Personal Chef in South Island

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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A Personal Chef in South Island makes you enjoy the best gastronomy

Take a Chef offers you the possibility to enjoy the best dishes of a Personal Chef in your home. Our chefs have developed a cuisine updated with novel techniques, respecting the local products with influences from cultures from other countries. Our Personal Chefs have been trained in the best hospitality schools in the world and in restaurants of international prestige, this allows them to transfer to your home the avant-garde cuisine and dishes based on Michelin Stars. Quality and innovation are knocking on your door in South Island, hand in hand with a Personal Chef.

Hundreds of Personal Chefs around the world at your disposal

Treat yourself to a Personal Chef service in the comfort of your own home. Organize a private chef service with Take a Chef and enjoy a unique culinary experience, perfect for important occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. It’s also a great way to add a romantic twist to a dinner or to try out something different with friends. Take a Chef personalizes your service so you can enjoy your favorite foods. Just let us know your food preferences and our expert chefs in your area will send you custom menus to choose from. As for the ingredients, your chosen chef will buy fresh local produce on the day of the service. Your chef will prepare the meal right in your kitchen and provide table service for you and your guests. They will do all the cleaning up, making sure your kitchen is spotless before leaving! A relaxing way to dine at home.

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More than 1800 guests have already enjoyed the experience

What an evening! Chef Wocholas is an extremely skilled chef, and the presentation of his plates were amazing as well. It was so nice to have him working in the kitchen while we were enjoying conversation with our friends. Highly recommend creating a menu and having this talented chef at your home! He cleans up the kitchen as well, so that’s amazing!

Ainsley was absolutely brilliant! We would highly recommend using Ainsley for your next trip to Queenstown!! She went over and above to provide the most amazing experience for our dad’s 60th birthday dinner. We had a 3 course meal and canapés and every dish was incredible. Adding a waitress was also the perfect addition to complete the whole experience. At the end of the service everything was left clean and tidy, you wouldn’t have even known she’d been.

Chef Jake was absolutely amazing!! He made the whole experience a absolute breeze. The food was 10/10 and really was the highlight of everyone’s night. Will definitely be recommending to friends and family. Thank you chef Jake keep up the fantastic work!!!

I have no negative feedback was very informed from the beginning talked with Gly and Janet produced a perfect meal

Experience South Island through the senses

We work with many chefs who have experience in top restaurants, gastronomic bars, luxury hotels and more. You’ll be able to view the details of each chef’s training and experience once they send you a menu proposal. However, no matter which chef you choose, we guarantee that you’re in good hands: all of our chefs have at least a decade of experience under their belt and have been trained in top culinary schools. As soon as you receive a menu, we’ll put you in touch with the chef so that you can sort out all the details and make sure everything is to your liking!

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