{"id":8944,"date":"2015-01-21T09:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2015-01-21T09:52:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:52:38","slug":"chef-a-topia-now-open-at-market-at-liberty-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8944","title":{"rendered":"Chef-A-Topia now open at Market at Liberty Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/marketliberty.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1025284\" alt=\"marketliberty\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/marketliberty.jpg\" \/><\/a>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 The Market at Liberty Place in Kennett Square announced Wednesday that Chef-a-topia, a chef prepared meals merchant owned and operated by local chef Ray Maxwell is now open for business.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the rear of The Market near Punk\u2019d Pineapple, Chef-a-topia, \u201cGourmet on The Go\u201d will feature chef prepared gourmet meals in ready to oven heat containers for consumers to eat at home. Sample menu items include lobster thermidor, turkey wellington, roasted chicken, pork tenderloin, filet mignon, crabcakes, and much more. Most of the meals are priced in the $6 &#8211; $14 per person range. Chef-a-topia offers gluten-free and vegetarian meals as well.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The meals are refrigerated and served in ready to heat, environmentally friendly containers. Patrons simply need to heat in their oven at home for approximately 15 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to open a new venture in my hometown of Kennett Square,&#8221; Maxwell said. &#8220;Bringing chef quality meals at reasonable prices while providing convenience to people on the go is very important to me! I\u2019m also looking forward to collaborating with the other merchants in The Market at Liberty Place. I\u2019ve been a fan since The Market opened last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s background includes the Executive Chef at venues such as \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Creeds\u201d, \u201cWyncote Golf &amp; Country Club\u201d, \u201cThe Stone Barn\u201d, and \u201cFire Hill Pub.\u201d Chef Maxwell will also be offering Saturday morning cooking demonstrations, every Saturday morning beginning at 10:30 in the rear center section of The Market.<\/p>\n<p>Chef-a-topia is the eighth merchant located in The Liberty Place at Kennett Square. Located at 148 West State St in downtown Kennett, The Market at Liberty Place is an upscale farmers market with a mix of freshly prepared foods, grocery items, wine, and much more. In addition to Chef-a-topia, The Market at Liberty Place is home to Nourish Juice Bar &amp; Caf\u00e9, Buddy\u2019s Burgers, Yo\u2019R So Sweet, State St Pizza &amp; Grill, Terra Foods, an organic grocer, Punk\u2019d Pineapple, a soft ice cream shop, and Paradocx Vineyard. For more information on The Market, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarketatlibertyplace.com\">www.themarketatlibertyplace.com<\/a>. The Market is also available on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 The Market at Liberty Place in Kennett Square announced Wednesday that Chef-a-topia, a chef prepared meals merchant owned and operated by local chef Ray Maxwell is now open for business. Located in the rear of The Market near Punk\u2019d Pineapple, Chef-a-topia, \u201cGourmet on The Go\u201d will feature chef prepared gourmet meals in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5285,5284,5286],"class_list":["post-8944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-chef-a-topia","tag-markets-at-liberty-place","tag-ray-maxwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}