Private Chef Service · Select Metro Vancouver Municipalities
More than meals, we're part of your village.
Happy Plates is Chef Zoë Rose's private chef service, bringing personalized in-home cooking to families and individuals with the support of a carefully selected team of chefs. From customized weekly meal prep to unforgettable dinner parties, every menu is thoughtfully tailored to your home, your tastes, and your lifestyle.
The story
Happy Plates was founded by Chef Zoë Rose in 2023 with a simple belief: every family deserves a little extra support. Together with her carefully selected team of private chefs, Happy Plates helps busy households reclaim the heart of the home through nourishing, personalized meals prepared right in your own kitchen.
From thoughtfully planning menus and shopping for fresh ingredients, to clearing out the fridge, preparing a week's worth of meals, labelling everything, and leaving your kitchen sparkling clean, we take care of the details so you can come home to a fresh start. More than a stocked fridge, it's a reset for your kitchen, a calmer week ahead, and more meaningful time gathered around the table.
Whether you're welcoming a new baby, recovering from surgery, navigating a demanding season, or simply looking for an extra set of hands, we're here to be part of your village, helping your family reconnect over good food, one meal at a time.
What We Do
One cooking session in your home and the week is handled, one week of meals fresh, or up to a week and a half frozen. You come home to a clean kitchen and a fridge of labelled, ready-to-heat food your family actually wants to eat.
From backyard BBQs and birthday celebrations to Shabbat dinners and holiday gatherings, Happy Plates creates relaxed, memorable dining experiences in the comfort of your home. Chef Zoë Rose works with you to create a personalized menu, then she and her team handle the shopping, cooking, serving, and cleanup, so you can stay at the table with the people who matter most.
From intimate dinners for two to celebrations of forty, we're here to make gathering feel effortless.
Every menu is built around your tastes, allergies, and season of life, fully vegetarian or vegan weeks, prenatal and postpartum nourishment, kid-approved staples beside grown-up plates. Nothing off a template.
Dietary meal plans are re-written every single week, never repeated on a cycle.
“We're expected to juggle careers, families, friendships, and somehow still put a homemade dinner on the table every night. Let us take care of the food, so you have more time for the people you love.”
Chef Zoë Rose, founder
About Zoë
Zoë Rose is a Vancouver chef who grew up cooking every holiday beside her mother, a tradition she keeps to this day. She's the kind of cook who fillets whole salmon fresh off the Steveston docks with her cousin, eats her way through Italy on her days off, and comes home with new ideas for your weekly menu.
Since founding Happy Plates, she's cooked for new parents, growing families, elders, and everyone who'd rather spend their evening at the table than at the stove.
How it works
A complimentary phone consultation where we get to know your family, your routines, dietary needs, favourite meals, and the challenges you're facing around food. From there, we build a service that's realistic, personalized, and designed to make your week easier.
Zoë writes a menu just for your household, for the week or the event, built around your tastes, allergies, and the season of life you're in. It's always 100% customizable.
We shop, cook in your kitchen, label and store everything, leaving the counters spotless and the fridge organized.
Nourishing meals, a fresh start for the week, and one less thing on your mind. Simply gather around the table and enjoy.
Get in touch
Tell Zoë a little about your home, your food struggles, or the occasion you're planning.
Email Chef Zoë to book