Experiences

    Restaurant-grade dining brought to your residence, yacht or country house.

    Every Private Dining Experience booking starts the same way: a conversation about the occasion, the guests and the room. From there our chefs design a menu from scratch, shop the produce, cook in your kitchen and leave it exactly as they found it. Below are the formats we are asked for most — one-off private chef dinners, ongoing personal chef contracts, tasting menus, wine-paired dinners, canapé receptions and full corporate catering.

    5.0
    Average Google rating
    6+
    Countries served
    2–200
    Guests per booking
    24 hrs
    Quotation after consultation

    Choosing the right private dining format

    The format matters more than the menu. A six-course tasting menu for eight people at a dining table is a completely different operation to bowl food for a hundred and fifty at a product launch, and the two need different chefs, different kitchen set-ups and different front-of-house support.

    If you are hosting at home for a small group and want the evening to feel like a restaurant, private chef hire with a plated tasting menu is usually the answer. If you are feeding a room that will be standing, talking and moving, canapés or bowl food will always serve you better than a seated menu. For households who want the benefit week after week rather than for a single night, a personal chef contract covers batch cooking, family meals and dietary management on a fixed weekly rhythm.

    What restaurant-grade actually means at home

    Our chefs come from professional kitchen backgrounds and cook to professional standards in domestic and event spaces. That means seasonal British produce and specialist suppliers, mise en place prepared ahead so service runs to time, plated courses sent together rather than trickling out, and allergen documentation for every guest who needs it.

    It also means the practical parts nobody enjoys thinking about: your kitchen is assessed in advance, equipment gaps are brought in, service timings are agreed with you before the day, and everything is cleaned down before the team leaves. You should be at the table with your guests, not in the kitchen.

    What is included

    Every experience is quoted individually, but the following is standard across our private dining and catering work.

    A menu written for your table

    No fixed menus. Your chef designs around the season, the occasion, your guests' preferences and every dietary requirement in the room, then sends it to you for sign-off before shopping.

    Bespoke plated dining

    Shopping and sourcing

    Produce is sourced fresh for your event from specialist butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers. Ingredient costs are set out transparently in your quotation rather than buried in a per-head figure.

    Private chef hire

    Service and pace

    Plated service, family-style sharing, grazing or passed canapés — service style is agreed in advance, and additional waiting staff can be added for larger tables and standing receptions.

    Canapé receptions

    Drinks and pairings

    Wine-paired menus can be built course by course, either with wines you already own or with a list we propose. Cocktail and mixology support can be arranged for receptions.

    Wine-paired dinners

    Allergens and dietary requirements

    Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal, kosher-style, low-FODMAP and allergen-critical guests are catered for as standard, with the allergen breakdown written out for each dish.

    Allergen-aware chefs

    A kitchen left spotless

    Full clean-down is part of the service. Surfaces, hobs, ovens and washing-up are dealt with before the team leaves, and waste is bagged and removed to your bins.

    Personal chef contracts

    How a booking works

    1. 01

      Tell us about the occasion

      Date, location, guest numbers and the kind of evening you have in mind. Five short steps through our enquiry form is usually enough.

    2. 02

      Consultation call

      We talk through format, service style, dietary requirements and kitchen access, then match you with the right chef for that brief.

    3. 03

      Menu and quotation

      You receive a written menu and an itemised quotation within 24 hours of the consultation. Revisions are free until the menu is right.

    4. 04

      The event

      Your chef arrives with produce and equipment, cooks, serves to the agreed timings, cleans down and leaves. You host.

    Private dining questions, answered

    Still unsure? Send us the details of your event and we will answer honestly, including when a different format would serve you better.

    Start with a conversation

    Tell us the date, the guest count and the kind of evening you are planning. We will book a short consultation call and send a written menu and itemised quotation within 24 hours.

    Start your enquiry