About Chef Ray
With knowledge and passion for the culinary arts, Chef Ray pursued his personal chef career and has excelled within the Great Smoky Mountain area. Fast forward twelve years and his personal chef service business, Fruitful Vintage, has provided exquisite meals for thousands of visitors to the area. Sit back and relax with friends and family while welcoming him and his team into your cabin to cook up fresh cuisine!
Buffet Services
There’s no doubt that Chef Ray can provide a variety of dishes for your mountain retreat! Want to spice it up? No worries, Chef Ray was born and raised in the New Orleans area! Want a taste of southern soul? Chef Ray provides gourmet to down home comfort meals for you and your party to enjoy! Menus for different occasions are available on their website with many options for you to customize each course. Chef Ray and his team are accommodating for each guest whether it’s 2 to 50+. The team serves guests from Gatlinburg to Knoxville or any city located within 50 miles of Sevierville, where Chef Ray is located. The list of services he provides is extensive as well!
Try a self- serve buffet for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or BBQ cooked on- site for you and your guests. From 2 to 4 course options, you and your guests can enjoy Chef Ray’s favorite recipes!
If you happen to be in The Smokies for the holidays, you can count on Chef Ray to prepare traditional style holiday meals including: Herb Roasted Turkey, Spiral Cut Ham, Rib Roast, and even fresh made pies! Is your mouth watering yet? Ours too!
Formal Services
Whether your celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or even “just because,” Chef Ray prepares multi course dinners from 2 to 20 guests! Each full service formal dinner can be anywhere from 3 to 6 courses all inspired by Chef Ray himself. Enjoy your time with guests as Chef Ray and his team pamper you by preparing, plating, serving, and cleaning all courses.
If you plan to celebrate your honeymoon, anniversary, or birthday in the smoky mountains, be sure to check out Chef Ray’s romantic dinners for two!
NEW Cooking Classes
Chef Ray and his team now offer cooking classes! Choose between 3 options of cooking demonstrations, hands on cooking, and even team building challenges. You can also choose a theme from their website for your cooking class based on meals you would enjoy! From Cajun Cuisine and Classic Gourmet to TN Farm House and Sunday Brunch, you’ll learn to cook so much in so little time!
Cooking Demos
- Watch, Learn, and Eat! Watch Chef Ray cook up your favorite dishes while learning techniques to prepare these dishes at home! The best part? You get to savor in all the fresh flavors Chef ray prepares for you!
Hands On Cooking
- Cook, Learn, and Eat! Put your skills to the test while Chef Ray assists you in preparing each dish, and of course you’ll get to be taste tester!
Team Building Challenges
- Cook, Bond, and Eat! Work as a team to create dishes as Chef ray guides your instruction. Once the meals are complete, Chef Ray will judge based on presentation, use of ingredients, teamwork, and of course, taste! Don’t worry, you’ll still get to devour your creations!
Tips to know
- Fruitful Vintage is a personal chef service aimed at providing the highest quality meals and service for each customer.
- Everything is cooked onsite for ultimate freshness.
- Chef Ray brings all supplies and ingredients used in meals.
- Chef Ray can accommodate to most dietary restrictions and allergies.
- Offers include gluten free and diary free options.
- Fruitful Vintage offers “Vacation Meal Package” specials which give you 10% off when you book 3 or more buffet meals.
Learn more about Fruitful Vintage on their website here
Contact Chef Ray
Phone: 865.774.0251
Email: info@fruitfulvintagechef.com
