Wild Ass Chef AJ
AJ grew up making food, throwing wood-fired pizzas alongside his restaurateur Father. After more than a decade of working in restaurants, as well as his practice being a private chef, he opened his own restaurant in Glenwood Springs in 2018; serving up-scale contemporary comfort food.
Chef AJ is available for custom-curated private home dinner parties, as well as mountain-top gourmet experiences in Aspen, the Roaring Fork Valley and many parts of Western Colorado.
Contact for availability and pricing.
Sample Menus
Starters
• Fire-roasted red pepper and apricot savory cheesecake served with pita chips
• Tuna tartare with crunchy breadcrumbs
• Fresh figs with mozzarella thyme and olive oil with crusty bread
• AJ’s Dad’s Crab cakes
Salads
• Fig salad with burrata and basil
• Smashed beets with greens, goat cheese and garlic chips
• Burnt tomatoes and fennel with mustard vinaigrette
Mains
• Oil-poached snapper or halibut with crispy artichoke hearts with roast-tomato sauce
• Grilled scallops with endive and radicchio
• Panko-crusted salmon with ginger and tamari honey glaze
• Grilled Chilean sea bass with toasted almond salsa
Desserts
• Broiled Sabayon (Spanish light custard) with berries
• Burnt oranges with rosemary and yogurt
• Raw banana or mango sorbet
