Private chef in New Orleans
Hire a private chef in New Orleans and get ready for a one-of-a-kind experience. Talk to one of our 174 chefs to create your menu and stay within your budget.
How much does a private chef cost in New Orleans?
For 6 people in New Orleans, a private chef costs less than dinner out.
AVERAGE PRICE · 6 GUESTS
1,614 USD
269 USD 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 guests195USD / guest = 390 USD total
- 4 guests269USD / guest = 1,076 USD total
- 6 guests269USD / guest = 1,614 USD total
- 8 guests216USD / guest = 1,728 USD total
- 10 guests216USD / guest = 2,160 USD total
- 13+ guests152USD / guest = 1,976 USD total
How it works
Share your request
Tell us your dream meal, event date, and budget. No commitment.
Chat with chefs
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Customize your menu
Personalize everything from the menu to each dish's ingredients.
Book your chef
Pick your chef, confirm your booking, make your payment, and get ready for a unique experience!
Enjoy the experience
Welcome your chef and enjoy great meals prepared in your kitchen.
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174 Private chefs in New Orleans
The best private chef in New Orleans, LA, is just a few clicks away.
Over 1,500 guests have enjoyed the private chef experience in New Orleans
4.5 Chef
Guests in New Orleans have given their private chef experience a 4.5.
5 Food quality
Our private chef's menus in New Orleans have received a strong 5.
4.8 Presentation
Apart from being delicious, our chefs' dishes also look incredible, earning a score of 4.8 in New Orleans.
5 Cleaningness
The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in New Orleans has been scored with a 5 on average.
Hire a personal chef in New Orleans
Gumbo, jambalaya, a whole crawfish boil or contemporary Creole cooking: in New Orleans the food is half the reason people come. What is harder is getting a table for ten, or spending the evening of your own party in the kitchen.
A private chef brings that cooking to the address where you are already staying, whether that is your house or a rental in the French Quarter.
Take a Chef has been arranging private chef services since 2017, and 1,557 requests have come in from New Orleans since then. You tell us the date, the number of guests and what the evening is for, and we turn that into a brief the chefs actually work from, so you do not repeat yourself to each one.
You choose from chefs who fit that brief. We handle the payment and keep the menu, the timings and what is included in one place, in writing.
Booking is only the beginning. Once the chef is confirmed we agree access to the kitchen, the shopping, the service times and the clean-up, and we stay responsible for the service until the last plate is cleared.
Frequently asked questions
Below, you can find the most common questions about private chefs in New Orleans.
Menu planning around your group, the grocery shopping, cooking in your kitchen, serving each course at your table and leaving the kitchen clean. Tableware and glassware are not included, and a tip is optional.
What is included is not left to interpretation: the menu, the timings, the number of courses and the total price are agreed in writing before you book, and if something changes we update that one version rather than sending you back to the chef.
The cost varies based on group size. For groups of 13 or more, the average rate is 152 USD per person. For 7 to 12 people, it's 216 USD per person; for 3 to 6 people, 269 USD per person. Couples pay 195 USD per person on average. Prices may vary due to season, location, or last-minute bookings.
Start by telling us the date, the guest count, the occasion, any allergies or dishes to avoid, and what the kitchen is like, including whether you are in a rental. That becomes the brief the chefs work from, so you explain it once and not five times.
You then get menus and chef profiles put together for that brief, with dish photos and the reason each chef fits. You can ask for changes before deciding. Once you pick a menu, the booking and the payment are completed through us, and we coordinate the arrival and kitchen access with the chef.
Yes — it is the most requested occasion here by some distance. Bachelor and bachelorette parties come up in better than one request in five in New Orleans, and about one booking in six happens at a short-term rental rather than at home.
The usual shape is eight to twelve people at a house in the Quarter or the Garden District, dinner on the first night, and a menu that leans local: gumbo, crawfish, barbecue shrimp, bread pudding. Tell us the date, the headcount and the address, and the chefs free that night will send proposals already built for the group.
There are 174 chefs available in New Orleans right now. Fill out the form and the ones free on your date will send you menu proposals to compare.
There is no maximum. New Orleans is one of our more group-oriented markets: better than four in ten bookings here are tables of seven to twelve and another one in eight is thirteen or more, with the average table around seven guests.
Past about a dozen the chef will bring an assistant or a second chef, and the menu moves towards formats that suit a long table — a boil, shared plates, a single showpiece main. Bachelor and bachelorette weekends make up a good share of those bookings. Tell us the headcount and where you are staying and the proposals will already be sized for it.
Yes, and it does not have to be your own house. A good part of the services we arrange in New Orleans happen in a rented place: a house in the French Quarter, a short-term rental, a place booked for a bachelorette weekend.
That is why we ask about the kitchen upfront. Hob, oven, counter space and access are checked against the menu before the booking is confirmed, and if the kitchen cannot take a dish we say so and the menu is adjusted, rather than finding out on the night. Some preparation may be done in advance for the same reason.
Absolutely! You can cook with the chef. Many clients enjoy this hands-on experience. Whether you’re a novice or an expert, the chef will gladly guide you and share tips.
Yes, private chefs use fresh, high-quality ingredients. Your chef will select the best produce, meats, and seafood to create delicious dishes for your event.
Drinks are not included by default, but the chef can help you select beverages that pair well with your event. You can add this option as an "extra" when planning with your chef.
A tip is entirely up to you and it is never assumed in the price you agreed. If the evening went well, tipping is common; across 1,557 requests from New Orleans, LA, tips average 14.72% of the total bill.
Everything that is not optional is settled beforehand: the total price, what it covers and the payment itself go through us, so on the night there is nothing to work out at the door.
Design your own menu
Your personal chef will assist you in creating the ideal menu for your special occasion. Our chefs can tailor it to fit your budget, dietary needs, and any particular preferences for your private dinner.
Key information about New Orleans' private chefs
Find out more about our personal chefs in New Orleans and what they do.
Our private chefs in New Orleans, LA, have an average age of 40, bringing a lot of cooking experience.
51% of our chefs in New Orleans are women.
It takes only 4 hours from your request to get the first menu.
We started our private chef service in New Orleans in 2017-03-27.
16.3% of our personal chef services in New Orleans include kids.
One client has booked the same private chef in New Orleans 10 times.
27% increase in the number of private chef bookings in New Orleans in the last year.
Our personal chefs can speak up to 3 languages.
More than 52.6% of our guests hire a personal chef in New Orleans more than once.
On average, multiple services hire a chef for 6 days in New Orleans.
We’ve uploaded over 1,090 pictures of our New Orleans personal chef experiences.
It usually takes 2 days from requesting to booking a personal chef in New Orleans.
How many private chef services are booked in New Orleans each month?
The bookings for a private chef in New Orleans vary based on the time of year. To view monthly fluctuations of personal chefs in New Orleans, LA, check this table.
Renting a private chef in New Orleans is a good idea any time of year, but prices can increase with demand. To ensure you get your chef for hire in New Orleans, we suggest booking early.
How much does a personal chef cost in New Orleans, LA?
The cost of a personal chef in New Orleans depends on the number of guests. It varies from 152 USD to 195 USD per person.
For 13 or more people: 152 USD. For 7 to 12 people: 216 USD. For 3 to 6 people: 269 USD. For 2 people: 195 USD.
That figure is per guest and it covers the chef's work, the ingredients bought for your menu, service at your table and the kitchen left clean. Before you book, the total price and everything it includes are put in writing, and the payment is handled through us, so nothing is settled in cash on the night.
Remember, prices change according to seasonality and location. The chart below shows typical monthly prices for our private chefs in New Orleans.
How many personal chefs sign up in New Orleans each month?
Having partnered with private chefs in New Orleans for years, we've built strong relationships and earned the trust of many local chefs. Our growth continues as guests highly recommend their exceptional experiences.
To bring the best experience to your home in New Orleans, LA, we add 1 new personal chefs each month. Our team constantly reviews and classifies their profiles so you can always find new and exciting chefs.
What is the most frequent type of food booked in New Orleans?
In New Orleans the most requested cooking is local: Creole and Cajun dishes made with what the market has that week. After that come Italian, seafood and Japanese menus.
The single most booked choice is Chef's special, which is what people pick when they would rather hand the menu to the chef. Either way the menu is written for your group before you book it, allergies and dislikes included.
Our private chefs design menus tailored to your dietary needs, including fusion cuisine options. Submit your request to discover the treats crafted by our chefs.
Bring a private chef to your home in New Orleans
Most of what we cook in New Orleans is for a celebration with a date on it: bachelor and bachelorette weekends first, then birthdays, family reunions and friends getting together. Groups here average seven guests, and plenty are larger.
A lot of those evenings happen in a rented house rather than at home, and that is where the details usually go wrong: an unfamiliar kitchen, no idea what equipment is there, a group arriving at different times. Tell us the address and the setup and we check what the kitchen can take before anything is confirmed, then we coordinate arrival and access with the chef directly.
On the day, the chef shops for the ingredients, cooks and serves at your table, and leaves the kitchen as it was found. You do not leave the party.
New Orleans' best private chefs in your kitchen
There are 174 chefs registered for New Orleans, but the number on its own decides nothing. What matters is which of them fits the evening you described, and that is the part we do: we read your request, and the chefs you see are chefs who fit it, each with the reason why and a menu written for your group.
That is also the difference between a profile and a service. A profile helps you find a cook; it does not agree the menu, hold the payment, confirm the timings or answer the phone if something changes the week before. We do, and we stay responsible for the service you booked.
Across 41 services in New Orleans the average rating is 4.88 out of 5, from ten written reviews.
Your house, the city's best restaurant
Local cooking is what New Orleans groups ask for most often, ahead of anything else on the list: Creole and Cajun dishes, shrimp and okra over rice, a seafood boil for a crowd. Italian and chef's choice menus come next, and every menu is written around what your group eats and what it cannot.
What you get is not a shorter restaurant list. It is one evening, at your address, with the menu, the price, what is included and the timings agreed in writing before you commit to it.
Hear from our New Orleans' private chefs
The chefs cooking in New Orleans homes come from the city's kitchens and cook the way the city eats, from a Creole tasting menu to a seafood boil for twenty.
Tell us what you have in mind and we will shape it into a menu for your group, then put together the chefs who fit the occasion, each with the reason why. Hibachi at home, a birthday dinner, a bachelorette weekend: the format is yours to choose and ours to organise.
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