La Bonne Vie Personal Chef + Catering

La Bonne Vie Personal Chef + Catering Personalized Prepared Meal Delivery, Small-Batch Catering, Private Dining & Cooking Classes. Serving Central Kentucky, one delicious bite at a time.

All the benefits of having a Personal Chef, without worrying about taking up space in your home! We customize each meal to what you need, and how you like to eat. We are experts in allergy-friendly meals and attention to detail. We are Central KY's premium Personal Chef Service + Catering, and we make healthy meals, for busy people.

09/23/2026

Apparently turning 11 calls for pizza, cupcakes AND a little spa time. 💕🍕🧁

Saturday, the LBV kitchen belonged to eight young chefs celebrating a very special 11th birthday with one of our private Kids Spa Parties!

And this isn’t your typical birthday party.

The kids started with a little all-natural pampering, making their own coconut oil + sugar hand scrubs and Greek yogurt face masks using simple, edible ingredients straight from the kitchen.

Then it was time to trade spa treatments for chef aprons. đŸ‘©â€đŸłđŸ‘šâ€đŸł

Each guest blended their own fruit smoothie, built a personal pizza with their favorite toppings, and finished the party decorating cupcakes — with the birthday kid getting the very important job of choosing the icing color and helping our chef whip up a custom batch for the group.

A little self-care. A little cooking. Plenty of creativity. And eight kids getting to make, create, laugh and celebrate together.

We handle the activities, the cooking and the experience while you get to be there for the memories.

Our Kids Spa Party is available as a private birthday experience at La Bonne Vie, with optional upgrades available if you want to make the celebration even more special.

Because whether they’re here for the face masks, the pizza, the cupcakes — or all three — there’s a little something for every young chef at this party. đŸ€

Learn more about private parties at lbvcooking.com

09/22/2026

This is what “testing the menu” looks like around here. 👀

Chef Jessica Faulhaber brought fresh pawpaws back from the farmers market and has been putting them to very good use as she works on the menu for her upcoming Stories of Appalachia Chef’s Table.

The latest test?
Gluten-Free Pawpaw Stack Cake with Pawpaw Butter, Fresh Chantilly + BrĂ»lĂ©ed Pawpaw. đŸ€

Pawpaws have deep roots in Appalachia, and this is exactly what we love about watching Jessica develop this menu — taking ingredients and food traditions tied to the region and finding ways to tell their stories through the plate.

And did we mention the whole dessert is gluten-free? Because beautiful food shouldn’t feel like a compromise just because it needs to accommodate a dietary restriction.

And yes...testing means we occasionally have to eat the experiments around here.
It’s a difficult job. 😂

Jessica’s Stories of Appalachia Chef’s Table is October 9, where she’ll be sharing more than dinner. Expect the ingredients, traditions and stories that make Appalachian food so special — including a few that connect back to her own family.

And judging by this test run, dessert alone might be worth saving a seat for. đŸ‘€đŸ€

October 9th at 6pm | Stories of Appalachia Chef’s Table
Reserve your seat at lbvcooking.com/cooking-classes

09/21/2026

9 mothers. 9 daughters. One afternoon around the table. đŸ€đŸŁ

Last Thursday, we welcomed a Mother + Daughter Retreat into the LBV kitchen for their own private Sushi 101 experience.

Chef Jessica Faulhaber guided the group through making their own sushi rolls, while we rounded out the afternoon with appetizers and lemonade.

And while we love teaching people something new in the kitchen, this is really what private cooking experiences are all about for us.

Spending time together. Trying something new. Laughing when the first roll doesn’t quite cooperate. 😂 And making memories around food.

Private classes can be customized around your group, your occasion and the kind of experience you want to share — whether it’s a retreat, family gathering, celebration, team outing or simply an excuse to get your favorite people together.

Thank you for spending part of your Mother + Daughter Retreat with us. We loved having all 18 of you in the kitchen! đŸ€

Your people. Your menu. Your experience.

Learn more about private experiences at lbvcooking.com

09/19/2026

LEXINGTON, YOU’RE INVITED. đŸ„‚

Come eat. Come drink. Come celebrate.

Complimentary bites from the LBV chefs
đŸ„‚ Cash bar + discounted drink preorders
👋 Meet the team
🏠 Explore the kitchen
🎁 Giveaways + a little celebrating

Saturday, October 3 | 4–7 PM

And the best part? You don’t have to make an evening of it.

Come anytime between 4 and 7 PM. Stay for a while, or simply pop in, grab a bite, say hello and let us see your face. đŸ€

For more than 10 years, you’ve invited La Bonne Vie into your homes, dinner tables, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, date nights, corporate events and celebrations.

Now we’d really love to have you in ours.

Whether you’ve been a client for years, came to one cooking class, ordered from us once, follow us from afar, or have always wondered what happens inside the LBV kitchen — this invitation is for you.

Our chefs are planning the menu now (and yes, we’ll be teasing some of it very soon 👀), and the food is complimentary for everyone who stops by.

đŸŽŸïž No ticket is required to attend.

We do have an optional $10 donation ticket, with proceeds supporting our community cooking classes in partnership with Kentucky Cares and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Reserving one also helps us know approximately how many people to prepare for — which is very helpful when your love language is feeding people. 😂

Want to come without purchasing a donation ticket? Please do! Just comment “We’re coming!” below and tell us how many are in your group so we can include you in our unofficial headcount.

No pressure to stay all three hours. No formal agenda. No need to dress up. Unless you want to. 😉

Just come see us. Eat something delicious. Have a drink. Meet the people behind LBV. And help us celebrate more than a decade around the table. đŸ„‚

We would absolutely LOVE to see a kitchen full of familiar faces — and plenty of new ones, too. đŸ€

And as a thank-you, everyone attending will be entered to win our Chef’s Favorites Gift Basket!

Saturday, October 3 | Come anytime from 4–7 PM

đŸŽŸïž Optional $10 donation tickets + discounted drink preorders: lbvcooking.com/cooking-classes

09/18/2026

We’re about to make you choose. 😈

Cooler weather is coming, which means we’re officially entering comfort food season.
But there’s a catch...

You can only keep ONE:

đŸČ A cozy bowl of soup
đŸ„§ Chicken pot pie
🍝 A big bowl of pasta
đŸ„” Buttery mashed potatoes

The other three disappear from your life forever. 😂

Which one are you saving?

09/17/2026

It’s 4pm. Someone asks, “What’s for dinner?” 😅

And suddenly you’re mentally inventorying the refrigerator, wondering what needs to be thawed, whether you have everything you need, and deciding if you have enough energy left for a grocery store run.

That’s the part of Weekly Meal Service we don’t talk about enough.

Chef Jessica Smith prepared this beautiful pan-seared thick-cut pork chop over herbed couscous with cool cucumber tzatziki for one of our meal service clients. đŸ€

What you don’t see in the photo?

The meal planning.
The grocery list.
The shopping.
The prep.
The cooking.
The packing.
The cleanup.
And all the little decisions that come with feeding yourself or your household every single week.

We handled that part, too.

Our Weekly Meal Service is completely customized around your household—your preferences, dietary needs, allergies, schedule, and the way you actually like to eat.

Because sometimes luxury looks like a beautifully prepared dinner.

And sometimes it looks like not having to think about dinner at all.

Ready to make “What’s for dinner?” someone else’s problem?

Start with our Food Questionnaire at lbvcooking.com and our Client Concierge will help you find the service that fits your household.

09/16/2026

Your Saturday night could use more tacos. 🌼

Skip the same-old dinner reservation and come make dinner with us instead.

This Saturday, we’re taking a little trip south of the border for Around the World: Mexican Street Food — a completely hands-on night in the LBV kitchen.

You’ll cook alongside our chefs, learn the techniques and flavors behind some seriously good Mexican street food, and then, of course, eat everything you’ve made. 🙌

Come for date night. Bring your favorite foodie friend. Grab a few people and make it a night out.

Saturday, September 19 ‱ 6 PM

We still have seats available in our newly added Saturday session, and we’d love to fill the kitchen.

🌼 Reserve yours: lbvcooking.com/cooking-classes

09/12/2026

You don’t need a huge occasion to make it an occasion. ✹

A birthday that deserves more than another restaurant reservation.

Friends you’ve been saying you need to get together with for months.

An anniversary. A family visit. A client you want to impress. A team that deserves something a little more memorable.

Or maybe you just want to gather your favorite people around a beautiful table and actually enjoy being there with them.

That’s where we come in. đŸ€

From private Chef’s Tables and hands-on cooking classes to our Chopped Challenge, intimate dinners and catered gatherings, we create the experience around your people, your occasion and the way you want the night to feel.

You bring the reason—or don’t.

We’ll help make it worth celebrating. đŸ„‚

Planning something this fall? Explore private experiences at lbvcooking.com

09/11/2026

We need Lexington to settle this one. 🌼

You can only choose ONE for your taco night:
🌼 TEAM CORN TORTILLA
or
🌯 TEAM FLOUR TORTILLA

No “it depends.” No choosing both. 😂

Drop your team below 👇

And yes
our chefs have opinions too. 👀

09/10/2026

Roasted Red Pepper Orzo with Marinated Olives, Herbed Chicken & Goat Cheese Crumbles—prepared by Chef Jered for one of our Weekly Meal Service clients.

And this is exactly why we don’t really think of what we do as traditional “meal prep.”
Our chefs are constantly creating menus with different flavors, seasonal ingredients and dishes you’ll actually be excited to find waiting in the refrigerator.

One week might bring bright Mediterranean-inspired flavors like this. Another might mean cozy risotto, a beautiful piece of seafood, something Southern and comforting, or a dish inspired by what’s freshest that season.

And because our Weekly Meal Service is completely customizable, it isn’t about choosing from one standard meal plan. We build your service around your household—your preferences, dietary needs, allergies and restrictions, and how much support you actually need each week.

Really good food. Made specifically for you. Dinner already handled. ✹

Want to see what having an LBV chef take care of your week could look like?
Visit lbvcooking.com and complete our Food Questionnaire to get started. From there, you’ll schedule a call with our Client Concierge, who will help determine the service that best fits your needs.

Address

1060 Chinoe Road, Ste 108
Lexington, KY
40502

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+15027837153

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