Intimate Fine Dining In the Comfort of Your Own Home
Create your own unforgettable experience with InHaus Cooking. Our top rated private chefs craft each meal with care and creativity, customized to your unique preferences. See what our clients have to say!
Intimate Fine Dining In the Comfort of Your Own Home
Create your own unforgettable experience with InHaus Cooking. Our top rated chefs craft each meal with care and creativity, customized to your preferences. See what our clients have to say!
Quality Meets Convenience.
We provide a consultation outlining the entire process, a seasonal menu with fresh ingredients, dietary customizations, grocery shopping, and a full kitchen cleanup. We also serve large groups, cocktail parties, client and corporate events. We’re always flexible and happy to accommodate your unique requirements!
Quality Meets Convenience.
We provide a consultation outlining the entire process, a seasonal menu with fresh ingredients, dietary customizations, grocery shopping, and a full kitchen cleanup. We also serve large groups, cocktail parties, client and corporate events. We’re always flexible and happy to accommodate your unique requirements!
Featured Menu Items
Quality Ingredients, Freshly & Sustainably Sourced
Select from our list of popular items or work with us to create your own custom dish. Menu items are just examples. Tell us what you want, and we'll do it!
Something Light
Tuna Crudo
Chimichurri, Corn Salsa, Crème Fraiche, Radish, Corn Tortilla
Starter
Chorizo & Goat Cheese Capalletti
Lobster Bisque, Chorizo, Charcoal Tuile
Main
Dry Aged Duck Breast
Duck Jus, Compressed Apple, Apricot Chutney, Toasted Buckwheat, Sage
Dessert
White Chocolate & Mascarpone Mousse
Orange Gel, Cherries Cooked in Gran Marnier, Almond Praline
Featured Menu Items
Quality Ingredients, Freshly & Sustainably Sourced
Select from our list of popular items or work with us to create your own custom dish. Menu items are just examples. Tell us what you want, and we'll do it!
Something Light
Tuna Crudo
Chimichurri, Corn Salsa, Crème Fraiche, Radish, Corn Tortilla
Starter
Chorizo & Goat Cheese Capalletti
Lobster Bisque, Chorizo, Charcoal Tuile
Main
Dry Aged Duck Breast
Duck Jus, Compressed Apple, Apricot Chutney, Toasted Buckwheat, Sage
Dessert
White Chocolate & Mascarpone Mousse
Orange Gel, Cherries Cooked in Gran Marnier, Almond Praline
Meet Michael
Founder & Personal Chef
Born and raised in Ottawa, I have always been extremely passionate about the culinary arts which started from a young age. After high school, I graduated from Canada’s premier culinary school; The Culinary Institute of Canada in Charlottetown PEI, and have practiced culinary coast to coast.
I have worked in restaurants in the Maritimes, back to Ottawa and all the way to the west coast in the wine region of the Okanagan Valley. I won two silver medals representing U-25 Culinary Team Canada in Luxembourg before eventually moving back to my home town to start the next chapter of my career.
In 2019 I launched my business; InHaus Cooking. Over the last few years I have prepared over 300 private dinners including cocktail parties & weddings and worked full time for families in Toronto, in the 1000 Islands, and most recently in Turks & Caicos. Over this time I have also worked for a variety of different Ambassadors in Ottawa and opened multiple 7-course pop-up restaurants.
The InHaus Cooking team thrives on using seasonal, high quality ingredients and will fully customize any menu that will suit your palate, allergies, and dietary restrictions. I look forward to creating a memorable moment for you and your guests at your next event.
Meet Michael
Founder & Personal Chef
Born and raised in Ottawa, I have always been extremely passionate about the culinary arts which started from a young age. After high school, I graduated from Canada’s premier culinary school; The Culinary Institute of Canada in Charlottetown PEI, and have practiced culinary coast to coast.
I have worked in restaurants in the Maritimes, back to Ottawa and all the way to the west coast in the wine region of the Okanagan Valley. I won two silver medals representing U-25 Culinary Team Canada in Luxembourg before eventually moving back to my home town to start the next chapter of my career.
In 2019 I launched my business; InHaus Cooking. Over the last few years I have prepared over 300 private dinners including cocktail parties & weddings and worked full time for families in Toronto, in the 1000 Islands, and most recently in Turks & Caicos. Over this time I have also worked for a variety of different Ambassadors in Ottawa and opened multiple 7-course pop-up restaurants.
The InHaus Cooking team thrives on using seasonal, high quality ingredients and will fully customize any menu that will suit your palate, allergies, and dietary restrictions. I look forward to creating a memorable moment for you and your guests at your next event.
Happy Customers!
"Our first experience with having a private chef cater an event was with Chefs Michael and Will for my parents' 50th anniversary. Even though we went into the event with high expectations, Michael and Will exceeded them all. Their enthusiasm, skill, and passion for their craft was clearly demonstrated with every course. My family was simply blown away, and I would recommend InHaus to anyone looking to create a truly memorable event."
- Michael Loken
"The most incredible in-home experience. Chef Michael prepared an outstanding menu with input from my wife and I. Followed up with the food tasting better than we could have imagined. Each course was plated and served to perfection with a description of his technique and even his sources of fresh herbs (grown from his own garden) to his homemade (that morning) focaccia bread. All was incredible but to top off the evening, when he left our home after preparing a 7 course meal you would never have known he had been there. The place was spotless!! He even brought his own cleaning supplies. 150% recommend and will surely invite him again. Thanks for an amazingly special evening."
- Fern Turpin
"We hired Michael and his team for our intimate wedding ceremony and I truly have no words for how talented he is. Our entire wedding was centered around the food and wine pairings - and he made our vision come to life! He was so incredibly collaborative and created our most perfect five course dinner. He is so humble and so personable! They left everything spotless (maybe even cleaner than they found it!). He truly goes above and beyond for his clients - you can tell he truly found his calling! Our guests cannot stop raving about the quality of each dish, they all felt so spoiled. We would recommend him to anyone over and over again! We will remember this night forever - Thank you so much!"
- Beck Lewis
"Micael catered for our small wedding (12 people). He helped us curate the perfect menu for each of our guests specific needs and requests. The food itself was incredible. The canapés were delicious bites of food that got us super excited about the main 4 course meal. For the meal we had a beautiful salad, some amazing gnocchi, the best fish I have ever tasted and an apple torte to finish off. Michael and his team also poured our wine, water and selected a few wine pairings to go with each course. Needless to say our guests were blown away with the entire experience and we would happily hire Michael again for a dinner party, anniversary or any other occasion."
- Matt McGuckin
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Catering for Companies and Business Meetings.
Catering Drop Offs For Corporate Meals
- Easy drop off any time in the day/night anywhere in the Ottawa/ Eastern Ontario region
- Healthy, nutritious and easy food
- All made from scratch
- Completely customizable
- Eating area set up (available upon request)
- Disposable cutlery, plates, napkins provided (upon request)
- Non-alcoholic drinks and water provided (upon request - coffee not included)
What Makes Us Different
Fully
Insured
All of the private chefs at InHaus Cooking are fully insured.
Inspected
Kitchen
All food is prepared in an inspected, certified commercial kitchen.
Food Handling
Certificate
Our private chefs all have their food handling safety certificate.
Smart Serve
Certificate
Our InHaus private chefs all have their smart serve certificate.
Formal
Training
Our chefs have formal training from a renowned culinary school in Canada.