Private Chef Dominique Van Der Linden

Dominique is a Mexican-born chef whose work moves between food, art, design, and storytelling. She treats the table as a site for conversation, not just consumption, and brings that same care to a private dinner as she does to her collaborative projects.

Every dinner curated by Dominique starts with a theme, a memory or emotion that is translated into a menu. She utilizes food as a narrative medium to tell stories through high quality seasonal ingredients and innovative techniques. Dominique's food draws on her multicultural background and varying cuisines interests to create dishes that deliver bright flavors, citrus, herbs, and spices that aim to surprise and delight.

She is the founder of Tertulia Studio Berlin, a dining concept created in dialogue with visual artists, and has cooked in Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Mexico City, New York, and Buenos Aires. Beyond Tertulia, she has cooked a wide range of private dinners and events, experience that now shapes every high end dinner she designs.

For me, cooking is...

my way of connecting to art, culture, and each other. There is no faster way to break down barriers than a steaming casserole of goodness.

I learned to cook at...

at home, then never stopped chasing the perfect hummus, slow roasts that melt in your mouth, vegtable dishes that make you rethink your favorite food.