told him there will be a table set up in the front room with candles etc. After our massage I told my girlfriend lets walk down the street for dinner. Well as she walked down the stairs she was blown away by this guy (Mathew) in our kitchen dressed professionaly as a chef, and as kind as could be. We went into the front room, and he had lit the candles, poured wine, and layed a personalized menu of what we were having with a title on the menu. All I can say is Mathew was a hit!, He was kind, clean cut, professional, friendly, engaging but also aware. We started off with an appetizer of seared tuna, pickled green beans, quail eggs, and small sliced potatos. Second course was a heirloom beet salad, with goat cheese, main course was the best cooked salmon I have ever had over a rissotto, with fresh leeks. Desert was a light sponge cake, with fresh berries, a culee sauce. This guy put it on a tee, and hit it out of the park!!! Thanks Mat so much!!!

I wasn’t sure how I was going to pull off Thanksgiving meal this year… with a Black Friday due date and a house full my Italian in-​laws, either cooking all day or the noise level was sure to send me into labor. I contacted Chef Mat, toying with the idea of having the meal prepared for our group of 10. As promised, the next day he delivered a proposed menu which was PERFECT! I booked the meal immediately. Opening each container of food was like opening presents at Christmas; each was met with ooooh and aaaah with my guests. The heating instructions were flawless and the food was amazing. Sadly, (or maybe appropriately) it was the best Thanksgiving meal I’ve ever served. The flavors, the proportions, the presentation… couldn’t be beat. This won’t be the last time I’ll contact Chef Mat, in fact I’m certain he’ll be hearing from us again very soon.

Boom Shalakalaka!
Chef Mat makes tasty tacos… my favorite. Try him once, try him twice.
I used him for a first dinner date with my girlfriend and it totally won her over for less than a dinner out in Midtown and a crappy summer movie.

Chef Mat is WONDERFUL! I eat a vegan diet, and he did a wonderful job accommodating our family’s dietary needs AND the food was delicious! I highly recommend his vegan spaghetti and meatballs even if you’re not vegan. They were delicious! He also does a wonderful job preparing the menus and giving precise directions for re-​heating food to preserve the food’s quality and taste.
Now, if I only could get him to move to my new hometown (New Orleans).