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Private Chef for Thanksgiving Dinner

Cooked in Your Kitchen, Served at Your Table, Cleaned Up Before We Leave

A chef arrives at your home Thanksgiving morning, cooks the full meal in your kitchen, serves it at the time you set, and cleans everything before leaving — including the roasting pans. Your oven and your table, without the four days of prep. Thanksgiving is $168.75 per person with a $1,350 holiday minimum ($1,000 plus 35%), so a booking starts at $1,350 before groceries.

Thanksgiving dinners are cooked across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, Philadelphia and the Main Line, North and Central Jersey, and Myrtle Beach.

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Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, November 26. Book by late October. It is the single most-requested date of the year and chefs are assigned first-come.

Your Recipes, Cooked Properly

Most families ask for at least one traditional dish. Send the recipe — the stuffing, the sweet potato dish nobody is allowed to change — and it goes on the menu as written. The rest of the meal can be as traditional or as elevated as you like around those fixed points.

Everyone Eats the Same Meal

Thanksgiving is the meal where dietary needs matter most, because one guest eating a separate plate at that table feels worse than on any other day. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free versions of the traditional dishes are standard when restrictions are collected at booking.

The Signature Thanksgiving Menu

A family-style feast of holiday classics, prepared fresh in your kitchen and served at your table. Designed for eight or more guests.

Holiday Centerpieces

  • Herb & Butter-Roasted TurkeyGolden roasted turkey with fresh sage, thyme, garlic, and savory pan drippings. Beautifully carved with white and dark meat.
  • Brown Sugar & Apple Cider-Glazed HamTender holiday ham with a caramelized brown sugar, Dijon mustard, and apple cider glaze.

Traditional Holiday Sides

  • Classic Thanksgiving StuffingToasted bread, sweet onions, celery, sage, and savory turkey stock, baked until golden.
  • Creamy Yukon Gold Mashed PotatoesWhipped potatoes with sweet cream butter and roasted garlic.
  • Traditional Green Bean CasseroleTender green beans, house-made mushroom cream sauce, and crispy fried onions.
  • Maple & Brown Butter Sweet PotatoesRoasted sweet potatoes with maple syrup, brown butter, warm cinnamon, and toasted pecans.
  • Honey-Glazed CarrotsRoasted carrots with honey, fresh thyme, and butter.

The Holiday Essentials

  • Homestyle Turkey GravyRich turkey gravy made from roasted drippings and fresh herbs.
  • Cranberry-Orange SauceWhole cranberries simmered with fresh citrus and holiday spices.
  • Fresh-Baked Yeast RollsBaked fresh in your home and served warm with whipped honey butter.

Something Sweet

  • Traditional Pumpkin PieClassic spiced pumpkin custard, flaky butter crust, and cinnamon whipped cream.
  • Warm Apple CrumbleTender cinnamon-spiced apples, buttery oat crumble, and vanilla bean crème anglaise.

Make It Extraordinary

Personalize the feast with steakhouse and coastal-inspired upgrades — +$10 per guest for each additional course or selection.

Steakhouse & Seafood Starters

  • Jumbo Shrimp CocktailChilled jumbo shrimp, signature spicy cocktail sauce, fresh lemon, and horseradish.
  • Maryland Jumbo Lump Crab CakesGolden-seared jumbo lump crab cakes with lemon-chive aioli.
  • New England Lobster BisqueRich, velvety lobster bisque with sweet lobster meat, sherry, and cream.
  • Classic Steakhouse WedgeCrisp iceberg lettuce, smoked bacon, tomatoes, pickled red onion, and house-made blue cheese dressing.

Additional Holiday Favorites

  • Four-Cheese Baked MacaroniCreamy cheddar, Gruyère, fontina, and Parmesan with a golden baked crust.
  • Steakhouse Creamed SpinachTender spinach, garlic cream, nutmeg, and Parmesan.
  • Crispy Brussels SproutsRoasted Brussels sprouts with smoked bacon, balsamic glaze, and crispy shallots.
  • Gruyère Potato GratinThinly sliced potatoes layered with roasted garlic cream, aged Gruyère, and a golden Parmesan crust.

Premium Holiday Entrées

  • Herb-Roasted Beef TenderloinCenter-cut beef tenderloin with roasted garlic, fresh herbs, and red wine shallot jus.
  • Steakhouse Prime RibGarlic-herb crusted prime rib, natural au jus, and creamy horseradish sauce.
  • Butter-Roasted Lobster TailsSweet lobster tails with roasted garlic herb butter, fresh lemon, and parsley.

Additional Holiday Desserts

  • Southern Pecan PieToasted pecans, rich brown sugar filling, buttery pastry, and bourbon whipped cream.
  • Dark Chocolate MousseSilky dark chocolate mousse, fresh whipped cream, and delicate chocolate curls.
  • Caramel Apple Bread PuddingWarm brioche bread pudding with cinnamon apples, salted caramel, and vanilla bean crème anglaise.
Download the full Thanksgiving menu (PDF)

Thanksgiving Pricing

Thanksgiving carries the 35% major-holiday premium: $168.75 per person, with a $1,350 holiday minimum ($1,000 plus 35%), which puts a Thanksgiving booking at $1,350 before groceries and fees. That covers turkey, all the sides, a starter course and dessert, cooked in your kitchen and served at your table, with full cleanup.

Groceries are billed at cost and a $100 travel fee applies 25 or more miles from the serving base — Williamstown, New Jersey, or Surfside Beach, South Carolina for the Grand Strand. See the full pricing breakdown for every service and fee.

How Thanksgiving Day Runs

The chef arrives several hours before service, works around your oven schedule, and times every dish to land together. Nothing arrives in a foil pan to be reheated — the turkey rests on your counter and the house smells the way it is supposed to. Leftovers are portioned and refrigerated before the chef leaves, with stock started from the carcass if you want it.

Outside the holidays, the same service runs as a private chef for a dinner party. Families travelling for the week often book Thanksgiving at a rental house, then come back for New Year's Eve. Birthdays, retirements and other family gatherings follow the standard, non-holiday rate.

A Note from Chef Matt

A short message from Chef Matt himself — a hello before you plan the day, and an invitation to let our team cook it for you.

Sound on — 45 seconds.

Ideal For

Large Family Tables

Eight to twenty-five guests in a residential kitchen, more with added chefs.

Family Recipes

Grandmother's stuffing goes on the menu exactly as written.

Hosts Who Want to Sit Down

Courses served, plates cleared, the table managed for you.

Traditional or Elevated

Classic Thanksgiving, or a coursed version of it.

Shore & Beach Rentals

Thanksgiving at a Shore house or a Myrtle Beach rental.

Full Cleanup

The kitchen is left cleaner than it was found, roasting pans included.

How It Works

  1. 1

    Reserve the Date

    Send your date, guest count and town. Thanksgiving dates are assigned first-come, so reserve before the headcount is final.

  2. 2

    Build the Menu

    Traditional, elevated, or a mix — and send any family recipes you want cooked exactly as written.

  3. 3

    Set Your Service Time

    Tell us when you want to eat. The chef works backwards from that around your oven and counter space.

  4. 4

    Chef Cooks Thanksgiving

    The chef arrives hours ahead, cooks everything on site, and times every dish to land together.

  5. 5

    Leftovers Packed, Kitchen Clean

    Leftovers are portioned and refrigerated, the roasting pans are washed, and the kitchen is left spotless.

What Our Clients Say

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Dean R.

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Chef Matt provided an amazing buffet for our Christmas party this year. We had 55+ people who were all raving about the delicious food.

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Gail A.

Long Beach Island, NJ

Amazing dinner for ten by Chef Matt in our LBI home. There were constant comments from my family 'this is the best I ever had!'

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Mary B.

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Every dish was fresh, perfectly prepared and beautifully presented. Chef Matt was professional and easy to work with.

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Chef Matt McComb plating a course during in-home private chef service

Meet Your Personal Chef

  • 18+ years professional kitchen experience
  • Executive Chef by age 22
  • Academy of Culinary Arts graduate
  • USPCA member
  • Specialized in dietary-aware cooking

Chef Matt brings restaurant-quality dining directly to your home. Every meal is crafted around your preferences, dietary needs, and lifestyle — sourced with intention and cooked with precision.

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Where We Serve

Thanksgiving dinners are cooked in homes across South Jersey, North Jersey, and Central Jersey, plus Philadelphia and the Main Line.

Off-season Shore rentals along the Jersey Shore and beach houses in Myrtle Beach are common Thanksgiving settings — a rental oven and counter space is enough.

South Jersey Jersey Shore Main Line & Philadelphia Myrtle Beach

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. A chef arrives at your home Thanksgiving morning, cooks the full meal in your kitchen, serves it at the time you set, and cleans everything before leaving. Your oven and your table, without the four days of prep. Thanksgiving is booked across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, Philadelphia, the Main Line, North and Central Jersey, and Myrtle Beach.

Thanksgiving is $168.75 per person — the standard $125 rate plus a 35% major-holiday premium — with a $1,350 holiday minimum ($1,000 plus 35%), so a Thanksgiving booking starts at $1,350 before groceries. That covers turkey, all the sides, a starter course and dessert, cooked in your kitchen and served at your table, with full cleanup. Groceries are billed at cost and a travel fee may apply.

Everything is cooked in your kitchen on the day. That is the whole point — the turkey rests on your counter, the house smells the way it is supposed to, and nothing arrives in a foil pan to be reheated. The chef arrives several hours before service, works around your oven, and times every dish to land together.

Yes, and most families ask for at least one. Send the recipe — grandmother's stuffing, the sweet potato dish nobody is allowed to change — and it goes on the menu as written, alongside whatever else you want. The rest of the meal can be as traditional or as elevated as you like around those fixed points.

There is a $1,350 holiday minimum, and twenty-five is comfortable for a single chef in a residential kitchen. Larger gatherings are handled by adding chefs, which is routine with a team of roughly twenty. Tell us the guest count and the size of your oven during planning — the menu is built around both.

Either. Most families want the meal served — courses brought out, plates cleared, the table managed — so the host actually sits down. Others want the chef to cook, plate everything family-style onto the table, and step back so the carving stays a family moment. Both are standard; decide during the planning call.

Yes, completely. The kitchen is left cleaner than it was found, including the roasting pans. Thanksgiving cleanup is the single most common reason families book a chef for this day specifically — the cooking is a pleasure right up until the moment the last plate comes off the table.

They are yours, packed and refrigerated before the chef leaves. Portioning leftovers is part of cleanup, and menus are deliberately built with Friday in mind — extra turkey, sides that hold well, and stock started from the carcass if you want it. Leftovers are not an afterthought on a Thanksgiving menu.

Yes, and Thanksgiving is the meal where it matters most, because one guest eating a separate plate at that table feels worse than on any other day. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free versions of the traditional dishes are standard. Collect the restrictions at booking rather than the week of.

Yes. Thanksgiving at a Shore rental or a Myrtle Beach house is common, and rental kitchens work fine — an oven, a cooktop and counter space is enough. Rental kitchens are usually short on roasting pans and serving platters, so send a photo of the kitchen during planning and the gaps get covered.

Partial Thanksgiving bookings are possible and worth asking about, though most families find the value is in handing over the whole meal rather than half of it. If you have dishes you want to cook yourself, keep them and the chef builds the rest of the menu around your oven schedule so nothing collides.

Book by late October. Thanksgiving is the single most-requested date of the year and chefs are assigned first-come, so the week before is usually too late. If your guest count is not final, reserve the date anyway — headcount can be adjusted up to about a week out, but the date cannot be recovered once it is gone.

Why Book Thanksgiving Private Chef With Chef Matts

Bringing a chef into your home should feel calm, considered, and personal — not transactional. Every booking with Chef Matts Culinary Creations starts with a real conversation about your household: how many people you're feeding, the dietary preferences and restrictions involved, the kitchen we'll be working in, and the kind of experience you want to create. From there, Chef Matt builds a custom menu and confirms every detail in writing well before the date.

The service itself is fully turnkey. We handle planning, seasonal sourcing, in-home cooking, plating or portioning, and a complete kitchen cleanup before we leave. With more than eighteen years in professional kitchens — including time as an executive chef by age twenty-two and ongoing membership in the United States Personal Chef Association — Chef Matt brings restaurant-level technique into homes across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, the Philadelphia Main Line, and South Carolina's Grand Strand.

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