Cost of Hiring a Private Chef
How much does it cost to book a personal chef for a meal or two at home or on holiday?
Below we’ll talk you through the costs of hiring a private chef and what exactly you get for this…
and what’s included?
Hiring a personal chef in the UK or Europe is now easy and cost effective with prices comparable to eating out in a restaurant for numbers above 4. But what are you paying for and how exactly does it all work?
Well the main focus of Dineindulge is to provide a restaurant quality experience in the comfort of your own home or holiday accommodation and to make this quick & easy to book and accessible to everyone.
The first question you need to ask is what type of meal are you looking for? This might depend on a number of factors including the type of service (restaurant style experience or regular support), type of event it is (party, holiday, family get together, formal, informal etc), where it is (your home or holiday accommodation, UK or Europe etc), the type of food you’d like and of course the budget you have available.
With private chef menus available from 2-Course Express menus to 10-Course Deluxe menus and then BBQs, Breakfasts and Sharing menus as well to consider, whatever your requirement a private chef service can fit most customer needs.
Alternatively, as mentioned in point 1, if you’re looking for more regular support then you can find out more about accessing our personal chef platform, where you can hire chefs on an hourly basis, here…
Prices start from £24.99 per head for a 2-Course Express menu (€29.99 in Europe) and go up to £119.99 per head for our 10-Course Beyond menu (149.99€ in Europe) and so not only can a personal chef offering meet most requirements they can also meet most budgets. But it does depend on your expectation and whether you have the budget to meet the vision you had in your mind!
There are also minimum spends to consider…
Unlike in a restaurant, when you hire a private chef their entire time and focus is dedicated to just you and your guests. So with the exclusive use of a personal chef’s time there is a minimum spend requirement for that. Therefore, you will need a minimum number of guests if you don’t want to be paying premium charges per head. For example, when hiring a private chef whether for 2 heads or 20 you’ll almost certainly have to book them out for the whole day. On top of this they’ll be traveling to you and doing all the shopping, the time of which doesn’t really change much based on how many guests you have. Finally, with economies of scale there is a minimum cost of doing a food shop for a given number of people.
As such, the per head prices quoted will normally be based on a head count of 6 or more people although our Deluxe 10-Course Beyond menu at £119.99 os based on just 3 guests. Therefore, if you’re going for smaller numbers than this you’ll still have to pay for that number of heads so always be aware of this and understand why it is the case.
A private chef will come to your home or accommodation with all the food, prepare and cook it for you onsite giving you that experience of a chef cooking for you, then serve each course to you explaining what it is before doing a full clean down of your kitchen. It’s that simple!
Like the idea? Then get started by using the form at the top of the page to browse our menus and get an instant online quote. We’ll then take care of the rest for you… Yes it really is that easy!