A Highly Catered Table — Chef Glodie Cooks Tulum
Private · Villa service · Tulum & the Mayan Riviera · Tulum, México
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Priced personally by Chef Glodie — quotes within 48 hours
Flexible cancellation — full refund 7+ days out
Hosted by Chef Glodie · Highly Catered · Booked on Local Bird
Meet your chef
Chef Glodie — "Chef Gee" · Highly Catered · Tulum Centro, Mexico
The chef behind Highly Catered — the private catering and events studio Tulum keeps talking about — and a featured chef of the Pour Into You 2026 retreat. Glodie's cooking brings soul food, African, and Afro-Caribbean flavors together into luxury private dining: vegan-friendly, celebration-ready, and cooked and hosted by her personally at your villa or your celebration, across Tulum and the Mayan Riviera.
Some tables feed you. Chef Glodie's tables gather you. From her kitchen in Tulum Centro, Glodie — "Chef Gee" to everyone who has eaten her food — cooks the Afro-diaspora into a single sitting: the soul food she grew from, the African kitchens that raised those flavors, and the Afro-Caribbean table that carried them across the water. It arrives as luxury without distance — a vegan "Noxtail" with the depth of the real thing, fish brightened with mango chutney, skewers crusted in suya spice, and a sorrel lemonade or hibiscus-ginger mocktail that drinks like a cocktail and lands like a tonic. She is a featured chef of the Pour Into You 2026 retreat and the chef Travel Villa Kitchen trusts with its own Tulum tables — including its Local Bird dinners. Vegan-friendly by design, celebration-ready by nature, and every plate hers.
Her signature dishes
- Vegan "Noxtail" — her plant-based take on oxtail
- Grilled fish fillet with mango chutney
- Suya-crusted veggie & shrimp skewers
- Jollof couscous
- Pondu — Congolese cassava-leaf stew
- Cassava cake with coconut glaze
To drink: hibiscus-ginger mocktails · sorrel lemonade (her craft mocktail program)
Her flagship experience
Private Dining Experience for Two
Her signature experience, from her own published menu: an intimate five-course Afro-Caribbean dinner, thoughtfully curated to bring African and Caribbean flavours together for an unforgettable evening.
- Beautifully styled private dining table and décor
- Five freshly prepared courses
- Two bottles of champagne — one for dinner, one for your after-dinner toast
- Private chef preparation and dining service
Highly Catered — From Our Roots to Your Table.
What's included
- Chef Glodie personally cooking and hosting your table
- A menu built with you ahead of the day — her signatures, or a menu created for your table
- Groceries and market sourcing
- Cooking equipment and table settings
- Full meal service and cleanup
- Dietary needs accommodated at no extra charge
- Her signature mocktail program (hibiscus-ginger, sorrel)
Not included
- Gratuity
- Villa or venue rental — the dinner happens at your accommodation
Who handles your booking?
Travel Villa Kitchen brought you here. Your booking is coordinated by Local Bird's concierge — a named human (Luna, for Tulum) who confirms Chef Glodie's availability for your date — and Chef Glodie cooks and hosts your table. Availability and payment are handled by the concierge; your dates and party size carry over.
Before you book
Stay safe in Tulum
- Book only through the official Local Bird listing linked from this app. We never sell these tables by DM, WhatsApp, or social media — if someone offers you this dinner outside the listing, it isn't us.
- Your concierge is Luna — she's named on the official listing, and she's the person who confirms your date.
- Checking anything? Call the house line: +1 713-364-4384. If a message or offer doesn't check out with us, don't pay it.
- Meet at the address on your confirmed listing, and share your plans — where you're going and when — with someone you trust.
- At night, use authorized taxis or rides arranged through your hotel or the concierge.
Choose your date & party
Only what you choose here carries over to the concierge — no account details, nothing about your wellness profile, ever.
Local Bird's concierge confirms your date — your dates and party size carry over.
Partner disclosure: Travel Villa Kitchen may earn a commission if you book through our app. This does not affect the price you pay.