Since 2000, Big City Chefs has been Southern California's premiere agency for personal and private chefs, specializing in spectacular dinner parties, private cooking classes, and customized menu planning including specialty diets such as Zone, Atkins, Spa Cuisine, Vegan, Macrobiotic, Gluten-Free, and Kosher. Nationally renowned nutritional authority Dr. Ian K. Smith of VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" personally commissioned the agency to develop the entire collection of recipes featured in his New York Times bestseller, "The Fat Smash Diet." The Beverly Hills office of Big City Chefs staffs private chefs in Malibu, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Palos Verdes, Hancock Park, the Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Montecito, and throughout the Los Angeles metro area. Big City Chefs always understands and respects its clients' privacy.