Restaurant Consulting

The idea of opening a Restaurant is fun. The opening of a restaurant is exciting and energizing! Taking a look at the bottom line of a not so successful restaurant, was not the thought. Sometimes even the greatest of ideas need some adjustment. The table arrangement of the restaurant, to the design that matches the food. Chef/Owner Michael Anderson has the experience and professionalism to turn a negative situation into a positive bottom line. He has opened numerous Restaurants, Hotels and Resorts. He has also maneuvered several establishments into positive situations. The “Hands On” Management style taken by Michael Anderson will:

• Take the stress off Day – to – Day operations
• Create and Professional Implementation of policies
• Proper Training of Staffs
• Create new concepts to enhance your bottom line
• Menu development

Bow Valley Gourmet uses an “Open Door” policy to solve any misdirection.  Please feel free to send me an email on my Contact page and we can further discuss during our free initial consultation.

Real Estate Agents’ Support Program

Open Houses – Meet prospective home buyers or Colleagues at your next open house, a house that is filled with incredible smells from your Private Chef! Bow Valley Gourmet caters to a wide range of cuisines in a variety of locations. 

Bow Valley Gourmet can also introduce new high end appliances thru our Professionally trained Chef/Owner Michael Anderson. He can explain the details of the appliances offered to you.  The art of  Grilling, or even Baking Bread on your new appliances can be made easily explained.

Private Chef/Catering

The Private Chef or as most refer to as Catering is traditionally a more refined service, a Chef or a Company at your own service to satisfy any of your needs. This is where Bow Valley Gourmet sets themselves apart. We provide the more refined Private Chef services with the customized Catering options. To give you the food you want the way you want it! You may provide to our Chef your food requirements or you may choose to follow The Chef’s suggestions. In the Bow Valley and surrounding areas this service is ideal for second home owners, Family Reunions, Corporate retreats, and the various Sports Teams who would like designed nutritional meals. Bow Valley Gourmet also provides all equipment, including China, Flatware & Glassware as needed.

In all cases, we work with your ideas to design a menu that suits you! Depending on the size of the menu we may arrive up to 6-8 hours before the event to prepare the food. It is not required for you to be there for this, we simply work out a key location. You arrive to the aroma of good food.

The Invisible Chef

Your night to impress? Don’t worry! We set up the menu together, give you wine pairing suggestions, if you want - Bow Valley Gourmet will shop, arrive at your house and cook  – We give you hands on instructions on how to warm and serve your dinner. We slip out the door before anybody arrives.

Fill your Fridge

This is ideal for anyone who is just short on time, or someone who just wants extra time for - Life!

During your free consultation we design menus for 5 – 10 days of meals and for as many people you need to feed. Our Chef Michael Anderson will send you three to four separate menus with separate pricing. After you approve of a menu, we take the time and care to prepare them for you. We leave some meals in the fridge and some in the freezer, all of them with preparation and reheating instructions. We also clean your kitchen before we leave!

Cooking Classes

Chef Michael Anderson will teach you or a group of friends whatever it is you want to learn in the kitchen. We create a topic you would like for you and your guests, I arrive with all the Food, Tools and printed recipes that will make your class not only fun, but you will leave with the confidence to try it on your own. Some examples our Chef has done in the past are:

• Smoking Meats and Fish
• Fresh Pasta
• Sauces
• Breads
• Marinades and Grilling
• The Art of Soups
• Meat 101

We sit down together and eat everything we create!

Have the confidence to cook a flawless outdoor party this summer and we can help, call for a free consultation.

Special Events

This is ideal for anyone who wants to make a memorable evening for that special someone. Whether it is a Birthday, Valentines Day, A formal occasion meant to impress, Anniversaries or just a romantic night with that special someone. We come up with the setting and a menu to make your night one that will not be forgotten.  

Guest Chef Gift Cards

Bow Valley Gourmet offers Guest Chef Gift Cards for a wide variety of our services. Feel free to contact us and we will create your event revolving around your details. Weather it is a Mother’s Day Brunch for your Mom to enjoy food made from your own Chef or a Cooking Class for you and your friends. Our Chef and Owner Michael Anderson offers a wide variety of options, including:

• Graduations – Give the Graduate a gift that gets them off on the right start of their new phase of life.
• Employee Incentives - A company bonus is always appreciated! Reward your employees and they will in-turn reward your company.
• New Business Openings – Cut the red tape followed with a Champagne toast and Tapas passed by a server. Grand Openings are a time to impress and develop business relationships. We allow you to relax and we take care of everything else.
• Anniversaries – Give that special couple another memory to talk about for years to come.

Corporate Events

What better way to say Thank you to your employees for all there hard work, than a retreat with gourmet food prepared by a professional Chef? We can bring your corperate retreat to life and Cater to your needs with in the Bow Valley. We also travel to rare locations to Cater to our adventurous groups. We offer any service style you want, from live action stations, sit down dinners or Buffets. Please feel free to give us a call for a free consultation.

If you would like to get a better idea of some of our specialized options please browse our “Menu Ideas” page and on the right hand side of the page are some more links to assist you.

Pricing & Payment

These services depend on some very simple questions, How valuable to you is your spare time?…time to go and watch your kids game, come home and have a delicious meal waiting for you?

Bow Valley Gourmet is a company based on customer service, and quality. We do not use frozen vegetables, we buy fresh & organic whenever we can, and we make everything  from scratch. We will discuss the details during our initial free consultation, We do all the grocery shopping and we locate the best available product. The pricing will depend on many different things – size of your party, ingredients, and the complexity of your menu. I think you will be surprised at our competitive pricing! Before creating your menu our Chef will get your contact information and return with 3-4 seperate menus with seperate pricing to match, that is created based on information attained during our initial consultation. You will receive the menus at your easiest convenience, via email, phone, or fax. You approve the menu you prefer. We accept most major credit cards via Pay pal.

Bow Valley Gourmet is Registered with The Town of Canmore & Canadian Food Handlers Certified.

Affordable, Organic & Approachable