Chef Runzhi Liu

Chef At Home in Markham
Chef Runzhi Liu
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MarkhamI travel up to 25 km

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Nutrition-minded chef cooking Italian, American and Chinese classics that feel like a celebration and still leave you feeling good.

I trained in Culinary Management with a nutrition focus at George Brown College in Toronto, and I've cooked my way from Urumqi to Shanghai to here. That path shows up on the plate: Italian and American classics done carefully, plus the bright, spiced flavours of Western China that most Toronto tables have never tried.

For the past two years I've been the private chef for a couple in Richmond Hill, planning their menus, shopping, and cooking weekly meals around their tastes and dietary needs.

At your home, I handle everything: menu, shopping, cooking, plating, and a spotless kitchen after. If anyone at the table eats high-protein, lower-sugar or gluten-free, or is recovering from illness, tell me. I'll build the menu around them so nobody gets "the sad plate."

Tell me the occasion, and I'll take care of the rest.

More about me

For me, cooking is...

How I take care of people. A great meal should feel like a celebration and still leave you feeling good the next morning.

I learned to cook at...

My family's kitchen in Urumqi, then George Brown College in Toronto, where I studied Culinary Management with a nutrition focus.

A cooking secret...

Balance. Bold flavour from spices, herbs and acid instead of extra salt, sugar and butter, so every dish is rich but never heavy.

Book your experience with Chef Runzhi

Specify the details of your requests and the chef will send you a custom menu just for you.