Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest and the North Shore

Host at home, and enjoy your own gathering.

Ula helps you plan, cook, set the table and serve small dinners and celebrations in your home, so you can spend the evening with your guests.

A dinner table set for eightUla, ready to welcome guests

Private home entertaining

A helping hand for gatherings at home

Some evenings deserve more than takeout, but hosting can leave you in the kitchen all night. Ula steps in where you need her.

She can plan the food with you, shop for ingredients, cook in your kitchen, prepare the serving dishes, set the table and help serve your guests. You stay the host. She makes it feel easy.

How it works

From first idea to last course

  1. 1

    Tell Ula about your gathering

    Send a short inquiry with the date, the number of guests and the kind of occasion.

  2. 2

    Plan it together

    Talk through the menu, the table and the help you want. You receive a clear plan and quote.

  3. 3

    Shopping and preparation

    Ula shops for fresh ingredients and arranges anything else needed, such as rented tableware.

  4. 4

    The day of your gathering

    She cooks, sets the table, gets the serving dishes ready and helps serve your guests.

A table set for six

Small gatherings, set with care.

Meet Ula

Born and raised in Poland, at home on the North Shore

Ula grew up in Poland, where people gather around the table for holidays, name days and long Sunday dinners. A set table, food made from scratch and room for one more guest are part of how she learned to host.

Today she brings that same warmth to homes in Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest and nearby towns.

Kind words

What hosts say

The food was wonderful. Everything tasted fresh and homemade, and our guests kept asking what was in the dishes.

JJ, Highland Park Society

Ula thought of things I would have missed, from the serving spoons to the timing of each course. Nothing was left to chance.

Randal Brownstein

The table looked beautiful and welcoming. It still felt like our home, just a little more festive.

Nava Spiegelman, Glencoe, IL

Service area

Serving the North Shore

Ula works in private homes in these communities and nearby towns.

  • Highland Park
  • Glencoe
  • Lake Forest
  • Winnetka
  • Wilmette
  • Kenilworth
  • Lake Bluff
  • Highwood
  • Northbrook
  • Deerfield
  • Glenview
  • Northfield
A long table set for thirteen guests

Planning a dinner or celebration at home?

Share the date, the number of guests and what you have in mind. Ula will help you shape the rest.