Private Chef

Enjoy a customized culinary experience with a Private Chef in the comfort of your own home.

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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

Share with us the details of your dream meal, including type of cuisine, preferences, and intolerances.

Receive menu proposals

Our chefs will design menus based solely on your wants and needs.

Get chatty with your chefs

Don't be shy about exchanging some messages with your chefs until your perfect menu is ready!

Book your experience

Once you are happy with your choice, submit your payment to secure your experience.

Enjoy!

All there is left to do is count down the days till your culinary experience begins!

Find your chef

Customize your request and start talking with your chefs.

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Eduardo Gómez Carballo

San José

4.4 • 2 services

Sebastien Couratier

Los Pargos

5 • 2 services

Juan Diego Cubero Arroyo

Jaco

5 • 215 services

Maria Antonieta Ramirez

Tamarindo

4.9 • 185 services

Gabriel Piedra

Cañas

5 • 154 services

Gerson Matarrita Obando

Santa Cruz

4.9 • 127 services

Nicolas Devenelle

Liberia

4.9 • 110 services

Daphinie Robleto

Manzanillo

4.9 • 107 services

Luis Jose Moreno

San Ramón

4.8 • 91 services

Dania Fallas Zúñiga

Portegolpe

5 • 74 services

Nelson Arias

Nicoya

4.8 • 63 services

David Gayle Villiers

Cañas

4.8 • 59 services

Ety Mundeke-Atwood

Santa Cruz

4.7 • 35 services

Charlene Rojas

Paraíso

4.7 • 34 services

Aarón González

Liberia

4.6 • 33 services

Luis Fernando Rodríguez

San José

4.8 • 26 services

Gerardo Godinez

Nicoya

4.8 • 22 services

Christian Rojas

Jacó

5 • 19 services

Allison Canales

Playa Hermosa

4.9 • 18 services

Francis Martinez

Uvita

5 • 18 services

Arthuro Paniagua

La Fortuna

5 • 14 services

Mariela Gamboa

San José

4.7 • 14 services

Danté Marino

Siquirres

4.7 • 13 services

Adriana Castillo

Playa Flamingo

5 • 13 services

More than 22400 guests have already enjoyed the experience

4.78

Average score based on 4660 reviews

4.57 Chef

The guests in Costa Rica have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.57.

4.77 Food quality

The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in Costa Rica received an average score of 4.77.

4.81 Presentation

Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.81 average score.

4.94 Cleaningness

The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in Costa Rica has been scored with a 4.94 on average.

Awesome experience. Highly recommend. Felt like being at a top tier restaurant all at home, and watching the Chef prepare and cook everything infront of us was a nice addition.

Jesse was wonderful. His meal was so delicious and he really took care of us so we could make the most of our evening.

This experience exceeded our expectations! The Take a Chef team were attentive to our food allergies and aversions and Chef Jesse was personable, efficient, and created incredible dishes. We found out the oven didn’t work at our airbnb that afternoon and Chef Jesse pivoted to bring us an amazing meal. Every detail of every dish was perfectly executed and balanced. Cleaned up, set up a beautiful dinner table, and left the kitchen spotless! This was an incredibly wonderful experience. Would definitely hire them for another event in the future! thanks to the Take a Chef Team and especially to Chef Jesse!

Wonderful evening with the chef - we got a fine dining experience in the comfort of our place. The chef was attentive to each detail and prepared a great 4-course meal for us. Enjoyed every moment!

Everything was amazing, the presentation, taste, all of it!!

Chef Jesse was great! Very informative and entertaining to watch. Presentation of the food was amazing as well as the taste! Private Feedback: Thank you chef Jesse for the lovely experience, the food of course and helping me make my boyfriend’s day special. We enjoyed every moment!

Thank you so much! Such an amazing experience! Food was delicious and everything was on time Private Feedback: Thanks again for everything!

This was a wonderful experience! We booked this for a work event, and it was such a special treat. The food was delicious, and everything was personalized to each person's dietary restrictions. Great communication before the event to plan and throughout the event. Everyone was so friendly and professional.

This was an excellent experience. Chef Jesse definitely went above and beyond to make our night exceptional. What a lovely experience, 10/10 recommend

Chef Jesse was amazing! Not only was the whole meal fabulous, he did a great job explaining all the flavors and ingredients in the food we ate. He was professional and treated us to a very special experience from start to finish. Highly recommended!

Delicious food, professional service. Definitely recommend Private Feedback: Thank you for the great service

This is our second time having chef Jesse come out and make us a fabulous dinner. He is amazing and a wonderful chef. He makes the experience great from start to finish. Highly recommend chef Jesse! Private Feedback: Thank you again for the delicious dish! Such a wonderful experience as always. It was great to see you again!

Jesse arrived exactly when he said he would at 4:30 and immediately got to work. He created the most beautiful charcuterie board. He waited on us, which I didn’t expect. Next we had a really delicious salad with shrimp and sherry vinaigrette. Incredible. After that he prepared steak perfectly with scalloped potatoes, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. I’ll dream about those potatoes forever. And he finished with a delicate and light chocolate cake with a candle for the birthday girl. Then he cleaned up! We didn’t have to do a thing. He told us about his culinary journey which we really enjoyed. If we lived in Palm Springs, I’d hire Jesse regularly for dinners in. Thank you, Chef Jesse, for a magical experience. Private Feedback: Thanks again. Our dinner with you was the highlight of our trip to Palm Springs.

This experience was absolutely amazing. My family had an amazing time and the food was delicious! Chef Jesse and Dean were such an incredible duo, they made sure we had everything we needed and wanted. They were more that wonderful at their craft. 1000/10 would recommend if you are ever in the Joshua Tree area with family or friends!

This was a really fun special experience and I would recommend for special occasions. Everything was done quickly and cleanly as well as explained step by step. The chef also did really well cleaning up and there was basically little to no work on our end!

Chef Kim was punctual, thoughtful, easy to talk to and his preparation of dinner and all that comes with the experience were exceptional. We had a fabulous experience and the food was amazing. Private Feedback: Thank you Chef, we truly enjoyed the experience and appreciate you making us feel comfortable and enjoyed our evening with you. It is definitely our favorite evening of the trip. We loved every thing you prepared for us. So tasty!

Chef Kim was great. We opted for the Surf & Turf menu, and the food could not have been better. My husband and I consider ourselves to be good cooks as well, but there is nothing like a professional chef to make you feel humble. He effortlessly flew around our AirBnB and made a truly memorable 4 course meal for us, tailored to our needs and in just about 2 hours. It was a memorable one-of-a kind anniversary gift and we loved it. Private Feedback: We loved Chef Kim, but it wasn’t clear to us just who was coming - we thought we had Chef Jesse, but found out he was on vacation. Better communication about who exactly was going to be our chef would have been appreciated.

What a great experience with Chef Kim! The meal was excellent and conversation felt like meeting up with an old friend. Highly recommend. Private Feedback: Thank you again Chef Kim! We really appreciated you coming out.

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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.

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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.

+10

years since our launch

2.3M

guests enjoyed our experience

+40k

chefs have joined us

+100

countries available

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.