Cooking Parties

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Enjoy the camaraderie and excitement of cooking together!

How does it work exactly?

After crafting the perfect menu, your kitchen is set up beautifully with all the ingredients, utensils and recipes you and your friends will need.

Everyone cooks as much or as little as they’d like in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

Then you and your friends enjoy your freshly cooked and delicious meal.

And yes, the kitchen cleanup is taken care of.

Now, that's a cooking party!

Want to know more:

Private Chef

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Featuring high quality and organic ingredients, preparing food from scratch and creating a perfect menu that can accommodate any special dietary needs and styles.

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Fabulous food and great service for your daily meals or a special occasion

Whether your are planning an omelette bar at the office, a weekly or monthly meal plan, a cocktail party or a special dinner at home.

Service in the Washington DC area, Virginia and Maryland

Please contact me for details

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"Chef Eliza catered omelet bars for my birthday and for an office celebration. The ingredients are fresh and delicious, the options are endless, and the food is incredible. Eliza is easy to work with and has such a warm personality. All of my guests and my co-workers loved meeting her just as much as they enjoyed her delicious food. I'm looking forward to our next cooking party! "---Bobbi Russell, COO, Netcentric Campaigns

Recent clients include:

Private anniversaries and celebrations

The Embassy of Finland

The Embassy of Mexico

CB2- Washington DC

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

Fundraisers at Elementary Schools in the DC Metro Area

GTM, Public Relations, Chicago

"Eliza and her team provided exceptional service during our 8-month-long Don Julio Tequila programming in the Washington, DC, area. She was far more than a vendor, but a strategic partner in helping us achieve the level of culinary detail needed when pairing the right foods with the world's finest tequila. Her cultural insight and attention to detail was crucial in maintaining the standard of excellence required from the brand." ---Freddie Baez, National Director of Events and Olivia Shanks, Associate Director of Events, GTM (Guerrilla Tactics Marketing and Media)

Classes

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Learn all there is to know about Authentic Mexican Food, Spanish Regional Cuisine and all things Latin.

Choose from a variety of topics, from moles and adobos, to paellas, to cooking fish in the Latin American way or, design your own to specifically cover your needs. Classes can be private, in the comfort of your own home or you can join me at Culinaerie in D.C.

Check out the calendar for upcoming classes and registration.

Inquiries:

Email: info@elizagonzalez.com

Phone: (202) 497-0011

I will respond to your message within 24 hours.

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About Eliza

I’ve been cooking for a living for fifteen years. I’m self-taught, and people often ask how I got started.

Shortly after moving to Washington, DC, from Mexico City in the late 1990s, I organized a 3-year-long regional culinary program together with the Mexican Cultural Institute, and got to meet and cook with renowned chefs Susana Trilling, Patricia Quintana and Zarela Martinez and many others. I was hooked!

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I kept learning through out this time--perfecting techniques, traveling back to Mexico for research and classes, and always experimenting with the best ways to merge the authentic with the adventurous.

I’ve been catering and teaching for more than ten years now, sharing a passion for food and cooking with my clients and students. I currently cater and teach privately and at Culinaerie in DC.

Washington is my second home and has been a fantastic place for me and my husband to raise our kids. We travel often to Mexico and France to visit family, and whenever possible, we arrange new adventures to wherever our cravings take us.

Nice to meet you! / Mucho gusto!

Eliza