Rockville Centre, NY · Long Island, NY
Private Chef & Cooking Sessions
on Long Island
Hands-on cooking and baking sessions, weekly family meals, dinners cooked in your home, and celebrations worth the fuss.
What I do
Four ways I can cook for you
From a hands-on afternoon in your own kitchen to a full celebration — all of it cooked from scratch, all of it meant to be enjoyed together.
Learn it in your own kitchen
Private Cooking & Baking Sessions
Hands-on sessions at your own counter: pierogi folded so they hold, bread proved properly, a cake that does not sink. You do the cooking, I guide, and everyone eats what you made. Equally good for a group of friends, a family afternoon, or one person who wants to finally get it right.
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Dinner, handled
Weekly Family Meals
A week of home-cooked meals delivered ready to heat. Cooked from scratch, portioned for your household, and built around what your family actually eats, fussy ones included. No menu to plan, no shopping to do, nothing from a packet.
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Your kitchen, my hands
Private Chef at Home
I arrive, cook, serve, and leave your kitchen exactly as I found it. Dinner parties, anniversaries, or an evening you would simply rather not spend at the stove. The menu is agreed beforehand and cooked either in front of your guests or quietly out of sight, whichever suits the night.
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Occasions worth the fuss
Private Crafted Celebrations
Christenings, showers, milestone birthdays, and the gatherings that follow a funeral. Full menu and full service, planned around the room and the people in it. Trays, platters or plated courses, whatever the day actually calls for.
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Who you are hiring
About Jolanta
Red Poppy Kitchen is Jolanta Baran, cooking for families across Long Island. What began as catering for other people's parties has grown into something more personal: teaching in home kitchens, feeding families through the week, and cooking at the table rather than for it.
Dinner should be cooked from scratch, from good things, by someone who cares how it turns out. That is harder to buy than it sounds, and it is most of what I do.
Fresh, best-quality produce, local meat and fish wherever possible, and seasonal vegetables, dairy and grains. Nothing arrives in a packet and nothing is finished the day before.
Still catering
Trays, platters and parties
Catering is still very much part of the work. Trays and platters for parties of any size, priced per tray, with the menu built around your guests.
Kind words
What people say afterwards
Jolanta of redpoppy effortlessly prepared and served our fifty guests homemade dishes representing a wide variety of cuisines--classic american, italian and indian, all expertly prepared, seasoned and as beautiful to look at as they tasted.
Very professional, devoted and passionate about world cuisine, full stack Chef -- delicious food served in a beautiful way that lets you enjoy the meal. At the last party, Jay served dishes from Mediterranean kitchen through Italian kitchen and finished with East European one. She customized all dishes to our taste and needs. What else you would want to please all guests? Thank you Jay for great job.
I would like to thank Jolanta for her great efforts in catering our Memorial day weekend. We had a backyard party with 7 adults and 5 kids. Jolanta promptly responded to all our inquiries. She would spend time patiently explaining the different food combinations, in addition to elaborating on their ingredients. Her attentive and pleasant personality made the process smooth and seamless. She even sent us her menu with pictures of each dish included. She is a very talented caterer, and is very creative! She prepares different types of cuisine from a variety of cultures. Our guests were very impressed with her Mexican tacos, and her coleslaw was delicious! The kids loved her Spanish rice with beans and her octopus salad was phenomenal.My husband and I are very picky eaters. Nevertheless, we were impressed! In addition, to the delicious taste, the foods presentation was an art form! You look at the food and you want to eat it with your eyes. We received so many compliments from our guests.Finally - great quality food, excellent presentation and great service.We will definitely be hiring Jolanta to cater our future parties.
Rye flour sour (zurek) the best I've ever had! chicken de volaille, pierogi ,croquets delicious!
Planning something?
Tell us the date and how many people, and we will come back with a menu and a price built around it.