Austin's Premier Private Chef Experience

Tastings

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PRIVATE AUSTIN DINING

Led by Chef Dan Bruce, Tastings offers exceptional private chef experiences and event catering in Austin, Texas. We specialize in farm-to-table dining that highlights local ingredients and creative menus tailored to your preferences. Whether you’re planning an intimate dinner party or a special celebration, Tastings is your trusted partner for private chef services in Austin. Contact us today to learn more and reserve your date with one of Austin’s local private chefs.

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Custom Seasonal Menus Crafted with Local Ingredients

Private Dinners
Thoughtfully curated, multi-course private chef dinners tailored for any occasion including bachelor and bachelorette parties, intimate dinner parties, birthdays, graduations, micro weddings, ceremonies, and anniversaries.

Event Catering
Seasonal, chef-crafted menus designed to elevate your celebrations. Perfect for corporate retreats, company picnics, appetizer buffets, grazing tables, and ceremony receptions.

Custom & Tasting Menus
Experience the best of Austin’s culinary scene with our seasonal, chef-driven tasting menus. Designed for intimate gatherings, special celebrations, or elevated at-home dinners, our tasting menus highlight local, organic ingredients and creative flavors.

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Mango parfait with roasted white chocolate and coconut cream

Private Dinners, Catering & Custom Chef Services

Menu Ideas

Here pictured is an elegant plate of food with a parmesan encrusted chicken, a red tomato sauce, served over flat and long pasta noodles, garnshed with grated parmesan cheese

3-Course

FARM SALAD

Swiss chard, little gem lettuce, carrots, radish, cantaloupe, basil, parsley, lemon vinaigrette

LOCAL NY STRIP

long pepper spiced beef, ginger carrot laksa, cauliflower, green chard, zucchini, pepita, lime, heirloom basmati, cilantro

LEMON TART

sweet coconut cream, blueberry, roasted white chocolate, cashew, basil, vanilla, graham crumble

4-Course

HAMACHI CRUDO

orange, jalapeno, cucumber, apple ponzu, citrus, Texas Olive Oil

SOFT EGG

tamari marinated egg, fried sweet potato nest, mirin Dijon cream, herbs

TEXAS QUAIL

pan roasted quail, butternut squash, Texas Iberico, kale crisp, macadamia, fig, lemon-thyme jus
STRAWBERRY PARFAIT

roasted & fresh strawberry, coconut panna cotta, pistachio, basil, chia

Brunch

ALMOND FLOUR PANCAKES
nut butter, chia pudding, coconut

SWEET POTATO HASH
kale, pecan, zucchini, swiss chard

PALEO GRANOLA
almond, cashew, pepita, sunflower seed, coconut flake, honey, cinnamon, blueberry, chia, hemp, vanilla

63-DEGREE EGG
slow-poached eggs or eggs cooked to order

AVOCADO, BACON, SEEDS
guac-style smashed avocado, pepita, sunflower, sesame, lemon, arugula

DATE BITES

toasted oat, pepita, coconut, flax, chia, vanilla, good salt

BANANA BREAD

salted butter

Private Chef Services

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Private Dinners

Enjoy a completely customizable private dining experience in the comfort of your own home.

Catering

From corporate gatherings to boat parties and weddings, we have ideas for every occasion.

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Tasting Menus

In highest demand, enjoy a custom seasonal tasting menu perfect for intimate gatherings.

Booking a private chef is easy.

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Thoughts...

FIFA World Cup 2026

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is here, and Austin already has the look. Jerseys out, phones open, kickoff times quietly rearranging the day. From watch parties and neighborhood bars to tacos al pastor before the match, the World Cup has a way of turning an ordinary afternoon into something louder, stranger, and a little more fun.

World Cup Watch Parties

Dan Bruce

3 min read

The Role of Technology and AI in Modern Chef Services

Technology is becoming part of modern chef services, but not in the way people usually describe it. For me, AI is less about replacing the work and more about organizing the details around it: menus, timing, dietary notes, prep lists, and client preferences. The cooking is still physical. The tools just help keep the thinking closer at hand.

Beginnings story

Dan Bruce

5 min read

A farm-to-table approach

Locally sourced farm-fresh ingredients and seasonal pairings.

Private Chef driven service

Chef prepared, plated, and served, every detail is handled with care.

Perfect for special occasions

Anniversaries, celebrations, and intimate gatherings.

portrait close up of a whole kumquat standing on end filled with yogurt and a coconut crisp and pea tendril garnish

overhead view of a chocolate dessert messily composed with fun chocolate swirls and dollops of chocolate here and there from Tastings private chef Austin

Back in the day...

In 2004, I got my start washing dishes at the nicest restaurant in town, just hoping for a shot on the line. It was exactly like Bourdain warned—maybe with a hint of Marco Pierre White. Crab cakes were thrown, pans were kicked, and I was hooked. I wouldn't recommend it, but what a beginning. Five years there, three more in Leesburg, Virginia, and now thirteen here in Austin, Texas. I love everything about the culinary world and feel deeply grateful for the journey.

~Chef Dan Bruce

A black and white picture of the chef/owner, Dan Bruce, holding an excessive amount of hand sieves smiling, Private Chef Austin, Dan Bruce