A CEO comments on engaging Outer Banks Personal Chef for personal and corporate meals...I'm happy to comment on Lynn
Flowers and Outer Banks Personal Chef. We've used Lynn's services for
a large number of events at our beach house and have developed a strong
appreciation for her talents as a chef and her
personable approach.
As background, Lynn has worked for us in a number of ways:
- On weeklong assignment when we've had personal and corporate guests
- At our beach house (breakfast, lunch and dinners for 10-15 people) personal friends and business acquaintances
- On
weeklong assignments when we've had corporate retreats at our beach
house, usually using 3 other houses for the overflow (3 meals for up to
30 individuals per meal)
- For a personal, sit down dinner with small groups (4 to 20 people)
- As a Personal chef for my wife and I on her 50th birthday.
For the larger groups, we've usually asked Lynn to serve buffet style. It's given her the flexibility to have a couple of dishes so that folks of
various tastes (or with various issues) can have a selection.
About a personal favorite, I have to say that we have never had a meal that we didn't enjoy and which
we wouldn't repeat. Lynn's desserts are outstanding (my personal opinion) and some of them are just outrageous. We've left the meal planning to Lynn in
every case. That's unusual and we've enjoyed her creativity and
variety in dishes. It's just like sitting at the chef's table at one of
our favorite restaurants.
Another index is that my staff (who travel a great deal and eat in many fine
restaurants) always rank her as their first choice on something they want to repeat at the next corporate retreat.
Service has always been extraordinary, whether sit down or buffet. Lynn
's personality is also a major factor. She can be unobtrusive or
talkative, depending on the client and crowd. Several friends and
members of my staff have sort of crowded around during the course of a
retreat to see how she
makes something. Sort of an impromptu cooking lesson. And she smiles
through the whole thing.
We've
also had guests (I'm sorry to say) who are a pain in the neck. They've
been demanding, inappropriate, unappreciative, and sometimes rude. This
doesn't happen often and it has happened. In all of those cases, Lynn has been calm, centered, at ease and accommodating...a good model for the rest of us.
We heard of
Lynn
when we were talking to some of the restaurant owners and beach
connected people during a crisis. We had several retreats at our beach
house and flew a personal chef in from New Mexico or Tennessee. In
this case, our out of town chef had been unable to come for an
important retreat and we were in trouble. Several people who we know
well, recommended her and we've used her ever since.
We'd add that
Lynn adds a little extra dash of good spirit to each of
our occasions. She's good hearted, happily married, warm and
interesting and also a knock-out chef. We are obviously pleased with
her work and couldn't give her a higher
recommendation.
Warmest regards,
Lee E. Mortenson, DPA
12033 Trailridge Dr., Potomac, MD 20854
Potomac home: 301-294-1912
Cell: 240-994-1209
www.RelationshipTraining.Net | A note from 5 California women who enjoyed their recent Outer Banks adventure...
Lynn,
I can't tell you again, how happy we were with your cuisine last
week. You made our trip and we just have talked and talked about how
great you were to us. Thank you so much. You are very talented.
If you have a chance we would love recipes or tips (I know you don't use recipes for a lot of things...) for the following food:
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
meatball/sausage and sauce
I will share with all the girls from our trip. Thank you again so much.
Angela Yelich
Another satisfied visitor
Where
do I begin to praise the gifts that the Gods have blessed Lynn with!
Not only is she a creative, loving and amazing chef....she is a ray of
warm
sunshine! Each day as she would come into the house to prepare a meal
for us, we all felt this sense of peace and comfort.
Lynn's cooking and attention to detail on EVERYTHING is a lasting memory for me. We all
agreed, we felt like our husbands and children sometimes feel....to be served a lovely, delicious and beautiful meal.
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