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Meet your Private Chef - Joanne Sweeney

My name is Joanne, I am a freelance chef based in Loch Lomond and have been catering for over fifteen years. I have been lucky to have had a varied career, from working under the helm of Michelin starred chefs in London to cooking for a variety of high end clients in Switzerland, Italy and America, to working on movie sets for the stars.

From Ireland originally, I fell in love with Scotland due to the wildness of the landscape and humour and passion of the people, including my now husband! My ethos with food is cook with the seasons using the highest quality local produce, creating bespoke well balanced menus. I love big flavours drawing inspiration from a wide variety of cuisines. I am very passionate about sourcing from local producers and businesses.

Depending on the event I either work solo or I have a team of excellent chefs and front of house staff that I can call upon. As well as working for a variety of exclusive use venues throughout Scotland I am happy to work in private homes as well as travel abroad for short periods. I pride myself on creating a personable service for all sorts of occasions.

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Here’s what our client’s say…

We used Geranium & Thyme catering for our small wedding dinner with 20 of our closest family and friends at a mansion on the shores of Loch Lomond. Right from the start Joanne was very open, accommodating a variety of food allergies and making interesting suggestions for the main dinner and canapés, with a focus on locally sourced ingredients. The menu she put together for us was extremely well received on the day by all our guests. An amazingly tasty and beautifully decorated wedding cake was the cherry on top! As we live in London, we were not able to do a tasting, but trusted in Joanne's expertise and skill - which definitely paid off. We cannot recommend her highly enough!

FranziskaStuckgowan Estates

We feel so lucky to have found Joanne/Geranium and Thyme to cater for our wedding. She was tasked to provide the wedding canapés, cake and meal on our big day. Following that, Joanne also catered for a post wedding BBQ and two themed dinners during our week long celebrations. The food was stunning, professionally presented and absolutely delicious all served by friendly and accommodating front of house staff, attracting numerous compliments from our guests! Joanne delivered in spades and was a joy to work with. We would have no hesitation in recommending Geranium and Thyme and will most definitely use them again.

Audrey and JohnStuckgowan Estates