About Us

Chef Emily Rue has been providing Simply Delicious gourmet meals and services for over 30 years. Chef Rue is a certified executive chef from the American Culinary Federation. She is also certified in Sanitation and is a certified Maricopa County Food Service Manager.

She specializes in a wide variety of healthy dishes with a menu of over 400 items to choose from: all made from finest and freshest ingredients. For those who are health conscious, Chef Rue is also an expert in Nutrition and Herbs and is able to serve an array gourmet dishes for people with special dietary needs or for those who prefer to eat healthy. Some of her clients have experienced successful weight loss, and have lowered their cholesterol by 85 points.

Chef Rue offers the following services:

Personal Chef Wedding Services High Teas Cooking

Catering Services Dinner Parties Candy Making Classes

History

Chef Emily Rue’s career began over 30 years ago when she started working with her father in the restaurant business. In 1985, she opened a bakery and catering business in Farmington, NM until 1992 at which time she moved to the Phoenix, AZ area.

Chef Rue came to Phoenix to study at the famous Scottsdale Culinary Institute (SCI). She graduated from SCI in 1993 and continued operating her Farmington catering business. In 1995 Emily started Simply Delicious Personal Chef and Catering Services in the Phoenix area.

Ever since the inception of Simply Delicious, Chef Rue has followed her passion of preparing healthy gourmet meals with the finest and freshest ingredients. Her background in Nutrition and Herbology has enabled her to present clients with special dietary needs gourmet meals of all kinds. She has expanded her services to include Personal Chef Services, Dinner Parties, Wedding Services, High Teas, Cooking Classes, Candy Making and much more.

Affiliations

American Culinary Federation
Arizona Women in Food and Wine
Scottsdale Culinary Institute
Mesa Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Personal Chef Association
Greater Phoenix Chef’s Association
International Association of Women Chefs

Honors and Awards

Chef Rue has received numerous awards for her Simply Delicious dishes:

• Chef of the Month, August 1996, Restaurateur of Arizona
• Cook of the Month, December 1999, The Glendale Star
• Chapter Service Award, Chef Association of Greater Phoenix
• Nominated, Chef of the Year 1998
• Phoenix, AZ Chef of the Month

In addition to her several awards she has been featured in the Arizona Republic, Scottsdale Tribune, City Scapes and Business to Business, Arizona. She regularly contributes articles to Restaurateur of Arizona Magazine and Today’s Arizona Woman.

Clients

Her clients consist of working families, professionals, doctors, lawyers and celebrities Matt Williams, Glen Campbell, Erma Bombeck and J.D. Hayworth.

Charities:

Chef Rue is a strong supporter of charity organizations such as the Alice Cooper Golf Tournament, Young Life, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Child Crisis Center, Crisis Nursery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Fresh Start, Leukemia and American Liver Foundation.