About · Chef Joshua Jones
You host. I handle the kitchen.
I’m Joshua Jones, the chef behind Fable. I cook and serve private dinners in Nashville, Birmingham and our destination regions, so the host gets to stay at the table.
Chef
Joshua Jones · Fable Private Dining Studio
Home markets
Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Birmingham, Alabama
Credentials
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts graduate · NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialist
Experience
10 years cooking · 300+ events
Why Fable
I built Fable so the host could stay at the table.
I trained at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts and came up cooking modern Southern food and fine dining before moving fully into private chef work. Ten years and more than 300 events later, what keeps me here is simple: food is better when it's built for a specific table — specific people, a specific night, a specific reason for sitting down.
Where dinner starts matters. I prioritize seasonal produce, Tennessee growers, independent butchers, local ranchers and trusted regional suppliers whenever the ingredient and season allow it — closer to farm-to-table than a broadline catering catalog, and what's good that week shapes the menu.
I plan the night, cook it in your space, plate and serve each course, and leave the kitchen the way I found it.
I'm also a NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialist. That isn't medical advice or a diet program — it just means I can build a menu around how you actually want to eat, whether that's lighter courses, higher protein, gluten-free or a room full of different preferences, without the food feeling like a compromise.
Private dining can be one of my finished experiences — Wild South, the Southern Table, the Butcher's Table, the Linea Table or After Hours — or a menu I design around your occasion, built for the room, the date and the people at the table.
Our Business Excellence insignia is presented by Consumer Ratings Institute. Read Fable’s recognition announcement and official source.
Choose your occasion
One chef, many occasions.
Private dining — up to 30 guests
Plated, coursed dinners cooked in your home, rental or event space. Choose The Southern Table, The Butcher's Table or After Hours, or a custom menu. For exactly two guests there's Dinner for Two at a flat $500 total in Nashville only.
Boutique Catering — 15–50 guests
One intimate, styled food table built around fire, boards and composed sides, designed and attended by the Fable team from $78 per guest. Boutique Catering is Nashville and Middle Tennessee only.
Destination private dining
Private dining travels to the Smoky Mountains, North Georgia, and Kentucky bourbon country — one $350 travel fee.
The short version
Who I am and what I actually do.
Who is Chef Joshua Jones?
Joshua Jones is a private chef based in Nashville, Tennessee, and a graduate of the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. He came up cooking modern Southern food and fine dining before moving fully into private chef work, and over ten years has cooked more than 300 events. Today he cooks in-home private dining, custom event menus and Fable Boutique Catering across Nashville and Middle Tennessee as Fable Private Dining Studio | Chef Joshua Jones (formerly known online as Personal Chef Nashville).
What does he actually cook?
Five preset dinner experiences — FABLE · Wild South (the five-course flagship), The Southern Table (modern Southern, four courses), The Butcher's Table (steakhouse), The Linea Table (handmade pasta, family style) and After Hours (served in waves) — plus custom menus and Fable Boutique Catering: one styled, attended food table for 15–50 Nashville guests.
Where does he work?
Two home markets for private dining: Nashville and Middle Tennessee, and the Birmingham, Alabama metro — same dinner menus, prices and no travel fee in either. Private dining also travels to the Smoky Mountains, North Georgia and Kentucky bourbon country. Boutique Catering is available only in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
How does he source ingredients?
Seasonally and regionally wherever the ingredient allows it — Tennessee growers, independent butchers, local ranchers and trusted regional suppliers, including Bear Creek Farms beef, Joyce Farms poultry, RC Farms heirloom produce, Ferrell Family Farm greens, Tennemo rice and Queen Bee honey. What's good that week shapes the menu.
Is Chef Joshua the person who cooks at my event?
Yes. He plans the menu, sources it and cooks it on site. Boutique Catering is designed and attended by the Fable team, with Josh leading the food and fire.
What is the Private Dining Studio?
Every Fable booking opens a private studio for that evening — your menu, timing, guest count, event pass and direct messages with the chef, all in one place. It arrives the moment you book.
How do you book him?
Online. Availability is live, preset experiences and Dinner for Two are booked and paid on the site, and custom events start with a $100 reservation that holds the date while the menu is designed.
Practical questions about kitchens, deposits, dietary needs and cancellation are on the FAQ, and you can check live availability any time.