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Jalen Ware

Lights low. Let’s get to it…

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2023 · home

Wrist work… it started on the home counter.

Plates cooked at home. His “wrist work” highlight.

2025 · the line

Just been chopping wood…

Restaurant lines, night after night.

now · full tables

Sold out… so we keep running it back.

Pop-ups, brunches and brand tables, from the Bay to New York.

03 · the plate

Black gloves. Tweezers. No rush…

One plate at a time, the way it leaves the pass.

Mussels · event
Scallop risotto, mussels · event
On the line, plating · event

04 · the rooms

Every table is its own room…

Some of the rooms we’ve cooked. Dates, cities and the people we built them with.

  1. 10.01.26

    Oakland

    AVANT GARDE: Modern Renaissance Affair

    Three courses with @chefnel4 for SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, with MoAD Nexus.

  2. 09.10.26

    New York

    First Taste, Chapter One

    A runway dinner at The Penthouse, where food, fashion, art and music share one table.

  3. 09.06.26

    San Jose

    From Ivory to Onyx

    A five-course dinner with Soul Street SJ.

  4. 12.13.25

    Healdsburg

    Flavors of Oaxaca

    Five courses paired with mezcal at Agave Healdsburg, after a Herradura cocktail hour.

    35 seats

  5. 10.04.25

    Sausalito

    The R&B Brunch on the Water

    Brunch on the water with DJ Heartbreak, Oct 4–5, then back again Oct 19.

    sold out

  6. The Hidden Table · a blindfolded series · 2025

    Sep–Oct 2025 · city

    “From the moment you arrive, your sight is taken away…”

    Two Sunday seatings, made with Herradura.

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    city

    First Brunch Pop-Up

    Four seatings of 80. Sold out.

    sold out · 4 × 80

  8. date

    city

    Five-Course Pop-Up

    With Woodford Reserve.

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    Monterey

    Monterey Car Week

    With Porsche.

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    city

    An event for Ferrari

    Cooked under @chefjohnnie.

  11. date

    city

    Cooked for Chris Brown

    From his Milestones highlight.

word from the room

“Well known throughout the Bay Area for his creative presentations, celebrity collaborations…”

Soul Street SJ, hosts of From Ivory to Onyx, 2026

first brunch pop-up · 4 seatings of 80 · sold out

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05 · experiences

Pull up a chair…

Four ways to work with Jalen. Tell us about the night and we’ll build from there.

  • Private Dinner

    guests ·

    Jalen cooks a multi-course dinner at your home or venue. A birthday, an anniversary, a Tuesday that deserves it.

    from $

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  • Brand Table

    guests ·

    Your product as the hero of a course: pairing dinners, tasting menus and activations, in the spirit of his dinners with Herradura and Woodford Reserve.

    from $

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  • Ticketed Experience

    guests ·

    Co-host a pop-up or a series with Jalen, from a brunch on the water to a blindfolded tasting.

    from $

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  • Guest Chef

    guests ·

    For art weeks, music nights and cultural programs. Jalen joins the lineup and takes a course or the whole menu, alongside your chefs and DJs.

    from $

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Based in the Bay Area. Service area and travel

06 · for brands and press

Ready to forward.

Bios in three lengths, credited photos and a one-page PDF. Everything a brand or an editor needs, in one place.

Instagram followers
60.4K
as of 10.27.26
first brunch pop-up · seatings of 80, sold out
4 × 80
courses · his Agave Healdsburg and Soul Street dinners
5
Open the press kitDownload the one-pager (PDF)

07 · your seat

Lights up… your seat is open.

Six quick questions, about 90 seconds. Jalen reads every request.

What are we making?

Pick the closest one. You can tell us more later.

The table is set.

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