Pati with Utensils

"One thing that is special about Pati's meals, is how everything works together to bring out the flavors of each dish and the entire meal. Her use of the freshest ingredients is always evident. Pati's knowledge of foods and different ways to use them is always interesting and delicious. Best of all, is her complete joy in cooking."

– Chris and John, Newport

Bruce with Pizza Paddle

"You talk to anyone anywhere in the country, and they'll tell you about a pizzeria that they grew up with. The first pizza that you experience as a child becomes the pizza of your dreams and the pizza by which you judge all other pizza"

– Ed Levine

About Pati D’Eliseo, Personal Chef

Chef Patricia (Pati) D’Eliseo is the Executive Chef of A Posto Personal Chef Services LLC, a Newport Oregon Company serving the Oregon Coast Communities of Lane (Florence), Lincoln and Tillamook Counties. Pati is directly responsible for delivering top-notch personal chef services to her clients as well as overseeing the business operations of the company. She not only loves to cook for her clients, she also enjoys being a cooking instructor and sharing her knowledge and love for food through her customized cooking classes, blog, podcasts, radio talk program, and ChefShare Coaching Service.

Chef Pati has been a passionate home cook for over 30 years; she makes dinner (along with her husband, Bruce Birt) using fresh, whole foods almost every night of the week. Her interests are varied, but her favorite style of cooking is Mediterranean. She shops the Lincoln County farmers’ markets for as long as they run, buys as much food from local producers as she can, and supports the buy local, organic, sustainable, and Slow Food movements. Pati loves the variety of coastal seafoods available at the fish markets or purchased directly from the fishermen right off their boats. Pati believes that knowing where whole foods come from, cooking with fresh, seasonal ingredients, and eating together at the table are all part of healthy living.

Chef Pati is a Certified Personal Fitness Chef by the Spencer Institute, a leading company specializing in life coaching and wellness education. She is pleased to offer Personal Fitness Chef and Wellness Coaching Services for those who are committed to eating better and making sound food choices for the long-term. Click here for more information on our Personal Fitness Chef Packages and ChefShare Coaching Service.

Pati worked for many large corporations as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 20 years; however, it was not her passion. She took the steps to change her career by completing a professional culinary program with the Italian Culinary Academy (the Italian culinary program offered through the French Culinary Institute) in New York City. Chef Pati now has the opportunity to do what she truly loves for a living. She chose the ICA because of its unique approach; she wanted more than what other vocational schools had to offer, and wanted to connect deeper with her Italian heritage. She spent five months in Italy learning the secrets of Italian cuisine and enjoys sharing them with her clients.

Chef Pati chose the path of being a personal chef so that she could enjoy direct contact with her clients and participate in experiencing their delight when they eat her deliciously prepared foods. Chef Pati loves to share her food knowledge freely with others by participating in chef demonstrations through public appearances within the community, through her various blog posts available on La Cucina Stagionale, and her ChefShare Podcasts where she discusses different culinary aspects for the ongoing benefit of her listening audience.
Chef Pati now hosts a weekly radio program on KCUP 1230 AM radio: ChefTalk. The program focuses on food topics in Lincoln County.

About Bruce Birt, Personal Chef

Bruce Birt is the Sous Chef of the company and shares the same passion for food and wine as his wife, Pati D’Eliseo. Chef Bruce is gifted in the art of salad making; his creations bring new life to an often overlooked dish. His ability to combine the flavors and contrasts of the bounty of different greens, herbs, fruits, vegetables, cheeses, nuts, and dressings is truly remarkable, and these healthy creations can either be a compliment to a meal or served alone as a main entree.

In addition, Bruce has devoted his recent culinary efforts to mastering the art of fine pizza making as found in Naples, Italy, the birthplace of pizza. His pizza making techniques include using handmade dough recipes incorporating select pizza flour, salt, and spring water from Italy, preparing pizza sauces featuring fresh herbs and the famous San Marzano tomatoes of the Sarnese-Nocerino region, and baking pizzas with artisanal cheeses and salami’s produced throughout the country's 20 regions. These techniques and ingredients have led to a pizza 'experience' rarely found on the West Coast.

Bruce started his culinary career in Junior high school with 'Boys Chef' class. He quickly figured out that he could eat more if he could learn to cook for himself. When he met Pati in San Francisco in the early 90s he realized that he had found a kitchen 'soul mate'. Over the years, Bruce and Pati have had the opportunity to travel to new places to learn about different types of foods, how they are prepared, as well as how they are celebrated.

Chef Bruce started his career working for Corporate America as a sales executive for 15 years, and then spent 12 years as a Realtor/Business Owner here on the Oregon Coast. He has now partnered with his wife Pati to run A Posto Personal Chef Services LLC. Chef Bruce offers his pizza making talents as part of the Small Dinner Parties Service the company offers, and his secrets to making a delicious salad as part of the Cooking Classes Service.