About me:
I have had a very interesting and varied background. Love new ventures and travel but above all I love meeting new people. I tend to be a bit fiery when threatened and will stand up fiercely for my beliefs and my friends.
My passion is computer building. I love these mechanical brain extensions. I once taught Computer
repair and Electronics at Amersham and Wycombe College. I enjoyed that immensely, once I had stopped the teenage students from climbing in and out of the windows! My workshop is full of electrical tools and equipment and I spend all my spare time building computer systems for the kids and others who otherwise could not afford them.
As I am continually upgrading stuff for myself and others there are plenty of obsolete items to rebuild into new systems. I like to get old people on line and independent There is nothing quite as satisfying as watching an eighty year old find Independence by ordering groceries online...then they wait in and grab the delivery bod to ask them in for tea and biscuits!
I love horses, cats (I have two enormous Rag Doll cats) and anything to do with the wilds and wilderness anywhere in the world. Absolutely adore New Zealand where my beloved sisterlives and where I would love to be.
A keen Bible student I try to apply God´s principles to all things.
My favourite sport is Horse Racing, I used to ride in Team Chase events a few years ago. my biggest
weakness is spending. I love films of all sorts.
I was once a fashion model and then as I got older I became an actress.
One film that I appeared in was Jack Nicholson´s first movie..I think I have worn considerably better Now I cater for films on location. Providing lovely home cooked grub for stars and crew. I really enjoy that. I recently made Gillian Anderson´s Wedding cake..but there were no X Files in it!
My Work:
Personal Chef UK Ltd A company providing gourmet home and business catering for discerning customers
I am Personal Chef with eighteen years experience providing catering services for busy people. (Like a private chef but booked on a daily basis.)
Parties, dinner parties, business functions and everyday cooking for the freezer.
My valued clients are varied and their requirements even more so. In the past I have cooked food for, among many others, Earl and Countess Spencer, HRH The Princess Margaret, Sir Mark and Lady Weinberg (Anouska Hemple) of Blakes Hotel fame,
For Sir Dominic and Lady Cadbury, for the family and friends of Boris Berezovsky. Managing Directors of many great British companies, Solicitors, Doctors and famous sports personalities.I have many famous clients now. I do however cook for ordinary people too and they are great fun and just as interesting to work for.
From gourmets to Atkins Diet fans. I take the drudgery out of home cooked meals and shopping preventing you from ´glowing in the dark´ from constant takeaways.
Alexander, a successful IT consultant and his girlfriend Fiona wanted a belated birthday dinner for friends at home.
Fiona is a busy estate agent and property manager.
"There is absolutely no time left for me to prepare elaborate dinners." She says.
"I really like good food and it would take me hours to source all the best ingredients etc, so I now leave it all to Fay, my Personal Chef. She shops, prepares and cooks whatever I fancy. Her range is so extensive that I can trust her to cook everything perfectly, however ´off the beaten track´
" A few months ago we had seared Foie Grass on Brioche toast followed by marinated Sea Bass fillets with a wonderful lime sauce. For dessert Fay made a beautiful hot dark chocolate and vanilla Soufflé, It was to die for! "I just never need to get all stressed out in order to entertain my friends at home any more. I just come home bathe and change, if I wish I can do all the fiddly girlie things to set the table or I can just leave it to my Personal Chef. It doesn´t actually cost much more than a really good restaurant, and the more guests the cheaper the comparison. The quality and enjoyment of it has no comparison. It is just absolutely heavenly. When it´s all over the kitchen looks like a new pin and there is usually something left for lunch the following day so really it is extremely good value for money.
"I work a lot of hours and didn´t have time to get everything ready, and I wanted to be able to spend time with my partner´s relatives, instead of cooking."It was fabulous," Fiona said.
I have cooked for families, businesses, diplomats and royalty, all over England, Provence, Venice and New Zealand.
Having been a chef for 18 years and successfully running Fay´s Home Cooking
personal chef services since 1998 I Started PersonalChef.UK in 2000 as an
agency/representative for other chef´s in the UK who wish to become part of this rapidly growing new industry,
All of my chefs are fully qualified and experienced. I do train chefs if they have exceptional qualities. I also have several Butlers on my books, and one or two Lady Butlers.
My background is originally in TV food commercial advertising. I have been Chef/Owner of two restaurants the last one featured on the Food Guide on Anglia TV and had three luxury letting apartments for overnight stays by executives or even honeymooners. We used to specialize in very small themed weddings with exquisite food and service. Our restaurant was of a Russian background and the food was lavish as were the helpings of caviar.
After some years as a caterer I now specialize as a Personal Chef . I work for some of the worlds top people in business and society, I have often worked in stately homes for titled people, but still enjoy cooking for the prize winners that win me from time to time and they can be ANYONE!
Recently completed a 1-year contract with BBC as a prize on a game show. This year I am a prize in Hello Magazine, among others, to win a chef for Christmas Day
I am the Roast Rage Queen at Christmas hosting a 24 hour hotline promoting Quality Standard British Beef and Lamb. I give cooking advice to all the stressed cooks preparing Christmas dinners.
Fay
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