Your Gourmet Chef

Your Gourmet Chef is a Seattle-based personal chef and catering service led by Chef and Owner Claudia Stritmatter, offering in-home dining, event catering, and yacht catering rooted in Mediterranean and Blue Zone cuisine principles. Claudia focuses on Mediterranean-inspired menus built around locally sourced and organic ingredients, with offerings that include wedding appetizers, dinner parties, in-home catering, and private yacht events. Claudia Stritmatter brings over 25 years of culinary experience, with a background spanning cooking clubs, classes, international travel, and training at an Ikarian cooking school in 2023. Based in Seattle at 1740 1st Ave S, with documented events in Seattle and on Lake Washington. Clients consistently highlight Claudia's detail-oriented approach, strong communication, creative and flavorful dishes, and thorough clean-up; wedding clients specifically note her attentiveness from initial consultation through presentation and service.