Finders Keepers
Heritage Asian. Elevated.
Bespoke Catering & Private Chef.
CATERING & PRIVATE CHEFING
PRIVATE TASTING MENUS
PRIVATE TASTING MENUS
PRIVATE TASTING MENUS
This hush-hush feast is a passionate eating experience
everyone will talk about.
YOUR WEDDING DAY
PRIVATE TASTING MENUS
PRIVATE TASTING MENUS
From tray-passed small eats to sit-downs for your special day ceremonies, rehearsal dinners & wedding receptions.
LUNCHEONS & DINNERS
LUNCHEONS & DINNERS
LUNCHEONS & DINNERS
Luxury buffets, plated dinners or shared meals with table service for your next event.
COCKTAIL TRAYPASS
LUNCHEONS & DINNERS
LUNCHEONS & DINNERS
Cocktails, mixers, garden 'I dos' & kitchen parties.
About Us
Caterer to the Stars
Shanghai ‘s Caterer-to-the-Stars is now your bespoke private chef in the greater Seattle area.
Out of bucolic Bainbridge Island comes a unique feast tailor made to your particular specifications,
for an exclusive private social event.
Flavor Explosions
The flavors are authentically Asian using outrageously luxurious ingredients with a contemporary approach.
Ours is a special prearranged order that takes days of preparation, like family banquets of the past. Brining, curing & air-drying, 24-hour water-baths & slowly simmered au jus.
Thai chilis can be sweet and tangy or pack a punch, Malaysian curries aromatic and spicy, delicate and bright Chinese steamed fish meets smoked meats that exude earthy, sticky, crazy rich umami flavors.
The menu is crafted to present to you and your guests an uncommon & sensational eating experience.
The Hush-hush Feast Everyone WANTS to be Invited to
The grazing menu is a dining affair where the food keeps coming. Inspired by family-style dining, our plates are designed to be shared. We believe food is best enjoyed freshly made, so they will be served to you as they are prepared, as your foodie friends mingle or buzz around your open kitchen.
Choose from Ginseng or Oolong martinis, exclusive small production wines from around the region, finish with ports or delve into a sake tasting.
This hush-hush feast is a passionate eating experience everyone will talk about and the people and the people who weren’t there wished they were..
Your exclusive bespoke experience is awaiting you.
Meet the Cook
SOK
A Singapore native and real estate major, Sok went to Shanghai 25 years ago with one of Asia’s largest serviced apartment & retail developers to launch a premium property in the city of 20 million people. The assignment led to a unique opportunity for Sok to launch and manage a premium wine bar, which was the first of its kind then.
As Shanghai became progressively prominent for international businesses, the city also became a top destination for global elites. Seizing the growing demand for professional galas, fashion shows, product launches, cocktails and dinners, Sok self-started the Party People, the city’s first licensed event & catering company backed by its own central kitchen. She also gained the reputation as the ‘caterer to the stars' serving the likes of Nora Jones, Elton John, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, the Rolling Stones, Tom Cruise & the Mission Impossible crew... essentially all the A-listers who came through Shanghai, Beijing & Guangzhou.
During the times of conspicuous consumption, Sok & her team at the Event People became the go-to team when luxury brands and financial institutions wanted a signature event that was creative & uniquely theirs.
In 2004, she merged her company with Simply the Group which is the company behind lifestyle brands including Simply Life & the award winning Simply Thai restaurants. Together with her partners they built a brand that was truly ‘made in china’ and ultra modern.
Sok left that business to start a family in 2007. She returned to the scene in 2009 for the World Expo Shanghai 2010, where she operated a profitable 300 seat restaurant and café at the Indonesia Pavilion.
In 2013, she created where’s my lunch?® - an affordable, food focused, no-frills cafeteria serving a healthier Chinese lunch & global cuisine to a growing set of white collar workers. The cafeteria currently operates 4 locations in Shanghai serving close to 5,500 meals daily. www.wheresmylunch.co
She now lives on the beach in Bainbridge Island Washington with her husband of 18 years and 2 teenagers. When she's not testing recipes, cooking at your event or cooking up new business ideas, she golfs!
Famous last words...
“My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard & prospered, someone else would do it for you.”
- Nora Ephron
Services
Service Style
From rustic cook-with-the-chef familiar style, to glamorous mixers, we can staff you accordingly. From bartenders to waitstaff & specialty chefs to wine experts, we come ready to serve & dressed for the occasion.
Food & Beverage Style
Chef's Table, Tapas grazing menu, sit-down formal or raucous hot pot feasts. Martinis, cocktails or wine & champers, tell us what you'd like catered.
Let us know everyone's dietary needs in advance, whether there are separate children's meals and any other special circumstances.
Loading In & Out
We provide private cheffing but often bring our own specialized crockery & equipment including some flatware.
We insist on a site inspection if yours is a new venue to us, to understand logistics & how you'd like us to present the event.
We also clean up the kitchen before we go!