Private chef · Westchester, New York
Fred Cottineau
Private Chef Fred
- French
- Mediterranean
- Indian
- Thai
- Plant-based
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Fred Cottineau is self-taught, which in his case means a route through a French creperie he opened and ran, an Italian wine bar in New York, farmers’ markets, and a stint in a Michelin-starred kitchen in France. He is also a certified sommelier and a cookbook author.
That combination shows up in what he offers. Alongside the weekly meal prep — family-style cooking done in the client’s own kitchen — he runs private dinner parties where the wine is paired rather than merely poured. Not many chefs working at this scale in Westchester bring a sommelier’s palate to the table as well as a cook’s.
The range is broad and unusually spread: French and Mediterranean, which the biography would predict, but also Indian and Thai, and a plant-based line of work that is listed alongside the rest rather than as an afterthought.
He offers a free in-home trial of two dishes, with the client covering the cost of the food.
