Private Chef in Mijas
Rent one of our 526 private chefs for a unique dining experience. You choose the menu, and the cleanup is included.
A personal chef for any occasion in Mijas
Since the first private chef joined Take a Chef in Mijas in April 2014, more than 526 Private Chefs have joined our platform in Mijas and offered their services as private chefs anywhere in Malaga.
Starting in 2014, 19,738 guests have already enjoyed a chef in Mijas. To book your chef in Mijas, just share your event details in our form. Receive proposals from top chefs and chat with them until you find your match.
Up until today, our chefs have shared 9,848 customized menu proposals, sending a total of 112,225 messages to their guests, who rated their experience with an average score of 4.56 out of 5.
Since the first dinner provided by Take a Chef, 19,738 guests have enjoyed unique experiences with no hassle. Our guests in Mijas usually book menus around 79 EUR per person, including 3.69 courses, sharing an average of 3.18 messages with their chefs. If you've never had a chef at home but want to add an extra spice to your next celebration, just rent a chef in Mijas.
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!
526 Private Chefs in Mijas
Get to know more about our top rated Private Chefs in Mijas
More than 19,700 guests have already enjoyed the experience
4.31 Chef
The guests in Mijas have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.31.
4.58 Food quality
The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in Mijas received an average score of 4.58.
4.5 Presentation
Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.5 average score.
4.73 Cleaningness
The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in Mijas has been scored with a 4.73 on average.
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9,848 menus personalized by our Private Chefs in Mijas
Every occasion is unique - make sure you have the right chef and menu for it!
Blueberries sauce
Sweet potatoes crisps
Baked brussel sprouts
Smash potatoes
Grilled green beans
Baked butter bread
Garnish
Vegetable’s creamy soup with bacon and cheese
Roasted filled turkey
Wall nuts pie
Tabla de ibéricos y quesos (iberic ham, chorizos and cheese board)
Pan tumaca (bread with grated tomato and olive oil
Salmorejo cordobes (cold tomato soup)
Iberic ham croquettes (hand made)
Caramelized leek and onion croquettes
Garlic and parsley shrimps
Calamares a la romana con salsa tartara (deep fried calamari with tartare sauce)
Paella (spanish rice, you can choose from a variety of ingredients)
Surf and turf (steak, shrimps with mashed potatoes and pepper sauce)
Baked white fish with veggies and potatoes
Arroz con leche (rice pudding)
Basque cheese cake with strawberry coulant and mint
Red curry meatballs/albondigas al curry rojo
Candied artichokes with smoked salmon/ alcachofas confitadas con salmón ahumado
Padron fried green peppers
Roasted sweet potatos with butter and parsley
Baked brussel sprouts
Grilled green asparagus
Tomato and basil bruschetta
Cod or ham croquettes
Gambas al ajillo (pil pil)/ prawns with garlic and paprika
Pumpkin cream with orange scent/ crema de calabaza al aroma de naranja
Lobster creamy soup/ crema de bogavante
Carpaccio with parmesan and rocket salad/ carpaccio con parmesano y rucula
Buttered and fried calamari with alioli
Prawn sticks with cherries
Tunna and salmon tartar with avocado and cucumber
Cheese board with wallnuts and rasperry jam
Juicy and caramelised carrillada with carrots & smashed sweet potatoes/ carrillada melosa con zanahorias y puré de boniatos
Roast baby pork/ cochinillo asado en su jugo
Roasted lamb/ cordero asado with potatoes and onions
Roasted turkey filled with plums and apple
Filled squid with beef and sweet red pepper
Surtido de pastelitos/ mini-cakes assortment
Brownie con helado de tarta de queso/ brownie with cheesecake icecream
Chocolant coulant with vanilla icecream/ foundant de chocolate con helado de vainilla
Red velvet
Almond cake
Croquetas de pollo asado/ roasted chicken croquettes
Papas muy bravas/ spicy fried potatoes
Tabla de quesos/ cheese board
Salpicón de marisco/ seafood salad
Endivias con gorgonzola y nueces/endives with gorgonzola and wallnuts
Ensalada capprese con burratta/ capresse salad
Ensalada cesar con pollo katsu/ cesar salad with chicken katsu
Fideua frutti di mare/ seafood paella
Arroz negro con sepia/ black rice with squid
Paella de marisco/ seafood paella
Arroz de ibéricos/ iberic meat paella
Paella mixta/ mixed paella
Mushroom and fat iberic pork fideua
Coulant de chocolate con helado de vainilla/ chocolant coulant with vanilla icecream
Tarta de queso y frambuesas/ cheesecake cake with raspberries jam
Ensalada de fruta de temporada/ seasoning fruit salad
Brownie con helado de tarta de queso/ brownie with cheesecake icecream
Mega champiñón en tempura relleno de emmental/ roasted mushrooms with emmental cheese
Patatas aliñadas con lombarda y huevo dur/ potatoe and red cabbage salad with boiled eggs
Tomates aliñados con ajo/ seasoned tomatoes with garlic
Ensalada de pimientos asados/ baked red pepper salad
Endivias con gorgonzola y nueces/endives with gorgonzola and wallnuts
Ensalada de bacalao y naranja/ cod and orange salad
Ensalada capprese con burratta/ capresse salad
Ensalada cesar con pollo katsu/ cesar salad with chicken katsu
Ensalada de peras, roquefort y nueces/ pears and roquefort cheese salad
Beetroot salmorejo
Secreto ibérico/ iberic fatty pork
Solomillo de cerdo marinado/ marinated pork loin
Pollo barbacoa/chicken bbq
Brocheta de pollo y verduras/ chicken and veggie sticks
Costilla de cerdo/ pork ribs
Parrillada de verduras/ veggie bbq
Cazuela de provolone/ provolone bbq
Lagartito iberico
Butifarra/ sausages
Picaña / beef slices bbq
Brownie con helado de tarta de queso/ brownie with cheesecake icecream
Coulant de chocolate con helado de vainilla/ chocolant coulant with vanilla icecream
Greek vegetables sticks with tsatiski
Toasted bread with hummus and anchovies
Roasted mushrooms with emmental cheese
Spicy fried potatoes “papas bravas”
Potatoes and red cabbage salad with boiled eggs
Croquettes (cod, spinach or ham)
Mini cheese board
Roasted pepper with red onion
Smoked hummus with carrot sticks
Russian salad (spanish style)
Mini iberic board (ham, loin and salchichon)
Endives with gorgonzola and wall nuts
Prawns sticks
Cod and orange salad
Salmorejo (cold soup)
Beetroot salmorejo
Capresse salad
Caesar salad with chicken katsu
Greek salad with feta cheese
Pears and roquefort cheese salad
Baked toast with “sobrasada” and iberic ham
Watermelon salmorejo
Moroccan salad with chick peas
Lettuce head with korean dressing
Marinated tunna sticks with mozzarella
Spanish omelette with zuchini
Ratatouille
Vegetarian lasagna
Black rice with squid
Roasted pork loin with artichokes and crispy ham
Sweet wine stew with potatoes flakes
Iberic pork slices with pumpkin and sweet potatoes purée
Greek moussaka
Jack daniel’s pork loin with baked veggies
Salmon roasted slices in papillote with leaks and mango/curry sauce
Seafood paella
Iberic meat paella
Stuffed squid with sweet potatoes purée
Cod stew with french cream and green peas
Salmon and spinach wellington
Carbonara sauce fetuccini
Seasoning roasted fish
Potatoes with chorizo la rioja style
Golden cod “bacalhau a bras”
Baked turkish chickpeas
Confit cod with green pesto
Sweet iberic pork rice with seared goat cheese
Boneless pork loin scallopini with sage leaves and prosciutto,
Mushrooms risotto
Moorish pork sirloin steak with lemon and honey
Coulant de chocolate con helado de vainilla/ chocolant coulant with vanilla icecream
Tiramisú
Three chocolant cake
Cheesecake cake with raspberries jam
Carrot cake
Ferrero rochet cake
Brownie with cheesecake icecream
Langostinos rebozados en panko con mayonesa de aguacate y kimchi
Brochetas de pollo yakitori con salsa tonkatsu y sésamo negro/ chicken yakitori sticks
Gyozas de pato con salsa kimchi/ duck gyozas with kimchi sauce
Gyozas de pollo/ chicken gyozas
Gyozas de kimchi/ kimchi gyozas
Gyozas de veganas con salsa kimchi/ veggie gyozas with kinchi sauce
Takoyaki de pulpo/ octopus takoyaki
Surtido de nigiris flambeados con salsa teriyaki
Uramaki crujiente de tartar de atún
Hosomaki de salmón flambeado con cebollino
Uramaki de langostino rebozado en panko
Uramaki de gambas, manzana y topping de mango
Uramaki inverso de pepino, salmón ahumado y crema de queso
Ceviche de pulpo y mejillones/ mussels and octopus ceviche
Uramaki de pollo katsu
Hosomaki de mozzarella y albahaca
Hosomaki de atún con mayonesa schiracha
Uramaki de tartar de salmon, crema de queso y aguacate
Uramaki de pez mantequilla, salmon y pepino
Tartar marinado de atún y salmón, pepino, puerro, cilantro,lima, shishimi pepper y hondashi
Tartar de salmon templado con mango y edamame frito
Tartar de atún y gambas
Coulant de chocolate con helado de vainilla/ chocolant coulant with vanilla icecream
Brownie con helado de coco/ brownie with cheesecake icecream
Tarta tres chocolates/ three chocolant cake
Tarta de queso y frambuesas/ cheesecake cake with raspberries jam
Ensalada de fruta de temporada/ seasoning fruit salad
Tarta de limon/ lemon pie
Burrata salad (lettuce mix, sweet corn, cucumber, tomatoes, red onions and beetroot, with a salty and sour vinagerette and burrata cheese)
Fresh greek salad (feta cheese, cucumber, red onions, pepper, tomato, black olives)
Fresh capresse salad (cherry tomatoes, mozarella cheese and pesto)
Arabian chickpeas hummus dip with celery, cucumber, carrot sticks and crackers
Salmon tartar (with avocado and spicy cherry tomatoes)
Caramelized leek and onion croquettes (hand made) with pickled red onions and wasabi mayo
Courgette, onions and bacon quiche
Crispy king prawns on a spicy red curry sauce
Dill and white wine marinated sea bass with sauteed veggies
Basil marinated salmon with potatoes and sweet potatoes graten and green sauce
Brandy and pepper sauce beef steak, potato thousand layers and sauteed veggies
Chicken and bacon roulade (minced chicken filled with veggies, covered on bacon cooked with orange juice)
Homemade tiramisu
Cheese cake with strawberry coulant and mint
Chocolate mousse with cream and caramelized pecans
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.
Frequently asked questions
Below, you can find the most common questions about private chef services in Mijas.
What does a private chef service include in Mijas?
A private chef service includes everything necessary to enjoy a personalized dining experience at home. This includes:
- Customization of a menu based on your preferences;
- Purchase of ingredients;
- Mise en place (preparation of ingredients) before arrival;
- Preparation of the menu at your home;
- Complete table service;
- Set up and cleaning of the kitchen and used spaces.
Please note that tableware and glassware are not included. Gratuity is entirely at your discretion.
How much does a private chef cost in Mijas?
The price of renting a chef in Mijas can vary depending on the specifics, but smaller groups tend to have a slightly different price per person compared to larger gatherings.
Booking prices range from 47 EUR to 85 EUR. For groups of 13 people or more, the price is 47 EUR per person. For groups of 7 to 12 people, the cost is 50 EUR per person. For groups of 3 to 6 people, the rate is 65 EUR per person, and for 2 people, the price is 85 EUR per person.
Seasonal ingredients, your location, and how soon you book also affect the final price. If you're interested in getting free quotes with no obligation, fill out our form and let the best chefs near you send unique proposals for your event.
How can I hire a private chef in Mijas?
Booking is easy! Just tell us the date of your event, number of guests, dietary preferences and any allergies, and a few details about your kitchen. Within a few hours, you'll receive customized menus from qualified chefs. Each chef's profile will include their experience, reviews, and photos of their dishes.
Feel free to chat directly with the chefs through our platform. Ask them to modify menus, discuss pricing, or get answers to any questions you might have. Once you've found the perfect chef and menu, finalize your reservation online. We'll then provide the chef's contact information to confirm any final details.
How can I find a private chef near me?
There are currently 526 chefs available in Mijas. Fill out a form specifying your needs and the date. Take a Chef will connect you with the best available chefs in Mijas who will send you their menu proposals. You can then choose the chef and menu that suits you best.
Is there a maximum number of guests for a private chef service?
While there's no strict limit on guest count, private chef experiences are designed to create a more intimate atmosphere, perfect for gatherings of friends and family. Since most homes have limited space to accommodate large groups, parties typically don't exceed 15 people.
Does the chef cook at my house?
Yes, the chef always prepares the menu at your home for a more personalized experience. However, some prep work might be done beforehand for complex dishes.
Can I cook along with the chef?
Absolutely! Many guests are passionate about food and relish the chance to learn from the chef. You can pick up new kitchen skills and get a behind-the-scenes look at each dish on the menu. Feel free to jump in and cook alongside the chef for a truly interactive experience!
Are the ingredients fresh?
Yes, they're 100% fresh. Unlike restaurants with pre-made dishes, private chefs prioritize using the freshest ingredients possible. This is because the chef creates a customized menu specifically for you, then goes out and sources the finest ingredients to bring your chosen dishes to life.
Are drinks included in the personal chef service?
Drinks are not typically included, but you can discuss adding them to the menu proposal with the chef.
How much should I tip my private chef in Mijas?
Tipping for private chefs is entirely at your discretion. Our goal is for you to have an unforgettable experience, and the chef always appreciates a nice tip. However, the decision and amount are completely up to you.
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How many chef services are booked in Mijas each month?
Private chef reservations can vary seasonally depending on the destination. In Mijas, for example, demand often increases during special dates like Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, so it's best to book in advance.
If you're wondering about the best time to hire a chef, any month is perfect for enjoying a private chef. Just keep in mind that prices may vary, especially for last-minute bookings. So, don't wait—book your chef early to secure your unique dining experience in Mijas.
Cost of a private chef in Mijas
The cost of hiring a private chef in Mijas can vary based on several factors, including the number of people in your group or seasonality. Larger groups tend to have a different average rate per person compared to smaller groups that hire a chef:
Booking prices range from 47 EUR to 85 EUR per person.
For 13 people or more: 47 EUR
For 7 to 12 people: 50 EUR
For 3 to 6 people: 65 EUR
For 2 people: 85 EUR.
Additionally, prices can fluctuate depending on the time of year, location, and how soon you book your personal chef. If you want to get free quotes, just fill out our form and receive tailored proposals for your event. No committment at all.
Private chefs registrations
After many years of offering our services, we are lucky to have a fantastic team of chefs that keeps growing in Mijas!
4 personal chefs register with us every month. Our verification team reviews these new chef profiles daily to categorize them, allowing you to discover incredible new chefs every month.
What is the most reserved type of cuisine in Mijas?
We mainly offer six types of cuisine in Mijas: Mediterranean, Italian, French, Japanese, Mexican, and surprise. The type of cuisine with the highest number of bookings is the Mediterranean, but you can have anything you want (our surprise menu will cover that!).
Beyond these six types of cuisine, our private chefs personalize diverse menus for their clients every day, adjusting every detail to find the perfect menu for every occasion and every group. Our private chefs can accommodate any allergy or dietary restriction and suggest other cuisines or fusion dishes. Submit your request and hire a chef in Mijas!
Talk to our chefs in Mijas
Each of our chefs is one-of-a-kind, with professional culinary training and years of experience in diverse restaurants. Craving Italian pasta, Spanish paella, or traditional sushi in Mijas? You’ll get it. Tell us about your event in Mijas, and discover the best chefs who will customize every detail of your experience.
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