Kristin McCaig Holistic Nutrition and Personal Chef Services

06/14/2024

I tend to agree with this:-)

04/08/2024

Cody, Aldina, Rob (who was gone by this time to enjoy the experience with his kids) and I managed to make everyone’s yummy meals and we still got to enjoy the natural wonder of the eclipse together. ☀️🌑

Big thank you to our delivery drivers for getting the meals delivered without interruption. And thank you Aldina for bringing the glasses to share. 😎

12/21/2023

From all of us in the kitchen, I want to take a minute to thank each and every one of our clients for another incredible year of allowing us to help bring healthy meals into your homes.

Because of you we are able to work, immersed in new recipes and flavours, with laughter and music and in the company of people who we really enjoy spending our time with. Because of you, we get to give back to the world with a gift that each of our chefs possess; a passion and talent for creating healthy, delicious food.

It means everything to us when you tell us how our meals impact your ability to cope with life, to gain or maintain the health you have been working for, to nourish your children, to build your business or to support you through trying times. That gives us purpose too.

Thank you also to our team of delivery drivers from Ottawa Messenger Group and Gopher It for allowing me to entrust the safe delivery of all our meals to our clients.

Most of all, I want to thank my chefs. Without their commitment and choice to show up every single day, to go the extra mile for our clients, to help keep the trillion details we have organized (and yes, you clients give us at least a few million of those details😂), what we are doing right now would not be possible.

Thank you so very much 💞

Pictured here from left to right are your chefs Aldina, Cody, Gabriel and myself. We are missing Rob who is with us every Monday.

11/06/2023

This is very helpful! I’m not sure why, after this many years on earth, hard boiling eggs perfectly is still a mystery to myself and many others😂.

So we can put this egg debate to rest! Eggs on top were boiled with salt in the water. TOTAL DISASTER, to the point where I couldn't use them for deviled eggs. Bottom eggs were boiled with salt AND a healthy dump of baking soda in the water. I barely had to crack the shells and they just slipped right off! I hope this can help someone for Christmas if you are doing deviled eggs. 😊
Follow Old fashioned recipe for more delicious recipes!🤤

08/26/2023

Made this for tonight's dinner with homemade rolls and a kale coleslaw. I used the 10 hour slow cooker method and it was exceptionally delicious!

Ultra tender, juicy Slow Cooker Beef Brisket smothered in a homemade BBQ Sauce. Slow cooker, pressure cooker or stove - then caramelise on the BBQ or oven!

05/09/2023

This is such a great program!❤️

04/12/2023

Two of my previous clients have an incredible service called The Good Snooze.

They are helping families get their sleep back by supporting parents to help their little ones actually learn to sleep!

Gabrielle and Mahtab are both AMAZING women to work with and I was honoured when they asked to interview me and share my services with others. I cooked for both of their families while they got through the challenging time of having babies.

Enjoy the read and please message them to learn more about their sleep solutions and the support they offer. And if you know parents who could use some help with sleep or meals, please share!

If I'm being honest, the first 6 months after welcoming my second child were really hard for me. I was sad to no longer have my one-on-one time with my daughter Kaia, and was so sleep deprived taking care of my newborn. My son Mack was born in November during the pandemic, and as a family we decided...

03/31/2023

I am looking for a chef to join our team for a casual chef position.

We are a personal chef service and we cook in a commercial kitchen in Kanata making healthy comfort food for families around Ottawa.

We cook Monday to Wednesday between 8am and 2pm. We are a relaxed group of 3 mature chefs and we are looking to invite a 4th chef to come and join us on an as-needed basis (specifically to cover days off, to join us on our busiest days and for a few weeks over summer while we rotate vacations, with the potential to come on more regularly as we continue to grow).

Because this is a CUSTOM meal service, this position requires very close attention to detail and very clear thinking as well as good organizational skills and patience. We have fast paced busy days but this is a bit more relaxed than a large volume restaurant kitchen, so a welcome shift for someone looking to change up from late night/weekend, high stress hours to daytime.

Culinary training preferred and restaurant or commercial kitchen experience required.

http://kristinmccaignutrition.com/personal-chef-services

If interested please send your resume to [email protected].

Pay: Starting at $22/hour

02/15/2023

Today has been a reminder about how extremely lucky I have been in my adventure of running a personal chef business.

I get the opportunity to spend each day with extremely gifted chefs who share a passion for food and cooking and show up every day, ready to put their time and energy into making beautiful food for our clients. And for that I am extremely grateful.

But these chefs sometimes also become incredible friends in this process.

Joey: Aldina and I are going to miss your laughter, your stand up comedy and your positivity. You are a rare type of person who can connect with anyone. We wish you all of the success with Robyn, Jacob and Emma as you step full time into YOUR business at Sixty Acres Farm & Feast.

And Cody, welcome to our team. I already feel the calm energy, attention to detail and kindness you bring into the kitchen. I am honoured to be a part of your journey into the next phase after the very important role of staying at home with Ella Grace. Aldina and I will happily spend our days giving you parenting advice and being a window into your future:-).(😂😇)

Aldina, thank you for making Valentine’s Day and Christmas special 🥰

(Left to right: Kristin, Cody, Aldina & Joey)

11/26/2022

This might be helpful information if you have been struggling with finding or paying for Romaine lettuce! The end of the shortage is near:-).

Lettuce fill you in. You may have noticed that the lettuce supply has been short and quite expensive. Around October and November Canada typically gets head lettuce and romaine hearts from Salinas, Northern California. The growing season in Salinas was cut short this year due to a virus and drought and the next area of growing, Huron, Southern California, has also had issues with drought leaving the "back up plan" for Salinas' supply without lettuce itself. However, The end of the shortage is near! Very soon the Arizona fields will start to replenish the shortages we currently face and Arizona will be our supply through the winter.

Some of our favourite alternative salad fixin's:
Broccoli (locally grown and last of the season)
Spiralized Zucchini
Kale
Spring Mix & Spinach

07/08/2022

Incredible Delivery Person with Confidence in the Kitchen Wanted!

Part time, Monday-Wednesday, 10-15 hours a week
Starting: Late July
Pay: $17/hour plus extra for mileage

This is a position that will allow will you to continue to have quality of life outside of work (so that you have more time for yourself while making additional income or more time to do another job that is important to you). You will work with a great team in a commercial kitchen and deal face to face with our awesome clients. The hours will be midday to late afternoon, 3 days a week.

Kristin McCaig Nutrition is a personal chef/custom meal service. Since launching in 2015 we have been helping local singles, couples and families take the stress out of meal time by creating custom meals that are healthy and nutritionist approved while still being food they can't wait to get home to enjoy.

Our commercial kitchen is located in Kanata. At the end of each cookday, deliveries are divided by team members, by location in the city and brought directly to the client's doorstep to be handed off to the client.

We love our clients and this short drop off is such an important part in connecting with them.

I am now looking to grow the team by adding a team member whose main focus is helping us deliver the meals but will also include helping out in the kitchen as needed.

You are a candidate for this job if you:
- Love and care about people and really enjoy taking the time to have a small chat with people when they have time. You don't mind giving that little extra effort to make someone's day. You will sometimes be the only person from the team that the client ever gets the pleasure of meeting.
- Are confident, punctual, committed and have great attention to detail.
- Enjoy driving, are able to follow directions and are confident driving in heavy snow and rain when necessary.
- Find joy in the kitchen and have an appreciation for the importance of healthy eating.
- Are somewhat to very health focused
- Are able to do physical tasks like lifting heavy boxes (you may have to carry a box with 5 family dinners into an apartment and up an elevator for example)
- Have a clean driving record and are able to obtain a police check.
- Must have a reliable vehicle, valid driver's license and working cell phone with maps app and data.
- Must speak english fluently
- Have some tech-savy-ness as there will be apps for you to use from your phone.
-Have a vehicle that is non-smoking at all times

Duties include:
- packing coolers/bags and ensuring each client has all the meals on their menu, including sides and accompaniments
- double checking with the chefs that all ingredient exclusions have been followed
- you may hop into an apron and help finish off salads and dressings and packaging/labeling meals
- you may be asked to do light grocery shopping on your way in (ahh! we need one more red pepper:-)!
- Communicating expected arrival times with clients via text or telephone
- delivering meals to clients and following instructions on where each client would like their meals left (at door, in garage, handed off to client).
- collecting and keeping track of containers from clients (these will be brought back to the kitchen)
- tracking your km's driven

We will figure out the best timing together as you settle into this position but likely, you will come to the kitchen around noon or 1pm and head out for deliveries by 2pm (or a bit earlier). Our delivery window is currently 2-4pm so ideally, you will be done between 4 and 4:30pm. Some days you may only have one delivery and others you may have four. We deliver to clients as far as North Gower, Vanier and Carleton Place but will have other team members to assist with deliveries that would take you too far away from a reasonable route. Deliveries will regularly range from locations between Kanata to Vanier.

To apply, please send a resume to [email protected]. And before applying, please reread the "You are a candidate for this job if you.." and "Duties include" sections to make sure this position really excites you!

06/17/2022

I am hiring a Grocery Shopper 🙂

I have a personal chef business, cooking healthy meals for families around Ottawa. The role of the grocery shopper is to stock up the kitchen for our cook dates!

Shopping happens on Sunday mornings and Tuesday mornings (at the time that works best for you).

The shopping is done in Kanata at Costco, Farm Boy and Superstore for the most part. You will then deliver the food to the commercial kitchen located in Kanata and organize it nicely into bins and onto shelves. You will the check off a slightly lengthy grocery list and create a list of what we are missing. Each shop generally takes between 2.5-4.5 hours, with three longer shop being Sunday.

You are a great fit to join our team if you have excellent attention to detail, feel a certain kind of love for grocery shopping and enjoy organizing. If you are happy to work independently, you will be in heaven. There is some heavy-ish lifting involved with moving all the groceries around onto high shelves in a walk in fridge.

You must be somewhat tech savvy as all the lists are on apps that you will download to your phone.

Beginning: July 8th or 15th. $19/hour plus additional to cover gas. Must be located in the west end and have your own reliable vehicle.

Please send me a message to [email protected] if you are interested in this position. I would be very grateful for your help and look forward to meeting you. An attached resume is appreciated but not a requirement.

(Please note that I will respond to all messages early next week).

Cooking should be fun. When it’s not, let me help you.Get fresh, healthy meals into your fridge and freezer, ready when you need them. Save valuable time so that you can do more of what you love. My approachI work with people who desperately want to be living a healthy lifestyle that they love wit...

06/15/2022

In case you are looking for ideas, this is what I am gifting for Father’s Day this year.

Tamara & Will at Valley Sausage are delivering their fresh, locally produced, gourmet sausage boxes right to your door!

16 sausages: 4 x Hot Italian 4 x Bratwurst 4 x Jalapeno Cheddar 4 x Thai Pork and Shrimp with gourmet condiments & pickles Local FREE delivery to the following postal codes: K2A, K2B, K2H, K1Y, K1Z, K2K, K2M FREE pick up in Kanata or Westboro also available. **Delivery fee may apply to other are...

01/23/2022

This is fascinating.

What the World Eats - Families with their weekly stash of food.
American photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio have traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors—what we eat. Their project, “Hungry Planet,” depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week—and what it costs.

01/21/2022

I'm looking for a sous-chef to join my team!

Kristin McCaig Nutrition
http://kristinmccaignutrition.com

Average 30 hours per week to start, daytime (we start around 8am and finish between 2:30 and 3:30pm), Tuesday to Friday. We work in Kanata.

(*Also looking for a part time assistant, 16 hours per week)

We have fun working hard, in a beautiful, sunny commercial kitchen where we prepare healthy, custom meals that feed families, couples and singles around the West End of Ottawa.

We provide our clients with healthy, stress-free meals that fit their diet and lifestyle (and special dietary needs) and allow them to eat well despite their busy lives. The meals range from family style comfort food to nourish bowls and more. The meals are cooked in our commercial kitchen and delivered to them at the end of the cookday.

This job allows for a an environment that places value on attention to detail, creativity and following systems that keep things running smoothly, while working in a laid back environment. This is a long term position that can provide you with a fulfilling career creating beautiful, tasty food during daytime/weekday hours only!

Qualities:

Fun, high-energy and brings a positive attitude to the kitchen
Values commitment
Someone who knows how to think fast on their feet and is able to think 12 steps ahead.
Receptive to feedback.
Must be able to adjust to changing menus every day.
Strong ability to work under pressure with little supervision and ability to stay calm and focused.
Attention to detail and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, busy kitchen is a must.
This position is responsible for ensuring that all client guidelines are followed especially allergies and specific wants and needs.

Knowledge of special dietary needs/ingredient substitutions preferred. Some understanding of special diets (Paleo, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) an asset.
Knowledge of all cuisine types an asset.
Commercial kitchen experience an asset.
Quality control of all food including garnishing, taste, presentation, cooked according to client guidelines, proper temperatures, etc.
This can be a physically demanding job, you must be able to perform the following physical tasks:

Lift and carry 25-50 lb
Stand for 6 hours at a time (with self-scheduled breaks)
Perform repetitive and/or strenuous physical tasks such as chopping, stirring, lifting and pouring, and other kitchen-related tasks.
Dishes and clean up are part of our daily tasks.
Must have a vehicle, valid driver's licence and up-to-date food handler's certificate.

I am looking for someone who loves great food, has experience in some type of commercial setting and is ready to learn and implement the systems needed to create a smooth flow in this custom meal preparation/personal chef business.

If you are a committed individual who loves to listen to great music all day, work in your comfiest clothes and stay focused while preparing great food, please apply.

Experience or conpleted culinary training is required.

Part-time hours: 25-30 per week

Application deadline: None

Expected start date: Immediately

Salary: $20-$24 per hour
Please email your resume to [email protected]

Cooking should be fun. When it’s not, let me help you.Get fresh, healthy meals into your fridge and freezer, ready when you need them. Save valuable time so that you can do more of what you love. My approachI work with people who desperately want to be living a healthy lifestyle that they love wit...

05/18/2021

We made this beautiful vegetarian stuffing at our client's request last week.

It is a great mix of flavor and texture. If you buy the pomegranate arils already removed, the biggest task is peeling the butternut squash!

This vibrant vegetarian stuffing recipe features roasted butternut squash, kale, pomegranate and wild rice. It's a beautiful dish for your holiday table!

05/05/2021

When life goes back to normal. This commercial is soooo great! ❤️

Céline Dion’s “It's All Coming Back to Me Now” thunders throughout the two-minute spot

05/01/2021

HIGHLY recommend this feel good food flick! It’s about food, the culinary industry and family.

I happy cried from the midway point to the end of the movie. (It’s on Netflix).

After a controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman) pushes him too far, chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) quits his position at a prestigious Los Angeles restaurant. As he tries to figure out what his next step should be, he finds himself in Miami. Carl joins forces with his ex-wife (Sofía Vergara), best frien...

04/16/2021

How to spring clean your health!

Here are some tips on how you can get up and out and on the road to better health after a long winter.

This was recorded prepandemic so a couple of the suggestions may need to be modified:-(.

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=1366528

Nutritionist Kristin McCaig outlines ways to spring clean your health.

04/04/2021

This is such a great new endeavor! The owner is known for his incredible food and now they are mobile! They can come to your house or event and all the food is prepared in their ‘mobile restaurant.’

LAUNCHING MID SPRING 2021