Chef Kenny Barnes
Seattle Personal Chef
Chef Kenny's Bio
Chef Kenny’s fondest memories growing up in Atlanta were of standing on a stool, helping his mother cook something up on the stove. He learned at an early age the power of good food and how it can bring together friends and family. It is no wonder that his first job, at 16, was in the food industry, and he has never left it. Quickly drawn to fine dining Indian and southern style cuisine, he fell in love with natural old world cooking techniques, including live fire grills, BBQ pits, clay cooking, wood burning ovens and even the tandoori. His culinary journey then brought him to Seattle where he discovered a passion for fermentation, preservation, and middle eastern flavors while working in several fine dining kitchens. Bringing 14 years of experience and a love for what a good family dinner can do, he now enjoys exploring his creative side as a personal chef.
Fun Fact
When not cooking in the kitchen or barbecuing with family and friends Chef Kenny enjoys both river and deep sea fishing, snowboarding, and camping; while foraging for wild mushrooms, crabbing and digging for clams. Yeah… you can take the boy out of the kitchen, but…..well you know.
Menu Highlights
About Down to Earth Cuisine
Down to Earth Cuisine provides meals that are sustainably and responsibly sourced. To help preserve this approach, we use GMO free products, organic when available and wild caught seafood approved by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Guide to Sustainable Fishing.
When we moved over to custom delivery services, it meant having to find new sustainable ways to deliver the meals, using only compostable containers to reduce use and purchasing of plastic. We also work with One Tree Planted a nonprofit organization that plants trees on our behalf to offset our carbon footprint.
Resources
- Down to Earth Cuisine - Weekly Meal Service
- Down to Earth Cuisine - Private Dinners
- Down to Earth Cuisine - Custom Meal Delivery
- YouTube channel - Down To Earth Cuisine - Seattle Personal Chef Services
- Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institutes - Le Cordon Bleu USA
- One Tree Planted - OneTreePlanted.
