Personal chef services that handle it all, from your busiest Tuesday to your biggest celebration.

Healthy, home-cooked meals for busy parents, new moms, athletes, and entrepreneurs across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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But right now, you find yourself…

  • Standing over the sink, shoveling food into your mouth at 9 p.m.

  • Cycling through the same three take-out orders until none of them sound good anymore

  • Constantly opening the fridge, hoping something good will finally appear (it won't, I've checked)

Fueling yourself and your family with healthy, nutritious food doesn't have to be this hard...

And it's about time you let someone else do the planning, the shopping, the prepping, and the cooking.

Red Fennel Kitchen is here to help.

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You deserve to eat well.

HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT YOU

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Our Meal Preparation Services

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*Red Fennel Kitchen is based in Watertown, MA, and is available to travel throughout greater New England upon request. Travel fees may apply. 

Brooke Bedell, certified personal chef and founder of Red Fennel Kitchen, smiling in her denim apron.
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Hi, I’m Brooke

I'm a personal chef passionate about feeding people the way my grandfather fed me: from the heart, with no shortcuts. 

I want to help busy people and families across Greater Boston eat exceptionally well, without getting overwhelmed by all the planning, the shopping, and the cooking. 

I'm self-taught, science-brained, and a one-woman show (chef, dishwasher, and delivery driver, it’s all me), and I want to help you get real food on the table instead of ordering take-out (again).

FROM THE RED FENNEL FAMILIES…

  • Her meals have been a great gift to our parents, who are hard to please!

    Brooke has been incredibly responsive to our family's needs. Her meals have been a great gift to our parents, who are hard to please! Thank you Brooke for your dedication and healthy, tasty food.

    REENA S.

  • Brooke helps keep my husband and I on track with our nutritional goals.

    Before her services, we were addicted to DoorDash and never cooked for ourselves. Now, our fridge is packed with healthy, balanced meals that we don't have to come up with on our own!

    SARIAH S.

  • Not having to grocery shop or cook our own meals saves us hours during the week.

    Brooke began meal-prepping for us during a major transitional period in our lives. She is timely, efficient, and always coming up with new, healthy meals for us to try. Not having to grocery shop or cook our own meals saves us hours during the week.

    DAYNA F.

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The Free Monthly Newsletter

If you feel like you've run out of dinner ideas and you're cooking the same five things on repeat...

This free monthly newsletter will help you keep something good in your rotation. Each issue brings a new seasonal recipe, my recent food favorites, local foodie events worth knowing about, and the first word on new offerings, all wrapped up with a note from me. 

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Let me ask you…

How would it feel to open the fridge on a Tuesday evening and find dinner already made and waiting for you?

(Pssst…it’s totally possible!)

The food you eat should fuel the life you’re building, not drain the energy you need for it.

Right now, you're feeling stretched thin and feeding yourself well keeps landing at the bottom of the list. 

You can experience nutritious meals you and your family will actually look forward to, with none of the stress of planning, shopping, or prepping them yourself…

Let’s chat about how we can make that happen for you!

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