Private Chef in Tuscany
Let one of our 422 private chefs cook where you are staying in Tuscany — a villa, an agriturismo, a rented apartment. Tell us the dates and how you like to eat, and we line up chefs who fit your stay, with the menu, the timings and the total price agreed in writing before you book.
A personal chef for any occasion in Tuscany
Picture this: long wooden table under olive trees, wine flowing, fresh pasta on the way. That’s what guests are booking in Tuscany — not just meals, but memories made at home, without leaving the villa.
Whether it’s a family lunch in the hills of Chianti, a wedding anniversary in a farmhouse near Siena, or a relaxed dinner after a day exploring Florence, a private chef brings the flavors of Tuscany to your table. With more than 26,000 guests choosing this experience, and 400 chefs available in the region, it's become part of how travelers enjoy their stay.
Menus are built around what you want — regional dishes, vegetarian options, seasonal ingredients. Most guests go for 4 or 5 courses, and pricing starts at around 104 EUR per person.
Tell us the dates, the group and how you like to eat, and we turn that into a brief the chefs work from. You get a shortlist of chefs who fit it, with the reason each one fits, and you decide. Menu, timings and total price are agreed in writing before you confirm.
The beauty of Tuscany isn't just what you see. It's also what you taste — and sharing a home-cooked meal, prepared just for you, is one of the best ways to take it all in.
How it works
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422 Private Chefs in Tuscany
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More than 26,000 guests have already enjoyed the experience
4.45 Chef
The guests in Tuscany have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.45.
4.75 Food quality
The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in Tuscany received an average score of 4.75.
4.65 Presentation
Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.65 average score.
4.8 Cleaningness
The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in Tuscany has been scored with a 4.8 on average.
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 Tuscany.
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 Tuscany 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 56 EUR to 104 EUR. For groups of 13 people or more, the price is 56 EUR per person. For groups of 7 to 12 people, the cost is 58 EUR per person. For groups of 3 to 6 people, the rate is 77 EUR per person, and for 2 people, the price is 104 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.
Tell us the date, the number of guests, any allergies or dietary preferences, and a few details about the kitchen where you are staying. We turn that into a brief and send it to the chefs in the area who fit it.
Within a few hours you receive menu proposals from chefs who fit your brief, each with the chef's experience, reviews and photos of their dishes, and the reason that chef suits your group. You can ask for a menu to be changed or a question answered, and we relay it. You choose.
Once you confirm, we handle the payment and coordinate the details with the chef — arrival time, kitchen, access to the property. Everything that was agreed stays in writing, and we stay responsible for the service through to the day itself.
There are currently 422 chefs available in Tuscany. Fill out a form specifying your needs and the date. Take a Chef will connect you with the best available chefs in Tuscany who will send you their menu proposals. You can then choose the chef and menu that suits you best.
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.
Absolutely. Most guests book chefs directly to their villa, agriturismo, or countryside home. Whether you're staying near Florence, in the hills of Chianti, or in a restored farmhouse outside Siena, your chef will come to you and cook everything on-site — so you can enjoy the meal without leaving the view.
Yes, and it is one of the most common requests we get in Tuscany. A chef can cook dinner every evening of your stay, or just the nights that matter — the arrival dinner, the birthday, the last night before everyone flies home.
Tell us the whole stay at once rather than booking evening by evening. We put the brief together for the full run of dates, so the chefs who fit it can plan menus that do not repeat and shop once for several days, and you get one set of conditions and one total price instead of a separate arrangement for each dinner.
If plans move while you are there, you tell us and we sort the change with the chef.
Yes. Many chefs shop at nearby markets or use suppliers from the region. Expect fresh pasta, seasonal vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, and local meats or cheeses. Dishes often reflect the area’s traditions — think pappa al pomodoro, bistecca alla fiorentina, or handmade gnocchi with sage and butter.
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.
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How many chef services are booked in Tuscany each month?
Bookings in Tuscany follow the season of the stay, not the calendar of a city. Demand climbs from late spring through September, when villas and agriturismi fill up, and the same weeks are the hardest to staff: harvest, truffle season and the long August weeks book out first.
If you already know your dates, tell us early: in high season the chefs who fit a particular group and a particular kitchen are booked weeks ahead, and an early request means a wider shortlist rather than whatever is left.
Out of season the region is quieter and easier to arrange, and the cooking is arguably better — game, new oil, winter greens.
Cost of a private chef in Tuscany
The cost of hiring a private chef in Tuscany 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 56 EUR to 104 EUR per person.
For 13 people or more: 56 EUR
For 7 to 12 people: 58 EUR
For 3 to 6 people: 77 EUR
For 2 people: 104 EUR.
Those figures are a guide. The real number depends on the season, how far the chef travels to your property, the courses you pick and how much notice you give.
Tell us what you have in mind and we come back with proposals that carry the total price, what it includes and what it does not, in writing, before anything is confirmed. We handle the payment through Take a Chef, so the conditions you agreed are the conditions that apply.
Private chefs registrations
After many years of offering our services, we are lucky to have a fantastic team of chefs that keeps growing in Toscana!
3 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 Tuscany?
We mainly offer six types of cuisine in Tuscany: Mediterranean, Italian, French, Japanese, Mexican, and surprise. The type of cuisine with the highest number of bookings is the Italian, but you can have anything you want (our surprise menu will cover that!).
In practice most groups in Tuscany ask for local cooking: handmade pasta, seasonal vegetables, new olive oil, a slow-cooked main, and one dish somebody read about and wants to try. Plenty leave it to the chef entirely.
Allergies and dietary restrictions go into the request from the start, so the chefs we shortlist have already accounted for them in the menu they send you. Tell us what you have in mind for your table in Toscana.
Private chef in Tuscany, just for you
Renting a villa, a farmhouse or an agriturismo in Tuscany? The chef comes to where you are staying and cooks for your group — one dinner under the pergola, or every evening of the week.
Tell us the dates, how many of you there are and how you like to eat, and we put together a shortlist of chefs who fit that brief: a hands-on cook for a long family lunch, someone used to cooking for fourteen, a chef who works around a kitchen with two burners and no oven. You choose from that shortlist.
Most groups here are six to eight people and go for local Tuscan cooking — handmade pasta, seasonal vegetables, a slow-cooked main. From your first message, menu, timings and total price stay in one place, so nobody has to chase a detail the day before.
How it works in a villa or agriturismo
Once you have chosen, we coordinate the practical side with the chef: arrival time, what the kitchen at your property actually has, parking, and whether the owner or manager needs to know someone is cooking that evening.
The chef brings the shopping, cooks on site, serves each course and leaves the kitchen as it was. Shopping, cooking, service and clean-up are part of the price you agreed; tableware and glassware are not.
If something changes — an arrival delayed, two more guests, an allergy nobody mentioned — you tell us and we sort it with the chef. Booking is only the beginning, and we stay responsible for the service until the last plate is cleared.
Celebrate any occasion with a personal chef
Planning something specific during your stay? Birthdays, anniversaries and the last dinner before everyone flies home are the evenings people book most often here, alongside the everyday ones — friends gathering around a table, a family reunion that finally has everyone in the same house.
Across Tuscany we have run more than 1,400 services for over 10,600 guests, rated 4.7 out of 5 across 641 reviews. With 400 chefs available in the region, the shortlist you get is built around your dates and your menu, not around whoever happens to be free.
Talk to our chefs in Tuscany
The chefs cooking in Tuscany are trained professionals with years of restaurant kitchens behind them, and most of them cook the food of this region every week: fresh pasta, bistecca, seasonal vegetables from the market that morning.
Tell us what you have in mind — the dates, the group, the kind of evening — and we put together a shortlist of chefs who fit it, with the reason each one does. You choose from there.
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