# Claire's Kitchen > Private in-home meal prep, prepared meals and catering led by chef Claire Armstrong, serving Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Puslinch, Oakville, Milton, Burlington and the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. Claire's Kitchen is a chef-run food service based in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. Claire Armstrong has nearly 20 years of experience across professional kitchens and food companies. Everything is cooked in small batches, never mass-produced, and every menu is custom. ## Services - **In-home meal prep** — Claire cooks a custom week of meals in the client's kitchen, portions and stores them, and cleans up. Includes custom menu planning, cooking in your home, portioning & storage, full clean-up. Available as a one-off or an ongoing weekly arrangement. - **Prepared meals (out-of-home)** — weekly rotating menus cooked out of home, available for pickup or delivery, in family-style or individual portions. - **Catering** — private dinners, family celebrations, corporate meetings and team lunches, small events and showers, drop-off or on-site. Corporate catering serves the Waterloo tech corridor, uptown Waterloo, downtown Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph business parks, and Halton/GTA offices. Custom menus are available for all services. Allergies, intolerances and dietary preferences (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, halal-friendly, dairy-free) are collected at the quote stage and the menu is built around them. ## Areas served Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Puslinch, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Greater Toronto Area. Travel outside these areas may be available on request. ## Contact - Enquiry form: https://claireskitchen.ca/contact (11 short questions; sent via WhatsApp, text or email) - Email: claireskitchenandcatering@gmail.com - Phone / text / WhatsApp: +1 416-786-5297 - Google Business Profile: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DsrmZEz7f5b32bp38 Pricing is quoted per service, headcount and menu, in writing. Minimums may apply depending on the service. Advance notice is recommended, especially for events and holidays. ## Pages - [Home](https://claireskitchen.ca/): overview of services, areas and how it works - [Services](https://claireskitchen.ca/services): in-home meal prep, prepared meals and catering in detail - [FAQ](https://claireskitchen.ca/faq): 21 questions on areas, lead times, pricing, dietary needs, corporate and private catering - [Contact](https://claireskitchen.ca/contact): request a quote - [Blog](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog): guides on meal prep, private chef service and catering ## Blog posts - [Corporate catering in Waterloo: a guide for tech teams](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/corporate-catering-waterloo-tech-companies): How to order office catering that works for a Waterloo tech team — headcounts, dietary needs, drop-off vs on-site, lead times and recurring team lunches. - [In-home meal prep in Oakville: what a week with a private chef looks like](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/in-home-meal-prep-oakville): What in-home meal prep in Oakville actually involves: custom menu planning, shopping, cooking in your kitchen, portioning, storage and full clean-up, on a schedule that suits your household. - [How to host a dinner party in Oakville without cooking it](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/private-dinner-party-catering-oakville): Planning a private dinner in Oakville or Burlington? How chef-catered dinner parties work — menu, dietary needs, drop-off vs cooked on site, timing and what to ask. - [Office lunch catering in Kitchener-Waterloo: feeding a team with every dietary need](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/office-lunch-catering-kitchener-waterloo-dietary-needs): Vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, halal-friendly — how to order office lunch catering in Kitchener-Waterloo that feeds the whole team properly, not just most of it. - [Meal prep vs meal kits vs prepared meals: what actually saves you time](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/meal-prep-vs-meal-kits-vs-prepared-meals): Meal kits still make you cook. Delivery apps still make you choose. A straight comparison of meal kits, prepared meals and in-home meal prep for busy households in Kitchener-Waterloo and Oakville. - [Corporate event catering in Kitchener: offsites, launches and board dinners](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/corporate-event-catering-kitchener-offsites-launches): Catering for offsites, product launches, board dinners and client events in Kitchener and Waterloo — how on-site catering works and what to plan for. - [Weekly meal prep for busy families in Waterloo](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/weekly-meal-prep-busy-families-waterloo): How weekly in-home meal prep works for families in Waterloo and Kitchener — custom menus the kids will eat, portioning for different schedules, and a kitchen left clean. - [A private chef for your dinner party in Burlington](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/private-chef-dinner-party-burlington): Hosting in Burlington? How a chef-cooked dinner party works — cooked in your kitchen, plated course by course, kitchen left clean. Menus built around your guests. - [Meal prep for new parents in Kitchener-Waterloo (and how to give it as a gift)](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/meal-prep-new-parents-kitchener-waterloo-gift): The most useful thing you can do for new parents is feed them. How in-home meal prep and prepared meals work for the newborn weeks in Kitchener-Waterloo, and how to arrange it as a gift. - [Holiday catering in Oakville and the GTA: how to book Thanksgiving and Christmas without the stress](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/holiday-catering-oakville-gta-book-early): Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's catering in Oakville, Burlington and the GTA — cooked in your home or dropped off ready to serve. What to decide and when to book. - [Corporate catering in Cambridge and Guelph: team lunches beyond the tech corridor](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/corporate-catering-cambridge-guelph-team-lunches): Office and team lunch catering for businesses in Cambridge and Guelph — manufacturing, agri-food, university and the business parks. Drop-off, on-site and recurring options. - [Eight questions to ask a caterer before you book](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/questions-to-ask-a-caterer-before-you-book): A short, practical checklist for hiring a caterer or private chef in Ontario — what to ask about menus, dietary needs, service style, lead times and what is included. - [Baby shower and bridal shower catering in Oakville, Milton and Burlington](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/baby-shower-bridal-shower-catering-halton): Grazing boards, brunch spreads and small-event catering for baby showers and bridal showers across Halton — dropped off ready to serve or set up on site. - [How to eat well during a busy quarter: meal prep for professionals in Waterloo Region](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/eat-well-busy-quarter-meal-prep-professionals-waterloo): Long weeks, late nights, a fridge with nothing in it. How in-home meal prep and prepared meals keep professionals in Kitchener-Waterloo eating properly through a heavy quarter. - [Client dinner catering for Waterloo startups: hosting investors and partners at the office](https://claireskitchen.ca/blog/client-dinner-catering-waterloo-startups-investors): How to host investors, partners and key customers at your Waterloo office with a chef-cooked dinner — menus, service, timing and what the room says about you. ## Website Built by Papaya Creative (https://papayacreative.co).