coastal private dining experiences

| WHOLE FOOD organic INGREDIENTS | PASTURE RAISED MEATS | HERITAGE GRAINS

Thoughtfully composed, seasonally driven, and deeply personal—we bring a refined private chef experience to your table. Each menu is crafted with organic, peak-season ingredients and prepared with quiet precision, allowing you and your guests to gather, connect, and indulge effortlessly.

We believe the most memorable meals are the ones shared slowly.

Each menu is designed around the season, your preferences, and the rhythm of your gathering—so you can host with ease while we take care of the rest.

PLAN YOUR EVENT

heirloom tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella

Our Story

Rooted in Slow Food & Local Farms

As health conscious chefs, our journey with food continues to motivate us to work with organic, high quality products that support local farmers and ranchers. Over our 15+ year careers, we’ve had the opportunity to cook throughout the world, living in Thailand, Portugal and Mexico and training in Italy, Croatia, Spain, Denmark. Each place gifting us unique skills and new perspectives of the culinary world.

Carli launched her culinary career after being classically trained at the Art Institute and honing her craft under acclaimed top chef Amar Santana at Charlie Palmer's restaurant. After continuing her training in Southern Italy, she later served as Executive Chef of a regional Italian restaurant, where she created refined, wine-paired tasting experiences rooted in seasonal ingredients and thoughtful hospitality.

Raya's culinary path began in the health and wellness space, specializing in raw, plant-based, and gluten-free cuisine. She made her culinary debut as part of the Seabirds Truck on the Food Network’s ‘Great Food Truck Race,’ which lead to a decade of luxury private cheffing. Her passion eventually evolved into the art of heritage baking and pastry, leading her to become both a sourdough baker and Executive Pastry Chef, with a focus on traditional techniques, organic ingredients, and slow fermentation.

Collectively, our restaurant work has earned recognitions from the Michelin Bib Gourmand as well as LA Times Top 100 Restaurants List. International experiences have included tenures at Michelin Star restaurants in Copenhagen and Lisbon.

Thank you so, so much for cooking *the most INCREDIBLE food* for us for two days! I cannot even begin to tell you how many compliments we received about your food, your sourcing, the presentation, the list goes on. I was truly blown away that you sourced from the farms that were a part of the events, that added so much to the Conference, thank you!

-Dr. Lexie
I have used The Tiny Deli for events and drop off catering for years! Carli and Raya always cook to impress. Food is always made with clean ingredients. Their food is layered with amazing flavor and the spread always looks incredible, they never disappoint! Now they have created an awesome pancake mix that I absolutely love. These girls are the real deal :)

-Allison M.
Truly, that was some of the most delicious beef I’ve ever had—thank you for sharing such nourishing and flavorful dishes

-Lily M.