How Aaron Elliott Helps Private Citizens Cook Like Private Chefs

There’s a Michelin air to Aaron Elliot’s Los Angeles home kitchen. No clatter, no chaos—just quiet focus and a playlist that bounces between post-hardcore and Brazilian jazz. Elliott is a calm and measured guy with tattoos up to his ears. He wouldn’t hurt a fly, but you get the sense he may have hit something besides a baseball with a bat once or twice.

Today, the house smells like miso, golden garlic, and something sweet that turns out to be a wedge of lasagna with cultured cashew…