Basic cost for a chef Franc music & dinner party is $700 + 70 per person for food and a pairing wine. (If over over 10 people add 600 for a 2nd musician & sous chef (To keep it intimate I prefer dinner parties of no more than 18 people - but exceptions possible)
Chef Franc: The Music and Diner Party
(Chef Franc is often on tour / traveling with Poi Dog Pondering & Thievery Corporation, so it may take him a while to respond to emails) ALSO - Chef Franc / Frank Orrall lives in Bay Area California these days - So Chef Night bookings outside California requires travel and accommodations)
Private Chef / Troubadour/ Bon Vivant life / Regional & International flavors / Local Produce
(International flavorful food & Inspiring wine to fuel the dinner table Conversation & living-room Music & Singing)
Chef Frank Orrall is Poi dog pondering’s founder & singer/songwriter - he is also percussionist/vocalist for Thievery Corporation Live); He loves to cook & loves dinner parties & loves to play acoustic guitar and sing in the living room - it’s in his veins.
"I love dinner parties.
I love what happens when friends and family come together over food and drink. Standing in the kitchen, chopping, talking, sipping wine. Preparing, Serving. Everyone all together at the dinner table enjoying flavors and conversation.
The guitars coming out of their cases and the songs drifting into the night air.
A satisfied belly, a dream pondered and a song in the heart.
Chef Franc’s Music & Dinner Party availability for 2026
CHEF FRANC now lives in Sonoma California, and is generally AVAILABLE IN BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA in between Thievery Corporation & Poi Dog Pondering ’s touring schedules. (Southern CA is possible with travel budget added).
CHEF FRANC is AVAILABLE in CHICAGO AREA: TBA (usually around PDP shows in the area).
I shop for the groceries, cook for you and your friends / family, serve dinner and play a private acoustic concert after dinner:
Basic cost: Chef services and Private concert is $700 + 70 per diner, up to 10 people, if 11 to 16 people, I bring in my musician sous chef to assist and that is an extra 600. 17 to 21 people add $400 for my 2nd sous chef.(if you would like more people, we can talk about how best to do that, if you wish).
FRANC NOW LIVES IN BAY AREA CALIFORNIA, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK HIM OUTSIDE OF BAY AREA, YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE FOR TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS - WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL TO ARRANGE - AS FRANC LOVES TO TRAVEL.
chef Franc can cook for you anywhere in the world.
You invite your fiends and set the table - I shop for the groceries, cook for you and your friends / family, serve dinner and play a private acoustic concert after dinner:
I am happy to cook in any direction you want and with any dietary considerations.
I love to consider the weather and the season and availability of fresh ingredients in the selection of what to cook.
I always cook on an empty stomach because I cook better that way.
My cooking Style is an international blend; France, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, Middle East, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Hawai'i & Vietnam. Focusing on Mediterranean & Pacific Rim.
For info on Chef Franc’s Music & Dinner Party email Chef franc at info@platetectonicmusic.com (please put your city in the subject line)
Chef Franc: The Music and Diner Party/ Troubadour/ Bon Vivant life
(Flavorful food & Inspiring wine to fuel the dinner table Conversation & living-room Music & Singing)