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There is no more intimate restaurant than your own home, where you can be at ease with the people you care for. Now, you can bring the magic of a fine dining restaurant to your table, through talented chefs who will tailor a menu to your cravings.

Turn your home into a restaurant and indulge yourself with a unique dining experience at home.

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.

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Charles Lefebvre

Cape Town

4.9 • 47 services

Chang An Song

Sandton

4.9 • 18 services

Christo Pretorius

Pretoria

4.8 • 9 services

Victor Skyiez

Sandton

4.6 • 149 services

Vic De Valdorf

Cape Town

4.7 • 143 services

Ru *

Cape Town

4.8 • 131 services

Tash Mautla

Sandton

4.8 • 109 services

Bridget Bartleman

Cape Town

4.7 • 78 services

Lamla Magidlana

Cape Town

4.7 • 64 services

Armin Smit

Stellenbosch

4.7 • 63 services

Tshepiso Semenya

Cape Town

4.4 • 46 services

Lameese Macminn

Umhlanga

4.7 • 38 services

Mo Horne

Cape Town

4.6 • 35 services

Wesley Papier

Paarl

4.7 • 33 services

Connor Wolstencroft

Cape Town

4.6 • 32 services

Jean Elizabeth Tomsett

Cape Town

4.9 • 30 services

Mpumelelo Ngwenya

Pretoria

4.4 • 30 services

Jessica Reymondon

Cape Town

4.4 • 28 services

Paula Mainstone

Cape Town

4.7 • 27 services

Sibusiso Skosana And Chloe Van Eyssen

Roodepoort

4.5 • 27 services

Joel Nzimande

Pretoria

4.9 • 26 services

Neo Mofolo

Centurion

4.9 • 22 services

Jeffrey Khayelihle Mlilo

Ballito

4.7 • 22 services

Prenisha Mannoo

Germiston

4.5 • 22 services

More than 70100 guests have already enjoyed the experience

4.64

Average score based on 8932 reviews

4.47 Chef

The guests in South Africa have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.47.

4.68 Food quality

The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in South Africa received an average score of 4.68.

4.66 Presentation

Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.66 average score.

4.69 Cleaningness

The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in South Africa has been scored with a 4.69 on average.

Chef Munashe was absolutely fantastic. She put together a wonderful, local, in budget menu for me and my 9 family and friends. Throughout the whole process she was professional, attentive, and was very responsive on message to any of the changes needed. She put together over 40 plates in one evening, including appetisers, starters, mains, and dessert. All was cooked fresh - including steak and fresh pasta. I would genuinely reccomend her to anyone wanting a wonderful dinner party. She left our kitchen absolutely spotless. We had so much fun. Thank you, Chef Munashe!

Chef okamura a été exemplaire . A su s'adapter à nos contraintes . Merci et bravo !

Contratamos a Sebastián para el cumpleaños de mi mujer. Sebastián fue exquisito en todo, atento, amable, divertido, respetuoso. Se hizo con la cocina rápido y sin fallo alguno y nos regaló una velada estupenda. Los platos eran super adaptados a los gustos de la cumpleañera y pulcramente presentados (con las limitaciones que tiene mi casa!). Un 10, lo recomendaría 100%.

Como siempre, perfecto.

Excellent dinner, outstanding Chef!

We had the pleasure of having Chef Lerato cook for us on our friends’ engagement night, and the experience was exceptional. The food was absolutely delicious — every dish was full of flavour and beautifully prepared. The dinner table setup and atmosphere were lovely. Chef Lerato was professional from start to finish, attentive without being intrusive, and made the evening feel truly special. We couldn’t have asked for a better dining experience. Highly recommended!

Chef Caila was absolutely incredible. She arrived on time and made the experience perfect for our engagement event. I will recommend Chef Caila to everyone I can.

Chef Miguel and Manny did an absolutely awesome job for us. Small group of three for my birthday with an authentic Mexican meal and we couldn't have been more pleased with the entire process. Chef Miguel served beautifully plated and delicious courses while Manny made us drinks, conversed with us, and assisted Chef the entire time. They brought everything they needed and left the kitchen spotless. Would highly recommend them, and will probably book them again next we're in Cabo San Lucas.

Incredible food and experience. 100% recommend for anyone to do this experience.

Denis was incredible - great food absolutely and he has a lovely energy. All our guests were delighted, as we were also!

Chef Dennis was excellent. We were staying in an airbnb so the kitchen was not particularly well stocked, but he was able to bring everything he needed and was able to serve us an excellent meal. He was incredibly neat and tidy and left everything spotless at the end of the night too.

Freda was a charming lady to have in our home

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Take the proposal you won’t regret it!!

El chef muy profesional, los platillos deliciosos, a mis invitados les encanto la comida, todo muy profesional

Chef David was absolutely fantastic! Very attentive and detailed. The food was fantastic and he did a great job with clean-up. Would highly recommend!

My chef was amazing. They were punctual and flexible around the number of guests and the amount of food. They brought their wife who was extremely charming. The food was exactly what we asked for and completely amazing. I would highly recommend this chef to anyone in the La Paz, Mexico vicinity.

Super good dinner. Really loved the presentation, the taste and his description of each dish. Thank you so much for the lovely meal! <3

Chef Cindy was incredibly responsive and flexible for our meals. She presented all the food in large quantities with nice explanations. We had many options and the food was well prepared. She came a very long way to take care of our family, which we really appreciated.

1 chef qui partage sa passion, cuisine raffinée. Repas au top ! à refaire Merci pour toutes les explications sur les plats de sa propre confection et pour les surprises finales! Plein de bons conseils et une mention spéciale pour le dessert. 1 étoile en moins, car c'est un supporter de l'OM :)

Our Chef didn’t speak much English, so the only reason he didn’t explain the dishes to us. However otherwise he was extremely professional and his food and service was amazing. Would absolutely recommend to anyone.

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About us

Founded in 2012, Take a Chef began with a deep belief that the best of the culinary talent should not be kept hidden behind the thick walls of a restaurant's kitchen; it should be allowed to shine at the one place where everyone enjoys the most treasured meals- one's own dining table.

+10

years since our launch

2.3M

guests enjoyed our experience

+40k

chefs have joined us

+100

countries available

TECHNOLOGY

We're focused on creating a seamless booking experience to foster personalization and connection between chefs and guests.

FOOD

We've curated a selection of chefs based on their expertise and passion to grant our guests access to every cuisine in the world.

HOSPITALITY

We turn chefs into hosts to build meaningful connections with their guests, from the first message till the final toast.

Trusted by industry leaders

With the combination of technology, food knowledge, and love for the hospitality business, we have been able to offer the only global solution in the market to provide high-quality private chef services at any destination, at any given time.