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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.
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12912 menus personalized by our Private Chefs in Costa Rica
Every occasion is unique - make sure you have the right chef and menu for it!








Tico ceviche
Guacamole & pico de gallo with chips
Bread & butter
Hearth of palm salad
Chef special ceviche
Green salad with turmeric dressing
Pejibaye cream with ginger glaze
Pumpkin soup with sour cream and ginger chips
Costarrican casado with the protein to choose
Costarrican fried rice with chicken
Roasted whole chicken
Bbq platter
Caribbean whole fish with patacones
Beef stew with mash potato and veggies
Costarrican tradicional rice pudding
3 leches cake with ice cream
Corn bread with ice cream
Ripe plantain flambé with tequila
Welcome bites: garlic mojo, pesto, vegetable escabeche, malanga chips
Cassava basket with pejibaye salad (finger food)
Pico de gallo, guacamole, and malanga chips
Casado with beef tenderloin, rice, beans, salad, fried plantain, and picadillo
Chifrijo (rice, beans, crispy pork, pico de gallo, and tortilla chips)
Tres leches cake (costa rican traditional recipe)
Coconut flan
Banana bread with whipped cream
Caprese salad with buffalo mozzarella and fresh basil
Crostini with eggplant paté
Mini antipasto: zucchini, eggplant, salami, and mixed cheeses
Home made tortellini stuffed with ricotta and spinach, pomodoro sauce
Chicken parmesan with pomodoro and parmesan cheese
Lasagna with mozzarella and vegan parmesan
Tiramisu
Panna cotta with strawberry coulis
Lemon cheesecake
Welcome drink
Pico de gallo salad, roasted garlic alioli and palm tree fruit chips
Fresh tuna avocado sauce with pineapple, grilled tomato and red onion salad with caramelized carrots
Costarrican casado: rice, beans, traditional picadillo, cabbage, cilantro, salad and roasted chicken thigth
Gallitos costarricenses trilogy of beef, chicken and fish with the authentic costarican flavors in a fresh corn tortilla de cascado corn
Caramelized pork rib in a lime sugar cane reduction, yuca pure, a crsipy touch of a breaded zuchinny cilantro mayo and a fresh green mix salad on the top
Palm tree fruit sweet sauce mirror, cacao cake and guava sphere
Fish ceviche with malanga root chips
Tuna niguiri bowl with wasabi
Shrimp dumplings with criolla sauce
Grilled mahi-mahi with rice and vegetables
Shrimp rice with garlic and sweet pepper
Fish tacos with avocado sauce and slaw
Coconut flan
Banana foster with avocado ice cream
Tamarind sorbet with chocolate mousse
Fresh lobster ceviche with heart of palm, coconut milk, red onion, ginger, and malanga chips
"turn the life" ceviche (shrimp, scallops, and fish) with mandarin lemon juice and cilantro
Costa rican enyucados with cilantro mayonnaise and turmeric coral tuile
Surf & turf (ribeye steak and whole jumbo shrimp) with rosemary potatoes and red wine sauce
Whole grilled red snapper caribbean-style with coconut milk sauce and patacones
Lobster tail with tamarind glaze, roasted potatoes, and chimichurri
Avocado homemade ice cream with organic chocolate syrup
Coconut flan with blue zone cacao ganache
Tarte tatin with fresh blueberries
Welcome mocktail or cocktail
Mixed chips with roasted peppers dip
Octopus ceviche, fresh and nice mix of grilled palm hearth, avocado, tomato pure, lime, red onion, cilantro and a spicy touch
Grapes and balsamic octopus with really good seasoned baby potatoes
Costarican tiradito: thin slices of fresh fish marinated with a garlic lime sauce, sweet corn red onion and avocado
Mejillones new zeland with lime garlic sauce
Coconut breaded season fish, menier sauce or sacmpy sauce, mixed green salad with passion fruit dressing, fries and home made mayo recipe
Open menu
Achiotado mahi mahi green beans sweet plantain sauted, grilled sweet potato and coconut sauce
La chola encebollado beef stake grilled and really good seasoned baby potato pumpkin sauce and cilantro sauce duo
Lobster del golfo with cilantro sauce stuffeed with shrimps in bernesa sauce, sauted potatoes and grilled zuchinny
Honey sweet plantains wipped coffee cream on the top and strawberrys
Customizable menu
Costa rican fruit salad with ice cream and condensed milk lime sauce
Costa rican fish ceviche with heart of palm, coconut milk, and malanga root chips
Yuca croquettes with soft cheese
Chayote bites with roasted red pepper sauce and habanero crunch
Casado with grilled mahi-mahi, rice, beans, fried plantains, and cabbage salad
Shrimp rice with celery, garlic, sweet peppers, and potatoes
Costa rican–style jumbo shrimp with achiote sauce, mashed potatoes, and mixed salad
Grilled pineapple with coconut cream and caramelized brown sugar
Passion fruit cheesecake
Chocolate lava cake
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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.








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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