Our Story
The Journey of Marquise started in 2015 with a simple idea: exceptional food should feel intentional, structured, and deeply personal.
Trained in professional kitchens across multiple countries, including Michelin-starred environments, Chef Asude Yagmur Thomson developed a discipline and attention to detail that now define the Atelier Marquise Method™. Years spent in high-pressure kitchens shaped her precision. Years of cooking privately shaped her understanding of households.
Marquise is not a restaurant brought into your home. It is a fully managed personal chef service designed around the realities of modern families, fluctuating schedules, different appetites, dietary preferences, and the invisible mental load of planning meals week after week.
What began as a solo endeavor has evolved into a structured culinary team trained extensively in the Atelier Marquise Method™. Every Marquise chef operates within the same meticulous system, ensuring consistency, continuity, and a seamless experience in your kitchen.
Today, Marquise serves a small circle of households who value time, structure, and exceptional food prepared thoughtfully in their own home.
Who is Marquise For?
Marquise serves households who refuse to outsource their health to chance.
Our clients are busy professionals and families who recognize that the true cost of dinner is not just ingredients, it is time, decision fatigue, grocery logistics, and the daily negotiation of different tastes and appetites under one roof.
On average, our clients reclaim 8 to 11 hours each week by removing meal planning, shopping, cooking, and cleanup from their schedule. Many also find they spend less than they previously did on last-minute takeout and restaurant meals.
But the greater shift is invisible.
No more standing in front of the refrigerator at 6:15 pm.
No more mental spreadsheets of what needs to be used first.
No more rotating the same five meals out of exhaustion.
We manage the structure.
You focus on what matters.
Join the small circle of families who choose consistency, clarity, and exceptional food — every week.
Testimonials
Asude worked as the caterer of our exhibition reception in 2019 and the experience has been thoroughly delightful. Prior to the event, she suggested a number of options to be served (it was rather hard to pick the final ones out of so many appealing and original recipes!) and delivered the food in a punctual, professional, and hygienic manner. All of our guests at the reception--as well as my colleague and I--were super content with the taste, presentation, and variety of the food she prepared. For our next project, we definitely would like to work with her again! As a side note, I can say that she seems to be interested in the social aspects of her culinary work and recounts the background stories of the food we had, which was a super pleasant experience!
Erol Saglam
Social Anthropologist
Asude is a wonderful person and a very talented Chef! We have had the great pleasure of getting to know her and she treated us to a fabulous multi-course gourmet meal at our home as a Birthday gift!
Each delicious Mediterranean- inspired dish was better than the last and we loved hearing about the methods and fascinating cultural background of each dish almost as much as the wonderful food itself.
Asude is an extremely knowledgeable, articulate and delightful guide. The depth & breadth of her talents are amazing!
We could not have asked for a lovelier evening!
Arlene Iverson
Retired Asst. ProfessorI have been Asude's client for several months: her meals are delicious and are the highlight of my day.
I have many food sensitivities, allergies, and avoidances: Asude works patiently to accommodate them all and encourages me to safely try a lot of new tastes and lots of ingredients I've never even heard about before.
She made the plant-based diet accessible and easy. With each order, I can get my favorites and try something new.
Nadia T.
I recently had the pleasure of experiencing meals prepared by Asude, and it was nothing short of exceptional.
The flavors were perfectly balanced, with each dish showcasing a deep understanding of ingredients and technique. What truly stood out was the attention to detail – she made sure that each family member's liking and disliking's are taken care of. The instructions left behind for reheating food are also very detailed and helpful.
I would definitely recommend Asude, for your personal cooking needs.
Sonali G.
Data Analyst
Chef Asude has an incredible way of making plant-based food exciting and full of flavor. Every dish she prepared felt thoughtful and beautifully balanced—like it was crafted just for me.
The presentation was elegant without feeling fussy and you could tell she genuinely cares about her craft. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I found myself reaching for seconds (and thirds!).
She's a joy to work with and makes eating well feel effortless. Highly recommend her to anyone looking for delicious, customized meals.