PRIVATE CHEFS - Key Persons
Adrienne DeWinter is in charge of all client communications and day-to-day operations. A world traveler, fluent in three languages, and of European and South America's noble heritage, Adrienne was born and raised in the cosmopolitan city of New York.
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- Founder
- President
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Born in Wolfsberg, a pastoral town in Southern Austria, Christian Paier was raised in an environment of quality cuisine. Read more…
Today, Christian devotes all of his time to Private Chefs, Inc., pairing clients with the perfect chef for their specific needs. On the side, he develops new projects relating to the industry. including a cookbook and TV show, "Celebrity Dish," where you take a trip with the private chefs to the rich and famous, for an inside look at amazing recipes, personalities and lifestyles. He has been featured in TV shows and magazines around the world.
CEO, Christian Paier, will personally handle your chef placement in Palm Springs and surrounding desert neighborhoods, whether for an exclusive event or a longer term.
"Christian Paier has been supplying chefs for some of the best private kitchens in the world. From Barron Hilton to Bill Gates, he supplies the know-how, security and dependability that these very discerning clients demand."
Born in Wolfsberg, a pastoral town in Southern Austria, Christian Paier was raised in an environment of quality cuisine. He grew up around his parents' restaurants and meat shops. By the time he was fourteen, he knew he wanted to be a chef. His journey began at the world-famous Hotel Kramer in the Austrian Alps, where he spent three years studying under the greatest chefs in Europe, receiving his certified chef's diploma from the Austrian Chef's committee. His next position was at the famed Vienna Hilton, a five-star hotel with one of the most respected gourmet restaurants in Europe. It was there that Christian quickly began to gain a formidable reputation as an accomplished chef.
After several years at the Vienna Hilton, he realized his dream of becoming a renowned chef in the United States when he accepted an offer for the management training program at The Breakers, a luxurious five-star hotel in affluent Palm Beach, Florida. He was quickly promoted to executive banquet chef when he was only 22, making him the youngest person in the hotel's hundred-year history to hold such a prominent position. The post put him charge of all the ballrooms and off-premises catering, further highlighting his impressive culinary skills.
After four years at The Breakers, and one year as the banquet department chef at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach, Christian decided to head for Los Angeles, home to celebrities from all over the world. He took a position as chef at the trendy Rockenwagner's in Santa Monica, a restaurant famous for its fusion of Asian and classical French cuisine. After countless lucrative offers from the restaurant's high-profile clients to become a private chef, he decided to take a position with Hollywood royalty. He worked for the family in their Bel Air mansion for eight years, delighting them with his culinary skills and impressing their celebrity guests and countless others.
As a private chef, he prepared innovative and elegant fare for the couples weekly dinner parties and frequent screenings, with an unlimited budget and no reins on his creativity. The position offered him a great deal of personal and financial freedom, with an impressive salary, seven months paid vacation a year and free lodging. And it allowed him time to nurture his rapidly growing chef's agency, based in Beverly Hills.
Today, Christian devotes all of his time to Private Chefs, Inc. developing new projects. These include a cookbook and TV show, "Celebrity Dish," where you take a trip with the private chefs to the rich and famous, for an inside look at amazing recipes, personalities and lifestyles. He has been featured in TV shows and magazines around the world.
Eric Cuenin is PCI's European chef liaison and will also represent our interest on the French Riviera. A Swiss chef, Eric graduated from the Ecole Hoteliere de Strasbourg and completed another stage at the Hotellerie Beaurivage in Condrieu before working as chef de partie aboard the exclusive Venice-Simplon-Orient Express. With private chef experience in both Europe and the United States, Eric was selected by the royal family of Saudi Arabia to serve as the personal chef to one of the princes. For over 10 years, Eric has worked for the family in their Beverly Hills vacation home, on safari in Africa, in Saudi Arabia and the south of France.
In Dallas, Texas, Jerry Masi is the heart of PCI operations in the central and southern regions of the country, using his vast experience in business and the private chef industry to serve our clients and chefs. Call 1.214.513.2433 Now!
Jerry J. Masi is a nationally-traveled private chef who has been serving executives, celebrities and sports figures on their many residences, private jets and yachts, and thus has first-hand knowledge of the industry. Jerry's culinary service experience is magnified by a diverse background, which includes a Bachelor of Science and general management expertise for multi-million dollar corporations and start-ups. He brings the same knowledge and enthusiasm to the PCI table, where his forte is finding the perfect chefs for our clients in the South and Midwest.
Johnathan was born and raised in England. He started his career as a Chef with an international catering company in the United Kingdom. He has a bachelor degree in Hospitality Management Leeds University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from Huddersfield University.
His entrepreneurial spirit soon drove him to run his own restaurant and outside catering business in England before moving into education and training.
Johnny Kaye is a long-term resident of Palm Beach, he has owned and operated an exclusive Wristwatch & Jewelry store on Worth Ave and is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of Palm Beach society and the south Florida lifestyle. Johnny deals with all clients directly and controls the business aspect of the Palm Beach office.
London-born Kevin Johnson attended Thanet Catering College in Kent where he graduated with City and Guild qualifications and diplomas in Cookery; Food and Beverage Service; and Accommodation Service. For twenty years Kevin has worked exclusively in Private Service, holding positions of great responsibility working for many of the world's respected families and organizations. Starting his career as footman at The British Embassy in Paris, he received training in etiquette; the art of formal entertaining; and the proper care-procedures to adopt with antique silver, fine china, crystal and glass. He also learned to obey the sacred rules of his trade, including the importance of discretion, whilst honing his ‘eye for detail'. Kevin has worked along-side Europe's leading decorators, restorers, craftsmen and artisan workers, gathering skills which allow him to manage projects and events requiring only the highest aesthetic standards. Never happy to accept mediocrity as a norm, Kevin continues to push boundaries, as a founder of Green Baize Door and the representative of Private Chefs Inc. in Europe, he hopes to assist the industry of which he is proud to be a member.
Mary is MBA holder and a graduate from Ecole Hoteliere Vieux-Boi. She has lived and worked in Australia, UK, France, New Zealand, Thailand, India, China and Hong Kong. She is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and conversant in French.
Mary has over 30 years of industry experience and has held senior positions with the likes of Four Seasons, Shangri-La, Kempinski, Regent and Regal hotel groups. Mary is an expert in Food & Beverage and has one of the best databases of Asian chefs and managers in the world today.
With PCI, Mary is our specialist recruiter for the rapidly growing China market. Mary sources the top chefs from Hong Kong's select Cantonese Restaurant's and places them in households and businesses of the elite families in major cities in China such as Shanghai and Beijing.