Merlin Consulting Group LLC is a Fort Collins-based business. Through our brand, Merlin Kitchen Consultants, we cook private dinners at our clients' homes and events, and help kitchens form procedures to function at a higher level.
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 long-term goals are to build a lasting local business that creates good-paying culinary work, buy from local Colorado farms and producers when available, and share what our Chefs have learned over decades in professional kitchens with local restaurants that need a change or locals who just want to learn.
Giving back to the community 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-Star kitchens.
Merlin Kitchen Consultants is a team of Northern Colorado Chefs with 64 combined years in professional kitchens, 10 of them in Michelin-Star restaurants. Merlin is led by three Chefs who have spent their careers in professional kitchens:
Together our leadership team plans every menu with care and sustainability in mind, cooks at and sets up every event to ensure quality and high standards, and leads our consulting work.