Full-Time Chefs
Sean Kommer is the founder of Gradito, New York's premier private chef marketplace, and brings over 15 years of firsthand experience working in some of the world's most acclaimed Michelin-starred kitchens. His culinary career has taken him inside three-hat Tetsuya's in Sydney, two-star Disfrutar in Barcelona, and one-star Shiosaka in Tokyo, giving him a rare, ground-level perspective on fine dining across multiple continents. An avid traveler and student of food culture, Sean immersed himself in Italy's hospitality traditions before channeling that passion into Gradito, a platform that connects discerning clients with trusted private chefs across the U.S. His writing draws on decades of real-world kitchen expertise, cross-cultural culinary study, and entrepreneurial experience building a vetted chef network from the ground up.
