VOLOCHEF® Culinary Solutions is a multi-service provider created by Chef David Shalleck. With the growth and popularity of the food business, VOLOCHEF® brings efficiency, consistency, and reliability to the needs of our customers in harmony with the promotion of cooking and eating.
David has worked for over two decades as a fine dining chef and television culinary producer alongside some of America's most celebrated chefs and hosts.
He is the author of acclaimed culinary travel memoir Mediterranean Summer published by Broadway Books, an imprint of Random House, Inc. To see more about the book, please visit the Mediterranean Summer website.
He has cooked in noted restaurants and for special events in New York, San Francisco, the Napa Valley, London, Provence, throughout many of Italy's famous regions, and has created Mediterranean menus for Windstar Cruises.
As a culinary producer, he has worked on over 250 shows including the PBS series More Fast Food My Way with Jacques Pepin, Jose Made in Spain with Jose Andres, Chef's Story at the French Culinary Institute, and appearances with Cat Cora on the Food Network's Iron Chef America.
His recipe, menu, food styling, and food product development clients include production companies, publishers, restaurant operators, and many national brands.
Chef specialist, Feigon Hamilton domestic and corporate staffing.
Culinary advisor, Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance.
Member, Center for Culinary Development chefs council.
Member, International Culinary Tourism Association.
Guest lecturer, CHEFS: Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service.
A graduate from Syracuse University in set and lighting design, he currently lives in San Francisco.
Jacques Pepin's Essential Pepin (26 x 30 min.)
Jose Made in Spain with Jose Andres (26 x 30 min.)
Artist's Table with Jacques Pepin (1hr.)
Chef's Story at the French Culinary Institute (26 x 30 min.)
Jacques Pepin's More Fast Food My Way and Fast Food My Way (52 x 30 min.)
Joanne Weir's Cooking Class (26 x 30 min.)
Iron Chef America, sous chef for Cat Cora (3x 1hr.)
NapaStyle Season by Season, Napa, and Casual Cooking (78 x 30 min.)
Bringing It Home (13 x 30 min.)
Food Network/Food 2 How-to Videos (26 segments)
Home Shopping Network/NapaStyle (multiple segments)
Divina Market Plates (collateral recipe booklets)
Comcast/ Baja Fresh (television ads)
AOL/Cooking with Tyler Florence (web recipe stills)
Mediterranean Summer (web site)
Music Cooks (12x CD and recipe card sets)
Divina Easy Entertaining (collateral recipe booklet)
Comcast/ Happi House (television ads)
Bringing Tuscany Home (lifestyle book)
Great Platter Cookbook (cookbook)
Casual Cooking (cookbook)
Center for Culinary Development (national food brands and producers)
Windstar Cruises
Patxi's Restaurants
Japan External Trade Organization
University Club of Palo Alto
Rocca Family Vineyards
Sandy Hu Food Marketing (national brand promotions)
Divina/Market Plates (product collateral, advertisements, and promotions)
Chef's Story at the French Culinary Institute (web site)
FoodMatch/Divina Easy Entertaining (product collateral and promotion)
Weber's Way to Grill, Charcoal Grilling, and Real Grilling (cookbooks)
Casual Cooking (cookbook)
Lettuce Entertain You (restaurant menu)
Sassi Restaurant (menu, kitchen facility)
Bistecca Italian Steakhouse (menus, kitchen facility, operations)
Piatti Restaurant Company (menus, operations)
Caffe Ciao (menu, kitchen facility)
Stars Oakville Cafe (rmenus, kitchen facility, operations)
Windstar Cruises
Boulevard Restaurant
Farallon Restaurant
Lulu Bis
Wineries
Homes, estates, yachts