fresh takes on real food.

  • American
  • Italian
  • Mediterranean
  • Vegan/Vegetarian
  • Gluten-Free
  • Allergy-Friendly
  • Health Supportive
  • New Mothers & Children
  • Can work with Limited Kitchen
  • Enjoy Teaching
  • Event Catering
  • Breakfast & Brunch
  • Desserts & Pastries

My Cooking Style

Real food is fresh food. I take seasonal vegetables, fruits, whole grains and organic proteins and make them the stars. I love creating unique dining experiences and surprising people with new ways to spin familiar favorites.

I draw major influence from the New York food landscape - what's hot at the Greenmarket and which local purveyors have the best this or that. While classically trained, I have experience with gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and vegetarian dining.

Lately, I've been scouring the farmer's market for rhubarb and ramps. My cooking is also heavily influenced by my Astoria neighborhood - there are so many inspiring cuisines to garner inspiration.

My Culinary Experience

I grew up in Central New York, where farmer’s markets were the norm and family dinners a nightly event. While attending college in New York’s Hudson Valley, I ventured to Florence, where I studied Italian cuisine, further sparking my interest in good food.

After moving to New York City and working in financial business development, I followed my true passion and earned my Culinary Arts degree at The Institute of Culinary Education. This lead me to an externship in the Test Kitchen at Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine. I worked with former Top Chef contestant Candice Kumai, providing editorial support for StilettoChef.com and assisting with recipe testing and food styling.

From there, I served as a personal chef at Carried Away, a weekly in-home chef service. I provided 8 customizable dishes for clients for reheating throughout the week. I worked with a lot of wonderful families and busy professionals.

I am currently work as the studio manager & assistant prop stylist at SeeFood Media, a culinary studio and video-production company in the Lower East Side. I've had the privilege of working with culinary greats like Emeril Lagasse, Michael Symon, Judy Joo, Sam Talbot and Bobby Deen.

I also assist with classes and events at The Brooklyn Kitchen. Last year I had the opportunity to work with Spotted Pig chef April Bloomfield for her cookbook launch.

I'm looking forward to working with you!

My Three Favorite Ingredients

mint, lemon and real maple syrup

A Menu I Once Served 10 People

Mezze platter: pita, crudites, hummus, tzatziki, roasted spiced nuts, manchego, olives

Creamy cauliflower soup garnished with seared brussels sprouts and smoked almond

Roasted beets with pistachios, red onion, Greek feta and arugula
Autumn squash with smoked paprika and sage salt
Baby kale salad with apples, toasted pumpkin seeds, sweet potato and maple-cider vinaigrette

Coriander-crusted arctic char with cucumber-yogurt sauce
Lamb meatballs with harissa

Spiced apple galette with salted caramel ice cream

Pictures (24)

  • Moroccan Quinoa with Pickled Beets, Red Onion and Chickpeas (photo: K. Hess)

    Moroccan Quinoa with Pickled Beets, Red Onion and Chickpeas (photo: K. Hess)

  • Thai Beef Salad with Ginger Soy Vinaigrette

    Thai Beef Salad with Ginger Soy Vinaigrette

  • Roasted Beet Salad with Pistachios and Greek Feta

    Roasted Beet Salad with Pistachios and Greek Feta

  • Asparagus and Goat Cheese Galettes with Caramelized Leeks and Lemon (photo: J. Kang)

    Asparagus and Goat Cheese Galettes with Caramelized Leeks and Lemon (photo: J. Kang)

  • Spicy Tofu Bahn Mi, Sriracha Mayo

    Spicy Tofu Bahn Mi, Sriracha Mayo

  • Brunch!

    Brunch!

  • Vegan Butternut Squash Soup with Cashew Cream

    Vegan Butternut Squash Soup with Cashew Cream

  • Broccoli and Chickpea Salad with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

    Broccoli and Chickpea Salad with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

  • Pappardelle with Heirloom Tomatoes and Charred Corn

    Pappardelle with Heirloom Tomatoes and Charred Corn

  • Preparing citrus salad

    Preparing citrus salad

  • Spring Radish and Green Bean Salad

    Spring Radish and Green Bean Salad

  • Squash Blossom and Mushroom Tacos with queso fresco

    Squash Blossom and Mushroom Tacos with queso fresco

  • Grilled Flatbread Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes and Arugula

    Grilled Flatbread Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes and Arugula

  • Challah French toast with blackberry compote & mascarpone, maple roasted bacon, sweet potato hash with eggs

    Challah French toast with blackberry compote & mascarpone, maple roasted bacon, sweet potato hash with eggs

  • Beer and Bacon Braised Chicken with Kale

    Beer and Bacon Braised Chicken with Kale

  • Honey Sriracha Roasted Brussels Sprouts

    Honey Sriracha Roasted Brussels Sprouts

  • Orange-Cardamom Shortbread

    Orange-Cardamom Shortbread

  • Spicy Ahi Tuna Burger

    Spicy Ahi Tuna Burger

  • Whole Grain Fennel and Pear Galette (photo: Y. Yi)

    Whole Grain Fennel and Pear Galette (photo: Y. Yi)

  • Fiddlehead and New Potato Hash with Poached Eggs

    Fiddlehead and New Potato Hash with Poached Eggs

  • Prepping brunch

    Prepping brunch

  • Gluten-free socca made with chickpea flour

    Gluten-free socca made with chickpea flour

  • Purple Potato and Kale Fritatta

    Purple Potato and Kale Fritatta

  • Miso-Lime Noodle Bowl with Shiitakes and Bok Choy

    Miso-Lime Noodle Bowl with Shiitakes and Bok Choy

Reviews (10)

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Catherine K. Catherine

Clare and Kat made a wonderful birthday dinner that was both casual and elegant. My guests had an amazing time and are obsessed with the idea of Kitchensurfing. I would recommend this culinary dynamic duo to anyone for any occasion and if you don't try Kat's cupcakes you're missing out. They were also very flexible and understanding about how late everyone finally arrived and about pushing the time of dinner back by almost a full hour. Overall a great experience!!

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Gail C. Gail

Clare is extremely well organized and very easy to work with. Everybody loved her food, especially the salad and dessert.

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Alise G. Alise

We had Clare serve lunch on Thursday and she brought snacks to our office today. Clare is extremely easy to work with. Today our buzzer wasn't working and she went above and beyond to get in touch with us and drop off the snacks. Her personality is great and we loved to have her around the office. Her dishes are as creative as they are healthy and delicious. She made us an incredible grilled cheese for lunch. Her snacks included greek yogurt with berry compote and coconut granola. The team has loved everything she brought. We would definitely recommend her!

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Julie C. Julie

Incredible! She prepared delicious meals that were healthy
She is very pleasant

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Michael S. Michael

Clare and her teammate Kat cooked a fantastic meal for 10 at our house on Saturday night. The food was out of this world good and its hard to pick one dish or course to highlight. I would simply say her Artic Char, Lamb Meatballs, Hummus, Apple Galette, & farm-to-table (really web-to-table?) vegetable sides were all perfect. We had a great time. Clare and Kat were also really nice to our 3 little girls who, during prep time pre-dinner, had lots of questions about what was being made. 5 Stars.

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Kalpana B. Kalpana

Clare was wonderful - she was timely, prepared a delicious meal (arugula salad, pecorino and pears); quinoa with butternut squash, crispy polenta cake and salmon. The apple galette for dessert was out of this world. Our guests loved the meal and experience. She was also incredibly friendly and appeased all of our inquisitiveness about her recipes and approaches to cooking.

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Blair F. Blair

Clare was so nice and the food was delicious! Her bbq chicken pizza was out of control! She answered any question that I had and would give us cooking tips without even asking. The whole experience was an enjoyable one and I would definitely love to have her back to cook for us again!

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Jee C. Jee

I organized a brunch for 7 people and Clare was our chef for the afternoon and I loved every minute of it! Clare came up with some great food suggestions and we worked together to come up with a menu within the budget.

Everyone raved about the food (especially the maple-roasted bacon) and it was such an easy way for our group to get together to eat since there were also 3 active toddlers. It was so much easier than going to a restaurant. All I did set up the menu with Clare and she did everything else. Clare is fantastic; efficient, super friendly and really easy to work with.

I wrote a blog post about the experience:
http://www.ohhowcivilized.com/blog/2012/8/23/kitchensurfing.html

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Stephen H. Stephen

Fantastic British-summer themed meal made my Clare. She made it really authentically and had even found the proper vinegar to serve with the fish and chips.

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Tarik B. Tarik

Clare was great - she created a very elegant menu with only a few guidelines had everything ready to go at the times we asked for. She was also very flexible - she stayed later than expected to make sure everything was cleaned up. Overall a great experience, I'm planning on hiring her again in the near future. In short, she arrived on time with all the shopping done, had a friendly manner throughout, made a great meal and then ensured everything was clean before leaving.

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Clare Langan

Clare Langan

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$35

Hourly rate

Fact Sheets

Languages Spoken English
Min. booking 4 hours
Max. people 10

Clare Langan's Cities

New York, United States