Mother’s Day is right around the corner & we want to show the Mom’s in your life just how special they are! Let’s give our hard working Mom’s a break from the kitchen with a world class meal by award winning Chef Brett McKee right in the comfort of their homes! You can read more about Chef McKee’s accomplishments below.
Let us know what makes your Mom a World Class Mom. Richard will read the entries throughout the week starting Monday, May 3rd & will pick a grand prize winner on Friday, May 7th!
Chef McKee will prepare a special meal for up to 6 people (immediate family only) & will consult with the Mom who wins directly to determine the best day/time & menu options.
View our GENERAL CONTEST RULES here!
Meet Chef Brett McKee
“Chef McKee thrived on his culinary success while Charleston raved about his personality as much as his restaurants. He left his first, and most significant, footprint on the Charleston restaurant community with the opening of Oak Steakhouse in 2005. Housed in a historic 1850’s building, the classically elegant steakhouse offered exceptional food, service and an atmosphere that created and sustained memorable dining experiences for Charlestonians and visitors from around the world. Named “Best New Restaurant” by the Charleston City Paper, Brett’s work at Oak Steakhouse was recognized in the New York Times; Bon Appétit; National Geographic Adventure; Esquire Magazine, Southern Living, Women’s Health, Charleston Magazine and Restaurant News. In 2007, Chef McKee was one of five finalists for Chef Magazine’s “Chef of the Year” and in 2008, the Culinary Legend Award at the Charleston Food & Wine Festival.
As a founding member of the Culinary Institute of Charleston, Chef McKee has served his culinary creations to guests at the prestigious James Beard House, the De Gustibus Cooking School at Macy’s and the Charleston Food & Wine Festival. Chef McKee has hosted numerous charitable and fundraising dinner events which include New York’s Statue of Liberty, the home of legendary actor/director Dennis Hopper, the elegant caves of Napa Valley winery Miner Estates and the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Chef McKee’s culinary skills and commitment to philanthropy positively impacted the Charleston community and the world beyond. He was awarded Charleston Magazine’s “Giving Back: Reader’s Choice Award” in the fall of 2007 and the “Paul Hulsey Philanthropy Award” from the YES Carolina Foundation in 2008.
To add to his growing list of restaurants, McKee also launched O-Ku, a high-end Japanese and sushi restaurant on King Street in Charleston which was named one of Esquire’s Top New Restaurants in 2010 by John Mariani.
Today, Chef Brett has taken a step away from the traditional restaurant industry and and offers a wide array of private events. With a culinary passion fueled by the memories a meal can create, Brett McKee is now transforming the typical dining experience by focusing on lending his culinary talents to being a personal chef, hosting fine dining private parties and corporate events, providing nutritional counseling, private cooking classes and meal planning. Chef Brett brings 40 years of culinary expertise into the intimacy of your home, helping to make all of your dining experiences Insanely Good. Chef Brett believes that more than cooking skills are passed down through the kitchen and over an Insanely Good meal.”
