Gourmet du Jour - In-Home and On-Site Gourmet Cooking, Classes, Children's Courses

The Nation's Best, Affordable

Private Chef Service

∞ Intimate wedding anniversaries

∞ Valentine's Day

∞ Graduation and birthday dinners

∞ Office Parties

∞ Frozen, vacuum-packed dinners

∞ Group and private cooking classes

∞ Children's cooking and etiquette

classes

∞ Children's German language

classes

. . . and more

Check out Inge's profile in the

Montrose Daily Press

As seen in:

Montrose Daily Press (2008)

The Watch

Call Inge now: (970) 249-0630

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Home Meet the Chef -- Ingeborg Cheatham

Welcome. I'm Inge (Een-geh), the chef at Gourmet du Jour. I've been cooking for more years than I want to be able to remember. From the time I was a little girl in Erlangen, Germany, in the northern part of Bavaria also known as Frankenland (the land of the Franks), I watched my parents cook our meals. They were both very good cooks; my mother, Christine, even cooked professionally for awhile.

When I was still in my teens, I graduated with a diploma from the Haushaltungsschule cooking school in Fürth, Germany, where I focused on cooking, food safety, and nutrition.

I served on the staff of Elkofen Castle and learned many more things there, including a deep appreciation of table etiquette. I furthered these skills in England and then during a short stint in France, where I went to a branch of Le Cordon Bleu, the famed Cordon Bleu School of Cooking.

Meanwhile, my brother, Horst Pfannenmüller, was advancing his own career as apprentice chef and then owner and chef of the Hotel Rubschen, in the Glarner Alps of Switzerland. Horst, who has several Michelin Stars, has taught me much as well, including the Continental art of presentation.

For many years, though, I only cooked for family and friends. Still, I was always passionate about it, always experimenting and honing new skills.

Then, in the early 1990s, I became the Private Chef for Cimarron Partners, a luxury ranch, where I earned glowing reviews. Meanwhile, physicians in the area who had heard of or tasted my food asked me to prepare their specialty breakfasts during morning meetings. I started my Private Chef service at that time, though I was also hired as Lead Chef for a 5-star luxury resort in the Colorado Wilderness.

Contact me to see how I can bring more taste and pleasure into your or your children's lives.

email

Phone: (970) 249-0630

Today

Now I cook only for my friends, family, and clients. And I show them how to cook as well -- children and adults. It's immensely gratifying.

You can find a recent profile on me in the Montrose Daily Press.