Matthew

Thirty years in catering, restaurants, hotels, and private estates — and somehow still standing.

Matthew Gladstone built his foundation in San Diego’s high-end catering scene before taking his private-chef career to Los Angeles, cooking for the kind of clients who measure time in courses and patience in seconds.

From Rodeo Drive kitchens to East Coast estates, he’s served the elite, the impossible, and the occasionally grateful.

I’m Not High-Maintenance (As Long As Everything’s Perfect) isn’t a cookbook. It’s a confession —

thirty years of chasing “perfect” for people who expect nothing less, told with sarcasm, precision, and a refusal to quit.

Still cooking. Still laughing. Still not sugarcoating a damn thing.