Private dinner at home
Date nights, anniversaries and birthdays: a multi-course Italian or European menu cooked in your kitchen and served at your table, with the harbour or the ocean as the backdrop if you have one.
Private chef · Personal chef · Chef at home
What a private chef in Sydney can do for you
Private chef, personal chef, chef at home: in Sydney the names change but the service is the same. An Italian or European chef arrives at your house, apartment or holiday rental, cooks a menu written around your guests and leaves the kitchen the way they found it.
Long lunches and parties
Long lunches, dinner parties and celebrations with friends, with a menu scaled to your group and the weather.
Personal chef for several days
Holidays and longer stays: one chef, breakfast, lunch or dinner, for as many days as you need.
Christmas and New Year's Eve
Christmas lunch, Boxing Day and New Year's Eve dinners cooked and served at home, so the whole family can sit at the table.
Cuisines
Italian, Mediterranean and European cuisine: handmade pasta, risotto, oysters and seafood cooked the Italian way, slow-cooked meats and classic desserts, plus vegetarian and vegan menus.
Popular areas in Sydney
The Eastern Suburbs (Bondi, Double Bay, Vaucluse), Mosman and the Northern Beaches from Manly to Palm Beach, plus weekends in the Hunter Valley. A small travel surcharge may apply outside the city: share your address when you request your menu and we will confirm availability.
What is included
Menu planning, shopping done the same day, cooking, table service and full clean-up. You pay only once you have chosen your menu.
What to expect from a private chef dinner in Sydney
Your Italian or European private chef experience in Sydney starts in the afternoon, when your chef arrives with the ingredients bought for your menu and takes over your kitchen. Pasta is rolled by hand, the ragù simmers, the fish goes on at the last minute and dessert is plated while you are still at the table. In summer, dinner often starts outside with oysters and a glass of something cold while the kitchen does its work. From the first course to the last plate washed, your chef does it all; you stay with your guests.
A taste of Italy, cooked for your Sydney table
An example of an Italian menu for a dinner in Sydney — Antipasto: Sydney rock oysters with a prosecco and shallot dressing. Primo: handmade tagliolini with Balmain bug, cherry tomatoes and basil. Secondo: grilled kingfish with salsa verde, capers and seasonal greens. Dolce: panna cotta with passionfruit. For Christmas Day, a cold seafood antipasto can replace the first course.
Every menu is fully customisable. This one is an example of the Italian dishes your chef might prepare in Sydney, and each course can change with your guests and the season.
