The chef is the solution.
A chef with more than thirty years of professional kitchen work now leads a food ecosystem: catering, personal chef, a family farm, retail sauces, and food business consulting.
Chef Juan T. McAllister has spent more than three decades cooking, running kitchens, owning restaurants, and building businesses in food. Chef Juan’s® is what all of that experience is being poured into now: a brand where the same chef who cooked for The Recording Academy, Atlanta Public Schools, and a 300 guest wedding in Charleston also drops off weekly meals for a family in North Georgia and runs a family farm in South Carolina.
Six Ways Chef Juan’s® Shows Up
Every service is custom, every menu is built around the moment. Pick the one closest to what you need and Chef Juan will meet you on the calendar.
Weddings
Full service wedding catering across GA, SC, and NC. Up to about 300 guests personally served.
See wedding catering →02Corporate
Drop off lunches, full service events, Fortune 500 catering. Twenty four to forty eight hour turnaround available.
See corporate catering →03Private Events
Birthdays, anniversaries, milestone dinners. Two guests to a thousand.
See private events →04Personal Chef
Weekly meals delivered, in home dinner parties, private dinners across Atlanta and North Georgia.
See personal chef service →05The Farm
Family land in Florence, SC since 1941, now being brought back into working production.
Read the farm story →06Consulting
Practical food business advisory built on 30 plus years of lived operating experience.
See consulting services →Cooking as an Expression of Who You Are
The same chef who cooked for The Recording Academy, Atlanta Public Schools, and a 300 guest wedding in Charleston is the same chef who drops off weekly meals for a family in North Georgia and works his family land in Florence, South Carolina. Every dish tells a story. Every meal is an unforgettable experience.
- 30+ Years professional kitchens
- $2M+ documented gross revenue
- 60% Repeat clientele
- 3 States served
Cooking as an Expression of the Land
The Chef Juan’s® family farm has been in the McAllister family since 1941. Twenty five to thirty five acres in Florence, South Carolina, now being brought back into working production through Clemson, South Carolina State, and NRCS conservation programs. Family land, chef vision, one plan.
Food Business Consulting
Restaurant operations, menu development, food product development, catering systems, business startup guidance. Practical advisory built on 30 plus years of lived operating experience, not book learning.
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How Chef Juan’s® Works
- Talk. A short call about what you are feeding, who you are feeding, and the moment you want.
- Menu. Chef Juan builds a menu around your event, your guests, and any dietary needs.
- Cook. Chef Juan and his team execute the plan.
- Enjoy. You focus on your guests; Chef Juan’s® handles the rest.
What Chef Juan’s® Clients Say
Chef Juan is a bit of a marvel. He can prepare anything, and does meal prep that is second to none. Trent Goss
One of the rare chefs that can create delicious vegan and vegetarian meals along with mouth watering meat dishes. Shay Bustamante
Every time I have hired him for a private event, he has gone far above and beyond. Lillian Ortiz
Chef Juan’s® Sauce Line
Three chef created sauces launching soon. White (Rich, Creamy, Bold). Curry (Bold Flavor, Real Ingredients). Red (Rich, Zesty, Authentic). Twelve ounce jars.
Areas We Serve
Custom catering across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Click a city to see how Chef Juan cooks there.
South Carolina
North Carolina
Ready to Start a Conversation?
Every event starts with a conversation. Chef Juan reads every request personally and replies within one business day.