Chef Chris McBride
Based in Connecticut, Chef Chris McBride brings over two decades of experience spanning the kitchen, the dining room, and over a decade at sea aboard private yachts — where discretion and exacting standards were simply the baseline. That career, refined further designing private dining experiences for clients from Palm Beach to Connecticut, has shaped a chef entrusted with life's most private and meaningful moments. Whether the occasion is a milestone birthday, an anniversary, or simply a family gathered together and worth celebrating well, Chef McBride brings that same discretion, polish, and creativity to every table.
She believes fine cuisine should never be confined to restaurant walls — life's most meaningful moments deserve the artistry of a skillfully plated meal, wherever they're celebrated. Drawing on training gained in Michelin-starred kitchens, she builds every menu on a foundation of modern French technique, layered with a single deliberate global accent per dish — refined, never fussy, and always personal to the table it's built for.
Every dish begins with the people it's for: their preferences, their story, the occasion itself. At Le Cœur, she combines precision, warmth, and creativity to create evenings that feel entirely your own — and that linger long after the final course.
OUR CHEF
Exceptional dining begins with exceptional sourcing.
We partner with a small network of trusted purveyors across Fairfield County and New England to ensure precision, integrity, and consistent quality in every menu.
OUR PURVEYORS
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Founded in 2017, Custom Meats specializes in whole-animal butchery and pasture-raised sourcing. Animals are broken down in-house and each cut is prepared by hand — ensuring precision and quality from origin to plate.
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Italia Importing Co. is a highly-rated, old-school Italian butcher shop, deli, and market. Operating in the Wooster Square area, they serve as a neighborhood staple that provides fresh-cut meats, homemade goods, and pantry items to both everyday retail shoppers and many local Italian restaurants.
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Before sunrise, our seafood is chosen by hand — not ordered sight-unseen, but selected in person at New York's Fulton Fish Market. Halibut, lobster, salmon, flounder — each piece picked the same exacting way, visit after visit, by people who've spent years learning exactly what to look for.
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One of the few commercial local farms that remains of Guilford’s agricultural heritage, Bishop’s Orchards continues a tradition that dates back over 140 years to the original 52-acre farm that the family’s great-great-grandfather Walter purchased in 1871. As each generation has built on the successes of our forebears, the farm has continued to change and grow.
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Fairfield Cheese Company supports the American cheesemaker, as well as other artisan food producers nationwide and smaller production traditional cheeses worldwide. We forge relationships with small farms, cheesemakers, importers, and distributors to bring you the finest cheese and specialty foods available. Our goal is to curate the best examples of classic European cheeses we can find and the most delicious New World cheeses being made today.
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Altima Caviar has quickly established itself as the purveyor of the world’s most exclusive and sustainable caviar. Altima Caviar’s commitment to quality, sustainability, and ethical sourcing has made Altima Caviar a preferred choice in high-end restaurants, gourmet retail stores, and the most discerning private events.