Private Chef in Mexico City
Rent one of our 1,292 private chefs for a unique dining experience. You choose the menu, and the cleanup is included.
How much does a private chef cost in Mexico City?
For 6 people in Mexico City, a private chef costs less than dinner out.
AVERAGE PRICE · 6 GUESTS
8,928 MXN
1,488 MXN 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 guests1,788MXN / guest = 3,576 MXN total
- 4 guests1,488MXN / guest = 5,952 MXN total
- 6 guests1,488MXN / guest = 8,928 MXN total
- 8 guests1,253MXN / guest = 10,024 MXN total
- 10 guests1,253MXN / guest = 12,530 MXN total
- 13+ guests1,125MXN / guest = 14,625 MXN 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.
1,292 Private Chefs in Mexico City
Get to know more about our top rated Private Chefs in Mexico City
More than 51,200 guests have already enjoyed the experience
4.47 Chef
The guests in Mexico City have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.47.
4.58 Food quality
The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in Mexico City received an average score of 4.58.
4.58 Presentation
Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.58 average score.
4.72 Cleaningness
The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in Mexico City has been scored with a 4.72 on average.
A personal chef for any occasion in Mexico City
Since the first private chef joined Take a Chef in Mexico City in July 2015, more than 1,292 Private Chefs have joined our platform in Mexico City and offered their services as private chefs anywhere in Ciudad de México.
Starting in 2015, 51,209 guests have already enjoyed a chef in Mexico City. To book yours, tell us what you have in mind: the date, the table, what nobody can eat. We turn that into a brief, put together chefs who fit it, and stay on the thread with you until the menu is settled.
Up until today, chefs working with Take a Chef in Mexico City have written 24,760 menus for specific tables and exchanged 39,710 messages about them, with guests rating the service 4.61 out of 5.
Since the first dinner arranged by Take a Chef, 51,209 guests have sat down to one. In Mexico City, tables usually land around 1,421 MXN per person for 3.05 courses, after an average of 5.65 messages that we keep in one place so nothing has to be asked twice. If you have never had a chef cook at home, the evening is simpler than it sounds: you decide what it should be, and we make the rest happen in Mexico City.
Frequently asked questions
Below, you can find the most common questions about private chef services in Mexico City.
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 Mexico City 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 1,125 MXN to 1,788 MXN. For groups of 13 people or more, the price is 1,125 MXN per person. For groups of 7 to 12 people, the cost is 1,253 MXN per person. For groups of 3 to 6 people, the rate is 1,488 MXN per person, and for 2 people, the price is 1,788 MXN 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 what you have in mind: the date, how many are coming, what nobody can eat and a couple of details about your kitchen. We turn that into a brief so you never have to explain it twice.
Within a few hours you get menus written for your table by chefs who fit that brief, each with the reason they do, their experience and photos of their food. You can ask for changes through us and we stay on the thread until the menu is settled.
Once you choose, the scope and the total price are fixed in writing and we handle the payment. From there we coordinate with the chef and confirm the details ahead of the date. Booking is only the beginning: we stay responsible for the service through to the night itself.
There are currently 1,292 chefs available in Mexico City. Fill out a form specifying your needs and the date. Take a Chef will connect you with the best available chefs in Mexico City 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.
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.
Write to us and we take it from there. Guest count, date, dietary restrictions, a change of venue inside the city: it all goes into the same written record the chef is working from, so nobody is acting on an old version.
We coordinate the change with the chef, confirm what stands and what has to be reworked, and come back to you with where it landed. If the chef cannot cover the new date, we go back to the selection instead of leaving you to start again. We will not promise that nothing ever moves, but when it does, we are the ones answering for it.
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 Mexico City each month?
Demand in Mexico City moves with the city's own calendar, not with a generic one. December fills first, between posadas and company dinners; May and September bring family tables; and the weeks around long weekends empty the restaurants and fill the dining rooms at home. Booking earlier does not just secure a date, it gives us room to line up chefs who actually fit what you are planning rather than whoever is left.
If you're wondering about the best time to hire a chef, any month is perfect for enjoying a private chef. Just keep in mind that prices may vary, especially for last-minute bookings. So, don't wait—book your chef early to secure your unique dining experience in Mexico City.
Cost of a private chef in Mexico City
The cost of hiring a private chef in Mexico City 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 1,125 MXN to 1,788 MXN per person.
For 13 people or more: 1,125 MXN
For 7 to 12 people: 1,253 MXN
For 3 to 6 people: 1,488 MXN
For 2 people: 1,788 MXN.
Prices also move with the season, the part of the city and how far ahead you book. Tell us what you have in mind and we come back with menus written for your table, the total price and what it includes, all in writing and with nothing committed until you say so.
Private chefs registrations
After many years of offering our services, we are lucky to have a fantastic team of chefs that keeps growing in Mexico City!
9 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 Mexico City?
We mainly offer six types of cuisine in Mexico City: 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 these six types of cuisine, our private chefs personalize diverse menus for their clients every day, adjusting every detail to find the perfect menu for every occasion and every group. Our private chefs can accommodate any allergy or dietary restriction and suggest other cuisines or fusion dishes. Submit your request and hire a chef in Mexico City!
Hosting at home in Mexico City, without the kitchen running your night
Most dinners we arrange in Mexico City happen in apartments: a Roma Norte kitchen with one counter, a Condesa dining table that seats eight if someone brings a chair, a house in Coyoacan where the terrace is the real dining room. None of that stops a private chef evening. It changes what has to be agreed beforehand, which is the part we take off your hands.
Tell us what you have in mind for the evening, who is coming and what nobody can eat, and we turn that into a brief the chef actually works from. You never repeat yourself to three different people. We then put together a small group of chefs who fit that brief, and we explain why each one fits, because a long list of names is not a choice, it is homework.
The menu, the shopping, the arrival time, how much space the chef needs and how the kitchen is left afterwards are all agreed in writing before you pay anything. We handle the payment and the conditions, so what you confirmed is what arrives. Booking a chef is only the beginning: we coordinate with the chef up to the day and we stay responsible for the service, not just for the introduction.
What a private chef in Mexico City actually costs per guest
The number worth comparing is per guest, not per evening. The breakdown further up this page shows what each group size works out to in Mexico City, and the shape of it is simple: the figure per guest falls as the table grows, because the chef's time is spread across more plates. A table of two costs more each than a table of twelve.
What that figure covers is the part a catering quote usually leaves out: a menu written for your table rather than picked off a set list, the ingredients sourced and bought, the cooking done in your kitchen on the night, the table served, and the kitchen handed back clean. Drinks and tableware are not included, and we put that in writing before you book rather than after.
The same structure works for a company dinner or an office celebration in Mexico City. Larger table, same method: we take the brief, we line up chefs who fit it, and the total price and the conditions are known in writing before anyone confirms. Nothing about the quote changes shape once the date gets closer.
If something changes before the date
Plans move. Two more guests confirm, someone turns out to be allergic to shellfish, the dinner shifts from Friday to Saturday, the terrace is out because it is raining. When that happens you write to us, not to four separate people, and the change goes into the same written record everyone is working from.
We coordinate with the chef, confirm what is still standing and what has to be reworked, and tell you where it landed. If a chef cannot cover the new date we go back to the selection rather than leaving you to start over. We cannot promise that nothing will ever move, and we would not: what we can do is make sure that when it does, one party is holding the thread and answering for it.
That is the difference between finding a chef and having the evening managed. A profile helps you find someone who cooks well in Mexico City. It does not agree the scope, hold the conditions, or pick up the phone eight days out when your plans change.
Talk to our chefs in Mexico City
Every chef working with us in Mexico City is an independent professional with kitchen training and years of service behind them. Some cook contemporary Mexican, others Italian, Japanese or Mediterranean, and the right one for you depends on the table, not on the ranking. Tell us about your evening in Mexico City and we put together chefs who fit it, with the reason each one does.
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