Private Chef for Villas, Vacation Rentals & Luxury Stays
Find a world-class chef for your Airbnb, VRBO, or luxury vacation rental anywhere in the world. Enjoy discreet, exclusive service—fully personalized, including shopping, cooking, and cleanup.
How it works
Share your request
Tell us about your stay, desired cuisine, and preferences. Enjoy fully customized dining throughout your entire vacation.
Chat with chefs
Connect directly with top chefs. Receive exclusive proposals tailored specifically for your whole stay.
Craft your menu
Design personalized menus for each day of your stay—gourmet dishes, premium ingredients, and unique culinary experiences.
Book your chef
Reserve your private chef seamlessly, ensuring exceptional dining every day of your stay.
Enjoy the experience
Relax and savor discreet, luxury dining prepared daily in your vacation home.
Ready to book?
Connect with luxury private chefs and start planning a five-star meal.
Enjoy gourmet cuisine with a luxury private chef
Luxury dining is an art form where every bite blends tradition and innovation.
Whether you're new to gourmet cuisine or an expert, hire a luxury private chef to create a menu that delights your senses.
How can I personalize my luxury dining experience?
Describe your event, and our chefs will tailor menus that reflect your refined taste. Caviar, truffles, or champagne pairings? You decide!
If anything changes, no problem. You can make adjustments even after booking.
Guest reviews
Over 2900 happy clients have enjoyed a luxury chef at home.
Any occasion is perfect for our services
Meet our luxury private chefs
Your home is the perfect setting for an unforgettable dining experience. Never hosted a gourmet dinner before? Just share your culinary dreams, customize your menu, and prepare to indulge in exceptional flavors with your guests. Invite a luxury private chef to your home!
Frequently asked questions
Below, you can find the most common questions about hiring a luxury private chef.
Yes. Your chef travels to wherever you are staying, whether that is a private villa, an Airbnb, a VRBO rental, a holiday home or a hotel suite with a kitchen. The chef arrives with the ingredients, cooks in the property's kitchen, serves each course and leaves the kitchen exactly as they found it. You do not need to be at your own home, and you do not need to own the property.
The expense varies with group size. For groups of 13 or more, the average charge is USD 109 per person. The typical fee for groups of 7 to 10 is USD 116 each, while smaller groups of 3 to 6 generally incur a cost of USD 122 per person. Couples can expect an average expense of USD 136 each. Prices may change due to seasonality, venue, or specific dietary needs.
To hire a luxury private chef, select your date, indicate the number of guests, and provide your preferences, dietary needs, and kitchen setup. You'll receive tailored menu proposals and chef profiles showcasing their expertise in luxury dining. Communicate directly with the chefs to make any adjustments and finalize your selection. Complete your booking online and receive the chef's contact information.
In most places you are likely to be staying. Take a Chef operates worldwide so the same booking flow works whether your rental is in Tuscany, Ibiza, Bali, Tulum, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Lake Tahoe, London or Turks and Caicos. You enter the address of the property, the date and the number of guests, and you receive menu proposals only from chefs who actually cover that area. If no chef covers your destination, you will know before you pay, not after.
Usually not, but check your rental agreement. Most short-term rental contracts allow guests to have visitors and to use the kitchen. A private chef is a guest who cooks. If your villa is managed by a concierge or a property manager, a quick message letting them know a chef is coming is good practice and often gets you extra help with parking or deliveries.
Yes, the private chef cooks in your rental. Depending on the menu and kitchen facilities, the chef may do some preparation beforehand to ensure a flawless dining experience. Expect meticulous attention to detail and presentation.
Yes. You can book a single dinner, a dinner plus brunch, or a chef for several days of your trip. Each service is priced and confirmed separately, so you can start with one dinner and add more once you have met your chef.
Less than you think. A working stove or cooktop, a sink, a fridge and counter space cover almost every menu. Tell us what the kitchen has when you book and the chefs will propose menus that fit it. Note that tableware, glassware and serving dishes are not provided by the chef, so check what the property includes or ask the chef to arrange rental.
Drinks are not typically included but can be arranged with your chef to complement your meal. Consider discussing a custom wine pairing, champagne, or crafted cocktails to elevate your dining experience.
Tipping is optional and entirely up to you. Guests who tip typically add around 15% of the service total. Your chef is paid in full whether you tip or not.
Key information about luxury private chef services
Learn more details about our premium culinary services.
Our luxury private chefs have an average age of 46.
54% of our luxury chefs are women.
It takes only 4 hours from your request to receive the first bespoke menu proposal.
We started our luxury private chef service in 2016.
The most booked destinations are Palm Springs, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Bali, Algarve and Marbella.
One client has booked the same luxury private chef 8 times.
There's been a 26% increase in the number of luxury private chef bookings in the last year.
Our luxury private chefs can speak up to 5 languages.
More than 44% of our clients hire a luxury private chef more than once.
On average, multiple services hire a luxury private chef for 2 days.
We've uploaded over 1010 pictures of our luxury private chef experiences.
It usually takes 2 days from requesting to booking a luxury private chef.