Coachella Valley · Luxury arrival boards
Welcome boards prepared just for you. For vacation stays, private homes, and special celebrations in the Coachella Valley. Beautifully arranged and delivered personally for your arrival.
Order for your own arrival, or arrange a welcome for guests, homeowners, or clients.
The collection
Our smallest boards serve approximately 4–6 guests. Please inquire for pricing.
Elevated. Celebratory. Savory.
Selected cheeses and fine charcuterie with sweet and savory accompaniments, finished with our signature Medjool date flower.
A seasonal selection might include prosciutto, jamón Ibérico or speck, aged and soft cheeses, Marcona almonds, cornichons, and specialty crackers. Caviar is available as an optional enhancement on request.
Inquire about The Arrival ↗
Generous, and made for sharing.
Cheeses, charcuterie, and seasonal crudités, brought together with thoughtful accompaniments and finished with our signature Medjool date flower. Includes one dip of your choice.
A generous mix of aged and soft cheeses, selected cured meats, seasonal crudités, specialty crackers, honey, and pickled accompaniments. Selections are confirmed personally.
Inquire about The Gathering ↗
Seasonal vegetables, beautifully gathered.
A colorful selection of seasonal crudités, finished with our signature Medjool date flower. Includes two dips of your choice.
A vegetable-led board shaped by the season. We’ll help you choose your two dips; vegetarian or vegan suitability depends on the final selection.
Inquire about The Garden ↗Ingredients and presentation vary with season and availability. Photographs show the character of each collection; your selections are confirmed personally.
Ingredients & allergy information ↗From Flouwer crackers and Spanish picos to beautiful cheeses, charcuterie, seasonal produce, and house-made dips, every element earns its place. Our signature Medjool date flower is a touch of the valley on every board, made from the ingredient that gave us our name. Selections remain flexible, guided by the season, availability, and what works beautifully together.
They set the tone for everything that follows.
We’ve all done it. You arrive, the wine is open, bags are half unpacked, and somehow the chips are already out. Nothing wrong with that. I’ve done it too. I just think those first minutes can feel a little more special.
The Medjool was created for that exact moment. Something beautiful, generous, and satisfying to welcome you to the Coachella Valley.
We work with homeowners and hosts, residential and member services teams, personal assistants and household managers, concierges, property managers, private chefs, real estate professionals, florists, and event and hospitality teams.
If you’re not the person who arranges these things, you probably know who is.
Let’s talk about your guests ↗
Our Story
Food, travel, and entertaining have always been part of my life. My work in food began just out of university, catering in New Canaan, Connecticut. That grew into years of private cooking, teaching, and bringing people together around a table. What stayed with me was how personal good hospitality can feel: the colors, textures, flavors, and small details that tell someone they’ve been thought of.
Working as a private chef in family homes and with sailing teams taught me how personal hospitality can be—and the trust and discretion that come with being part of someone’s private life.
Alongside that life in food, I spent nearly two decades in commercial real estate development, working at the intersection of design, hospitality, operations, and experience. One of my strengths was taking something complex and making it feel coherent and intentional: protecting the idea, solving the details, and shaping the moments people actually remember.
That same instinct runs through The Medjool. The complexity stays behind the scenes; what guests feel is care.
When I came to the Coachella Valley, I saw an opportunity in the first few minutes of a stay. Extraordinary homes, thoughtful hosts, and a moment at the table that could make the welcome feel complete. The Medjool brings those worlds together: beautiful food, made by hand, and the pleasure of making someone feel expected.
Greater Palm Springs Ambassador
Behind the name
The Medjool takes its name from the dates grown here in the Coachella Valley, a connection to the place we call home and the ingredient at the heart of every board.
For us, the name carries warmth, generosity, and the pleasure of sharing something good. Our flower-shaped mark comes from a Medjool date opened into petals: a small expression of the care we bring to the table.
How it works
Start with The Arrival, The Gathering, or The Garden. We’re happy to help you choose. Share your date, location, number of guests, and any dietary requirements, and we’ll take it from there.
We confirm the details personally, prepare your board, and coordinate delivery with you or your host.
Please allow at least three days. Shorter-notice requests may be accommodated, subject to availability.
Tell us a little about your arrival. We’ll help with the rest.
Share your date, guest count, and preferred collection. We’ll discuss preferences, availability, and arrival arrangements personally.
We’ll follow up personally by email to confirm availability and arrangements. This is not a confirmed order.
A few thoughtful details
The Gathering includes one dip; The Garden includes two. Vegan recipes are prepared in the same kitchen as our other selections.
Depending on your selection, boards and dips contain milk, eggs, fish, almonds (tree nuts), sesame and wheat. Crackers may also contain rye and other gluten-containing grains. Packaged ingredients can carry additional allergens, so the exact selection needs to be checked for your order.
Please identify each allergy and dietary requirement in your inquiry. We will discuss what can be accommodated before confirmation. Removing an ingredient does not eliminate the possibility of cross-contact, and we cannot guarantee that a board is safe for every allergy.
Please place orders at least three days in advance. Shorter-notice requests may be accommodated, subject to availability.
Availability is confirmed personally. Submitting an inquiry does not confirm an order.
Ingredients and presentation may vary with season and availability. Photographs illustrate the style of each board, rather than an exact ingredient list. Substitutions will reflect the character of your chosen collection. Any proposed change affecting a disclosed allergy or dietary requirement must be discussed and agreed before preparation.
We arrange handover with you or an authorized host or representative; boards are not left unattended. Keep perishable food refrigerated at 40°F or below until serving, and follow any colder storage instructions on packaged items such as caviar.
Discard perishable food left unrefrigerated for more than two hours, or one hour when the temperature is above 90°F—especially important for outdoor tables in the desert.
FDA food-safety guidance ↗