Twelve private dining markets
Destinations
A dinner for twelve behaves differently in a Mayfair townhouse than in a finca above Ibiza Town. Twelve markets with their season, their price level, their kitchens and the permits nobody mentions until the truck arrives.
| Destinations | Guide price per guest | Chef per day | Service, hour | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | €215 | €780 | €40 | May to July, late November to mid December |
| Paris | €195 | €700 | €34 | May to early July, September to October |
| Côte d’Azur | €265 | €950 | €45 | Late June to end of August |
| Marbella | €165 | €560 | €28 | June to September |
| Ibiza | €205 | €780 | €38 | July and August |
| Mykonos | €225 | €880 | €40 | July to August |
| St. Moritz | €245 | €880 | €44 | Christmas to New Year, February |
| Tuscany | €155 | €520 | €26 | May to June, September |
| Dubai | €245 | €900 | €34 | November to March |
| New York | €265 | €1,000 | €48 | May to June, September to mid December |
| Los Angeles | €225 | €880 | €42 | April to June, September to November |
| Singapore | €215 | €820 | €32 | November to February, plus the Grand Prix and festival weeks |
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Townhouses, mews kitchens and a trade that never sleepsLondon
No city hires out a kitchen brigade faster.
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Where catering is a trade with its own wordParis
France gave the trade its vocabulary, and the Parisian traiteur still behaves like a restaurant that happens to travel.
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The most expensive kitchen logistics in EuropeCôte d’Azur
Between Saint Tropez and Monaco the season is eight weeks long, the villas are spectacular and every supplier knows it.
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Nine months of outdoor dinners and a staff pool that speaks four languagesMarbella
The Costa del Sol has the longest outdoor dining season in Europe, villas built for entertaining and prices a third below the French coast.
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A short, expensive season with the best private chefs per square kilometreIbiza
Ten weeks of the year Ibiza hosts more private dinners per head than anywhere in the Mediterranean, and the island’s chefs have built a trade around fincas with no kitchen and guests who arrive at eleven..
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Eight weeks of terrace dinners and the highest logistics premium in GreeceMykonos
Mykonos charges Saint Tropez prices with island logistics.
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Full board for fourteen, at altitude, for seven daysSt. Moritz
The Alps do not sell dinners, they sell weeks.
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Villas, olive trees and a food culture that needs no helpTuscany
Tuscany gives you the best produce to price ratio in Europe, villas built for thirty at one table and a trade that understands weddings better than anywhere on this list..
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Anything is available, at a price, with paperworkDubai
Dubai’s private dining season runs when Europe’s stops.
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Six flights of stairs, one service lift and the best brigades in AmericaNew York
New York has the deepest American talent pool and the hardest buildings.
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Canyon gardens, produce to match Europe, dinner at sevenLos Angeles
Los Angeles hosts outside eleven months a year, shops at the best farmers markets in America and eats earlier than anywhere else on this list.
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The best organised private dining market in AsiaSingapore
Singapore combines a serious chef scene, formal service and regulation that actually functions.
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