Chef Laurie Curtis

Personal Chef In Manchester

Hi, my name is Laurie. I am an experienced private chef based in Manchester who brings the full restaurant experience to you and your guests. A restaurant where the needs of you and your guests come first.

I’ve been a chef now for over 13 years. I started my career in a burger bar in my hometown of Leeds. My passion for fine dining took me to London, where I honed my skills in Michelin-starred restaurants. I eventually became head chef for the Royal Catering Company, overseeing events at prestigious venues like Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey.

After completing my training in London, I moved to Manchester. I quickly became one of the city's most sought-after private chefs, serving high-profile clients, celebrities, and footballers, especially known for my Italian cuisine and fresh pasta.

I will provide you with a flawless experience from start to finish. You will enjoy dish after dish of delicious food in the comfort of your own home or holiday rental. I will interact with your guests, giving details about each dish, ingredients and preparations. I hope to share this experience with you soon.

For me, cooking is...

My way of expressing myself and showing my personality through my dishes.

I learned to cook at...

Some of London's most prestigious fine dining restaurants

A cooking secret...

Is a deep-rooted connection to the ingredients, an intuitive understanding of their potential, and a relentless pursuit of culinary excellence.

My menus

Asian Italian Fusion

STARTER

All inclusive

Focaccia Prawn toast with sesame, saffron mayo sushi seaweed & pickles

Saffron rice cracker with parmesan mousse, pancetta & golden egg yolk

FIRST COURSE

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Lobster & prawn ravioli, lobster bisque, mascarpone, salsa verde. Caprese side salad with heritage tomato, mozzarella & fresh basil

Chicken gnocchi, crispy wings, wild British mushrooms, sweet corn, black truffle, chicken gravy

MAIN COURSE

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Peking duck breast coated in a sticky hoisin sauce with a crispy duck leg bonbon, plum purée, charred baby corn and spring onions

Teriyaki glazed beef sirloin steak with handmade oxtail dumpling, sticky shiitake mushrooms, and wilted bok choy

DESSERT

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Crunchy cannoli filled with chocolate & hazelnut mousse served with miso caramel & honeycomb

Limoncello & Yuzu meringue pie, with lemon curd, mini meringues fresh raspberries & mint

Bella Cibo Tasting menu

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Eggs and soldiers with carbonara mousse, golden egg yolk, truffle ketchup and truffle brioche soldiers

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Crudo with yellowfin tuna, watermelon, lime, avocado & risotto rice cracker

Pasta Sicilian red prawn and nduja gnocchi with, Picobella tomatoes & salsa verde

MAIN COURSE

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Meat main Agnolotti lamb ragu stuffed pasta, with roasted lamb rump, fresh ricotta, pistachio pesto, and lamb sauce

DESSERT

All inclusive

Pre-dessert Sicilian pistachio cake with white chocolate mousse, fresh raspberries & mint

Dessert Classic tiramisu with Tia Maria caramel, honeycomb & mascarpone gelato

Zen tasting menu

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Prawn toast on fired brioche with sesame, lime mayo & sweet and sour pickles

Tuna sashimi on a rice cracker with avocado wasabi & sushi seaweed,

Salmon and avocado Uramaki sushi rolls with wasabi mayo, pickled ginger, soy and ginger dipping sauce

FIRST COURSE

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Shanghai style siu mai dumpling with prawn & pork, soy & ginger dipping sauce

Shanghai style dim sum dumpling with mushroom & aubergine, soy & ginger dipping sauce

Shanghai style dim sum dumpling with crab, ginger & bamboo, soy & ginger dipping sauce

MAIN COURSE

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Peking duck breast coated in a sticky hoisin sauce with a crispy duck leg bonbon, plum purée, charred baby corn and spring onions

Teriyaki glazed beef sirloin steak with handmade oxtail dumpling, sticky shiitake mushrooms, and wilted bok choy

North sea Bream served with prawn dumpling & bok choi in a light lemongrass broth

Miso & ginger glazed aubergine with handmade Aubegine dumpling sticky shiitake mushrooms, and wilted bok choy

DESSERT

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Finest Belgian Chocolate tart with miso caramel, toasted hazelnuts & honeycomb

Chia latte Creme brûlée, pineapple mango & lime salsa, coconut sorbet

Great British Roast

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Juicy prawn cocktail with marie rose sauce, cucumber, avocado & cherry tomatoes

Chicken liver pate, homemade brioche, red onion marmalade

Beetroot, goat’s cheese and candied walnuts salad

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Beef wellington with horseradish sauce and beef gravy with garlic and rosemary roast potatoes, honey and mustard glazed parsnips and carrots, apricot and sage stuffing, seasonal greens, cauliflower cheese & massive Yorkshire pudding

Mushroom wellington with horseradish sauce and beef gravy with garlic and rosemary roast potatoes, honey and mustard glazed parsnips and carrots, apricot and sage stuffing, seasonal greens, cauliflower cheese & massive Yorkshire pudding

DESSERT

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Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce clotted cream ice cream and honey comb

Cinnamon bread and butter pudding with raisins, Rum Crème anglaise & vannila ice-cream

Crème brûlée with fresh raspberries & mint

Bella Cibo

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Carbonara mousse on a parmesan crisp with golden egg yolk, crispy pancetta & black pepper

Sicilian red prawns on fluffy focaccia with mascarpone, lime, pickles & basil

Piccobella tomato bruschetta on fluffy focaccia with basil pesto & homemade ricotta

FIRST COURSE

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Dreamy arancini filled with beef shin & mozzarella with shaved cauliflower & truffle ketchup

Dreamy arancini filled with nduja & taleggio cheese with red pesto, ricotta & basil

Dreamy arancini filled with goat's cheese & red pepper with red pesto, ricotta & basil

MAIN COURSE

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28-day aged florentine steak with beef shin tortellini, wild mushrooms, basil pesto & truffle sauce

Lamb rump with lamb leg ragu, fluffy gnocchi, asparagus, pistachio pesto & masala sauce

Roasted cod loin, lobster & prawn ravioli, red pepper sauce, tomatoes, mascarpone & salsa verde

Roasted king oyster mushroom with wild fungi ravioli, white wine truffle sauce & salsa verde

DESSERT

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Classic Tiramisu with tia maria caramel, honeycomb & mascarpone gelato

Crunchy cannoli with chocolate mousse, tia maria caramel, & honeycomb

Limoncello meringue pie, with lemon curd, mini meringues fresh raspberries & mint

Zen Flavours

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Prawn toast on fired brioche with sesame, sriracha mayo sushi seaweed & pickles

Salmon sashimi on a rice cracker with avocado wasabi & sushi seaweed

FIRST COURSE

Choose 2 dishes

Prawn & pork dim sum dumpling lime mayo, soy & ginger dipping sauce

Wild mushroom & aubergine dim sum dumplings with truffle ketchup, soy & ginger dipping sauce

Ox tail dim sum dumplings with truffle ketchup & soy dipping sauce

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Peking duck breast coated in a sticky hoisin sauce with plum purée, charred baby corn and spring onions

Teriyaki glazed beef sirloin steak with sticky shiitake mushrooms, and wilted bok choy

North sea Bream served with bok choi in a light lemongrass broth

Miso & ginger glazed aubergine with sticky shiitake mushrooms, and wilted bok choy

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Finest Belgian Chocolate tart with miso caramel, toasted hazelnuts & honeycomb

Chia latte Creme brûlée, pineapple mango & lime salsa, coconut sorbet

L'Essence de France

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Beef sirloin on brioche with wild mushrooms, capers, gherkins and truffle ketchup

Smoked Salmon on brioche with cream cheese, cucumber capers and parsley mayonnaise

FIRST COURSE

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Seared Cod loin with mussels, garlic, parsley butter & white wine sauce

French onion soup with gruyere cheese & a toasted slice of garlic Baguette

MAIN COURSE

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Beef short rib bourguignon with wild mushroom, pancetta, buttery mash potatoes & seasonal vegetables

Steak frites, sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce, fries with truffle & gruyere cheese

Honey roast duck breast with peas, lettuce, pancetta & rich duck sauce

DESSERT

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Finest Belgium chocolate tart with salted brandy caramel and honeycomb

Creme brûlée with fresh strawberries creme fresh meringues and lemon balm

Tart au citron- lemon tart with fresh raspberries & meringues

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Chef Laurie's reviews

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118 services

Chef Laurie has been such a delight to work with. I'm personally not present in the event and booked him to cater my sister's intimate wedding reception. He took note of all the requests and changes in schedule and was very accommodating to us. Thank you so much Chef!

Laurie was great would love to have him back again!

Chef Laurie was fantastic. The food was absolutely tremendous and he was fantastically engaging. All 8 of our diners agree it was some of the best food the have ever had.

Laurie is a lovely chef - superb food and professionalism. We had a wonderful evening!

A brilliant evening - Thank you!

Fantastic meal, all 4 dishes were delicious - I would recommend to everyone!

Highly recommended from start to finish, from the first moment of contact, chef laurie was incredible from suggesting menus, to delivering the outstanding menu we chose. We booked chef Laurie for our small intimate family wedding at home for 20 people. Our entire wedding party thoroughly enjoyed every course that was served (4 course meal). Basically outstanding, and we can't thank chef Laurie enough for making the start of our wedding perfect. Exceptional!

Food was incredible and service was fantastic, would definitely book again

Laurie was just fab! His food was incredible - would definitely recommend.

Our chef Laurie was amazing. The food he prepared and in a perfectly timed order was fantastic. I would definitely book him again. The whole experience was amazing.

100 percent recommend Chef Laurie, my partner can be fussy with food and he was very accommodating from start to finish. A wonderful experience over all.

Luis was incredibly supportive in the run up to the event and could not do enough to make the evening so special. He went the extra mile and his waitress was also exceptional. I would use Luis again.

Chef Laurie was incredible - arrived in great time, really friendly and polite, cooked an incredible meal (catering for a coeliac, vegan and veggies, and other allergies!) and left the kitchen cleaner than when he got here!! Couldn’t recommend more highly, the entire experience was brilliant!!

We booked Chef Laurie for a special birthday meal for my Mom's 60th, and he did not disappoint! The whole process was very easy from start to finish and the experience really made my Mom's birthday. Laurie was very attentive, chatted to us whilst he prepared the food, and talked us through every beautiful dish! The quality of the food and presentation of each course was perfect and we would all highly recommend booking Laurie, we can't wait to do so again!

We booked Laurie for a birthday party of 6. He hosted a really great evening and the food tasted incredible and looked amazing. He also communicated promptly and answered all questions on the menu. We would definitely book him again!

Laurie was a pleasure to deal with. He created a bespoke menu at our our and interchanged everything we asked for. The food was delicious, beautifully presented and timely. He served and cleared discretely and chatted when we spoke to him. Would definitely recommend and use his services again. Had we known he offered a cocktail drinks package too, we'd have taken advantage of that also. Thanks for making my birthday memorable.

Amazing experience, excellent food, very professional, really nice guy. Would highly recommend anyone to use Chef Laurie. Five star dining at home with everything cleaned afterwards. Honestly just a special four days of top class dining. Thank you so much from the Robson’s. We will be doing this again and again.

We live in Singapore so we booked Laurie for our daughter's 21st birthday with her housemates in York. The first WhatsApp message from our daughter was 'THIS IS BRILLIANT!' and the next next several hours passed in a cascade of similarly effusive messages about the service, the set up, the clean up, the atmosphere and - of course - a barrage of photos of the extraordinary food. Admittedly she is a student, but her final message summed it up: "I have been nearly reduced to tears over the meal because I will never get to eat like this again!!!' Thank you Laurie - you made her year!

Laurie made our evening really special. His pasta is delicious and the dessert melted in the mouth! Everything was high quality. He was friendly, he arrived on time and he left the kitchen spotlessly clean afterwards. A top guy.

Perfect. Laurie was excellent and food was awesome.