Chef Tone
Flames rising through a charcoal grill grate at night, the pit mid-cook

Cooked over live fire.

Jerk over pimento wood. Oxtail braised overnight. Snapper straight off the grate. Island food, cooked hard, in Bakersfield.

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Bakersfield, CA Meal prep · Private chef · Catering
A cook's hands finely chopping herbs on a board, knife mid-cut
02 / The chef

Island food, live fire.

Chef Tone cooks the food he grew up on — jerk over pimento wood, curries deep with time, snapper straight off the grate. Everything hand-made, small runs, real heat.

Based in Bakersfield, California

Chef Tone cooking live at the 23 ABC studios with his kid beside him at the counter
On location at 23 ABC — Chef Tone cooking live in studio, with his kid in the kitchen.
03 / Services

Bring the kitchen to you.

Same fire, different room. Tell Tone the date and the headcount and he'll build the menu around it.

A plated course on a dressed dining table, glassware and candlelight behind it

Private chef

Multi-course island menus cooked in your kitchen, plated and served. Shopping, cooking and clean-up included.

Up to 12 guests
An event catering line — tiered platters and chafing trays laid out for service

Catering

Drop-off trays or full live-fire service on site. Jerk pit, sides, the whole spread — built to your headcount.

15–200 guests
An outdoor night market under strings of warm lights, crowded with people eating

Pop-ups

Markets, breweries and lots around Bakersfield. Follow where the pit lands next.

See the schedule below
04 / Pop-ups

Where the pit lands.

Tone cooks live around Bakersfield most weeks. Here's what's next.

05 / Book

Let's get a date
on the fire.

Tell Tone what you're planning. He'll come back with a menu and a quote — usually same day.

  • Menus built around your headcount and your allergies
  • Deposit holds the date, balance on the day
  • Bakersfield and surrounding — travel quoted separately

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Rough number is fine
Date, place, vibe, anything you need off the menu. E.g. “Backyard birthday, ~25 people, jerk + sides, Sept 14.”

No spam, no list. Your number goes to Tone and nowhere else.

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