"In a city where few things live up to their notices, Chef Leslie's Sublime Cuisine exceeds all expectations. Having been introduced to her services by a very demanding colleague, I've come to depend on her for everything from simple home meals to catered business gatherings to festive parties. She handles all with equal skill and imagination. Having lived and worked in some of the dining capitals of the world, she brings consistently impressive versatility to her wide-ranging menus. Fancy an omakase you'd hope for in the best local Japanese restaurants? Chef Leslie serves up everything from delectable organic cha soba salad to the freshest sashimi to simple Japanese comfort food like yakitori, all consistently excellent. For paella this good I'd have to recommend a trip to Barcelona. You're not going to find Catalan tomato bread closer to home. Need to leave a roomful of clients with a favorable impression? Serve them up memorable mini caviar pies (a personal favorite) and pork sliders. Ever tried Thai bouillabaisse with mussels, prawns and calamari? You owe it to yourself. Staging a Casablanca-themed get-together? Chef Leslie's Tagine of Chicken with preserved lemons is better than anything you'll get at Rick's Cafe short of a kiss from Ingrid Bergman and a rendition of "As Time Goes By." Not only are these meals consistently scrumptious, they're also healthy, featuring the freshest, highest-quality ingredients in mindful preparations that nourish body and soul with equal passion. The same philosophy dictating that what you eat should be a delight to the tastebuds is evident in the beauty of each dish's presentation. Every dish put before you looks as good as it tastes and tastes as good as it looks. In short, Chef Leslie delivers what her company's name promises: a sublime culinary experience." read more

I hired Leslie to cook a suprise birthday dinner for my wife and to to teach my wife how to prepare a similar meal. Leslie was fantastic in helping to plan the meal and choose all of the dishes. She purchased all the food, arrived on time and prepared a great meal. She even cleaned up everything before she left! I highly recommend her as a chef and as a teacher. read more

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Our meal was perfect. Since we lost our home in the Palisades Fire, we were in dire need of delicious , nutritious and comforting food. Leslie delivered those things- along with a dose of love and compassion. 5 stars! read more

Leslie's food is both clean and delicious. I have had both her authentic Japanese cuisine, as well as more mediterranean leaning dishes and every single one has been fantastic! I love that every meal includes plenty of vegetables, because I am weirdly a veggie addict. My experience has been that Leslie will work with you to make sure you are getting exactly what you want and with zero pretense. read more

Sublime Cuisine Executive Chef Leslie Pollock came to the emotional rescue of my three-generation family with a delicious and healthy comfort dinner of chicken minestrone soup, Turkey Chili, cornbread, and chocolate mousse for dessert. She used organic ingredients, fresh vegetables from the local Farmers Market, and we could taste the difference of comfort foods made from scratch. We're looking forward to more from Sublime Cuisine and can't thank Chef Pollock enough. read more

We are looking for quality in our food and Leslie is all about that! Love the process of ordering and driving the neighborhood to pick up my order to bring home. Generous portions and courses (including dessert), facilitating our love of saving a little for the next day - great food at the ready! Thank you Leslie for the love and great food! read more

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Chef Leslie's food is just so scrumptious, so SUBLIME - no matter what the meal is! I recently had a pork chop plate with Japanese risotto - to die for! And tonight's meal was an Omakase Bento Box - so many things in it and each one was cooked to perfection. So fun! I can't recommend Chef Leslie enough - for any and all food types, but she definitely specializes in Asian cuisine, having lived in Japan and Thailand. She has quite a way with the subtle flavors, the Umami involved in this style of cooking. You'll be so happy when you're eating Leslie's Sublime Cuisine. Don't hesitate to hire her or purchase some of her edible offerings. read more

Chef Leslie Pollock's meals are delicious, beautiful and healthy. Her Asian and vegan dishes are exquisite.

I've hired Leslie/Sublime Catering to cater several special events over the years and enthusiastically recommend her. Leslie is personable, easy to work with, and has experience with a wide variety of cuisines. Her time living and traveling in SE Asia, and also researching the best foods for a healthful lifestyle and for an anti-cancer diet, further inform her offerings. Leslie's loss of event catering gigs due to L.A. County's Covid restrictions on large gatherings has freed her up to offer specially curated take-out meals (which weekly sell out!) I've been regularly ordering these for my family of three (two adults and a teen.) We had the Japanese-themed dinner a couple weeks ago and last week the "Muy Sabroso Meal." The latter included 1) Calabacitas con Elote (Mexican zucchini scuccotash), 2) Heirloom Peruano Beans, 3) Savory Yellow Rice with Toasted Almonds, 4) Organic Chicken with Mole Almendrado Teloloapan, and 5) Organic Plum Cardamom Pistachio Crumble Bars. Man, was that tasty! The excellent mole actually transported me back to our Xmas vacation in Oaxaca years ago. What a luxury to be able to serve a meal of this quality in the comfort of your own home, especially if (like me) you're not much of a cook. I also appreciate that Leslie provides recyclable and compostable takeout containers, as availability permits. We are looking forward to this week's "Omakase Bento Box" and whatever future meals Leslie creates. read more

Leslie was super awesome and she was always on time and food was delicious, especially bento box style lunch was so good! We definitely would love to work with her more!! read more

Leslie is a super pro and the event went great. She catered a work event for 15 people. I found her here on Yelp

Amazing!! Leslie made the most gorgeous vegan cheese plate for my baby shower. There was a beautiful array of 5 different handmade cheeses, all displayed on a beautiful wooden cutting board, including dried fruits and delicious crackers. Everyone was so impressed, including me! Thank you so much Leslie. read more

Leslie is a true professional. She catered a casual, early afternoon garden-party lunch in honor of my retirement and the end of the school year for my teacher colleagues. Decisions were handled efficiently and cheerfully over the phone. She kept in touch before the party, answering questions and finalizing details. On the day of the party, Leslie arrived exactly when she said she would and set everything up beautifully. The food was perfect. Leslies jokes about always making too much, so there were generous heaps of tasty goodies left after the party ended. Leslie is so easy to get along with that we chatted as we worked side-by-side setting everything up. I would definitely have Sublime Cuisine cater my next party. Thank you, Leslie! read more

We had sublime cuisine cater a birthday dinner at friend's place last night. It was a great experience and the chef Leslie made it a special night. FOOD: We had rucola salad and the seafood paella. It looked good and tasted good but my only complaint was that the rucola salad was too salty and sour. My boyfriend and I could not finish the salad. Seafood paella was beautifully cooked. It had just the right amount of seafood and it was flavorful. I'd recommend her. read more

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Leslie was amazing. She came through in a time crunch, adapted beautifully to a southern family style meal, and even incorporated a little hands on experience for the eight guests in our private dinner party. She had complete control over dietary restrictions, and we are so happy with the quality of her work, her professionalism, and her happy disposition. All in all a wonderful experience, and we can't wait to do it again. read more

I was lucky to have discovered Chef Leslie by word-of-mouth and started following her Instagram account mysublimecuisine. After weeks of drooling, I finally ordered the Mexican meal last month. Being no stranger to mole having made it from scratch myself and having the real deal in Oaxaca, she hit it out of the ballpark. This month I ordered her sumptuous omakase comprised of shio aji chicken, karage, wakame salad, kabocha salad, mapo tofu, plain gohan, mushroom gohan, grilled shishitos w/shiitakes, edamame, tsukemono and miso soup. Chef Leslie changes cuisines every menu. She goes around the world in the magic kitchen. Brava! read more

From the moment Leslie picked up the phone when I initially inquired to the moment we said goodbye in front of a spotless kitchen, Leslie took a lovely evening and made it exceptional. I wanted to throw a Spanish themed party for my uncle turning 89. We had a wide range of guests from 13 years old to 89. Every single person was blown away not only by the taste but by the presentation and thoughtfulness. Leslie also has a very welcoming energy so guests were excited to share their food experience directly with her. Leslie worked with me to design a menu that took into consideration our culinary needs and restrictions. Our menu consisted of a seafood paella, warm Catalan bread, assorted olives, beautiful beef meatballs, an extraordinary Potato and egg tortilla and the very best surprise of the evening which was a vegan Marbella (a turn on a classic chicken dish) that consisted of veggies stewed in a plum and wine sauce. Capped with a binge worthy sangria, homemade ice cream and fruit, the evening was perfect. Thank you again Leslie for making this moment to magical for my uncle and for me and my husband. Can't wait to do it again! Ryan and Liz read more

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We've been ordering Sublime Cuisine's meals for a few weeks now. I love the menu themes that Leslie plans out. You can tell a lot of consideration goes into the interplay of all the ingredients and flavors. The meals are so fresh, healthy and delicious. I love that it's a full course meal - lots of variety. The portions are very generous,too. She uses Eco conscious containers when possible. We're getting our Thanksgiving meal from her this year. I am simply so excited knowing we will have the best meal this year without doing all the work!! read more

Leslie catered a Spanish themed dinner for our New Year's Eve party and my experience with her was absolutely delightful. Everyone raved about her seafood paella, potato and onion tortilla and chicken marbella. Leslie is an exceptionally talented chef, is reliable and very professional. I wouldn't hesitate to work with her again! read more

Had a great Japanese bento meal from Sublime Cuisine recently. I miss going to Japanese restaurants but frankly, it's not common to find this quality of Japanese home cooking at most Japanese restaurants. There were ingredients like lotus root and ginkgo nuts that you only see at very high end places. I'm looking forward to trying some of the other cuisines she specializes in but the common through line is a focus on healthy ingredients and cooking techniques. Food that exceeds most restaurant meals, delivered. read more

I placed two orders of the Omakase Bento Box for two last week. One of the porkchop for myself and the other order of tofu for a friend. I got home unpacked the boxes and plated half the Japanese mushroom risotto, asparagus ohitashi, ginger shoyu glazed porkchop and Asian pear chutney on a dinner plate, and half of the spicy greens salad of mizuna, pea sprouts, spring greens, cucumber and crispy lotus with ponzu citrus dressing, and oone of the home-smoked Alaskan King salmon & trout with wasabi creme fraiche, chives celery daikon sprouts on a crostini on to a salad plate. It was a generous portion of food and absolutely delicious! I was beyond satisfied with the dinner that I completely forgot about the mathca candied ginger shortbread cookies, but had two the following morning with some tea at work, and hadthe remaining salad and crostini for lunch. I reheated the remaining asparagus and porkchop on a dinner plate in the oven, and reheated the risotto in the stove top. Once heated, added the sauce and chutney on top of the porkchop. I have to say, I was concerned that the chop might be a bit dry, but it was as perfectly tender as the chop I had the night before. Leslie's food is a direct reflection of her talent as a chef. The name says it all. Sublime! read more

Wonderful presentation amazing flavor great pecan desserts and meringue cookies . Leslie also has a kind personality ! It comes out in her sweets read more

As good as it gets. If you want your event catered with the highest quality ingredients prepared with extraordinary skill and artistry, Sublime Cuisine is your best option. I've worked with Leslie over the course of a number of years for a variety of menu needs for myself and my clients. As a personal trainer, I work to help my clients consume healthy, nutrient dense foods. She's able to accommodate a wide range of dietary restrictions and needs including gluten free, vegan, kosher, fat loss and muscle gain. My clientele is very discerning and absolutely loved Leslie's menus. As a gourmet food service, there is no equal. Leslie herself is a consummate professional with high standards of excellence, integrity and workmanship. She does not disappoint. read more

We've had Sublime Cuisine cater two events for us so far. The first was an opening for our space. She was easily able to handle our event and produced dishes and a cocktail that was simply amazing. Everything was exquisite, from hand-rolled sushi to appetizers and drinks. It really made the night something special. Later, we booked Sublime Cuisine to provide lunch for an educational seminar. One of the risks you take when booking Leslie is that all people will want to talk about is how amazing her food is! Everything about her bento boxes, from the freshness of ingredients to the beautiful presentation was first class and most amazing of all, she was able to do it all within the budget we gave her. Amazing food, creative and delicious dishes, and a willingness to work with us to make everything just perfect! read more

I recently decided to order from Sublime Cuisine for New Years Eve. Chef Leslie offered a Seafood Paella & Tapas Dinner. It looked delicious and I was not disappointed! WOW!! The flavors were perfectly balanced. You could taste the freshness of the food. The butter bean salad was delicious! The dressing on the green salad was wonderful and the seafood in the paella was perfectly cooked. I couldn't of been more satisfied. Not just in taste, but my body. I felt well nourished with fresh organic foods. When you don't feel like cooking and at the same time are craving a delicious home cooked meal, this is the place that will satisfy your palate. Thank you, Leslie! You are an amazing chef! read more

Had a great time at the tea party on Sunday! The lavender Earl grey shortbread cookies were heavenly. The little finger sandwiches were perfect for snacking. The scones were little clouds of fluffy baked goodness that melted in your mouth. The event was a success. The food was incredible. A perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon surrounded by good friends and good food. read more

Leslie and I recently worked together on a dinner event. She carefully curated a menu, and helped me figure out the best way to go about preparing for and executing the dining portion of the event. Her food was impeccable, themed perfectly to our event, and absolutely delicious! It was a delight to work with her. If you are looking for an amazing culinary experience for your special event, look no further than Sublime Cuisine! read more

Leslie of Sublime Caterer prepared a delicious fall menu for my 60th birthday dinner for 16. Leslie was very easy to work with and provided me with many different options for the menu. She prepared a special meal for one of my guests who has a restricted diet. Every one of my guests, many of whom are true foodies, raved about the roasted vegetables, roasted vegetables, Moroccan spiced chicken and salmon. Her homemade vanilla ice cream was the perfect accent to my birthday cake. On top of her outstanding food, she and her assistant were very pleasant to work with and left the kitchen in perfect condition. read more

Leslie was amazing! She did a girl's holiday dinner for us at my small cottage in Venice Beach and everyone was in heaven while eating her delicious dishes! We needed to keep it affordable and Leslie was able to meet our needs while providing us with a great menu. We did Thai cuisine which included a fabulous salad with shrimp, an outstanding chicken curry dish (had us licking our bowls), and a delectable lemon tart. I was surprised how well she was able to make it work using the small space I had in my tiny kitchen. After making an amazing meal she left the kitchen looking spotless! It was easy, delicious, and affordable! She was not only an amazing chef, but also a lovely person! I would definitely hire Leslie again, and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a chef for their next dinner party! read more

Leslie of Sublime Cuisine turned our "dinner party" into a grand event! A series of wonderful appetizers followed by a wonderful main course left everybody happy and well fed. Our no-gluten / no-dairy friend was accommodated seamlessly without compromising flavor and each dish was its own reward. She even wore a great costume to fit into our era-themed party. I can't recommend her highly enough. read more

Chef Leslie was great, the food was great as well. She helped us with bringing serving dishes plus napkins etc. Made for a really fun night!

As a food enthusiast I am constantly delighted by the meals Leslie has provided me, delicious and healthy, I'm never disappointed with my orders, it is something to look forward to, she is a master chef and I highly recommend her cooking. read more

Chef Leslie puts so much care and thought into each creation. Hands down delicious and full of flavor. Biggest bang for your buck, highly recommend. read more

A truly delicious and varied menu from Sublime Cuisine. I have recently been eating strictly vegan, and was pleasantly surprised by the vegan option offered for the evening - forbidden black rice with enoki and shiitake mushrooms with arugula greens and tofu. Despite being vegan, I don't particularly like tofu, but this creation had a wonderful texture and rich flavor. If you have the opportunity to experience Sublime Cuisine's creations, you are in for a real treat! read more

Our Family hired Leslie to teach our 15 and 20 year old daughters how to cook some basic meals. She prepared a three hour class that covered food safety, knife skills, and basic cooking techniques. She then taught the girls how to make a simple, delicious meal for the whole family, which we all enjoyed! It was great for them to spend some quality time together and certainly fun for the whole family! We're planning on doing it again soon! read more

If you have the opportunity to use Sublime Cuisine do not hesitate! I contracted with Leslie from San Francisco for a corporate catered lunch in Santa Monica and Sublime Cuisine hit a homerun. The food exceeded our expectations and Leslie arrived on-time and was thoroughly pleasant and helpful. There wasn't an item on the menu that wasn't flat-out delicious. Leslie is also great at communication. For me, this was priceless; I was calm and reassured throughout the entire process, and my time was freed me up to worry about other concerns. We enjoyed a wonderful event - in no small part due to Leslie and Sublime Cuisine. I highly recommend this wonderful caterer. read more

Leslie of Sublime Cuisine staged a 5 course matcha tasting menu at my retail shop, Matcha Source in West Hollywood. About 25 people were served an elegant feast with sweet and savory matcha inspired dishes. The courses were varied in texture, flavor and tradition. My favorite was somewhere between the matcha ramen and the pickled daikon. The main course, served in bento boxes, included vegetables, an egg custard dish, ramen and other tastes of Japanese cuisine. So beautiful and fun to eat. For dessert we had shortbread cookies and matcha dark chocolate truffles dusted in sea salt. YES! you want one. Leslie's focus is on healthful nourishing food with an asian influence. Her work is meticulous and inventive. She is wonderful to work with. Sublime Cuisine is perfect for small parties, dinner parties, private events, special occasions and even regular home cooked meals. I'm sure she will accommodate your culinary desires and surprise you with her craft and creativity. Alissa White, Owner Matcha Source read more

I'm an Englishman born and bred, and therefore I'm a bit of a snob. In the face of my exacting standards, Sublime Cuisine catered a High Tea Party for us and it was quite simply, fabulous. read more

I first met Sublime Cuisine, the chef/owner of Sublime Cuisine, at my first Yoga Retreat. The food was vegan, which i am not, but it was so good, interesting, and filled me up. I left the retreat with not only yoga memories but food danced in my head and on the tip of my tongue. Its been 3 years, since i have enjoyed Sublime Cuisines' cooking delivered to our home, more yoga retreats and a catered party or two. In my next life i will be a good chef, in this life there is Sublime Cuisine! read more

Sublime cuisine always delivers! My friend has them cater all of her parties and they bring it all. Not only is the food so good, with plenty left over but the gals are the best. They take service to the next level and leave your house as if you never had a party. Always look forward to seeing them!! read more