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Bringing the Restaurant to You: Spotlighting Santa Cruz’s Own Chef Mark Gallagher

When it comes to celebrating life’s milestones, food is always at the center of the experience. But hosting an unforgettable dinner party, wedding reception, or corporate event shouldn’t mean spending your entire evening trapped in the kitchen.
Enter Chef Mark Gallagher, the culinary mastermind and owner of Affordable Chef Services LLC based in the Santa Cruz County area. With over 27 years of local experience cooking in some of the region’s finest restaurants and premier banquet facilities, Chef Mark has dedicated his career to making luxury dining accessible, sustainable, and entirely stress-free.
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In-Season Specials

Cocktail Hour

  • 🍴 Pastry wrapped brie with baguettes/
  • 🍴 Cajun meatballs
  • 🍴 Artichoke and pepper crisps
  • 🍴 Black olive tapenade with balsamic reduction
  • 🍴 Bruschetta spoons
  • 🍴 Caprese
  • 🍴 Ceviche spoons.

Large 12ft Grazing Table

🍴 With assorted fruits, veggies, cheeses, dips , breads and crackers.

Buffet Double Sided

  • 🍴 Organic field greens salad with tomato, cucumbers, sesame ginger vin and feta
  • 🍴 Oven baked organic chicken breast with a tarragon cream sauce
  • 🍴 Herb rubbed tri tip with a rosemary demi-glace
  • 🍴 Roasted organic veggie lasagna with bechamel
  • 🍴 Wild rice pilaf with roasted veg
  • 🍴 Roasted fingerling potatoes
  • 🍴 Marinated asparagus spears
  • 🍴 Dinner rolls and butter.

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