Culinary 86
One Less Decision. Zero Compromise.
Healthy Eating, Without the Overwhelm.
The challenge is universal among high-performers: eating well requires sacrificing time. It's not just cooking that drains you.
It's deciding what to eat. Again. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Snacks. Everyday
Breakfast. Snack. Lunch. Dinner. Every single day.
What fits your macros? What's in the fridge? What sounds good? What actually fuels performance?
That's 18+ hours of food decisions weekly. Each one pulling time, energy, and money from what truly matters: your goals, work, and well-being.
Culinary 86 was built on the belief that food should support performance without demanding more time or attention. We bridge the gap between gourmet excellence and demanding lifestyles, delivering chef-executed, nutrition-optimized meals with the discretion and care you deserve.
By handling every detail with precision, food becomes completely effortless:
no planning, no decisions, no compromise.
Your time is regained. Your energy is preserved. Your performance is peak.
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About Us
"I take great responsibility in being someone who nourishes... Food does it every time. That's something that I hold true to as well—nourishing people." -Chef Chris
Culinary 86 was founded by Executive Chef Chris Donaldson, whose passion for cooking began in the restaurant kitchens of his hometown, Detroit, Michigan. Like many athletes as himself, Chris spent years focused on training and competition. But over time, another interest began to take hold. What started as curiosity in the kitchen turned into something deeper.
Cooking became a way to create, to take care of people, and to bring intention to something everyone experiences every day. While athletics taught him how the body performs, cooking showed him how food could support that performance while still delivering comfort, enjoyment, and connection.
As he spent more time in kitchens, that curiosity turned into commitment. Chris pursued the craft seriously, working in professional restaurant environments where he developed the discipline, precision, and high standards that define great kitchens.
Most chefs have never stepped on a court. Most nutritionists have never worked a dinner rush.
Chef Chris has done both.
That intersection between the discipline of athletic performance and the precision of culinary excellence is exactly how for the next 8 years, Chef Chris would go on to cook for professional athletes, entrepreneurs, and high-performing individuals.
“86 The Ordinary.”
"86" is restaurant terminology for removing something entirely from service.
At Culinary 86, we've taken that culinary principle and made it a philosophy for how we operate in food, business, and life.
We've 86'd the trade-offs people typically face: between nutrition and taste, quality and convenience, performance goals and culinary experience. We've eliminated the false choice that says you can have one or the other, but not both.
But more than that, we've 86'd the mentality that accepts ordinary as inevitable.
It means no more settling. It means elevating your baseline. It means operating with intention.
Excellence compounds.
And we invite you to 86 the ordinary—not just in what you eat, but in how you live.
Our Services
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Nutrition Backed Meal Prep
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