AlmaChef Bill SandersContact Chef BillALMA[ al-muh ]
“From the Soul, for the Soul.” Helping restaurants find their soul — and bringing a high-end chef to your table.
Chef Bill Sanders[ al-muh ] — soul, heart, spirit.
Alma is the Spanish word for soul. It's the standard every dish is held to — cooked with heart, or it doesn't leave the kitchen.
Bold flavors, honest cooking.
Chef Bill Sanders is a New Jersey chef, culinary consultant and private dining specialist whose inventive approach to food has earned recognition throughout the Garden State. From helping shape the acclaimed cuisine at 7 Doors Down Ramen Co. to serving as Executive Chef and co-creator of Kinjo in Newark, Sanders has built his reputation on bold flavors, creative menu development and memorable dining experiences. Kinjo was named the #1 New Restaurant in North Jersey for 2023 by NorthJersey.com/The Record, while Sanders’ signature Yuzu Truffle Mazeman was recognized among the publication’s standout dishes of the year.
Featured by New Jersey Monthly, NorthJersey.com, New Jersey Digest, The Newark Times and other regional media, Chef Bill has evolved his restaurant experience into a broader culinary brand focused on helping restaurants and hospitality concepts succeed while creating exceptional private dining experiences. Through restaurant consulting, menu and concept development, private chef services and his Alma culinary projects, he brings the creativity of a chef together with the practical experience of someone who understands what it takes to build an exciting food concept from the kitchen out.
Services
Restaurant consulting · Private diningRestaurant Consulting
Menus, concept, kitchen ops, and team training that make a restaurant actually work.
- 1Menu & concept development
- 2Kitchen operations & workflow
- 3Concept launches & staff training
High-End Personal Chef
A private chef for family dinners, celebrations, and hosts who want everything to be perfect.
- 1Tasting-menu experiences at home
- 2Event & holiday menus
- 3Intimate private dining
Pop-ups & events
One-night takeovers, supper clubs and collabs — here today, gone tomorrow
A kitchen, for one night only
Bill takes over a kitchen with a limited, one-night menu — first come, first seated.
A table built around a menu
Intimate multi-course evenings where the menu leads and the room follows.
Two brands, one menu
Collaborative menus built with restaurants, bars and brands — shared flavors, one point of view.
Collab with Chef Bill.
Pop-ups, residencies, menu takeovers — if it pushes flavors forward, he's in.
From the pass
Gritty, neo-Asian inspired New American — whimsical twists on tradition and technique
ONE Burger
Athens · Greece
Let’s make something delicious.
Tell me about your restaurant or your personal chef needs — I’ll reply within one business day.