'>Private Chef Hire
Hire a private chef at home or on holiday, wherever you are
Browse our gourmet menus; prepared, cooked & served for you at home by a personal chef
1 - Your Event
Select the location, date & estimated no. of guests for your event.
Hire a Private Chef Near You
Dineindulge is the world’s first and only private chef experience. Our personal chef hire service & menus are available in over 10 countries and whether you are booking us in London, Paris, or Rome, you can experience restaurant quality cuisine, at a restaurant price in the comfort of your own home or holiday accommodation.
The Dineindulge service includes your own private chef who will freshly prepare, cook, and serve your chosen Dineindulge menu by taking over your kitchen and equipment in your home, accommodation, or venue. The service is designed to be relaxed and personable with your chef introducing each dish to the table, as well as clearing and cleaning down the kitchen and even doing the washing up before they leave!
Click on the video below for a preview of our private chef hire experience…
What is Dineindulge?
Dineindulge is a private chef hire experience which includes your own private chef who will freshly prepare, cook and serve your chosen set menu by taking over your kitchen and equipment in the home and then do all the washing up.
The service is designed to be relaxed and personable with your chef introducing each dish to the table, as well as clearing and cleaning down the kitchen.
The aim of our service is to make the booking process, from choosing a menu to the arrival of your private chef (at the place & time you want them), as quick & easy as possible for you.
The first step is to browse through our selection of 28 available menus here…
Why choose Dineindulge?
What makes Dineindulge completely unique is that we’re not a marketplace offering the services of others instead, whether you’re booking in London, Paris or Rome, you are booking a Dineindulge menu cooked & created by a Dineindulge private chef.
And it’s our private chefs that make Dineindulge special. Whilst the menus are designed by us and our dedicated events team take care of all the event details for you, it’s the creativity and brilliance of our private chefs that make the Dineindulge experience what it is.
We believe that the purest form of cheffing is being able to cook a dish from its raw ingredients and personally present that dish to the individual you want to share it with. As such, we therefore believe that the ultimate food experience is to be able to observe a chef create a dish and serve that dish, unfiltered, to you for your enjoyment.
Only a private chef experience presents this challenge for a chef and this occasion for a client.
Dineindulge provides the setting that brings together the best chefs with those individuals looking for the ultimate food experience.
We’ve achieved this by building a platform which takes care of the admin, designing menus to a structure that is proven to work and that our clients love, so our chefs can focus solely on the artistry of bringing those menus to life using their creativity, experience and individual personality in an intimate format like no other.
So whether you are an individual, or party, searching for a special food experience or a chef seeking to fulfil that creative desire to showcase your profession in the purest of formats, please get in contact with us.
Who are our private chefs?
One of the most common questions we get asked is “Who are our private chefs?” and this is a question we love to talk about. Private chefs are some of the most talented and admired chefs in the industry because of the vast array of skills they must display and the high level to which they must achieve in each of these skill areas.
The status of being a private chef is also greatly desired, so with no shortage of applications, our recruitment team’s job is able to select the strongest candidates based on skill set, attitude and ability and create an environment for these chefs to flourish.
Our dedicated chef relations team then carefully pick through all flagged candidates and begin the detailed process of taking a chef from a name on an application to a chef capable of delivering a 10 Course Beyond Tasting menu for a Dineindulge party in their own home.
With this strict recruitment process for all our chefs, we demand the highest of standards and as such our team of private chefs are the most qualified and professional chefs to be found anywhere. They take great pride in what they do allowing us to create the same level of service for every client.
You can read more about who are private chefs are here…
How do I get a quote?
The first step is to browse through our selection of 28 available menus here…
When you find a menu to your liking (you might find a few), enter your event requirements and press the GET PRICE NOW button and our system will auto generate you a quote. A copy will also be sent to you via email if you need to share it with the other guests in the party. You can place as many quotes as you require across as many options as you need.
Once you are happy with your selection you can process your order directly online by following the payment link in any quote. We just require a £60/70€/$90 deposit to secure your booking, which gives you the flexibility of making changes to your booking as late as 14 days before your event (including changing your menu choice and numbers).
Post booking you can discuss adding extras to your meal such as sharing bites (canapes) with the help of the Events team who will be on hand to coordinate the finer details with you.
Are the menus set?
The dishes in each menu are created & chosen to complement one another, but you can Mix & Match up to 2 dishes between our menus if you don’t like a dish or just can’t decide on a menu. You can read more about how to do this here…
Do we all have to select the same dish?
Wherever you see more than one option per course, your guests get a choice from those options. Post booking you’ll be able to invite your guests to give their menu choices through our system and they’ll get to choose which dish they would like from each course.
How do we manage dietary needs?
We cater for almost all dietary requirements, and we check what dietary requirements your party has prior to your event allowing your personal chef to accommodate everyone. When choosing a menu, start by selecting one that fits your budget and that has courses best suited to most of your group. At this stage you don’t need worry too much about individual dietary requirements. Post booking, the catering team will then contact you about your menu choices and dietary needs and where required adjust the dishes to suit or offer alternative dishes to mix and match your perfect meal.
I want to secure my date, but I’m not sure on the menu?
No problem. You can book and secure your date with just a £60 (70€ or $90) deposit against any personal chef quote and then finalise your menu and numbers later. Doing this doesn’t commit you to the menu or heads which you can adjust up to 14 days before your event.
What our Customers say
We are the highest rated catering service in the UK according to platforms such as Trustpilot. Read over 2500 reviews of our service here…
Debbie Ruscoe-Icke3. October, 20245* service, food and whole experience. Dan our chef for the evening was amazing. This was our 1st dine indulge booking the food was delicious and so fresh, the lobster the best we have had in a long while. The ingredients used were obviously of a high standard, which was evident in each of the 6 courses we tasted. I would thoughtfully recommend a booking with dine indulge and we will no doubt be using them again!amanda d1. October, 2024This is the 3rd time we have had the Tapas menu and have loved it every single time. The chefs have always been very friendly and professional, great communication, and fantastic food.DanandEllie Wedding26. September, 2024Fabulous food and experience. Good communication before the day and when our chef Jamie arrived, he was pleasant and friendly. His food was incredible and he left the kitchen spotless afterwards! Highly recommend!Carole Mole25. September, 2024Our experience with Dineindulge was wonderful. The food was amazing and matched any fine dining restaurant experience that we've ever had. Our chef Chris was friendly, efficient, a master of his art and left our kitchen spotless and tidy. It meant we could have a wonderful evening with great good and the children in the family upstairs in bed so no stress of babysitters. We would highly recommend this to anyone who's been considering it.Katie Westwood23. September, 2024I've had 3 events where I've used Dineindulge now, they've all been great. The chefs we've had each time have arrived on time, been really friendly and attentive, and the food has been great. I think it's really good value for money.Susan Stewart23. September, 2024We used Dine Indulge for my 60th birthday with our family. It’s the first time we have had a private chef and the whole experience was amazing from beginning to end. The chef, Charles was lovely and put us at ease. We were in a holiday rental and he brought all the equipment he needed cooked the most amazing meal. The food was out of this world, presented beautifully with just the right amount of time between courses and Charles cleaned the kitchen and did the dishes before he left. I will definitely do this again. We bought our own paired wines so cannot comment on thatJulie Blake22. September, 2024Dine Indulge are brilliant! Great chefs, lots of choice and excellent communication. Would definitely recommend!!Maxine Barratt16. September, 2024Fantastic experience throughout. Very easy process to select menu options, make payment, add special requirements, etc and when I needed to speak to a person the response was super quick and personal. Couldn’t have run more smoothly and I felt confident throughout that everything would go to plan. As for the chef and the food itself….outstanding! Highly recommend this businessKully Kaur16. September, 2024Fantastic evening - our private dining experience was excellent. A professional service and amazing food. Helped our birthday celebrations go swimmingly.Judy Painter10. September, 2024We couldn’t be happier with Dineindulge for the service we received and our chef Judith who executed the bbq for our anniversary party. All our guests were overwhelmed with the quality of the food and the professionalism. We were kept well informed all the way through from booking until the end of our event leaving us to enjoy the party with no worries and only our empty wine glasses to clear up the morning after! . Thankyou Judith and all the team.
Chris our chef was fantastic. I decided to hire a chef and went with Dineindulge for a BBQ for my Birthday. We went for the premium BBQ package which had loads of amazing food, the salmon and the jerk chicken were incredible. Michael the personal chef was very professional arriving with plenty of time to set up and go through everything. I spoke to the team before the event and he asked me to double check the BBQ was working which was a good job as it was out of gas.
Scott, our private chef, arrived around 2 hours before our meal start time. We showed him the kitchen and he set to work preparing a delicious dinner with absolutely no fuss. While we were enjoying a relaxing pre dinner drink, he let us know everything was ready. We sat down to a wonderful five course meal. Each course was excellent. We were able to add some excellent wines which we would never have bought in a restaurant. Scott served each course and cleared up afterwards. He washed all the dishes and left the kitchen spotless. We had a very memorable night as part of a significant family celebration. I would unreservedly recommend Dineindulge and will use their services again.
We had a private dining experience for my husband’s 70th birthday and I have to say that our chef was amazing. We were a party of 8 and the food was served at the same time, was hot and absolutely delicious. At the end of the evening we were amazed that the kitchen was left spotlessly clean too. Considering that we were hiring a private chef in London the price was really affordable too. Definitely going to use again and I would highly recommended it to anyone!
Here’s How It Works
The aim of our service is to make the booking process from choosing a menu to the arrival of your private chef (at the place & time you want them) as quick & easy as possible for you.
This is how we do it…
2 - Menu Choice
Browse our delicious selection of set menus & choose one to your liking.
3 - Your Order
On selection the full price of the booking is displayed for you.
4 - Book & Pay
Once you’re happy you can book & pay for your order securely online.
5 - Can’t Decide?
Select any menu, pay just a £60 deposit & change your menu choice up to 14 days before your event.
6 - Relax...
Sit back, relax & we’ll organise the rest for you.
What Happens Next?
All that is left for you to do is to confirm your event details including Eat Time & Full Event Address. You’ll be sent an email with access to our event portal requesting this information as well as allowing you to invite your guests to select their menu choices.
If we have any questions we’ll contact you but we’re open 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday if you need us and we’ll send you a number of reminders and confirmations leading up to your event.
On the day of your event, your chef will arrive on average 1 to 2 hours before your eat time with all the food and ingredients. They will take over your kitchen preparing, cooking & serving your chosen menu to you and then do a full clear & clean down of the kitchen, including washing all the dishes!
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I book a private chef & decide on the menu & numbers later? Yes, you can book and secure your date with just a £60 (70€ or $90) deposit against any personal chef quote and then finalise your menu and numbers later. Doing this doesn’t commit you to the menu or heads which you can adjust up to 14 days before your event.
Are the menus set? The dishes in each menu are created & chosen to complement one another, but you can Mix & Match up to 2 dishes between our menus if you don’t like a dish or just can’t decide on a menu. You can read more about how to do this here…
If we hire a private chef, do we all have to select the same dish? Wherever you see more than one option per course, your guests get a choice from those options. Post booking you’ll be able to invite your guests to give their menu choices through our system and they’ll get to choose which dish they would like from each course.
We have vegan guests & other dietary needs, will this work when booking a chef at home? We cater for almost all dietary requirements, and we check what dietary requirements your party has prior to your event allowing your personal chef to accommodate everyone. When choosing a menu, start by selecting one that fits your budget and that has courses best suited to most of your group. At this stage you don’t need worry too much about individual dietary requirements. Post booking, the catering team will then contact you about your menu choices and dietary needs and where required adjust the dishes to suit or offer alternative dishes to mix and match your perfect meal.
Got a question for us? Get in touch.
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