Private Chef in Edinburgh
Rent one of our 158 private chefs for a unique dining experience. You choose the menu, and the cleanup is included.
How much does a private chef cost in Edinburgh?
For 6 people in Edinburgh, a private chef costs less than dinner out.
AVERAGE PRICE · 6 GUESTS
750 GBP
125 GBP per guesteverything included
What's included
- Chef comes to you
- All ingredients sourced and bought
- Full meal cooked in your kitchen
- Spotless kitchen afterwards
HERE'S THE REAL BREAKDOWN
- 2 guests137GBP / guest = 274 GBP total
- 4 guests125GBP / guest = 500 GBP total
- 6 guests125GBP / guest = 750 GBP total
- 8 guests79GBP / guest = 632 GBP total
- 10 guests79GBP / guest = 790 GBP total
- 13+ guests75GBP / guest = 975 GBP total
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.
158 Private Chefs in Edinburgh
Get to know more about our top rated Private Chefs in Edinburgh
More than 900 guests have already enjoyed the experience
4 Chef
The guests in Edinburgh have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.
4 Food quality
The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in Edinburgh received an average score of 4.
4.25 Presentation
Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.25 average score.
4.5 Cleaningness
The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in Edinburgh has been scored with a 4.5 on average.
A private chef for any occasion in Edinburgh
Since the first private chef joined Take a Chef in Edinburgh in February 2017, more than 158 Private Chefs have joined our platform in Edinburgh and offered their services as private chefs anywhere in Edinburgh.
Since 2017, 997 guests have been part of requests for a chef in Edinburgh. To get started, tell us what the occasion is, when it is and who is coming, and we turn that into a brief the chefs actually work from.
So far our chefs have written 260 customised menu proposals and exchanged 649 messages with their guests, who rated the experience 4.2 out of 5. We put together the chefs who fit your brief and explain why each one suits it, we keep the menu and the conditions in one place as they change, and we handle the payment.
Groups in Edinburgh usually book menus around 107 GBP per person, with 4.58 courses and an average of 4.72 messages exchanged with their chef. Across the 997 guests covered by requests here, the typical table is six or seven people: a birthday, a family dinner, friends who have taken a place in town for the weekend.
If you have never had a chef cook in your kitchen before, the part that surprises people is how little is left to you on the night. The chef shops, cooks, serves and leaves the kitchen clean. We coordinate the date, the access and the final details with them beforehand, and we stay reachable while the service is happening in Edinburgh.
Frequently asked questions
Below, you can find the most common questions about private chef services in Edinburgh.
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.
The price of renting a chef in Edinburgh 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 75 GBP to 137 GBP. For groups of 13 people or more, the price is 75 GBP per person. For groups of 7 to 12 people, the cost is 79 GBP per person. For groups of 3 to 6 people, the rate is 125 GBP per person, and for 2 people, the price is 137 GBP 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.
Tell us the date, how many guests are coming, any allergies or dietary restrictions, and a few details about your kitchen. We turn that into a brief, and within a few hours you will have menus from chefs we have picked because they fit it, each with their experience, their reviews and their full price.
You can talk to any of them through us to adjust a menu or ask a question, and we stay on the thread until the menu is settled. Once you confirm, we handle the payment, we put you in touch with your chef for the final details, and we coordinate the timings with them. Everything agreed stays in writing in one place, and we remain responsible for the service.
There are currently 158 chefs available in Edinburgh. Fill out a form specifying your needs and the date. Take a Chef will connect you with the best available chefs in Edinburgh who will send you their menu proposals. You can then choose the chef and menu that suits you best.
Yes. Plenty of the bookings here are for people staying in a flat, a house or a rented property in and around the city, for a birthday weekend, a hen or stag do, or a family trip. It can be one dinner or several meals across the stay.
Tell us the dates, the address and how many are coming. We check what the kitchen can take, agree the menus and the timings with you in writing, and coordinate arrival and access with the chef and with whoever manages the property. Group sizes are usually somewhere between two and fifteen, and the per-guest price falls as the table grows.
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.
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!
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.
Drinks are not typically included, but you can discuss adding them to the menu proposal with the chef.
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.
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.
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How many chef services are booked in Edinburgh each month?
Private chef bookings in Edinburgh follow the city's calendar rather than a generic season. Birthdays are the single most common reason people book a chef here, and demand tightens around Hogmanay, the August festival weeks and the run of stag and hen weekends that fill the New Town and Old Town flats from spring onwards.
When you tell us the date, we check what a chef can realistically cover that evening before anything is confirmed, so a busy weekend in Edinburgh is a planning question rather than a surprise.
There is no wrong month to have a chef cook in your kitchen, but the earlier you tell us, the wider the selection we can work with. For a peak date in Edinburgh we would rather know weeks ahead; for a quiet Tuesday, a few days is usually enough.
Either way the sequence is the same: you tell us what the evening is for, we put together chefs who fit that brief and explain why each one suits it, and you choose from there. Booking is only the beginning of the work we do.
Cost of a private chef in Edinburgh
What a private chef costs in Edinburgh depends on the size of your group, the menu you settle on and the time of year. Published rates run from 75 GBP to 137 GBP per guest, and the per-guest figure falls as the table grows because the chef's time is shared across more covers.
For 13 people or more: 75 GBP
For 7 to 12 people: 79 GBP
For 3 to 6 people: 125 GBP
For 2 people: 137 GBP.
Treat these as a starting range rather than a quote. Across the United Kingdom the typical figure is closer to 95 GBP per guest for a group of 3 to 6 and 70 GBP for a group of 7 to 12, and your own number is confirmed in writing before you book anything.
The figure that matters is the total, not the headline rate. What you agree covers the chef coming to you, the shopping for the menu you chose, the cooking and table service in your own kitchen, and the kitchen left clean afterwards. Tableware, glassware and drinks are not part of it, and a tip is entirely your call.
Tell us the date, the number of guests and anything the table cannot eat, and we will come back with menus and a full price. Everything that is agreed stays in writing, and we handle the payment, so nobody is settling up with a chef at the end of the night.
Private chefs registrations
After many years of offering our services, we are lucky to have a fantastic team of chefs that keeps growing in Edinburgh!
1 personal chefs register with us every month, and our verification team reviews each new profile before it can take work. Registering is not the same as being suitable for your evening: when you tell us what you have in mind, we look at who cooks that food, who has done it for a group your size and who can reach your address on that date, and we explain why each chef we put forward fits.
You choose from that selection. We stay responsible for the service around it.
What is the most reserved type of cuisine in Edinburgh?
We mainly offer six types of cuisine in Edinburgh: Mediterranean, Italian, French, Japanese, Mexican, and surprise. The type of cuisine with the highest number of bookings is the Chef's special, but you can have anything you want (our surprise menu will cover that!).
Beyond those six cuisines, the menus our chefs write in Edinburgh are built around the table in front of them: Scottish produce cooked simply for a birthday dinner, a long sharing menu for a group taking over a flat for the weekend, a tasting sequence for two.
Allergies and dietary restrictions are part of the brief from the start, not an afterthought, and they travel with the menu through every version until it is agreed. Tell us what you have in mind and we will take it from there, in Edinburgh.
Enjoy exquisite food with a Private Chef
A private chef in Edinburgh turns your own kitchen into the venue for the evening, without you cooking or clearing up. It works for the occasions people here book most often: birthdays, family dinners, a celebration with friends, a group staying in the city for a few days.
Tell us what the evening is for, how many are coming and what the kitchen is like, and we shape that into a brief. From there we put together chefs who fit it and explain why each one suits your evening, so you are choosing between relevant options rather than sifting through everyone available.
On the day, your chef shops for the menu you agreed, cooks in your kitchen, serves the table and leaves the space as they found it. The menu, the timings and the total price are agreed in writing before any of that happens, and we handle the payment.
Edinburgh’s best Private Chefs come to your home
The chefs who cook for Edinburgh events come from restaurant kitchens, hotel kitchens and their own catering businesses, and they cook very different things. That range is the point: the question is not who is best in the abstract, but who fits a birthday for seven, a sharing menu for a group of twelve, or dinner for two.
So we do that part. You tell us the occasion, the date, the number of guests and anything the table cannot eat; we put forward chefs who suit that brief and set out why, with their menus and the full price. You talk to your chef directly once you have chosen, and everything you agree stays in writing in one place.
One of our guests in Edinburgh put it plainly after a birthday dinner for seven: "very professional and great communication throughout the process. He was punctual, friendly and the food was fabulous."
Experience the best gastronomy of Edinburgh
Edinburgh has a restaurant scene worth the queue, but a table for ten on a festival weekend is another matter, and so is a group staying in a flat or a house outside the centre. That is where having the chef come to you changes the evening: no booking window, no splitting the party across two tables, no taxis at midnight.
It is the same for a stay. If you have taken a property in or around the city for a few days, we can arrange a single dinner or a run of meals across the stay. We agree the menus and the timings with you in advance, and we coordinate access, kitchen and arrival times with the chef and with whoever manages the property, so nobody is working that out on the doorstep.
Tell us the dates and the number of guests and we will come back with chefs who fit.
Talk to our chefs in Edinburgh
Our chefs in Edinburgh come from professional kitchens and cook very different things, from Scottish produce to Italian, Japanese or a menu built around whatever you have in mind. Tell us about your evening in Edinburgh and we will put together the chefs who fit it, with their menus, their price and the reason each one suits your table.
