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Overhead view of a finished plate on a dark board: braised short rib over stone-ground grits with collard greens, sauce and garnish.

Monica's Soul

Cooked slow.

Served with soul.

Private chef · Phoenix

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I cook the food I grew up on — slow, generous, and made for the people around your table.
— Monica

From her kitchen.Real plates, real nights.

  • Rice with pigeon peas and sausage, with sliced cucumber on the side.
  • Barbecue chicken with macaroni cheese and buttered mixed vegetables.
  • Shrimp linguine in a cream sauce.
  • Orange chicken with steamed broccoli over white rice.
  • A bowl of chili topped with shredded cheese, with cornbread.
  • Barbecue chicken over yellow rice with broccoli and cauliflower.
  • Cobb salad with turkey, bacon, egg, tomato and spring onion.
  • Chicken stir fry with broccoli, carrots and peppers over rice.
  • Pancakes with butter and syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage and tater tots.
  • Roasted chicken drumsticks with rice and beans, grilled corn and asparagus.
  • Pasta in a cream sauce with broccoli and grated cheese.
  • A pot of beef and wide pasta simmering in tomato sauce with peppers.
  • Fried eggs over a bowl of wild rice.
  • Penne in a cream sauce with chicken and broccoli.
  • Shrimp tostadas with guacamole and chopped tomato.

Morning · 1 of 3

Weekly meals. Your fridge, sorted.

I plan the week with you, shop, and cook in your kitchen, so your fridge is full of real food by the time I leave.

Priced to your menu

Learn more about weekly mealsPlan this: weekly meals

Afternoon · 2 of 3

Celebrations. The day, made delicious.

Birthdays, showers, the big milestones. I cook a spread worth gathering around and serve it family-style, so you can be with your people.

Priced to your menu

Learn more about celebrationsPlan this: celebrations

Why Monica. The short version.

No set packages

Every menu is written for you.

Cooks around your needs.

  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free
  • Nut-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Dairy-free
  • Low-sugar
Barbecue chicken over yellow rice with broccoli and cauliflower.

Serving Phoenix
and nearby

Cobb salad with turkey, bacon, egg, tomato and spring onion.

A menu, for example.

Every menu is customized. These are starting points.

Sunday Supper

Sample menu · for eight

To start

The table

To finish

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How it works. Four easy steps.

  1. Step 1: Plan your table

    Tell me the occasion, the guests and the date. It takes about two minutes.

  2. Step 2: We talk

    I'll reach out within 24 hours to hear what you have in mind.

  3. Step 3: Your custom menu

    I write a menu around your table, your tastes and any dietary needs.

  4. Step 4: Sit back and enjoy

    I cook and serve. You stay with your people.

Plan your table

Someday

Monica's SoulCafe

One day, this table becomes a cafe.

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