Personal chef · Greater Vancouver
Home-cooked meals, made by hand, in your own kitchen.
Big Guy Kitchen brings a big appetite for good food and an even bigger heart for hospitality straight to your home — weekly meals prepped and frozen, or a full spread for your next celebration.
The chef behind the apron
A big guy, a bigger passion for feeding people well.
Cooking has always been Fernando's favourite way to take care of the people around him — long before it was a business, it was Sunday lunches, backyard churrasco, and second helpings for anyone who walked through the door. Big Guy Kitchen turns that same instinct into a weekly service: real food, cooked from scratch, in your own kitchen, tailored to how your family actually eats.
"I'm not trying to be a restaurant. I'm trying to be the reason your fridge feels like someone who loves you got there first."
Weekly meal prep
Two ways to work together
Lunch and dinner for the week, cooked fresh in your kitchen and left ready to freeze — you choose who does the shopping.
Any diet, your way. Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, carnivore or somewhere in between — your menu is built around how your household eats. Have an allergy? Let's talk about it in our first consultation.
Dishes that call for above-standard labour (think hand-made fresh pasta) carry a small per-portion surcharge, always agreed with you before the visit.
Beyond the weekly menu
Catering for the moments that matter
Once we know your kitchen, we bring the same care to the days you actually celebrate.
Romantic dinners
A private dinner at home, plated course by course — decorated with pieces you already own.
Christmas Eve
The bulk of the feast cooked and frozen the week before, finished fresh on the night.
Easter lunch
Same idea as Christmas — a full table, most of the work already done for you.
Kids' birthdays
Hands-on pizza-dough or cupcake-decorating parties, at your place or the party room.
From the kitchen
What's been cooking lately
Getting started
From first hello to a full freezer
Quick chat
A short call to make sure we're a good fit — household size, budget, and any major dietary needs.
In-home consultation
We meet, I explain how everything works, and we talk through your routine, tastes and expectations.
Preference form
A short form covering allergies, spice and salt tolerance, and the dishes you love — or never want to see again.
First menu & visit
You approve a pilot week's menu, then I cook it in your kitchen and leave everything labelled in the freezer.
Weekly rhythm
A quick check-in after each visit shapes the next menu, so the food fits your family a little better every week.
Serving Greater Vancouver
Let's plan your first week.
Tell me about your household and I'll put together a sample menu — no obligation.