Common Table

Common Table is a catering and personal chef business in Kingston, NY, run by Chef Emmet Moeller. The kitchen cooks locally-sourced, organically-grown, plant-forward, seasonal and health-supportive food, and offers three main services: personal chef custom menus delivered to the door, the Full Fridge Club weekly prepared meal service, and boutique catering for special events. Personal chef service covers New York City and the Hudson Valley, with weekly Full Fridge Club pick-up in Kingston or Catskill and limited local delivery. Chef Emmet works with gluten-free, low-FODMAP, vegan, vegetarian, grain-free, anti-inflammatory, low-histamine and paleo diets, and also cooks for omnivores. Common Table holds a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it.

The kitchen keeps refined sugars, additives and commercially processed products to a minimum, using organically grown ingredients, heart healthy fats, a diversity of plant-based proteins, whole grains and sustainably-raised animal products. Menus are planned around what local small farms are harvesting each week, and sourcing and employment practices account for good working conditions. Full Fridge Club is a weekly prepared meal service run with cookbook author Julia Turshen; a new menu is made every Monday, and each share includes two vegetable proteins, one starchy dish, two vegetable sides, with an optional meat item and an optional mini fridge. Everything is gluten-free. For every customer cooked for, at least one meal goes into one of Kingston's community fridges; since the club began in September 2022, more than 3,742 meals have been donated.

Common Table is at 191 Hurley Ave, Unit C, about 0.2 miles from the NYSDOT Transportation Maintenance office and the New York State Thruway, and roughly the same distance from J. Watson Bailey Middle School. Harry L. Edson Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, Forsyth Park about 0.4 miles, and Washington Avenue about 0.4 miles.

Its 5.00 rating reflects how customers regard the cooking and the service behind it. For Kingston and the wider Hudson Valley, Common Table pairs a personal chef's custom menus and event catering with a weekly meal service built around local farms.