S27 · Private Wellness Chef · Coachella Valley
Private chef experiences in the Coachella Valley: tasting menus, weddings, retreats, and events, cooked to your table.
Most fine dining leaves you heavy. I cook the other kind: food with intention behind every course, so the best part of the evening is how you feel the next morning.
Michael Sanchez, S27
The Chef
I'm Michael Sanchez, the chef behind S27, based in Palm Desert. I trained at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, with a degree in culinary arts and operations, finished with a 3.9. I came up the honest way: on the line at the Grand Hyatt Indian Wells while still in school, then running expo at Pink Cabana under Chef Jason Niederkorn, where a full dining room teaches you what a classroom can't.
Then came the events: large-scale fine dining alongside Chef Jeremiah Tower, and Live Nation nights feeding 160-plus guests. Somewhere in there I started asking a different question. What if food felt as good the next morning as it looked on the plate? That question led me to Ayurveda, and every menu I cook now starts the same way: with the person eating it.
Experiences
Multi-course tasting menus in your home: refined, plant-forward, and composed around your table's constitutions and preferences. I handle everything, including the spotless kitchen on the way out.
Tables of 2 to 20 · five courses from $135 per person
Full coordination, not just catering: menu design, budgeting, venue and vendor management, team coordination. The food and every moving piece behind it, run from one seat.
Planning through plate · one point of contact
Ayurvedic, health-curated menu design for retreats: menus built around your programming, grounded in functional nutrition, and individually catered to each guest's constitution.
Now developing menus with a Joshua Tree retreat
Executive retreats, incentive groups, and celebrations: luxury catering with a wellness spine, from the first canapé to the final course.
Palm Desert · Palm Springs · La Quinta & beyondFrom the Table
Kind Words
"Outstanding experience. The chef was professional, punctual, and brought a restaurant-quality meal right into our home. Everything was fresh, beautifully prepared, and full of flavour. The service felt personal without being intrusive."
Noah E. · Private dinner
"I had never heard of burnt Basque cheesecake, so I naturally went with the most unique one. Not only did it have that classic cheesecake flavor, but it also had a smoky hint to it. The Spanish balsamic glaze complemented the cake in a way I didn't think balsamic could."
Nicholas R. · Dinner
"Chef Michael was excellent, he was very efficient and detailed when coordinating with me on my friend's bachelorette party. We had so much fun and the food was incredible. Thank you chef!"
Isabelle · Bachelorette weekend
"I ordered a French silk pie with a graham cracker crust from S27 for my birthday and everyone raved about it. Don't tell my mom, but this was better than Mom's. One of the best desserts I've ever had."
Mark L. · Birthday
"Chef had some excellent food recommendations. He was very professional and helpful with setup on how the meals should be portioned out."
Fabricio C. · Fourth of July party
Reviews from Thumbtack, Yelp & Bark
Inquiries
Every experience is quoted to the table: the menu, the headcount, the room. Tell me what you're planning and I'll come back with a proposal, usually within 24 hours. Consultations are free.