Chef Juan Pablo Calvo
Private Chef in Playa del Carmen
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I’m Juan Pablo Calvo, a private chef with over 20 years of international experience in top kitchens across the United States, Argentina, Italy, Spain,
I’m Juan Pablo Calvo, a private chef with over 20 years of international experience in top kitchens across the United States, Argentina, Italy, Spain, and Mexico.
My mission is to bring fine dining into your home or villa in Playa del Carmen, creating personalized and unforgettable culinary experiences.
I specialize in private dinners, luxury brunches, intimate celebrations, and event catering. Every dish is crafted with premium ingredients, global techniques, and attention to every detail.
One of my most exclusive services includes live gourmet pizza-making at your home using a professional Ooni oven, delivering the authentic taste of wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza—crispy, artisanal, and unforgettable.
“I don’t just cook—I create memorable moments through food.”

More about me
For me, cooking is...
A lifestyle where I can express my creativity and my passion for gastronomy.
I learned to cook at...
I made a mischief when I was 10 years old, because of my mother's oversight I cooked a cake
A cooking secret...
Use good quality ingredients and execute the appropriate techniques for each product
My menus
Mixed ceviche, shrimp, octopus, fish, cilantro, tomatoes , lemon
Chicken tacos dorados with fresh cheese and cream
Chicken tinga empanadas
Guacamole, tortilla chips
Pico de gallo, tortilla chips
A la veracruzana fish with red rice
Cochinita (our famous Mexican pu-lled pork): slow-baked pork leg in a banana leaf, with axiote and sour orange, accompanied by freshly made tortillas
Al pastor tacos (pork marinated with chiles and achiote, not spicy , pineapple, sauce and tortillas)
Fish tacos, cabo style with coleslaw salad and spicy mayo
Chicken or beef fajitas with veggies and rice
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
3 leches cheesecake Mexican dessert
Key lime pie
Berries cheesecake
Churros wit cajeta , condensed milk, chocolate
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Caesar salad (fresh lettuce, croutons, caesar dressing and parmesan cheese)
Caprese salad (with buffalo mozarella, tomato with basil pesto sauce)
Garlic bread with tapenade
Caprese bruschetta with pesto sauce
Greek bruschetta toasted baguette, creamy feta cheese and olives
Italian bruschetta, with cheese , tomatoes, and olive oil
Al pastor tacos (pork marinated with chiles and achiote, not spicy , pineapple, sauce and tortillas)
BEEF AND VEGETABLES SOUVLAKI WITH RISOTTO
Beef napolitan milanese with spaguetti
Chicken Swiss enchiladas with green sauce and cheese
Chicken with mole sauce and baby veggies
Cochinita (our famous Mexican pu-lled pork): slow-baked pork leg in a banana leaf, with axiote and sour orange, accompanied by freshly made tortillas
Fish with butter sauce and capers with grilled vegetables
3 leches cheesecake Mexican dessert
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
Apple crumble with ice cream
Berries panacotta
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Octopus carpaccio with arugula, balsamic vinagrette
Brie cheese with roasted figs , grapes, honey, arugula and pistachios
Beet roasted salad with burrata cheese, onions, apple, honey vinagrette
Burrata cheese and prosciutto burschetta with arugula, olives and olive oil
Pappardelle pasta with langosta with garlic butter, bacon and parsley
Rib eye with greek salad
Tiramisu
Canolli filled with pastry cream
Berries panacotta
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Garlic bread with tapenade
Fresh melon with serrano ham and balsamic vinagrete
Caprese salad (with buffalo mozarella, tomato with basil pesto sauce)
Caesar salad (fresh lettuce, croutons, caesar dressing and parmesan cheese)
Home made spaguetti with sauce
Osobuco with risotto
Hand made ravioli filled with goat cheese and almonds with cream sauce
Brownie with ice cream
Tiramisu
Berries panacotta
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Beet roasted salad with burrata cheese, onions, apple, honey vinagrette
Brie cheese with roasted figs , grapes, honey, arugula and pistachios
Burrata cheese and prosciutto burschetta with arugula, olives and olive oil
Caesar salad (fresh lettuce, croutons, caesar dressing and parmesan cheese)
Caprese bruschetta with pesto sauce
Greek bruschetta toasted baguette, creamy feta cheese and olives
Italian bruschetta, with cheese , tomatoes, and olive oil
Seafood bruschetta with olive oil
A la veracruzana fish with red rice
Chicken Swiss enchiladas with green sauce and cheese
Cochinita (our famous Mexican pu-lled pork): slow-baked pork leg in a banana leaf, with axiote and sour orange, accompanied by freshly made tortillas
Fish with butter sauce and capers with grilled vegetables
Grilled fish and octopus with cream risotto
3 leches cheesecake Mexican dessert
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
Apple crumble with ice cream
Brownie with ice cream
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Octopus carpaccio with arugula, balsamic vinagrette
Mixed ceviche, shrimp, octopus, fish, cilantro, tomatoes , lemon
Seafood bruschetta with olive oil
Caprese bruschetta with pesto sauce
Grilled octopus with potatoes , paprika and olive oil
Fish with butter sauce and capers with grilled vegetables
Flank steak with sautee shrimps and mashed potatoes
3 leches cheesecake Mexican dessert
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
Apple crumble with ice cream
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Yellow fin tuna tostada (spicy mayo, caramelised onion, sesame sauce)
Chicken tacos dorados with fresh cheese and cream
Mixed ceviche, shrimp, octopus, fish, cilantro, tomatoes , lemon
Lobster, shrimp, octopus, veggies with garlic butter suace
Grilled rib eye with veggies
Grilled shrimps with veggies and garlic butter suace
3 leches cheesecake Mexican dessert
Apple crumble with ice cream
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
Berries cheesecake
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Beet roasted salad with burrata cheese, onions, apple, honey vinagrette
Greek salad, lettuce , cucumber, tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, olives, olive oil
Greek bruschetta toasted baguette, creamy feta cheese and olives
Burrata cheese and prosciutto burschetta with arugula, olives and olive oil
Chicken Swiss enchiladas with green sauce and cheese
(lobster, shrimp, octopus, veggies) with garlic butter suace
Flank steak filet with veggies
Grilled octopus with potatoes , paprika and olive oil
Almond & Pears (Vanilla base, filled with rum almond cream and spiced poached pears)
Apple crumble with ice cream
Carrot cake (Carrot cake with walnut and cinnamon, filled and topped with cream cheese frosting)
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