The Roving Chef

A Little Bit About The Roving Chef

Tanis Hargrave founded The Roving Chef Catering Company in 2003 after spending most of her career working in marketing. She spent several years with large corporations but a lot more time creating and successfully running her own companies. She previously had businesses that specialized in floor graphics advertising and in-store food sampling

Cooking has fascinated Tanis since she was a child. Before she was ten she was creating her own recipes. As a teenager she awed friends with her exotic dishes. Friends and family always raved about her meals. She started to cook for larger functions and not only enjoyed it, but got tremendous satisfaction from the happy smiles and many compliments. To Tanis, cooking is a passion and something that inspires creativity.

In 2002, Tanis experienced a total transformation in her life. Her 16-year-old son Dan who had been born with cystic fibrosis was deathly ill. His only chance at survival was a double lung transplant. During this period, nothing mattered except helping Dan. Miraculously, compatible lungs were found for him and and the risky transplant operation was successful. It was an incredibly stressful period for Tanis and her family and Tanis realized that she had to refocus her life. She still needed to work but also had to stay close to Dan help ensure his full recovery. She decided to turn her passion for cooking into a new business and she began preparing meals in her home for people who were too busy or too tired or simply not able to prepare their own. Tanis spent a lot of time researching and developing recipes that are interesting and delicious.

The Roving Chef was born.

With time and effort, The Roving Chef grew in popularity and scope. Tanis now has a new home, the Tuscany Event Centre in the heart of Aurora, hosting weddings, family celebrations for all occasions, corporate meetings and events. With the rapid growth of the company, Tanis has created a terrific team of people to help her with all the work, but she continues to personally ensure that everything she produces is up to her standards of quality and passion.