A VK Capital Ventures platform

Book direct — no middleman Based in Houston, TX · Est. 2024

Private Chef · Meal Prep · Catering — Houston

A table you
can feel.

Chef MAUBS cooks with memory, sources from Texas farms, and builds food experiences rooted in culture, community, and craft. Farm-to-table private dining, weekly meal prep, and culinary education — all under one roof.

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200+
Events Hosted
700+
Meals Served
13 yrs
Industry Experience
Houston
Based · TX

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Houston's Farm-to-Table Private Chef

Farm-sourced ingredients through the Farm2Chef network · Full-service — we cook, serve & clean · Bilingual service available · Educator at Texas Southern University

Chef Aubrey McCoy, Head Chef & CEO
Chef Aubrey McCoy · Head Chef & CEO

✳ The Craft

Cooked in the field.
Finished at your table.

Every dish starts before the pan — in the soil, in the season, in the hands that grew it. This is the work in motion: plated, portioned, and ready.

In the kitchen
Plating, by hand
Weekly prep — sealed, labelled, and ready for pickup
Weekly prep — sealed, labelled, and ready for pickup.
Crispy Skin Salmon
Crispy Skin Salmon
Cream Penne
Cream Penne
Portioned & Ready
Portioned & Ready
Crab & Herbed Egg
Crab & Herbed Egg
Chef-Plated Service
Chef-Plated Service
Farm Greens & Crab
Farm Greens & Crab

What We Do

Services built around the table.

Every service starts with a conversation. No packages forced, no menus copied — each engagement is designed around your people, your occasion, and what's growing right now.

Meal Prep

Weekly Meal Prep

Farm-to-table prep delivered every week. One cook day, custom menus, dietary needs built in — not bolted on.

$70 per week
Start Meal Prep →

Dining

Private Chef Dining

A full-service in-home dining experience. Chef MAUBS brings the kitchen, the courses, and the cleanup.

$650 for up to 6 guests
Book a Private Dinner →

Events

Catering & Events

Corporate lunches, weddings, festivals, and holiday gatherings. Full-service or drop-off, priced to your scale.

$1,500 minimum
Plan an Event →

Education

Cooking Classes & Demos

Hands-on instruction for schools, teams, and community groups. Knife skills to full meal builds.

$150 per person
Book a Class →

Corporate

Corporate & Brand Activations

Wellness programming, branded cooking demos, and team culinary experiences for companies and institutions.

$2,000 per engagement
Build a Program →

Ecosystem

Farm2Chef Producer Network

Farmers, ranchers, and chefs connected directly. Source Black-grown produce and raise your own food network.

Join free to list
Join the Network →

Full rate card with minimums and fine print: see the complete services & rates page →

From the Kitchen

This week's prep.

Real dishes from the Six Rows Café meal prep kitchen — cooked fresh, sealed, and delivered across Houston.

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Upcoming Events

What's on.

No dates on the calendar right now.
New experiences are announced here first — join the waitlist and you'll hear before anyone else.

All events on Eventbrite ↗

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Be first to know when new dates drop.

For Companies & Institutions

Corporate activations.

Bring Chef MAUBS into your workplace. Demo-based wellness programming, team culinary experiences, and branded activations — designed for HR teams, universities, and brands that want something real. Pricing is transparent and published.

Lunch & Learn

$500

60-min chef demo + tasting. Up to 30 people. Wellness or Black History Month themes available.

Team Cooking Class

$150 / person

Up to 20 people. Full hands-on experience. Menu tailored to your team (10-person minimum).

Full-Day Activation

$2,500

Demo + tastings + branded content for your channels. Product integration included.

Monthly Retainer

$2,000 / mo

Ongoing wellness programming — monthly demo, seasonal menu consultation, staff lunch series.

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The Story

Born abroad.
Built in Houston.
Seasoned by the South.

Chef MAUBS didn't start in a kitchen. He started in data — at Fortune 500 companies, building systems and reading patterns. But the food was always there: in family memory, in the garden, in the way a meal could hold a whole room together.

When he stepped away from corporate life, he didn't just start cooking. He started building — an ecosystem. Farms connected to chefs. Chefs connected to communities. Communities connected to food that actually means something.

Today, that ecosystem runs through VK Capital Ventures: a private chef practice, a café, a farm network, and an education platform — all rooted in Houston, all built on one belief. Food is infrastructure. Treat it that way.

Read the full story →

Word of Mouth

What people say.

★★★★★
"Chef MAUBS turned our home into a restaurant for one night. Every course told a story — and we didn't lift a finger."
Private Dinner GuestHouston, TX
★★★★★
"The meal prep changed my week completely. Real food, made with intention. I've been a client for six months and I'm not going back."
Meal Prep ClientWeekly Subscriber
★★★★★
"He brought the farm to our corporate team. The demo was educational, delicious, and exactly what our wellness program needed."
Corporate ClientHouston, TX

The Process

How it works.

01

Send an Inquiry

Tell us what you're planning — a dinner, a weekly prep plan, a class, or a full event. Takes two minutes.

02

Discovery Call

We talk through your vision, your guests, your dietary needs, and your budget. No pressure, no upsell.

03

Custom Menu

Chef MAUBS designs a menu built around what's in season and what's growing locally. You approve before anything's booked.

04

Chef Shows Up

Ingredients, equipment, execution, and cleanup — handled. You host. We cook.

Start Step One →

The Ecosystem

One kitchen.
One ecosystem.

Chef MAUBS is the face. VK Capital Ventures is the engine. Four brands, one mission: put real food and real ownership back into the hands of the community.

VK Culinary

Hospitality consulting, culinary education, and workforce development — the consulting arm that builds food programs for institutions and brands.

vkculinary.tech →

Travel Villa Kitchen

Curated culinary experiences, private dining, supper clubs, and retreats. Where the food meets the story.

travelvillakitchen.com →

Six Rows Café

Coffee, community, and weekly meal prep — farm-to-table, delivered. The café that runs on relationships, not just recipes.

sixrowscafe.com →

Chef Cohort & Education

Hands-on cooking instruction, chef cohort programming, and demo-based food education for schools and community groups.

travelvillakitchen.org →

Featured Platform

Farm2Chef — The Texas Farm Network

Connecting Black farmers and ranchers directly to chefs, restaurants, and institutions across Texas. No middleman. No gatekeeping. Just food moving the way it should. List your farm, find a chef, or source for your kitchen.

Visit Farm2Chef →

Travel Villa Kitchen is the experience arm — intimate dinners, supper clubs, and culinary retreats where the ecosystem comes to the table. travelvillakitchen.com →

✳ Our Mission

Food is not a luxury. It is infrastructure — and we are building it back.

For too long, the people who grow the food and the people who cook it have been cut out of the value they create. VK Capital Ventures exists to change that — by building direct lines between farms, chefs, and communities, and keeping ownership where the work is.

700+
Meals served through the ecosystem
50+
Texas farms in the Farm2Chef network
200+
Events, classes & activations hosted
4
Brands operating under one roof

Common Questions

Before you ask.

Yes — vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal, keto, and medical dietary needs are all handled. Every menu is built custom, so restrictions aren't a limitation. They're just part of the design.

Houston and surrounding areas for in-person services. Meal prep delivery covers Greater Houston. For events outside Houston, travel is available — just mention it in your inquiry.

No. Chef MAUBS sources all ingredients — farm-direct where possible. A grocery line item is included in your quote so you know exactly what you're paying for.

Private dinners: 5–7 days preferred. Meal prep: 3 days to start. Catering and corporate events: 2–4 weeks. Rush requests are sometimes possible — ask.

A 50% deposit secures your date. The balance is due 48 hours before service. Cancellations 7+ days out receive a full deposit refund. Within 7 days, the deposit converts to credit for a future booking.

Yes. Chef MAUBS offers bilingual service and instruction. Mention it in your inquiry and we'll make sure your experience is fully accessible.

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Ready When You Are

Start with a
conversation.

No forms that go nowhere. No sales calls. Tell us what you're building, planning, or hungry for — and a real person from the team will get back to you.

Meal Prep Clients

Start your weekly plan. First week begins with a discovery conversation — not a checkout page.

From $70/week · Houston delivery

Private Events & Catering

Dinners, weddings, corporate gatherings, festivals. Dates are limited and book out — reach out early.

From $1,500 · Full-service or drop-off

Corporate & Institutional

Wellness activations, demo programming, brand partnerships, and consulting. VK Culinary handles institutional engagements.

vkculinary.tech · Retainers available

Farmers & Food Producers

Join the Farm2Chef network. List your farm, connect with chefs, and sell into the ecosystem.

farmchefconnect.com · Free to join

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We reply within one business day.

Your information stays with us. We never sell or share contact details.

Chef Aubrey McCoy
Chef Aubrey McCoy

Head Chef & CEO, VK Capital Ventures Inc. · Houston, TX · Bilingual service available · Also at Travel Villa Kitchen & VK Culinary

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Work With Us

Hiring chefs, farmers
& builders.

The ecosystem is growing. We're building a team of chefs, producers, educators, and operators who believe food is infrastructure.

  • Chef Cohort & Co-op — now enrolling
  • Farm2Chef — farmers & ranchers welcome
  • Event staff & brand ambassadors
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