Chef Carissa Tkachyk

Private Chef in Calgary

116Services completed

4.78 / 5Based on 52 reviews

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CalgaryI travel up to 60 km

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Experienced, passionate chef

I am a red seal chef with over 25 years experience in the industry. I am currently a professional cooking instructor. I have worked in hotels, convention centres, fine dining and bistros. I was Alberta Apprentice of the year. Alberta and National Champion in The Chaine des Rotisseurs Jeune Commis competition Canada and fourth place in the International Competition. My strength is creating customized menus to suit individual tastes. I would describe my cooking as classically French trained, with ethnic influences, using seasonal and local ingredients as much as possible.

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For me, cooking is...

My passion, my lifestyle and my joy

I learned to cook at...

Southern institute of technology in Calgary

A cooking secret...

Cook with passion, using seasonal, fresh ingredients.

Types of cuisine I prepare

Fusion
French
Italian
Latin American
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Chef Carissa's reviews

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116 services

Chef Carissa was professional, clean, incredibly accommodating, and the food was 12/10. She made our night so special and truly a memorable experience. We were a large group and with an AirBnB and were not sure what the kitchen set up was ahead of time - or the address until very close to the date. Chef was fully prepared and made last minute accommodations that were incredibly kind. Thank you thank you thank you!

What a great experience! Chef Carissa and the meal she served was incredible. She was friendly and very professional. Probably one of the best meals we have ever eaten.

Very beautiful and memorable experience. Food was amazing! I would definitly recommend Chef Carissa!

She was fantastic! Her food was delicious and she was very professional

Carissa was amazing. The food was amazing. The overall experience was better than expected. I would love to do it again and again and again......

Great experience, will definitely book again!

Carissa was exceptional in every way, would highly recommend her. The night start with a couple kids that didn’t want to fall asleep right away, and Carissa was so accommodating with the timing so that we were all able to enjoy dinner.

Chef Carissa was outstanding. Menu fit exactly what we asked for, food was great, very nicely presented. Can’t wait to eat their food again!

Chef Carissa was great! Very experienced! The food was amazing! My family thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

Chef Carissa created an inventive menu that proved to be even more delicious than its description. Carissa was able to accommodate several dietary restriction, while maintaining a wonderfully cohesive theme. The food was fantastic, the presentation was beautiful, and the service was impeccable. Our party was a group of well travelled foodies, all of whom were very impressed with Chef Carissa's culinary instincts and execution. Every course was well beyond expectation, creating a most memorable meal. The food was described well, without our party ever feeling that we were being interrupted or intruded upon. And the kitchen was spotless when Chef and her colleague left. I highly recommend Chef Carissa for any group looking for great food and service.

Chef Carissa was wonderful. She was much on time, on the ball and did beautiful presentations. The food was very good and you could tell she is an expert at gourmet dishes. I revised the menu slightly and she was very easy going to alter and tailor my requests. I would highly recommend her and I would hire her again in the future! You won't be disappointed with this Chef.

Chef Carissa was super nice and professional. The food was unbelievable.

Carissa knows what shes doing in the kitchen! I had a party of 12 and asked her for a ten plate tasting menu and she did amazing. Each dish was unique and delicious. My group really enjoyed the experience and would definitely recommend her to anyone wanting to try a chef at home! Thanks Carissa!

Carissa was amazing. She was conversational but didn’t overdo it. Smiled a lot. Could sense her passion for being a chef.

This was an incredible evening that I couldn't recommend enough to anyone thinking about trying. The entire experience was smooth and easy to navigate, I gave some basics as to what I was looking for and Chef Carissa did the rest. She had multiple options and provided feedback along the way. The night of was great we could sit back and relax as she prepped and got things ready and then once dinner was prepared everything was wonderful. The food and attention to detail with the presentation was amazing. If your looking for a fine dinning option as home this is it, from wiping the plates down before serving to make sure there wasn't any stray spots of sauce to even offering up wine pairing suggestions if that's your thing. She was easy to talk to and I can not recommend her enough. You won't be disappointed.

Chef Tkachyk was superb in every respect. Highly recommend.

We had a very positive experience with Chef Carissa. Our family had some food restrictions which I thought may make the chefs job harder. With the menu selection we got to choose from that wasn't the case. We communicated mainly by email from the website and answered any questions we had. She was on time and even while preping the food was chatty which was nice, we had lots of questions about what she was preparing and how. The meal was delicious and the portion sizes were spot on. All I had to do was set the table and have the dishes set out for her. Once the meal was done I was suprised that the kitchen was clean, in our house we have a rule who cooks doesn't clean but was very suprised it was cleaned up, we really appreciated that. Chef was very nice and chatty presented the meals so we knew what was served and we liked that she even mentioned the farmers markets that she got some ingredients from. Overall a very pleasant experience and would highly recommend Chef Carissa to everyone.

We had a romantic dinner for two for our first anniversary. Carissa Tkachyk was our Chef. We asked her for a French menu and she provided us with a number of excellent options for each course. We chose the scallops with minted pea puree to start, next a salad of greens and for the main the beef tenderloin with roasted lobster, asparagus and chateaux potatoes. The dessert was chocolate pot au creme with berries. She provided an amuse bouche of watermelon with prosciutto and basil and a lemoncello sorbet as a palate cleanser. Carissa did an amazing job in all respects. Starting with a fantastic menu, high quality ingredients, beautiful presentation and of course she is a marvelous chef. Her food was absolutely delicious. She arrived promptly and everything went seamlessly after that. We would highly recommend her. Heather and Glenn

Carissa was a delight to work with, very professional and the meal was outstanding. All our guests had a wonderful evening I will definitely recommend her services Thank you

First time we have tried a private Chef experience. Very well done! Chef Carrie was awesome, the food was great and overall we will recommend. Note for improvement! This was gift certificate from my previous employer and had an expiry date. So I had to book the event well in advance to ensure the certificate did not expire. There should be no expiry for gift cards/ certificates issued in Canada as it is illegal to put expiry dates on them. Thanks