We would be happy to create a special menu for your function.

Cheese & Fruit Nibble Tray Assorted cubed cheese with seasonal fruit. Minimum Order 10.	$6.95/person
Saffron Muffin Tray Saffron’s Baked in House Muffins served with butter portions. Minimum Order 10.	$4.25/person
Executive Breakfast Tray Assorted muffins and breakfast pastries with butter portions. Minimum Order 10.	$5.25/person
Breakfast Combo Assorted muffins, loaves, and breakfast pastries with butter portions. Minimum Order 10.	$5.75/person
Nutritional Breakfast Combination Saffron’s assorted muffins, individual yogurt, seasonal fruit. Minimum Order 10.	$7.95/person
Nutritional Breakfast Muffins, pastries, yogurt, seasonal fruit, orange & apple juice, & coffee. Minimum Order 10.	$11.95/person
Continental Breakfast A selection of breakfast pastries, sliced loaves, cubed cheese, assorted bottled juice. Minimum Order 10.	$10.75/person
Seasonal Fruit Tray Minimum Order 10.	$4.50/person
Beverage Service Bottled Juices Assorted Juice & Coffee Coffee Service Coffee Urn (100 cups)	$1.85/person $2.95/ person $1.75/person $95.00

Hot Breakfast Buffets Available. Price Quoted on Individual Requests.
Prices Do Not Include The GST. Prices Subject To Change.
To Place orders please call 403-850-5008
Thank You, Executive Chef Dean Mitchell, C.C.C.,C.P.C.

Salad Selection

Traditional Mixed Green Salad Tossed greens garnished with shredded carrots, radishes, tomato wedges and sliced cucumber. A creamy dressing and a vinaigrette dressing served on side.	$ 2.75
Caesar Salad Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with a creamy Caesar dressing, Croutons and parmesan cheese.	$ 3.95
Asian Noodle Salad Thin rice noodles with a julienne of snow peas, carrots, red onions, red bell peppers, with a mandarin sesame dressing.	$ 3.50
Ginger Chicken Pasta Salad Julienne strips of broiled chicken breast, whole wheat pasta, Julienne snow peas, halved seeded grapes in A ginger Soya sauce creamy dressing.	$ 3.95
Apple Celery Walnut Salad Blend of sweet & tart apples with fine diced celery, Toasted walnuts with a creamy poppy seed honey seed dressing.	$ 3.95
Roasted Seasonal Vegetable Seasonal roasted vegetables with a fresh basil vinaigrette dressing.	$ 3.95

Entrée Selection

All entrée selections are served with a vegetable, dinner rolls and butter.

Country Style Roasted Chicken Served with a rich chicken sauce.	$ 17.95
Roasted Baron of Alberta Beef Served with a creamy horseradish sauce.	$ 21.75
Apple Dressing Stuffed Pork Loin A dressing made with apples, red onions, whole wheat bread, Stuffed in a juicy pork loin. Garnished with a rich Robert sauce.	$ 18.95
Apricot Chicken Breast Tender grilled chicken breast served with a tasty Dried apricot cream style sauce.	$ 17.50
Beef Bourgonion Tender pieces or beef braised in a rich red wine sauce With pearl onions and a mushroom medley.	$ 16.95
Slow Braised Kentucky Ribs Tender beef short ribs braised with a medley of mushrooms, onion, & a Kentucky bourbon sauce.	$ 17.95
Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast A delightful fresh and Dried cranberry & multigrain stuffing rolled into a chicken breast served with a apple chutney.	$ 16.95
Seared Alberta Beef Entrecote Tender beef strip loin rubbed with a cinnamon chili rub then roasted medium rare served with a roasted pepper sauce.	$ 19.95
Roasted Leg of Marinated Lamb Slow roasted lamb leg served with a mint and dried apricot chutney.	$ 19.75

Prices Do Not Include The GST.
Prices Subject To Change.
Saffron Catering & Personal Chef Services
Chef Dean Mitchell,C.C.C.,C.P.C.
403 - 850 - 5008

Jumbo Shrimp Tree Served with cocktail sauce	$ 10.95 / person
Atlantic Smoked Salmon Served with all the condiments	$ 9.75 / person
Smoked Salmon Pinwheels	$ 9.95 / person
Citrus Graylox Served with a lemon caper remolade	$ 9.95 / person
Marinated Cultured Mussels	$ 6.00 / person
Antipasto Crudities	$ 5.95 / person
Seafood Cream Cheese Dip served with pita bread	$ 6.50/ person
Snow Crab Guacamole Served with fresh baguettes	$ 6.95 / person
Seasonal Vegetables with Dip	$ 4.45 / person
Domestic Cheese & Crackers	$ 5.80 / person
Imported Cheese & Crackers	$ 6.75 / person
Seasonal Fruit Tray	$ 4.95 / person
Fresh Fruit Kabobs	$ 5.95 / person
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries	$ 6.95 / person
Chocolate Drizzled Fruit Skewers	$ 6.75 / person
Vegetable Spring Rolls	$ 6.95 / person
Meatballs Beef or Turkey Your choice of sauce: Honey Garlic, Barbeque, Shanghai, Teriyaki, Peppercorn	$ 6.25 / person
Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings	$ 6.95 / person
Zinger Chicken Wings	$ 7.95 / person
Chicken Satay Skewers	$ 31.50 / 2 dozen
Chicken Soulvalki Skewers	$ 42.95 / 2 dozen
Seafood Stuffed Mushroom Caps	$ 9.50 / person
Bacon Wrapped Scallops	$ 15.25 / dozen
Prociutto Wrapped Prawns	$ 9.95 / person
New Orleans Style Prawn Kebobs	$ 142.00 / 2 dozen
Kiwi Mussels in Mango Sauce	$ 35.25 / 2 dozen
Seasonal Vegetable Kabobs	$ 26.95 / 2 dozen
Spanakopitas	$ 5.95 / person

Chefs Specialty Reception

Shrimp Flambeed Prawns sautéed with fresh pesto, Flambeed with a lemon vodka	$ 15.25 / person
Fresh Atlantic Mussels or Clams Sautéed with diced bell peppers, roma tomatoes. Red onions, ginger, with white wine & cream	$ 13.95 / person
New Zealand Mussels Sautéed with garlic, roma tomatoes, red onion, & gin.	$ 12.95 / person
Carved Smoked Salmon Served with all the condiments	$ 13.25 / person

Prices Do Not Include The GST.
Prices Subject To Change
Contact Number 403-850-5008

Buffet selection includes Mixed Green Salad & One Selection, Dinner Rolls, Butter, a Choice of Starch, a Vegetable.

Extra Salad Selection ( $.85/ selection per person)
Pearl Couscous Salad, Caesar, Zesty Garden Pasta, Traditional Coleslaw, Fennel Apple Citrus Salad, Picnic Potato Salad, Roasted Beet & Goat Cheese Salad, Black Bean & Corn Salad, Marinated Vegetable Salad, or Ambrosia Salad.

Hot Entrée Selection

Carved Roast Beef served with Horseradish.	$ 23.95
Carved Roast Ribeye served with Horseradish	$ 31.95
Carved Prime Rib Roast served with au jus.	$ 29.95
Alberta Striploin Entrecote.	$ 26.95
Alberta Braised Beef Short Ribs.	$ 23.95
Apricot Glazed Chicken Breast.	$ 21.95
Chicken Cordon Bleu.	$ 21.95
Country Roasted Chicken( 9 pcs cut chicken).	$ 20.75
Moroccan Braised Chicken Breast.	$ 20.95
Moroccan Braised Chicken Breast.	$ 20.95
Traditional Roast Turkey.	$ 22.95
Cranberry Stuffed Turkey	$ 23.95
Glazed Ham.	$ 21.95
Roast Leg of Pork.	$ 22.75
Lemon Cream Salmon Filet.	$ 22.95
Salmon Wellington.	$ 25.95

Choice of Starch

Saffron Rice, Rice Pilaf, Savory Yukon Gold Potato, Scalloped Potato, Parsley Mashed Potato, Roasted Herb Potato, Twice Baked Potatoes, Baked Russet Potato, Roasted Garlic Mashed, Dilled Creamer Potato, Basil Creamed Potatoes.

Choice of Vegetables

Seasonal Vegetable Medley, Honey Glazed Carrots, Turnip & Carrot Batons, Baked Yams, Mexican Corn, Parsnip& Carrot Batons, Curried Roasted Cauliflower, Roasted Butternut Squash, Gingered Baby Carrots, Glazed Parsnips, Maple Glazed Turnip

Prices Do Not Include GST. Or Gratuity.
Prices Subject To Change.
Thank You, Chef Dean Mitchell,C.C.C.,C.P.C.
403-850-5008

Asparagus Butter leaf Salad Fresh asparagus , red onion on a bed of butter leaf lettuce served with a citrus vinaigrette dressing.	$ 6.65
Sunkist California Mixed Greens Baby California mixed green, garnished with orange & grapefruit sections, with a poppy seed dressing.	$ 6.85
Caesar Salad Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with shredded parmesan cheese, croutons, & creamy Caesar dressing.	$ 5.95
Roasted Vegetable Salad A Bouquetiere of roasted seasonal vegetables, served on a bed of romaine lettuce & spinach with a balsamic vinaigrette.	$ 6.55
Saffron Vegetable & Greens Baby lettuces in a cucumber cylinder accompanied by asparagus, Roma tomatoes, roasted butternut squash, with a citrus gastrique dressing.	$ 6.95

Dinner Entrée

All entrees are served with a choice of one starch, a seasonal vegetables.

Citrus Caramelized Salmon Atlantic salmon filet marinated in citrus juice, then dredged in sugar and caramelized while cooking.	$ 25.95
Salmon Filet Fresh salmon filet seasoned with lemon pepper, garnished with a lemon dill cream sauce.	$ 24.95
Pecan Encrusted Salmon Crushed pecans lightly coated salmon filet, served with a orange compound butter.	$ 23.25
Peppercorn Roast Ribeye Tender aged ribeye coated in crushed peppercorns, slow roasted served with demi glaze.	$ 26.95
Wild Mushroom Stuffed Striploin A wild mushroom duxelle stuffed Beef Striploin served with a roasted red pepper sauce.	$ 26.95
Roast Prime Rib Served with a Whiskey demi glaze.	$ 27.95
Roast Alberta Beef Served with a horseradish brown sauce.	$ 23.95
Cranberry Orange Cornish Game Hen Roasted Cornish Game Hen glazed with a cranberry orange glaze.	$ 23.75
Sunburst Chicken Breast Chicken breast filled with sundried fruit medley, Provolone cheese served with a apple cream sauce.	$ 21.95
Chicken Cordon Bleu A breaded chicken breast filled with Ham & cheese.	$ 23.75
Cranberry Stuffed Turkey Boneless turkey with a special cranberry bread stuffing , rolled and roasted a golden brown.	$ 27.25
Tradition Roast Turkey Served with a sage dressing, cranberries & a rich gravy.	$ 25.75
Peppercorn & Maple Pork Crown Roast A pork crown roast coated in peppercorns and basted with maple syrup while roasting.	$ 24.95
Roasted Veal Striploin Served with a juniper berry & sundried cherry sauce.	$ market
Roasted Veal Striploin Served with a juniper berry & sundried cherry sauce.	$ market
Barbequed Ribeye Steak Served with grilled portabella mushrooms.	$ 26.95
Broiled New York Steak Served with a roasted peppers & mushrooms. 8 Ounce 10 Ounce	$ 27.25 $ 28.95

Flambeed Sweets

Cherries Jubilee	$ 7.95
Sautéed Caramelized Apples Slices of apple, brown sugar, butter, cream, Flambeed with Baileys served on sponge cake & ice cream.	$ 7.95
Frangelico Bananas Bananas sautéed with brown sugar, then glazed with Frangelico liquor served on a chocolate brownie.	$ 7.95
Peach Melba Zesty raspberry sauce served with sliced peaches over French vanilla ice cream.	$ 7.95
Peppercorned Strawberries Sautéed strawberries seasoned with cracked pepper, Flambeed with a cinnamon liquor, served on a sponge cake with a French vanilla bean ice cream.	$ 7.95

Chef Dean Mitchell, C.C.C.,C.P.C. will be happy to help select or create Other menus for your dinner party.
Prices do not include the Chef's House Fee or GST.
Prices are subject to change.
To discuss your requirements please contact
Chef Dean Mitchell, C.C.C.,C.P.C. @ 403 - 850 - 5008

What’s a Personal Chef?

A Personal Chef Service is your answer to great tasting, healthy, affordable meals enjoyed in the comfort or your own home without the daily grind of shopping and cooking. A Personal Chef offers a professional service of meal preparation. A client’s individual tastes drive the creation of their customized menu. These Personalized meals are prepared in our commercial kitchen and then packages, Labeled and stored in your refrigerator or freezer.

Who Uses A Personal Chef Service?

Hard working people like you! More and more people from all walks-of-life are hiring a Personal Chef Service. If you appreciate the idea of not having to worry or fuss over cooking dinner after a long hard day then a Personal Chef Service is for you.

What Does the Service Include?

Customized Menu Planning: The results of a questionnaire are used to develop your personalized, custom menus. Each menu lists entrees and some side dishes and is presented to you for approval prior to your scheduled cooking day.

Special Dietary Requirements:

Saffron Personal Chef Service has the training and ability to cook not only to your tastes, but also according to your dietary requirements. If you need a low fat, sodium, or cholesterol meal, you don’t eat red meat, or you’re just a picky eater… don’t worry. We have many healthy, tasty recipes to choose from. If desired, we also provide complete nutritional information for each entrée and side dish.

Packaging:

Your food is packaged in the appropriate food safe containers and each entrée and side dish is then either refrigerated or frozen. Each entrée is labeled with complete thawing and reheating instructions. That will ensure your meats will taste like they were just made! We also provide a menu describing the entrees for you to refer to when selecting meals to eat at your convenience.

How Much Will It Cost?

The price of our meals will vary depending on several factors, such as the number of meals you require, your meal preferences, and special diet considerations. Please contact us for more specific details on the price of our services.

We hope you are intrigued by the concept and take a moment to contact us to find out more about how Saffron Personal Chef Services can help you regain valuable time lost to your busy schedule.

Suggested Sample Menu Selections

These are just some of the menu selections that have been made for my clients.

Side Dishes

• Side dishes are selected according to the entrees.
• Aromatic Yellow Rice
• Basmati rice with garlic, turmeric, & a hint of cinnamon.
• Cajun Rice
• Long grain rice with salsa sauce garnished with cheese
• Cumin Rice with sautéed Vegetables
• Mexican spiced rice with sautéed bell peppers, red onions & peas.
• Lemon Herb Green Beans
• Orange Glazed Carrots
• Oven Roasted Winter Vegetables
• Sesame Broccoli
• Two Potato Gratin potatoes & yams layered with Swiss cheese topped with almonds.
• Roasted New Potatoes
• Garlic Mashed Potato
• Twice Baked Potato
• Peppery Herb Biscuits

Entrees

• Select five entrees, giving you two of each to make up your ten meals.
• Pasta with roasted vegetables, garlic roasted bell peppers, red onions, squash seasoned with thyme over pasta.
• Sesame Crusted Salmon, sesame coated then baked & served with wasabi mayonnaise
• Chunky Vegetable Stew, sweet potatoes, zucchini, chickpeas, onions & rosemary tomato sauce.
• Persian Vegetables, lightly spiced tomato sauce with green beans, carrots, garbanzo beans, & onions.
• Vegetable Paella, rice, zucchini, bell peppers, artichoke hearts, green onions, peas, in a herb & saffron stock
• Baked Salmon Lemon Thyme, salmon filets baked with a parmesan lemon & thyme breading served with a spiced parsley mayonnaise.
• Peppered Salmon Filet with Minted Salsa, fresh tomato salsa with fresh mint, basil, & jalapeno on broiled peppered salmon filets.
• Seafood Stuffed Peppers, red & yellow bell peppers stuffed with a spicy tomato rice with crab & shrimp meat.
• Chicken Cacciatore, chicken pieces baked in a spicy Italian red sauce with peppers, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, carrots, celery & onions.
• Chicken in Apricot Sauce, chicken breasts served in a sweet apricot sauce with red peppers, onions & apricot pieces.
• Mediterranean Turkey Scallops, sautéed turkey slices topped with a heavily seasoned tomato sauce, parmesan cheese & browned under the broiler.
• Pork Chops with Apples & Sweet Potatoes, braised pork chops in a sweet orange sauce with apples & sweet potatoes.
• Baked Sweet & Sour Pork & Vegetables, bell peppers, carrots, onions, & pineapple chunks, & lean pork baked in a sweet & sour sauce.
• Swedish Meatballs
• Lamb Chops with Mint Julip, mint & bourbon sauce on broiled lamb chops
• Marinated Flank Steak, flank steak marinated in a soy ginger sauce, broiled & thinly sliced.
• Rosemary Hearty Stew
• Kentucky Braised Short Ribs

Many more selections are available, tailored to each individual client.

Looking for a unique BBQ with great flavored food?

Let us bring the Iron Horse BBQ to your next BBQ event!

The Iron Horse BBQ is a charcoal or wood-heated cooking system that is great for family functions to corporate BBQ picnics.

Let us BBQ at your next event with the Unique Iron Horse Barbeque.Let us BBQ at your next event with the Unique Iron Horse Barbeque.

- BBQ Alberta Beef Steaks Mesquite Rubbed Quartered Chicken

- Farm-Raised Alberta Bison or Elk Special Seasoned Pork Ribs & Pork Legs

- Beef & Chicken Burgers

All BBQ`S are served with a great selection of side dishes.

Contact us today to reserve the Iron Horse BBQ for your event.

Many more menus are available.

Born out of a combined passion for delectable food and exquisite service, Saffron Catering & Personal Chef Service Ltd has made dishing up amazing meals our business and we're proud to count a growing number of people in the Calgary area as our valued customers.

To meet the discerning tastes of our local clients, we blend contemporary and classic cooking to create innovative dishes that are full of flavor and fashionable. When you choose Saffron Catering & Personal Chef Service Ltd, you'll rest assured knowing that quality is never in question.

For your next event, call 403-850-5008 to wow your guests with an incredible Saffron Catering & Personal Chef Service Ltd catering experience.

Chef Bio; Dean Mitchell, C.C.C.,C.P.C.

Certified Chef De Cuisine, Certified Personal Chef

Started working as a cook while in senior high school after taking cooking classes. Graduated from the Alberta Apprenticeship cooking program as a Red Seal Journeyman Cook in 1977. Dean continued to work at the Private Golf Club that he apprenticed at for 5 years then moved on to other places from there.

Dean had a food service distributorship for 2 years, doing sales and marketing with confectionary food items. After this Dean decided to go back to cooking so he went to work at the Red Deer Lodge in Red Deer Alberta. Upon leaving the RD Lodge as their Executive Sous Chef he moved to Calgary with his wife to start a new adventure with the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Dean worked as a Banquet Chef in the Catering department. From there he moved to be The Grandstand Chef overseeing a dining room and cafeteria area. This allowed Dean to be one of the key Chefs involved with the 1988 Winter Olympics venues in Calgary.

After working there 5 years Dean moved onto a new position with a more prestigious Private Golf & Country Club in Calgary. After working as the Sous Chef for 3 years he moved into the Chefs position for 7 more years at the club. His duties included foodservice operations as well as fund-raising charity dinners held at the club for different Children’s Charities within the Calgary area.

Upon leaving the Private Club Dean established Saffron Personal Chef Services in January of 2000. Dean has since attended National Conferences and regional conferences for the Personal Chefs Associations and has received his Certified Personal Chef status within the United States Personal Chef Association & Canadian Personal Chef Association.

Dean has received the USPCA Iron Chef Award in August 2008, the Calgary Academy of Chefs & Cooks Association Chef of the Year Award in 1997 for his achievements in promoting his industry, teaching apprentices, and over all standards in operating foodservice establishments as a Professional Chef, and received Calgary Academy of Chefs & Cooks Member of the Year in 2015.

Dean is a member of the International Caterers Association, Canadian Culinary Federation of Chef’s & Cook’s, United States Personal Chef Association, Canadian Personal Chef’s Association, and National Barbeque Association. Chef Dean has attended national conferences for all of the associations that he belongs to, gaining updated ideas and knowledge to improve his business.

Dean also sits on the current board & passed board of directors for the Calgary Academy of Chefs & Cooks and has attended regional conferences on the association’s behalf. Dean has been involved in Charity fund raising dinners for; Easter Seals, Boys &Girls Club of Calgary, Heart & Stroke Foundation, STARS, Produce Marketing Board, and Zoo Gala. Dean has worked with the Canadian Dietary Foundation & Canadian Culinary Federation in producing “Healthy Pleasures” cookbook, ( which includes some of his own recipes). Dean has been involved with the planning & production to service for International Chef’s Day food programs over the last number of years, serving meals at the Mustard Seed and Calgary School Programs.

Dean is a Certified Chef Du Cuisine and a Certified Personal Chef who loves to cook gourmet and home style healthy food designed to please his clients.

Bon Appetite: Dean Mitchell, C.C.C.,C.P.C.