352-374-4404×222 | 2121 SW 16th Street, Gainesville FL 32608

The Visiting Chef program is a wildly popular volunteer program for groups of up to ten friends, family members, or co-workers. No professional cooking experience is required and folks have lots of fun. Volunteers provide all the ingredients to make a home-cooked meal or you may cater in from a restaurant for our families (approximately 100 servings). Volunteers will need to arrive in time to prepare their meal in accordance with our meal times.

  • We serve dinner at 6 PM seven days a week.

Please view our Visiting Chef Guidelines for more information. If you have any questions, please call our Director of Family & Guest Services at 352.374.4404 ext. 222. 

If you and your group would like to participate in our Visiting Chef Dinner Program, but simply don’t have time to cook, contact our Director of Family & Guest Services to help coordinate catering instructions.

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February 1, 2026Lighthouse EPC
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February 5, 2026Preprofessional Service Organization
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February 7, 2026First Generation Lawyers(FGL)
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February 8, 2026Filipino Student Association from the University of Florida
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February 9, 2026Gainesville Church of God
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February 10, 2026Farrell Family
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February 11, 2026Florida Victorious
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February 12, 2026Builders Association Bake Off
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February 13, 2026Glen Springs Church
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February 19, 2026Canvas Church Small Group
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February 20, 2026Venezuelan Student Association UF
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February 21, 2026Old Dominion Freight Line
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February 22, 2026Latina Women's League
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February 24, 2026Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Chi
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February 25, 2026Tomoka Church
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February 27, 2026UF Food Science and Human Nutrition Club
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February 28, 2026Greenhouse Church
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