Jesse Miner, Vegan Personal Chef
Categories: Specialty Food, Personal Chefs [Edit]
San Francisco, CA 94107 (650) 274-8089
- Accepts Credit Cards: No
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
19 reviews
Neighborhood: Mission
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15 Reviews for Jesse Miner, Vegan Personal Chef
I'm a Vegan who can't eat anything made with any fats or oils whatsoever...this also means no nuts, avocados, olives, etc. When Jesse cooks for me, he still manages to create absolutely delicious food with vibrant flavors and yummy mouth feel. He loves the challenge of something out of the ordinary, and consistently rises to the occasion with creative, well made dishes.
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My mouth chewy-crunched through the supple skin and crisp lettuce of Jesse's Harvest Spring Rolls and as the flavors and aromas of the seasonal root vegetables and tangy dipping sauce jumbled together I thought "Thank you god for bringing me into Jesse Miner's kitchen!"
Jesse uses fresh seasonal produce and produces some of the best vegan dishes I have tasted! If you thought that creamy soups, rich desserts, hearty casseroles could not be found in the vegan realm then try Jesse's macaroni casserole, peanut butter fudge squares, or corn chowder and be proven wrong.
We hired Jesse a few months ago. Our desire was to have healthy, vegan options for our guests to eat. Jesse was professional and expertly prepared several dishes for our guests to enjoy. He brought all the ingredients to prepare everything at our home. He took the utmost care in selecting the finest organic foods to use. Everything he prepared was fresh, delicious, and beautiful. An added benefit to me was to watch and learn from Jesse as he prepared everything. He was eager to teach me and help whenever I had a question and wanted to learn more about preparing foods for myself. Anyone who hires Jesse will learn more, and eat more healthfully!
Whatever your needs, Jesse will deliver - and in spades. His expertise, his knowledge, his love of food, and his skills all make for a most amazing experience when you eat his food: whole, delicious, vegan food. It just doesn't get any better than that!
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I decided to have a personal chef help me out with meals before and after the birth of my baby. This decision turned out to be the best type of help, since having a new baby and a toddler keep me super busy. I started searching for chefs on Yelp, and I chose Jesse because of the great Yelp reviews and after reading his website.
Jesse prepares super tasty meals, in fact, my husband who hates tofu, loves all of Jesse's tofu dishes. We are not vegan or vegetarian, but we really enjoy eating his cooking, and don't really miss the meat too much. We know he shops for the best organic produce/ingredients, and he takes great care to use homemade preparations (soup stock, pie crusts, etc...).
His entree portions are hearty and generous, so we feel comfortably full and satisfied that we had a wholesome and nutritious meal.
We have been completely happy with his cooking and his overall service, that we decided to have him come twice a month. Jesse is also incredibly nice...try him out, you will not be disappointed.
I will always jump at a chance to dine if Jesse's cooking. Yes, I'm a friend of many years, and have been a blessed and eager recipient of his multitudes of tasty vegan dishes, brunches, assorted baked goods, dinners, etc.
He's interned at the best vegan restaurant in the city -- Millennium -- and can seriously make you forget about meat with his amazing creations.
As everyone has mentioned, Jesse's food ROCKS! What nobody has mentioned yet, is that he's also an enthusiastic, helpful and knowledgeable teacher.
You know all that special cooking knowledge that comes from trying a dish over and over again? All the stuff your grandma knows and can't really teach you? Jesse can! He's gives you all the little extra tricks that make your food come out looking and tasting great.
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I have been lucky enough to taste many Jesse Miner meals and every time I am amazed by the unbelievably high quality, tastiness and variety. Add to this that the food is very consistent and that Jesse is so sweet -- and eager to match your tastes -- and you have the makings of a wonderful meal!
It's also been really fun to have Jesse cook for people who usually eat meat (myself included) and find that they are blown away by the flavor and by how satisfied they feel at the end of the meal. One of my friends who's usually a vegetable avoider eagerly devours anything Jesse cooks!
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I've ordered food many times from Jesse and cannot recommend him highly enough. Right from the start, he sits down with you to determine what you like and dislike so he can cater his dishes to your individual tastes. He makes all his dishes with only the best ingredients. The freshness and delicious flavors will astound you! In addition to savory delights such as gazpacho, curry tofu, black bean salad, peanut noodles, pesto rice and homemade foccacia, he makes the most amazing desserts! Yummy cookies! Rich, chocolate pudding! You won't believe they're vegan they taste so good.
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I've known Jesse for many, many years so I've been lucky enough to sample his food free of charge a lot. Lucky is the operative word here, folks. LUCKY!
I'm not vegan. I'm not even vegetarian. But I still can't get enough of Jesse's goodies - I mean his food, Erin ;-)
So I was going on this group wine tasting trip a while back and we were all supposed to bring some food thing to contribute. But I'm not exactly a chef. So I picked dessert type stuff thinking I could probably manage not to screw it up too badly. But instead of testing my fellow wine tasters' tummies, I got the genius idea to hire Jesse.
It was indeed a GENIUS idea.
After speaking with him a bit we decided on cookies. I asked for perhaps a few dozen and maybe a couple different varieties. I had no idea what I was in for.
Jesse made me, like, over 100 cookies in 3 different types. And they were devoured in no time! If I'm remembering correctly they were 1) a ginger snap type thing, 2) an orange chocolate chip concoction, and 3) a cranberry oatmeal mix.
I don't know anything about vegan cooking so don't ask me what his substitutions were or what he used to make them so yummy. But they were so yummy that I ate well more than my fair share.
Story number 2 involves a girls clothing swap that I had this past Sunday. Jesse's wife was one of the guests and she brought these super good chocolaty cupcakes with a cream "cheese" frosting. I ate 2. It took all my strength not to eat 3.
She also brought a white bean dip which the entire group raved about.
Story number 3 involved Jesse and Erin's adorable rescued dog, Miss Jazz. I dog-sat for a couple days and Jesse was kind enough to rope off a section of their fridge for me and fill it with goodness that was ok for me to eat. I stuffed myself. There was a bean salad thing that made my head spin.
I can't say enough good things about Jesse's cooking. I guess you can tell that from this long review. And it's my first review, too. That's how much I love his food - he got me to actually post on yelp for the first time.
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I have been the very lucky recipient of Jesse's amazing meals for over 4 years. (Full disclosure - I often refer to him as my personal chef, but he is also my husband.) I get to experience first hand the dedication and passion Jesse has for creating delicious food. As a bonus for everyone who eats these tasty dishes, the meals are created from local, organic and all vegan ingredients.
As if the fantastic food were not enough, working with Jesse is a pleasure. All the best qualities of a responsible business man and service provider come naturally to Jesse: cheerful, punctual, tidy, friendly, accommodating.
Without a doubt, let Chef Jesse Miner cook you a meal!
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Jesse's food is amazing, and on top of it all, he's one of the most pleasant people you'll ever meet.
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Jesse's vegan creations are absolutely amazing!! I have been blessed to hang out with Jesse's rockin' pup Miss Jazz, and each time I have a date with her Jesse leaves the most incredible food for me. As a vegan, I can get stuck in ruts of tempeh stir-fried with some veggies in one sauce or another. Jesse's recipes inspire me to get out to Rainbow and into my kitchen to bring life back into my greens! He takes fresh, organic, in-home vegan cooking to a whole new level! I can't recommend enough trying his tasty meals! Favorites have included smoked tofu rice paper wraps, mac and 'cheese' mm, fudgy brownies, stuffed acorn squash... he even makes rice and beans an amazing meal!
Chef Jesse Miner is a five-star vegan chef. He effortlessly catered our company's holiday party for 25, and it was a smashing success. Not only is he extremely talented in the kitchen, he's a total pro when it comes to communication, organization, and menu planning. We can't wait to work with him again!
My fiancee and I were lucky enough to have Jesse prepare a complete meal for us earlier this year. We are not vegan or vegetarian but we absolutely love his food! It's delightful, tasty and very very very yummy. We live in Los Angeles, so it's a very special treat when we have Jesse come down and cook for us. Oh did I mention his deserts are absolutely amazing??!!! You wouldn't even know its' vegan!!!
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