Private Chef
Enjoy a customized culinary experience with a Private Chef in the comfort of your own home.
Enjoy the experience
There is no more intimate restaurant than your own home, where you can be at ease with the people you care for. Now, you can bring the magic of a fine dining restaurant to your table, through talented chefs who will tailor a menu to your cravings.
Turn your home into a restaurant and indulge yourself with a unique dining experience at home.
How it works
Personalize your request
Receive menu proposals
Get chatty with your chefs
Book your experience
Enjoy!
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More than 24000 guests have already enjoyed the experience
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4.79 Food quality
4.82 Presentation
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12960 menus personalized by our Private Chefs in Costa Rica
Every occasion is unique - make sure you have the right chef and menu for it!
Gazpacho de tomate nice and fresh
Sopa de melón y prosciutto coto
Bread with olive oil and balsamic vinager
Satracetti, beff finely sliced with parm cheese, rosemary, garlic, balsamic vinager, olive oil and pepper
Gnoqiis with creamy sauce
Fritata con pomodoro sauce
Tabla de fiambres
Canelones rellenos de ricota y espinaca en salsa cremosa de queso
Veccio: nice and fresh lemon capers, withe wine sauce, aubergine and potatoes
Lenguini arrabiata with mussels
Paquieri pecorino with sherry tomato's, red wine and onions sauce
Spaghetti bolognesa
Carlota de limón y melocoton
Tiramizu
Crostata
Pan a cotta with berries sauce
Mixed chips with roasted peppers dip
Watermelon kiss. welcome mocktail
Octopus ceviche, fresh and nice mix of grilled palm hearth, avocado, tomato pure, lime, red onion, cilantro and a spicy touch
Mango and shrimps ceviche i orange acevichada sauce with cilantro and red onion. algo fresco que querrás que no se termine
Vuelve a la vida ceviche. nice and fseh mis of seafood with fresh vegetables and really nice and sour salsa tradicional costarricense. que te hará volver a la vida en cada cucharada
Shrimp tacos it's a nice combination of lettuce mango coconut relish and chipotle mayo rice and beans on the side
Crispy tacos, very nice and crispy fish finges in a flour tortilla with cilantro mayo, avocado, lettuce and microgreens with poppy seeds dressing on the top rice and beans on the side
Grilled fish, fresh pico de gallo, lettuce, garlic sauce rice and beans on the side
Coconut breaded season fish, menier sauce or sacmpy sauce, mixed green salad with passion fruit dressing, fries and home made mayo recipe
Fried milk with vanilla creamy sauce
Banana flambe with ice cream
Costarican jalea made with seasonal fruits
Mixed chips, guacamole and pico de gallo
Calamary salad, macadamia, red onion, lettuce, orange dressing, cherri tomato's
Skirt steak salad, romano lettuce, grill tomatillo verde dressing, tortilla corn chips and red onions
Mixed green salad, sweet corn, coconut breaded shrimps, passion fruit dressing
Caramelized nuts, lettuce, wild berries dressing and pineapple
Surf n turf, mash, sauted veggies, green beans, caramelized carrots with orange juice and sherry tomato's
Mahi mahi menier sauce with thousand leaves potatoes, half zuchinny stuffed with corn and plan heart
Red snapper, avocado rice, coconut creamy sauce, corn relish with onions, cilantro and bell peppers
Avocado cheese cake with chocolate cookies crumble
Brownie and ice cream
Fruit salad, vainilla y cake crumbles, crunchy pecans and ice cream
Coffee, tea, juice preferred
Plato de frutas de temporada
Costarrican tipical breakfast. gallopinto, eggs, corn tortilla, sausage or meat in sauce, avocado,fried plantains and cheese
Pancakes with eggs and bacon
Chilaquiles in red sauce or green sauce
French toast, sausage and eggs
Ciabatta toast, eggs, bacon, strawberry jelly, wild berries jelly
Homelletes station stuffed with the ingredients of your choice complained with fresh baked bread
Pochet eggs ith hollandaise sauce avocado sauce spinach and bread toast
Family style breakfast
Club sandwich with chips
Eggs benedict with crispy flour tortilla cheese and homemade recipe sauce
Brownie
Cookies
Energy bars
Ceviche - costa rican style with twist! corvina, passion fruit and ginger
Pincho (kabob) de pollo - costa rican street food
Passion chicken or trout - tangy passion fruit sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, candied carrots, and grilled veggies *vegan by request
Caribbean rice and beans (chicken) - home grown red beans & rice slow cooked in coconut milk paired with caribbean style chicken, sweet plantains, & finished with a traditional cabbage salad
Rice pudding - elevate your dessert experience with our elevated version of arroz con leche. this creamy rice pudding is infused with aromatic spices, garnished with surprises, and finished with edible "dirt" and "sand",
Mixed chips with guacamole and pico de gallo
Welcome cocktail
Shrimps mango ceviche. iron flat fried plantains
Caribbean style ceviche : coconut breaded shrimps in a coconut, lime, ginger, garlic, ceviche sauce with a spicy touch
Jarras: pumpkin picadillo, tamarindo sauce, beef and mango salad on the top
Baked chicken thigh costarrican style, homemade recipe sauce, sweet potato mashed, yellow corn relish
Rice, beans, traditional picadillo, cabbage, cilantro, mango salad and traditional bistek encebollado(which is beef with sauted onions really good seasoned)
Coconut kiss. coconut terrine, vanilla crumbles, blackberry sauce and gooseberry jelly on the top
Prestiño with vanilla ice cream and sauted bananas with cacique
Caramelized sweet plantain, cuajada cheese, strawberrys wiped cream with los santos coffeee on the top
Peruvian ceviche with grilled sweet potato
Tuna patacón with guacamole and roasted pineapple pico de gallo (marlin magazine award winner)
Grilled mahi with tropical rice and seasonal chutney
Sesame seared tuna with wasabi cream
Pineapple flambé and vanilla ice-cream
Peruvian ceviche with seasonal fish
Causa limeña
Creamy seafood rice
Sispiro limeño
Personalize your menu
A romantic dinner or a gathering of friends. Traditional dishes or exotic flavours. A fine dining experience or a family-style meal. Every private chef experience is unique! Submit your request and personalize yours.
About us
Founded in 2012, Take a Chef began with a deep belief that the best of the culinary talent should not be kept hidden behind the thick walls of a restaurant's kitchen; it should be allowed to shine at the one place where everyone enjoys the most treasured meals- one's own dining table.
TECHNOLOGY
We're focused on creating a seamless booking experience to foster personalization and connection between chefs and guests.
FOOD
We've curated a selection of chefs based on their expertise and passion to grant our guests access to every cuisine in the world.
HOSPITALITY
We turn chefs into hosts to build meaningful connections with their guests, from the first message till the final toast.
Trusted by industry leaders
With the combination of technology, food knowledge, and love for the hospitality business, we have been able to offer the only global solution in the market to provide high-quality private chef services at any destination, at any given time.
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