Merlin Consulting Group LLC is a Fort Collins food business. Through our brand, Merlin Kitchen Consultants, we cook private dinners at our clients' homes and help kitchens run better.
We bring the skill and care of fine-dining kitchens to everyday people in Northern Colorado. We want a great meal at home to feel easy and personal, and we want local kitchens to run with less waste, safer habits, and stronger teams.
Our goal is to build a lasting local business that creates good-paying culinary work, buys from Colorado farms and producers when we can, and gives back what our chefs have learned over decades in professional kitchens.
Giving back is part of every dinner. We donate $5 for every plate we serve to local food pantries in Northern Colorado and other charities we rotate through the year, so each meal we cook also helps put food on tables in our community.
We plan a custom menu, shop for fresh ingredients, then cook, serve, and clean up at your home. Options run from date nights for two to family-style dinners and graduation celebrations. See our menus.
We work with kitchens on menu development, recipe costing, kitchen workflow, food safety habits, and staff training, drawing on our team's years in high-volume and Michelin-starred kitchens.
Merlin is led by three chefs who have spent their careers in professional kitchens, including Chef Matty (Matthew Freese) and Chef Adam (Adam Ezarick). Together our leadership team plans every menu, cooks every event, and leads our consulting work.