There is a quiet shift happening in how people in Hampton Roads entertain. The big reservation at a downtown Norfolk restaurant used to be the default move for a birthday or an anniversary. Now a growing number of hosts are doing something different. They are clearing off the kitchen island, handing over the keys to someone who knows what they are doing, and letting the dinner come to them.
It makes sense once you have seen it work. A private chef at home solves problems that a restaurant never could, and the math is friendlier than most people assume…