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Subject: Need food prepared
Category: Health > Fitness and Nutrition
Asked by: inga-ga
List Price: $40.00
Posted: 09 Sep 2002 15:47 PDT
Expires: 09 Oct 2002 15:47 PDT
Question ID: 63210
I need to find a personal service that will prepare meals to my
specifications for delivery or pick up in the Los Angeles/Santa Monica
area.  I need the best quality organic foods that are portion/calorie
controled, using proper food combining methods, for optimum weight
loss.  I don't want the zone diet, weight watchers, jenny craig or
similar services.  I want personal, HIGH QUALITY service, not assembly
line junk. Thank you.
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Subject: Re: Need food prepared
Answered By: journalist-ga on 11 Sep 2002 06:10 PDT
 
Greetings!  I have discovered a few options from which you may choose.
 You will need to phone the places to ascertain they have the exact
foods you require but they all stated some sort of single catering or
single meal packages and/or pick-up/delivery.  The best options seem
to be Healthy Gourmet or Zone Perfect but I did find a few more that
may fit your needs.

From an article on the Healthy Gourmet:
"Healthy Gourmet, a provider of freshly prepared healthy meals for the
home, began service to San Diego County on May 8. The firm uses
top-quality low-fat, low-cholesterol and low-sodium ingredients to
create more than 140 portion-controlled items on a revolving four-week
menu. Daily calorie levels for portion-controlled meals are 1100, 1500
and 1800...Healthy Gourmet's Los Angeles base is located at 3021
Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. The company's headquarters and
production kitchen are at 17851 Sky Park Circle, Suite G, Irvine, CA
92614. The Healthy Gourmet web site under construction is
www.healthygourmetmeals.com."

In the same keyword search, I also located:

LIVING LIGHT HOUSE 
1457 12th Street (corner of Broadway)
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 395-6337
Email: Landon@thelightstyle.com
Owner: Donald Kidson
Offers: 
 Raw Food Gourmet Dinners: 
Monday Night Madness with Matt begins at 7 PM - $20.
Tuesday Night w/ Matt Round Duex - UNLIMITED Soup & Salad Night $15.00
+
Thursday Evnings - Pure & Simple served up by Danielle & Kevin. 5:00
PM to 8:00 PM - Donation: $10. to $15.
CATERING: lunches and dinners prepared for you to enjoy at home, work
or on location. Great picnic lunches and more. For more information,
prices, menus, and other details call Matt at (310) 721-4222
 
MANNA LIVING FOODS
Santa Monica, CA
(310) 454-0547
Website: http://manalivingfoods.com
Partners: C. Devin Whatley and Lesa Carlson 
Offers: 
 Gourmet Raw Food Delivery Service to homes and businesses.
Single, as well as 5, 10, 20 and 30 Meal Packages offered
All meals include a gourmet entree, soup and salad with dressing and
dessert. CC accepted. Exec. Chef: Lesa Carlson

In another search, I located Susan Dopart but her bio didn't mention
food prep for customers.  However, I thought you might want to contact
her to see if she did offer that.  If she doesn't, she may be a good
lead for a service that does provide what you are looking for:

"Susan Dopart RD - Nutrition and Fitness Consultant 
Susan is a Nutrition and Fitness Consultant in private practice. Her
areas of expertise include weight management, diabetes, heart disease,
eating disorders, and exercise nutrition. She specializes in helping
her clients with individualized nutrition programs. The program is
based in Santa Monica, California."

I also found an Ann Gentry whose bio stated she had a home delivery
service before she opened her restaurant.  However, she may still
offer a pick-up service so I have included her in your list of
possibilities:

"Ann Gentry - chef, restaurateur, food educator and visionary - has
spent the past twenty years learning, discovering, and striving to
raise the standard of vegetarian cooking. By combining macrobiotic
food preparation with the ambience and richness of her southern
upbringing, she created, founded and continues to helm Real Food Daily
- the only restaurant in the Los Angeles area that serves a 100%
vegetarian menu using foods grown exclusively with organic farming
methods. Now boasting two locations in Santa Monica and West
Hollywood, the trailblazing proprietress and former head chef, is the
owner of LA's most progressive and highly lauded gourmet vegan
eatery."

The above were searched with "santa monica" as the location.  I then
searched "los angeles" as the location and discovered two more:

"Veg-In-Out 
All natural meals home delivery service offering weekly bulk meals
that are cholesterol free, low fat, high energy, low sodium, and made
with love.
Phone: 310-574-9405 
http://www.veginout.com"

"Zone Perfect
For people living in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area, New
Jersey, Connecticut, and Los Angeles (Orange County), California,
ZonePerfect Fresh Food Delivery makes living in the Zone incredibly
easy, delicious, and economical. ZonePerfect Fresh Food Delivery is a
unique program that delivers freshly prepared, healthy, personalized
Zone favorable meals to your door each day. Each of the 3 meals and 2
snacks you receive daily are nutritionally balanced to the Zone
40-30-30 ratio of carbohydrates, protein and fats. There is no longer
any excuse to put off a healthy lifestyle."

I hope that one of these services will fit your needs.  Should you
require additional information, please don't hesitate to request a
clarification.



SEARCH TERMS and LINKS:

santa monica personal chef pick-up service  [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=santa+monica+personal+chef+pick-up+service

Untitled Document
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/directories/dir_rawcater&din.html

Healthy Gourmet
http://www.healthygourmetmeals.com/newsreviews/pressreleases/sd_expand.htm


santa monica personal nutritionist chef delivery  [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=santa+monica+personal+nutritionist+chef+delivery&btnG=Google+Search

Bookmarks for Cynthia York-Camden
http://www.sinutrition.com/cycbkmrk.htm


santa monica personal chef delivery organic  [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=santa+monica+personal+chef+delivery+organic

Ann Gentry of Real Food Daily
http://www.realfood.com/ann.htm


los angeles personal chef delivery organic  [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=los+angeles+personal+chef+delivery+organic

Vegetarians in Paradise/Los Angeles Vegetarian Yellow Pages
http://www.vegparadise.com/yellowpages.html

Veginout
http://www.veginout.com/


los angeles personal nutritionist chef delivery  [Google search]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=los+angeles+personal+nutritionist+chef+delivery

ZonePerfect.Com: ZonePerfect Fresh Food Delivery
http://www.zoneperfect.com/ZonePerfect_Fresh_Food_Delivery.html

Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 11 Sep 2002 06:14 PDT
I just noticed that I included ZonePerfect which may be related to
your mention of "zone".  I apologize if this is the same "zone" of
which you spoke.  I am not familiar with these diets but didn't intend
to give you information that you didn't want.  Again, should you need
further clarification, please ask.
Comments  
Subject: Re: Need food prepared
From: dogberry-ga on 11 Sep 2002 00:46 PDT
 
All culinary schools have job boards where you can post an ad. Be sure
to outline specs, particularly technique and sourcing. I saw many
peculiar (to a restaurant chef, at least) listings, largely for
personal/small group cooking jobs at Le Cordon Bleu in London. I guess
this is where it happens. Personally, I wouldn't cook for just one or
two; maybe you could get a larger group for a free lance chef?

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