Hire a Private Chef at Home Today

Enjoy a customized culinary experience with a Private Chef in the comfort of your own home.

Enjoy the experience

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.

Charles Lefebvre

Cape Town

4.8 • 55 services

Chang An Song

Sandton

4.9 • 18 services

Christo Pretorius

Pretoria

4.8 • 9 services

Vic De Valdorf

Cape Town

4.7 • 151 services

Victor Skyiez

Sandton

4.6 • 151 services

Ru *

Cape Town

4.8 • 137 services

Tash Mautla

Sandton

4.7 • 125 services

Lamla Magidlana

Cape Town

4.6 • 104 services

Bridget Bartleman

Cape Town

4.7 • 84 services

Tshepiso Semenya

Cape Town

4.5 • 66 services

Armin Smit

Stellenbosch

4.7 • 63 services

Oliver Wing

Cape Town

4.6 • 47 services

Ken Willockx

Midrand

4.4 • 42 services

Lameese Macminn

Umhlanga

4.7 • 42 services

Mpumelelo Ngwenya

Pretoria

4.4 • 36 services

Mo Horne

Cape Town

4.7 • 35 services

Jean Elizabeth Tomsett

Cape Town

4.7 • 34 services

Lerato Swartz

Cape Town

4.8 • 34 services

Wesley Papier

Paarl

4.7 • 33 services

Connor Wolstencroft

Cape Town

4.6 • 32 services

Paula Mainstone

Cape Town

4.7 • 29 services

Jessica Reymondon

Cape Town

4.4 • 28 services

Sibusiso Skosana And Chloe Van Eyssen

Roodepoort

4.5 • 27 services

Joel Nzimande

Pretoria

4.9 • 26 services

More than 77000 guests have already enjoyed the experience

4.62

Average score based on 9747 reviews

4.43 Chef

The guests in South Africa have scored the experience with their Private Chef with a 4.43.

4.66 Food quality

The quality of the menus cooked by our Private Chefs in South Africa received an average score of 4.66.

4.62 Presentation

Not only taste counts! The presentation of our private chefs' dishes has received a 4.62 average score.

4.68 Cleaningness

The cleanup of the kitchen and dining area in South Africa has been scored with a 4.68 on average.

Chef Dave was incredible. He worked so well with our group and kept the amazing flavors coming meal after meal!

We had a great experience with Vanni Gourmet - they were easy to communicate with, punctual, prepared beautiful, delicious food and told us the story behind all of the dishes! They were very flexible with working around my daughter's bedtime and letting us pause so I could put her down and enjoy the rest of my dinner afterwards. They also let us customize the menu to what sounded good to us! I would definitely recommend them.

We had a great experience - we were able to coordinate a menu beforehand that was easily customized to us. We were a little surprised when our chef ended up being Chef Sofia instead of chef Flavio but no big deal at the change, she did an excellent job, was punctual, lovely to work with and the food was delicious. We would recommend her!

From the booking to the dinner, everything was handled professionally. Great communication and amazing food! We had a bbq-menu and everything was grilled to perfection. The alioli was the best we have ever had. He also brought flowers from his garden for the table decoration, which was a sweet touch. Jairo and his waiter was so friendly. Can safely recommend them to anyone!

Our chef was amazing. The food he made was so delicious. I would highly recommend to book him.

El cheff Mathias fue excelente. Muy muy recomendable. Sus platillos fueron impecables con una elaboración muy compleja y deliciosa. El emplatado fue excelente con mucha calidad y balance de sabores maravillosos. Sin duda lo recomendamos muchísimo. El trato del cheff fue excelente y muy profesional.

Chef Jackson was INCREDIBLE! He was kind, engaging, and the food was exceptional. We had such a great experience and we can’t stop talking about it!!!

The only thing better than the food prepared by Chef Gerson and his team was the service, attention snd camaraderie. We loved every minute spent with him and his team and they represent the true Pura Vida.

Chef Stathis was amazing and I can highly recommend him. Finalizing the menu was easy and his food was absolutely delicious. We very much enjoyed the overall dining experience and it was great to have Nicole assist. There was plenty of food prepared with the freshest ingredients and everyone enjoyed the flavors. Thanks Chef Stathis!

Merci pour tout! C'était super!

O chef Fábio é um excelente profissional, muito empenhado e atento no seu trabalho! Será para repetir sem dúvida!

Chef Jose was incredible! His food was unreal and he was so great to work with. Everyone at the dinner was so impressed with every dish. He even made vegan dishes for two guests. It was such a special night and will be a memory we will never forget. Thank you, Chef!

We couldn’t have been happier with our experience. From the very beginning, Chef Valerio and Chef Anna were incredibly friendly, professional, and easy to work with. The menu proposal they created was so well thought out and perfectly aligned with our tastes that we didn’t need to make a single adjustment. They prepared more than enough delicious food for our group of 11, and every dish was a hit with our guests. What impressed us even more was their flexibility and responsiveness. When our original plans had to be canceled at short notice due to the weather forecast, they quickly stepped in and organized a live tiramisu and Aperol-making class, which turned out to be a wonderful addition to our wedding celebrations and was greatly appreciated by everyone. The entire experience felt warm, personal, and heartfelt. Despite not having had a tasting beforehand, the food matched our preferences perfectly. Our guests loved both the food and the atmosphere they created. Thank you so much Valerio and Anna for helping make our wedding so special. We would wholeheartedly recommend you to anyone looking for an exceptional chef and a truly memorable experience.

Franco & Mia, are a great team, very professional, efficient and warm. Franco cooked and plated delicious dishes, especially the prawn taco starter! Mia was very attentive, friendly and approachable. It was easy to converse with Franco in English from the beginning and plan our menu together, which was pre printed and beautifully presented on each dining plate. The evening went exactly as planned. Our guests and ourselves enjoyed celebrating my husbands birthday whilst Franco & Mia looked after everything else. They even supplied birthday candles! We thoroughly recommend booking Franco as your private chef whilst in Mallorca.

Recomendo vivamente e vamos repetir!!

Très belle expérience, un dîner où on profite de ses invités. Very good

Valerio and Anna were absolutely amazing. They were so thoughtful from the set-up to the clean up and gave us a really special night. The food was beautiful and delicious and we were wowed the entire time. I’d recommend them to anyone looking for a really gorgeous and one-of-a-kind experience. We would book them again and again if we could!

Martin was an absolute pleasure to have as our private chef. He truly was Accommodating and flexible. We would definitely use him again. Our highlights with Martin were his Dorade in salt crust, his piri piri chicken, his oysters, his langoustine, his lamb, his hamburgers and his salads, one of the best Ceaser salads! Just overall a wonderful experience with him.

Absolutely fantastic experience from start to finish - can't recommend more!

Chef Sakis is an exceptional chef! The dinner was absolutely delicious, and the presentation and overall setup were outstanding. Communication throughout the process was excellent, and every request and preference we had was accommodated without any issues. Chef Sakis was professional, attentive, and delivered a truly memorable dining experience. We highly recommend him and would gladly book him again in the future. Thank you, Sakis, for a wonderful evening! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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.

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.