Wild Ass Chef AJ

AJ grew up in the restaurant industry, throwing wood-fired pizzas alongside his restaurateur Dad. After more than a decade of working in restaurants and as a private chef, he opened his own restaurant in Glenwood Springs in 2018, serving upscale contemporary comfort food.

Chef AJ is available for custom-curated private home dinner parties in Aspen, the Roaring Fork Valley and western Colorado.

Contact for availability and pricing.

Sample Menus

Starters

• Fire-roasted red pepper and apricot savory cheesecake served with pita chips

• Tuna tartare with crunchy breadcrumbs

• Fresh figs with mozzarella thyme and olive oil with crusty bread 

• AJ’s Dad’s Crab cakes 

Salads

• Fig salad with burrata and basil

• Smashed beets with greens, goat cheese and garlic chips 

• Burnt tomatoes and fennel with mustard vinaigrette 

Mains

• Oil-poached snapper or halibut with crispy artichoke hearts with roast-tomato sauce  

• Grilled scallops with endive and radicchio 

• Panko-crusted salmon with ginger and tamari honey glaze 

• Grilled Chilean sea bass with toasted almond salsa 


Desserts

• Broiled Sabayon (Spanish light custard) with berries 

• Burnt oranges with rosemary and yogurt 

• Raw banana or mango sorbet