Ed Anderson, Chef. Over 200 private dinners cooked across the Springfield-to-Hartford corridor since 2018.
The chef travels the corridor and beyond, cooking dinners, events, and weekly meal prep in households across two states.
Nine towns in rotation across Hartford County and the Suffield corridor. The chef is based in Suffield CT, at the northern edge of the state near the Massachusetts border.
Four towns in rotation across the Southern Massachusetts corridor, centered on Springfield and Longmeadow. Access from Suffield CT is under thirty minutes.
Four to twelve guests, four courses, chef plates each course at the table.
Thirty to one hundred fifty guests, fully custom menu, chef plus service team.
Custom weekly meal plans cooked and portioned in glass containers.
Cocktail parties, weddings, brunches, celebrations, intimate dinners.
Jekyll and Hyde Private Chef serves households and events across Connecticut and Southern Massachusetts. Primary focus is the Springfield-to-Hartford corridor. In Connecticut, the chef cooks in Suffield, Avon, Glastonbury, Granby, Simsbury, South Windsor, West Hartford, Windsor, and Enfield, see Connecticut. In Massachusetts, service covers Springfield, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, and Wilbraham, see Massachusetts. For events or weekly arrangements outside the primary corridor, the chef accepts case-by-case inquiries with travel costs quoted into the booking. The service-area map centered on the corridor shows the primary focus zone.
Yes, by request. For events or weekly arrangements outside the Springfield-to-Hartford corridor, the chef accepts inquiries case by case. Travel costs are quoted into the booking. Out-of-area events have a four-to-six week minimum lead time to allow for staff scheduling and produce sourcing. The Boston metro, Hartford metro, and the broader New England region are the most common out-of-primary-corridor destinations. The fastest path to a real number is the free consult call, which confirms availability, quotes travel, and produces a booking-ready plan within forty-eight hours of the call.
Chef Ed Anderson is based in Suffield, Connecticut, in the northern Hartford County corridor near the Massachusetts border. Suffield sits at the geographic center of the primary service area, roughly forty-five minutes from Hartford, thirty minutes from Springfield MA, and one hour from Boston MA. The Suffield base means most private chef bookings in the Springfield-to-Hartford corridor are within a thirty-minute drive of the chef. See the Connecticut service page for the full town list and the Massachusetts service page for the Southern Massachusetts towns in rotation.
Use the inquiry form and note the town, event date, and expected guest count. The chef reviews out-of-primary-area requests case by case. Travel costs are quoted with the booking. Most requests inside a sixty-minute drive of Suffield CT are accepted; farther destinations require additional lead time and travel logistics. Corporate calendar blocks and destination weddings are two common out-of-area formats. The inquiry response includes a booking-ready quote with real travel costs, service depth, and menu design turnaround.
Yes, county and town pages are being rolled out. Connecticut counties (Hartford County, and additional counties on the way) and Massachusetts counties are the next level below the state pages. Below counties, individual town pages will publish for the busiest booking towns first, starting with Suffield CT (the chef base). See Connecticut and Massachusetts for the current town list. Each town page will include a Google Maps embed centered on the town, town-specific booking context, and cross-links to sibling towns and counties in the same corridor.
Suffield to Springfield to Hartford. Backyards, offices, private venues.