plate in progress
Plate in Progress is a personal chef and in-home dining experience service by Chef Juliana White. Located in East Hampton, NY, Plate in Progress provides in-home dining services including weekly meal preparation, special occasion services, private and group cooking classes, and more, across the East End. Chef Juliana White has a distinct knowledge of the area and its purveyors, and has extensive experience working and creating in the kitchen - whether in an award-winning restaurant like Lilia or through private, in-home chef work from Manhattan to Montauk. Her experience creates a service known for its friendly, calm and discreet demeanor, and creative, delicious menus using local and seasonal ingredients whenever possible, all while sharing the joy of bringing people together over a meal in your own home.
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meet chef Juliana
Born and raised on the East End of Long Island, Chef Juliana White was lucky enough to grow up tasting and trying arguably some of the best produce and seafood on the East Coast. As long as she can remember, inspired by her immediate surroundings and travels around the world, she has been curious about food and admired the way a great meal brings people together.
This passion led her to receive a master’s degree in Management with a focus on food and environmental justice at The New School, and to work for a NYC-based non-profit organization Wellness in the Schools to ensure public schools had access to nutritious food. Realizing her passion for working with food in a more hands-on capacity, she then graduated from the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City. Thereafter, she worked at some of the city’s most beloved restaurants from Chef Missy Robbins’ award-winning Lilia, to celebrated neighborhood restaurants like Cervos on the Lower East Side and Hart’s in Brooklyn. This experience instilled in her how food can build a family and create a real sense of community even in a city as large as New York.
Upon moving back to the East End, she worked as a recipe developer at Round Swamp Farm - one of the area’s most adored farm stands - creating dishes using excess produce grown at the on-site farm. Throughout these experiences, she continued to serve clients on the East End and New York City with in-home chef services from weekly meal prep, to cocktail parties and private dinners, leading her to start her own service, Plate in Progress.