About Olive Branch Culinary Services

Olive Branch Culinary Services is a San Francisco-based professional chef service company founded in 2008. Our talented personal chefs custom tailor and deliver delicious, chef-prepared weekly meals based on each client's unique dietary needs and preferences. With no long-term contracts required, we provide the ultimate convenience – handling everything from menu planning and ingredient sourcing to cooking, packaging, meal delivery (or in-home chef services), and labeling your meals with easy reheating instructions. We remove stress and add time and joy to our clients’ weeks.

We also offer gourmet private chef experiences for special gatherings and dinner parties in your home. For luxury private jet dining at 40,000 feet, our sister company Fifth Course provides gourmet in-flight catering services for private jets departing Bay Area airports like SFO and OAK.

Meet our cEO & Lead Chef

Jhonathan Rupchand-Kokotek - CHEF/CEO

Jhonathan Rupchand-Kokotek is the founder, chef, and CEO of Olive Branch. Born and raised in Suriname, he emigrated to New York City in 2002, bringing with him a deep respect for food as both nourishment and care. His earliest culinary education began at home, cooking alongside his mother and learning the traditional dishes that shaped his understanding of flavor, culture, and intention.

After formal culinary training in New York City, Jhonathan worked in acclaimed kitchens including Café Boulud and Quest Restaurant, where he trained under Tom Valenti and developed both technical discipline and leadership skills. At just 21, he was named the youngest executive chef in the Montauk area while leading the kitchen at Montauk Manor Hotel, earning recognition from Montauk Pioneer Magazine and the Southampton Press.

Jhonathan’s cooking blends French and Italian techniques with West Indies and international influences, resulting in food that is bold, balanced, and deeply considered. Beyond the kitchen, he has led pop-up restaurants, hosted cooking classes, provided high-end catering, and advised restaurants on menu development and kitchen operations.

In 2008, Jhonathan created his chef company and leads Olive Branch’s personal and private chef team in San Francisco, bringing the same standard of excellence, health-conscious cooking, and deeply personal service to households across the city.

Olive Branch Culinary Services provides personal chef meals and private chef dinner party catering across San Francisco, the Bay Area, and the Peninsula. Most of our clients live in Pacific Heights, Noe Valley, the Mission, Russian Hill, Menlow Park, Atherton, Redwood City, San Carlos, Emerald Hills, East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Loyola, Woodside, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, San Jose, Santa Clara, and East Bay.

If you’re interested in our personal chef or private chef experiences and don’t see your area specifically listed above, please reach out.

“Olive Branch was built on the belief that food should function as both joy and care. That standard guides every meal we craft, every private chef experience we curate."

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Jhonathan Rupchand-Kokotek, Chef and CEO, San Francisco

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