Real plates, real events

The gallery

Every photo below is food Chef Franky actually cooked and served in Sint Maarten — villa dinners, buffets, cocktail service and pop-up plates. No stock photography.

Loaded fries with crispy chicken, cheese sauce, pickled onions, jalapeños and banana peppers in a takeaway box

Loaded fries

The Blissful Bites signature — crispy chicken, sauces and toppings piled high.

Savoury stuffed waffle drizzled with cheese sauce and garlic aioli on checkered paper

Blissful stuffed waffle

Sweet-and-savoury stuffed waffle, sauced to order at the pop-up.

Spiral tornado potato on a skewer drizzled with cheese sauce, aioli and hot chip crumbs

Tornado potato

Spiral-cut potato, fried crisp and finished with sauces and crunch.

Individual charcuterie boats with salami, cheese skewers, grapes, strawberries, pistachios, pretzels and rosemary

Charcuterie boats

Individual grazing boats for events — cured meats, cheese, fruit and nuts.

Chafing tray of grilled fish fillets topped with diced peppers, herbs and lime wedges

Grilled fish for the buffet

Caribbean-style grilled fish with fresh creole vegetables and lime.

Plated fish fillets with herb and citrus sauce, broccoli and roasted vegetables

Plated fish course

Private chef dinner — fish with a herb citrus sauce and market vegetables.

Large paella pan with saffron rice, shrimp, mussels, chicken and lemon wedges

Seafood paella pan

Cooked to order for villa groups and events, finished with lemon at the table.

Large platter of seasoned and glazed chicken wings with a creamy dipping sauce and carved pineapple

Wing platter

Jerk, BBQ and garlic-herb wings with house dip — a catering favourite.

White serving platter of crisp fried canapés piped with herb aioli and topped with olives

Canapé service

Passed bites for cocktail hour, plated with carved garnish work.

Large garden salad platter arranged in rings of cucumber, carrot, corn, tomato and greens

Garden salad platter

Buffet centrepiece salads, built by hand ring by ring.

Platter of carrot salad with diced tomato, cranberries, cherries and fresh herbs

Carrot & cranberry salad

Caribbean-style side salad, sweet and sharp against grilled mains.

On video

Cooking in motion

Clips from the pop-up window and the pass — sauces going on, potatoes coming out of the fryer, plates finished to order.

Loaded Oreo waffle

Blissful Bites dessert waffle, sauced and finished at the pop-up window.

Tornado potatoes at the pop-up

Behind the tent at a festival night, frying spiral potatoes to order.

Plated up close

Fish with creole peppers and herbs, straight off the pass.

Want plates like these at your table?

Tell Chef Franky the occasion, guest count and date, and he'll send a menu built around it.