People who love to eat are always the best kind of people.
— Julia Child
At Around the Table we are on a mission to create amazing dining experiences!
Everyone loves having people over but when you start considering all the shopping, the menu prep, the cooking, the cleaning… it really starts to add up. It’s a luxury to be able to leave it all up to the professionals but still enjoy a top-quality dining experience in the comfort of your own space.
The full-service experience includes preparing, serving and offering detailed explanations for each dish, as well as cleaning and ensuring that your kitchen looks exactly as it did when we arrived.
Around the Table was created to take the hard work out of entertaining, seamlessly connecting those who love to cook with those who love to entertain, allowing us to work behind the scenes so you can get out of the kitchen and back to the party!
About Lisa Tapken
My culinary journey began almost 30 years ago on private sailing yachts.
As I traveled the world, tasting everything, I found my passion sourcing ingredients from local markets. I have eaten fermented shark in Iceland, trekked over mountains in Peru and sailed the Red Sea dragging a line for tuna. I have never stopped cooking and learning about flavors.
Since settling in Maine, I have owned a catering business, tested recipes for a best-selling cookbook author, learned the art of wine making (from pruning the vines to bottling the wine), prepared farm-to-table dinners for a renowned island farm and worked as a food stylist.
How it Works
Some of the best ingredients the world has to offer are found/produced on the coast and farms of Maine. Around the Table lets the local farmers markets and freshly caught seafood drive our seasonal and ever-changing menus.
Around the Table serves Camden, Rockport, Rockland and the surrounding areas of Midcoast Maine.
Consultation on food preferences and flavors, allergies and dietary restrictions
Custom menu is created for 4 – 10 guests
Host supplies table settings and all beverages
Chef arrives 3-4 hours before dinner with all the food (and staff if necessary)
Clean up
Contact Us
To book a date or find out more information, please fill out the contact form, email me at aroundthetablemaine@gmail.com, or call 207-975-1438