Private Chef & Culinary Educator in Rhode Island
Restaurant-quality food, cooking experiences and memorable meals around your own table. Serving Providence, Cranston, Newport and Boston area.
Services
Your private dinner party, handled from the first course to the last bite.
Your group cooks together, then sits down to eat the meal you made.
A week of chef-made meals, waiting in your fridge when you need them.
a little about me
I’m Lizzie Broder, private chef and culinary educator in Rhode Island. Before I could reach the stove, I was already in love with what happened around it. I was the kid in the high chair who couldn't look away from the kitchen. Growing up around restaurants, I learned early that food was never just food. It was people. It was gathering.
Cooking is how I've celebrated, how I've healed, and eventually what I chose to build my life around. It led me to Johnson & Wales University, where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching, specializing in Culinary Education.
It’s where I now teach the next generation of chefs. Most chefs can cook. I can also teach it, which changes everything about how I show up at your table.
Today I bring professional technique, seasonal ingredients, and genuinely beautiful plates into homes across Rhode Island and Boston — and I'd love to pull up a chair at yours.
THE SUPPER CLUB
Be a guest at your own dinner party.
Your guests will remember the food. You’ll remember actually being there for it. For every story, every toast, every course.
From menu consultation to the last clean dish, I handle it all - shopping, cooking, serving, cleanup - so you can actually enjoy restaurant-quality food and your guests.
It all starts with a conversation about your night - who’s coming, what you love to eat, what the occasion calls for. From there, I design a multi-course menu built around your tastes, shop for the finest seasonal ingredients, and cook every course fresh in your kitchen.
The details: gatherings of 4 to 14 guests for anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, engagements, client dinners, or just friends overdue for a good meal together. Dietary needs always accommodated.
From $125 per person.
THE KITCHEN PARTY
Part cooking class. Part dinner party. All fun.
Meals worth making together.
The Kitchen Party turns your kitchen into the best seat in the house. I bring the ingredients, recipes and instruction; you bring the people you want around the table.
Together, we’ll cook a restaurant-quality menu as I share the techniques, tips and little chef tricks that make great food even better. The evening is relaxed, social and fun.
Gather around the counter to cook, taste and laugh your way through the menu. When the cooking is done, we’ll sit down and enjoy everything we made together.
Choose one of my Kitchen Party themes below, or let’s create one just for you.
Fresh Pasta Party
Flour on the counter. Wine in your glass. Dinner in the making.
Roll up your sleeves and learn the art of fresh pasta from scratch. I’ll guide you through mixing and kneading the dough, rolling and shaping your pasta, and creating a beautiful sauce to go with it. Then we’ll turn our afternoon or evening in the kitchen into a dinner party and sit down to enjoy everything we made together.
Think handmade tagliatelle, ravioli, seasonal sauces, a simple Italian starter and something sweet to finish.
Plate Like a Chef
Learn the little details that turn dinner into a restaurant-worthy plate.
Ever wonder why the same ingredients somehow look and taste better at a restaurant? I’ll show you the professional techniques I use to plate, sauce and finish a dish. We’ll play with color, texture, garnishes and composition as you create your own beautifully plated course—then sit down together to enjoy the results.
Think seared scallops, silky purées, herb oils, beautifully cooked proteins, seasonal vegetables and an impressive plated dessert.
The Dinner Party Playbook
Learn to host the kind of dinner party you actually get to enjoy.
A great dinner party shouldn't mean spending the entire night at the stove. I’ll show you how to build a menu, what to make ahead, how to time each course and the little finishing touches that make dinner feel special. Together, we’ll prepare an impressive meal while learning how to make the whole evening feel effortless—then sit down and enjoy it.
Think a make-ahead starter, an elegant main with seasonal sides, restaurant-style sauces and a beautiful dessert you can prepare ahead.
So, what are we celebrating?
A birthday, bachelorette weekend, girls’ night, family gathering, couples’ night, reunion—or simply an excuse to get your favorite people around the kitchen counter. The Kitchen Party is made for the nights when you want to do something a little different together.
No occasion required.
From $125 per person
THE WEEKLY TABLE
Your week just got a little more delicious.
Restaurant-quality meals. Made in your kitchen. Ready when you are.
Some weeks, the best luxury is simply not having to think about dinner.
I come to your home and spend the day doing what you don't have time to do—shopping, prepping and cooking a selection of fresh meals designed around the way you actually eat. When I’m finished, your kitchen is clean and your refrigerator is stocked with chef-made meals ready to enjoy throughout the week.
Menus are customized to your household, with seasonal ingredients, thoughtful variety and the same care and professional technique I bring to my dinner parties. This isn't delivery or traditional meal prep. Everything is cooked fresh, right in your own kitchen.
Whether it's a busy week at home or a summer week on vacation when you'd rather be anywhere but the grocery store, The Weekly Table gives you more time for everything else.
The details: Available for weekly or occasional bookings, with menus customized to your household, schedule and dietary needs.
Meals worth staying in for—even on a Tuesday.
