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Private Chef · Meal Prep · Catering — Houston

A table you
can feel.

Farm-sourced, restaurant-quality cooking — in your home, your office, or your next event.

Houston-BasedFarm-to-Chef SourcingBilingual EN / ESCustom MenusBook in 24 Hrs

Chef-Driven

Every plate, made by these hands.

Weekly meal prep and live demos are the heart of it. Chef Aubrey McCoy cooks, portions, and plates every order in Houston himself — the same hands that answer your inquiry.

Chef Aubrey McCoy, Head Chef and CEO of Chef MAUBS
Chef Aubrey McCoy
Head Chef & CEO · Houston, TX
▶In the kitchen
▶Plating, by hand
Weekly prep — sealed, labelled, and ready for pickup.
Weekly prep — sealed, labelled, and ready for pickup.

From the pass

Crispy Skin Salmon
Crispy Skin Salmon
Cream Penne
Cream Penne
Portioned & Ready
Portioned & Ready
Crab & Herbed Egg
Crab & Herbed Egg
Chef-Plated Service
Chef-Plated Service
Farm Greens & Crab
Farm Greens & Crab

What We Offer

Meal prep & demos lead the way.

Weekly meal prep and live cooking demos are what clients ask for most. Private chef dinners and full-service catering are here when you want to go bigger.

01

Meal Prep

Weekly delivery. Monday-ready.

Farm-sourced, restaurant-quality meals prepped fresh each week and delivered inside Houston. Individuals, couples, and busy families — our most requested service.

Individual — 5 dinnersfrom $70/wk
Individual — lunch + dinnerfrom $130/wk
Couple / small householdfrom $120/wk
Family of 4+from $230/wk
02

Cooking Classes & Demos

Live demos. Hands-on classes.

Chef MAUBS cooking live with your group — corporate teams, private parties, tastings, and fully hands-on experiences. Food and supplies quoted per event.

Demos & tastings, per guestfrom $25/person
Hands-on experience, per guest$35–$75/person
Group class or demo, 50+ guestsfrom $950
03

Private Chef

In your kitchen. On your night.

A chef in your home, cooking a menu built for your table. Dinner parties, anniversaries, recurring weeknight cooking — handled.

In-home dinner, up to 6 guestsfrom $650
In-home dinner, up to 12 guestsfrom $950
Weekly recurring, 2 cook daysfrom $1,400/mo
Full day rate — events & retreatsfrom $1,000/day
04

Catering

Intimate gatherings to large events.

Full-service catering with menus that match the room — from a 20-person dinner party to a 100-guest celebration.

Intimate event, up to 20 guestsfrom $85/person
Mid-size event, 21–50 guestsfrom $75/person
Large event, 51–100 guestsfrom $65/person
Custom multi-course private dinnerfrom $2,500

Upcoming

Events & Experiences

Cooking classes, tastings, and supper clubs hosted by Chef MAUBS across Houston.

No dates on the calendar right now.

New classes and experiences are added regularly. Leave your details and we'll tell you the moment the next one opens.

Join the waitlist

For Houston Offices & Teams

Feed your team something
they'll actually remember.

Lunch drops, recurring office meal programs, and full-service team dinners — sourced directly from farms, prepared by Chef MAUBS, delivered inside the loop and beyond.

Corporate clients get a dedicated menu rotation, allergy and dietary handling built in, and predictable monthly billing.

Corporate Lunch Drop, 10–30 people$35–$45 / person
Corporate Retainer, 3× weekly deliveryfrom $1,450/mo
Custom team dinners & off-sitesquoted to scope
$1,450

/ month — corporate retainer

  • ✦Dedicated weekly menu rotation
  • ✦Dietary & allergy handling built in
  • ✦Predictable monthly billing
  • ✦Delivered inside the loop & beyond
  • ✦Sourced direct from Houston farms

The Origin


Self-taught.
Farm-driven. Houston-rooted.

I didn't come up through white coats and polished culinary schools. I came up through kitchens that smelled like memory — my grandmother's hands guiding mine, teaching me that food isn't just technique, it's lineage.

Today I cook a version of farm-to-table that isn't aesthetic and isn't performative. Real relationships. Real sourcing. Real stories behind every ingredient.

Built in Houston. Seasoned by the South — and every kitchen in between.

"Born abroad. Built in Houston. Seasoned by the South — and every kitchen in between."
Read the full story →
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Germany
Born · Army family
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Houston, TX
Raised · Home base
⚜️
Louisiana
Family roots · Southern soul
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The World
Latin America · African diaspora
12
Age of first escargot order
5+
Brands & platforms built
2
Southern family lines: TX & LA
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Cultures at the table

What Clients Say

At the table.

"

Chef MAUBS turned our anniversary dinner into something we're still talking about. He listened, he cooked, he disappeared — exactly what you want.

Danielle R.

River Oaks, Houston

"

The weekly meal prep changed how our family eats. Real food, real flavor, and my kids actually ask for the leftovers.

Marcus & Tanya H.

Memorial, Houston

"

We hired Chef MAUBS for a 40-person client dinner. Flawless. The sourcing story made the night.

Priya S.

Corporate Client, Houston

The Process

Booking is simple.

01

Book your $100 discovery session.

Share your vision, your guests, and your table. Applied toward your first booking.

02

Get a custom proposal within 24 hours.

A tailored menu and quote built around your event, your team, or your week.

03

Confirm with a 50% deposit.

Paid securely. Groceries billed separately at market price + 10% handling.

04

Eat well.

Chef MAUBS shows up, cooks, plates, and cleans. You don't lift a finger.

The Portfolio


Five brands. One mission.

01
Hospitality Technology & Strategy
VK Capital Ventures Inc.
The parent platform behind it all — agricultural supply chain infrastructure, farm-to-chef technology, hospitality consulting, mobile café activations, and private dining experiences. Food freedom for the culture.
vkculinary.tech →
02
Specialty Coffee & Mobile Café · Houston, TX
Six Rows Café
A curated specialty coffee and mobile café concept rooted in Houston. Conceptualized in Tulum. Intentional beverages, nothing wasted. Book the Six Rows mobile coffee cart for your next event.
sixrowshouston.com →
03
Private Dining & Culinary Retreats
Travel Villa Kitchen
The travel and experiential layer of the VK platform — private dining, curated retreats, and destination-minded hospitality. Born in Tulum. High-touch, invitation-forward, and deeply story-driven.
travelvillakitchen.com →
04
Chef Co-Op & Cultural Network
Villa Kitchen Community
A co-op and network for chefs who intentionally want to work with local gardeners, connect with culturally driven culinary peers, and access global travel and work opportunities. We curate, collaborate, and build.
travelvillakitchen.org →
05
Farm-to-Chef Sourcing Platform & Fair Pay Infrastructure
Farm2Chef + AgriPay

Farm2Chef is a direct sourcing platform built for Houston chefs and local farms — eliminating distributors and replacing spreadsheets and group texts with one shared workspace. Chefs upload recipes, AI parses every ingredient and quantity, and sourcing requests go straight to vetted local farms with one click.

AgriPay is the fair-pay infrastructure layer inside Farm2Chef — letting community members convert USD into AgriPay Credits, volunteer at urban farms in exchange for credits, and giving farms a simple, dignified way to receive payment via Zelle, Venmo, Apple Pay, or cash. More money stays local. Growers get paid fairly and on their own terms.

AI Recipe ParsingDirect Farm SourcingAgriPay CreditsFarm MarketVolunteer ExchangeNo Distributors
farmchefconnect.com →

How it works

1

Chef uploads a recipe

AI parses every ingredient and quantity automatically — no manual list-building.

2

Scale & send to your farm network

Scale to any number of servings, then send sourcing requests to vetted local farms in one click.

3

Farms respond on their schedule

Farm partners accept or decline, post harvests, issue invoices, and control their own buyer list.

4

AgriPay settles fair

Payment flows via AgriPay Credits, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay. Community can earn credits by volunteering at urban farms.

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Mission & Values


"We're all artists in our ways. There's a way for all of us to share different cultural recipes — and a responsibility to know where our food comes from. Food sovereignty is a thing. And I want that power rooted in the community."

— Chef MAUBS · VK Capital Ventures Inc.

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Source Local, Always

Every ingredient tells a story about who grew it. We source from Houston-area growers — keeping dollars in the community and real flavor on the plate through Farm2Chef's direct infrastructure.

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Fair Pay for Growers

AgriPay ensures that the people who put their sweat into the soil get paid fairly, on their own terms. No distributor markups. No chasing invoices. Just equitable exchange.

✊🏾

Food Sovereignty

Food has been used for centuries to divide. We use it — and the technology we build — to connect. Knowing where your food comes from is power. We're building the infrastructure to keep that power local.

Before You Ask

Common questions.

Work With Chef MAUBS


Ready to connect? Let's talk.

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Weekly Meal Prep — Direct Booking

Farm-sourced, restaurant-quality weekly meal prep for Houston households — prepared and delivered directly by Chef MAUBS. Book here, not through Six Rows.

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Mobile Coffee Cart — Six Rows Café

Book the Six Rows Café mobile coffee cart for your next event. Specialty coffee, intentional beverages, rooted in Houston.

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Private Dining & Events

Intimate dinners, culinary retreats, and branded dining experiences for corporate and private clients through Travel Villa Kitchen.

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Farm2Chef Partnerships

Houston-area farms and chefs ready to join the platform — direct sourcing, no middlemen, AgriPay infrastructure included.

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Chef Co-Op & Consulting

Chefs looking to join Villa Kitchen Community, collaborate on diaspora-driven concepts, or access global travel and work opportunities.

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Press & Media

Interview requests, boilerplate, brand assets, and press kit inquiries — all handled directly.

Contact

Send a message.

Fill in what you're working on — we'll route it to the right person and follow up directly.

All inquiries are reviewed personally. Typically replied to within 48 hours.

Let's Begin

Ready?

Whether it's a private dinner, weekly meal prep, a farm partnership, or something we haven't named yet — reach out.

Direct Pathways