Bay Area · Since 2018
Plancha
From the soil to your terrace.
"I plate this course last, when the candles have burned down an inch and the table is already leaning in."
— Chef Marco Reyes
Five courses.
One story.
Every plate is a sentence in the same paragraph — the morning fog still in the lettuce, the afternoon sun still in the stone fruit, the wood fire still in the fish.
5
Courses
12+
Farms sourced
300+
Dinners served
Flour-dusted.
Alive.
The kitchen before service is where everything is decided — not by recipe, but by what arrived that morning and how it wants to be treated.
"I don't prep to a clock. I prep until each thing is what it should be."
— Chef Marco Reyes
"Cast iron remembers every fire it's been through. I like that."
4 hrs
Before the first guest arrives
The truck is loaded
before sunrise.
I drive the dirt roads of the Central Valley before most people have had their coffee. The farmers I work with have my number. They set aside the crooked carrots, the imperfect tomatoes — the ones with the most flavor.
"The best ingredient never makes it to a grocery store. It's in a crate on the back of a truck at 5 AM, and you have to be there."
— Chef Marco Reyes
Every Tuesday, 5:30 AM
Brentwood Corn Festival Market
East Contra Costa County
Thursdays when the fog lifts
Swanton Berry Farm Stand
Davenport, Santa Cruz Coast
Saturday mornings, year-round
Capay Valley Farms
Yolo County, Central Valley
Rows disappearing
into the fog.
"I walked these fields before I ever cooked from them. You have to know where something came from to know how to honor it on the plate."
— Chef Marco Reyes
Bring this table
to your terrace.
Whether you're hosting twelve investors in Pacific Heights or feeding six family members in Marin on a Wednesday, the food will taste like someone who cares actually made it.
Gift an Evening
Give someone
an unforgettable table.
A date-open voucher for a full private dining experience. They choose when. I handle everything else — sourcing, prep, service, cleanup.
Plancha Evening Voucher
$185/head
Five courses · Private setting · Bay Area
Date open — valid 12 months
"Marco cooked for our Series B dinner. Three investors asked for his card before dessert. He's not a caterer — he's a collaborator."
Raj Mehta
Founder, Meridian AI · San Francisco