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Daniel CeballosPrivate Chef · Austin, TX

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Food, people, place

A selection of recent dinners and gatherings across Austin and the Texas Hill Country — the food, the tables and the evenings around them.

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The table

Woven chargers, tapers, citrus and seasonal flowers — the room set before anyone sits down.

Overhead view of a checkered tablecloth with woven chargers, tapers and citrus
Place setting with woven charger, tapered candles and citrus centerpiece
Long poolside table with blush runner, wildflower arrangements and string lights at sunset
Close-up of pink strawflowers and coral carnations on a dinner table
Hand-lettered printed dinner menu resting on an agave leaf

The food

Sauces, breads and dressings made from scratch, plated the moment they're ready.

Cured salmon canapés with trout roe on shiso leaves
Herb-crusted lamb racks served family style down a candlelit table
Beet carpaccio fanned on a ceramic platter with micro greens
Mezze table with radicchio salad, hummus, olives and grilled bread
Sliced baguette, hummus, olives and pomegranate on a warm-lit table
Rustic terracotta bowl of cucumber, tomato and herb salad

The people

Long tables, second helpings and hosts who finally get to sit down.

Guests raising glasses around a long Hill Country table
Overhead shot of guests being served a chilled soup course on a gingham table
Guests laughing around a long candlelit table set for a private dinner
Children serving themselves from a from-scratch buffet

Behind the scenes

Prep, plating and the quiet stretch of an evening before service begins.

Chef piping avocado mousse onto canapés in a sunlit kitchen
Chef Daniel in his apron serving guests beneath a beaded chandelier
Chef Daniel mixing a batched cocktail at a sunlit table
Halved grapefruit and oranges on a wooden board
Chef Daniel Ceballos holding a platter of scallop crudo outdoors

Photography by A Better Match Studios & Victoria Posh

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