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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October 2, 2025UF Health Pharmacy Residents
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October 4, 2025Men's Ministry- Gainesville Spanish Seventh Day Adventist
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October 5, 2025Oak Hall Cooking Club
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October 7, 2025Alpha Delta Pi Members
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October 8, 2025Quality Plumbing
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October 9, 2025Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Chi Chapters at UF
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October 10, 2025Alms Ministry
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October 11, 2025Belleview HS AFJROTC/culinary arts
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October 12, 2025P.K YONGE UNICEF
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October 13, 2025LASO
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October 15, 2025The Rotary Club of Gainesville
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October 16, 2025Alachua County Sheriff's Office
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October 19, 2025Florida Victorious- In Memory of Mila Montuno
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October 20, 2025Campusview Church
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October 21, 2025UF Food Science and Human Nutrition Club
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October 23, 2025BJ’s Restaurants
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October 25, 2025Greenhouse Church
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October 26, 2025St. Francis Catholic School Student Volunteer
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October 29, 2025Tomoka Church
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