About · Chef Joshua Jones
You host. I handle the kitchen.
I'm Joshua — a private chef based in Nashville. I cook dinner in your home, feed your family through the week, and put on private dining experiences you can't get anywhere else in town.
The chef
I'm in your kitchen, sourcing that morning, cooking for your table.
Nashville-based private chef. Sprig & Fork was where this started — elevated Southern cooking, smoke and fire, real ingredients, plated with care. That's still the standard for every night I cook.
I'm a private chef in Nashville. That means the kitchen is yours for the night — I bring the plan, the food, the tools, and the hands. I cook in homes across Nashville and Middle Tennessee: Green Hills, Belle Meade, Franklin, Brentwood, East Nashville, Murfreesboro, and everywhere in between.
What I do falls into three lanes. Private dinner parties in your home — anywhere from an intimate four-top to a full dining room. Weekly chef-prepared meals through my ChefBox service, delivered fresh and made from scratch so your week actually eats well. And a set of private dining experiences I've built out personally: The Southern Menu, the original four-course in-home dinner that started all of this ($125/guest); Aura, a modern tasting menu for people who want a bigger night; and Linea, handmade pasta, house charcuterie, and a proper Italian-style feast at your table.
I've cooked across fine dining, catering, and in-home service. What kept pulling me back to private chef work is how much better the food is when it's built for a specific table — a specific family, specific guests, specific reason for sitting down. Restaurants have to please everyone. I only have to please you.
How a night with me works
- 01A short conversation. Tell me about the occasion, the people, how you eat, what you want the night to feel like.
- 02I design the menu around your table — dietary needs, allergies, the season, what's actually good right now.
- 03I source and shop. Middle Tennessee farms first, always.
- 04I show up early, cook on-site, plate and serve each course.
- 05Full cleanup. I leave the kitchen cleaner than I found it. You wake up to a clean counter and leftovers, not dishes.
The short version
Real cooking, in your home, from farms I know by name.
That's the whole thing. If it sounds like what you're after, tell me about your night — a dinner party, a week of meals, an anniversary, a birthday, a quiet Tuesday. I answer everything personally.
Private dining, three ways
Book a private dining experience.
Three concepts, one chef. Pick the format that fits the night — from a classic four-course Southern dinner to a handmade pasta feast.
No. 01The Southern Menu
The original four-course in-home dinner. Smoke, fire, elevated Southern cooking. $125 per guest.
Book The Southern Menu
No. 02Aura
Restaurant-grade tasting menus, plated and paced in your dining room. Best at 4–14 guests.
Plan a dinner with Aura
No. 03Linea
Handmade pasta, three-foot charcuterie boards, wine pairings. Built for the bigger, louder nights.
Book with LineaReady when you are