Fourteen kinds of chef

Private chefs

Private chefs are not one trade. A chalet cook who feeds fourteen at altitude for a week and a tasting menu chef who plates eight courses for six people share a jacket and very little else. Fourteen profiles, with rates and the questions to ask.

Profile	Cooks	Rate	Basis
The Villa Chef	Mediterranean, three services, no fuss	€450 to €1,100	per day
The Chalet Chef	Four services a day for seven days	€600 to €1,000	per day
The Yacht Chef	One oven, a moving floor, no shop	€350 to €600	per day on charter
The Tasting Menu Chef	Restaurant precision in a private room	€900 to €2,500	per dinner
The Kaiseki and Japanese Chef	Season, knife, restraint	€1,200 to €3,000	per dinner
The Fire and Grill Chef	Embers, smoke, one hour of heat	€550 to €1,200	per dinner or per day
The Plant-based Fine Dining Chef	Vegetables as the main event	€550 to €1,400	per dinner or per day
The Pâtissier on Call	The dessert course, hired separately	€350 to €1,200	per dinner or per piece
The Classical Chef	Stock, reduction, a spoon that coats	€700 to €1,800	per dinner
The City Kitchen Chef	Four square metres and a lift	€500 to €1,100	per dinner
The Family Season Chef	Children at six, adults at nine	€400 to €800	per day
The Household Chef	Employed, not booked	€5,500 to €12,000	per month
The Banquet Chef	A hundred plates in eleven minutes	€900 to €2,200	per event, plus the brigade
The Sommelier for the Evening	Not a chef, and worth the money	€400 to €900	per evening

Chef profile Mediterranean, three services, no fuss

The Villa Chef

The all rounder of the summer season: shops at the market, cooks lunch for twelve and dinner for sixteen, and makes it look like nothing happened..

€450 to €1,100 per day

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Chef profile Four services a day for seven days

The Chalet Chef

Breakfast, packed lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, at altitude, for a fortnight.

€600 to €1,000 per day

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Chef profile One oven, a moving floor, no shop

The Yacht Chef

Provisions for a week, a galley the size of a wardrobe, guests who want sushi at eleven and a barbecue at two.

€350 to €600 per day on charter

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Chef profile Restaurant precision in a private room

The Tasting Menu Chef

Eight or nine courses, a brigade of three, a full day of prep.

€900 to €2,500 per dinner

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Chef profile Season, knife, restraint

The Kaiseki and Japanese Chef

Raw fish cut properly, dashi made that morning, eight small courses that look like nothing and take longer than anything else on this list..

€1,200 to €3,000 per dinner

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Chef profile Embers, smoke, one hour of heat

The Fire and Grill Chef

Cooking over wood for twenty people outdoors: a fish, a shoulder, vegetables in the embers, flatbread made in front of the guests..

€550 to €1,200 per dinner or per day

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Chef profile Vegetables as the main event

The Plant-based Fine Dining Chef

A full menu without meat or fish that does not feel like a substitution: ferments, ash, stock from roasted vegetables, and a dessert that is not fruit salad..

€550 to €1,400 per dinner or per day

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