CHEFIN is a private chef service operating right across Australia. We match you with a vetted chef who will create a menu around your guests, then cook and serve it wherever you are hosting — your home, your office, a holiday property or a private venue.
Hiring a great chef is only part of it. Every menu is designed from scratch rather than chosen from a set list, and tailored to the occasion, your guest count and your dietary requirements. Our chefs cover more than 20 cuisines, from modern Australian and fine dining to the food they grew up cooking. Behind them sits a professional team that handles everything else.

What does a Private Chef service include in Australia?

Every CHEFIN booking includes the chef, all groceries, the cooking, the service and a full clean-up. Your menu is created from scratch with your chef before the day, built around the occasion, your guest count and any dietary requirements.

On the day, your chef arrives about 1.5 hours before service with all the fresh ingredients, cooks on site and serves each course. Afterwards they clean the kitchen and dining area and leave the space as they found it.

Wait staff, drinks, tableware and glassware can be arranged as add-ons — tell the concierge what you need when you book. Everything else is already in the per-person price, inclusive of GST.

Why Hire A Private Chef Through CHEFIN?

Amazing. Great Food. Chat. Relax & Have Fun. No Stress!

Beyond Just a Meal: Experience more than exquisite cuisine with CHEFIN. Every dish is a step into a story, creating moments that become memories. It’s not just about the food; it’s about enriching lives through culinary excellence.

Trusted Expertise: CHEFIN Private Chefs™️ are the heart of your dining experience, selected through a meticulous process for their passion and creativity. They’re not just professionals; they’re culinary magicians dedicated to perfection.

Uncompromised Safety: Your safety is our top priority at CHEFIN. We ensure food safety as a core principle, secure your payments in a trust until the event’s completion, and protect everyone involved with $20 million in public liability insurance for a completely secure dining experience.

Your Event, Stress-Free: From planning to execution, CHEFIN Concierges ensures your event unfolds seamlessly. Enjoy the celebration without the hassle, knowing every detail is crafted to your satisfaction with our 24/7 dedicated support.

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How CHEFIN Works

1. Select Your Style

Whether it’s an intimate 3-course affair or a lavish 5-course feast, choose a dining package that suits your occasion. View here.

2. Matched to Perfection

Our algorithm pairs you with a private chef whose expertise and culinary style match your desires.

3. Tailored to Your Taste

Collaborate with your chef to design a unique menu, exclusively tailored to thrill your palate.

4. Savor the Experience

Your chef takes care of everything, allowing you to relax and immerse yourself in the joy of dining.

Plan Your Private Dining Experience

First, CHOOSE A Dining Style

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RESERVE A PACKAGE IN 3 EASY STEPS: 1. SELECT A PACKAGE, 2. ENTER EVENT DETAILS, 3. SECURE PAY ONLINE.

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what customers say

The menu that Chef Manuel designed for us was spectacular. He took all dietary requirements into consideration when creating the menu.
Everyone enjoyed the experience and we will have Chefin again for our family Christmas in 2021.

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Chef Manuel and sous chef Daniella

Chef Manuel designed a spectacular menu! Nicole Dowling

The entire Chefin team, and experience, were superb from start to finish. It made hosting a group of 15 a real joy, and gave us time to interact with our guests. As to the food and service, can’t say enough good. Thanks!

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a winter truffle dinner partnered with Hopewood House and Robertson Truffle Farm

Chefin team, and experience, were superb James

Dan was amazing! He produced a wonderful three-course meal for my sister’s 50th birthday celebration which surpassed all of our expectations and made the occasion one to truly remember. He went the extra mile and was absolutely lovely to have in our home. Thank you, Dan and Chefin. We will definitely be booking again in the future.

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Chef Dan Marsalek Dish

Dan was amazing! Barbara Turner

I really enjoyed the whole process from beginning to end, I think we put together something really special and no one in Sydney can match it. Judging from the feedback I’m receiving, if we can do this again, we will more than double the patrons. I think we should and hope you guys are up for it. A very classy operation.

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a lady is enjoying a fine dining dish from CHEFIN private chef

I really enjoyed the whole process Mike

The Chefin Blindfold experience was amaaaaazing! Amazing Chef, 5-course dinner and blindfolds at the table it was bound to be a new experience. We loved the unique tastes and guided approach to enabling a mindful dinner experience and would recommend it to anyone who wants to have fun over dinner without the hassle.

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The Chefin Blindfold experience was amaaaaazing! Con, The Founder Lab

Chef Laurent and his assistants were so friendly and very professional in every respect of the service they provided for our party. The food presented was fantastic and enjoyed by all. At the end of the night they left the kitchen so clean, you would not have known anyone had been there. Thanks so much for making my wife’s 60th a memorable occasion.

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Chef Laurent Siloret Wagyu, porcini jus

The food presented was fantastic Grant Roe

How much does a private chef cost in Australia?

A private chef through CHEFIN is priced per person, and the rate depends on the dining style you choose and the size of your group. Cocktail canapés sit at $65 per person; multi-course plated fine dining from $195 per person. All prices are inclusive of GST — nothing is added at checkout. There is no separate call-out fee, ingredient surcharge or cleaning charge either: the quote you see covers the chef, the groceries, the cooking, the service and the kitchen left as they found it.

Each package page carries its current per-person rate. For an exact figure for your group size and date, ask the concierge — pricing may vary on public holidays and for last-minute bookings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a private chef available for my event date?

Yes. Give the concierge your date, location and guest count, and we will come back with chefs who are free — including at short notice and on peak dates such as Mother’s Day, New Year’s Eve and through December. If your chef becomes unavailable closer to the event, we arrange a replacement, so a change on our side never becomes your problem.

How do I hire a private chef with CHEFIN?

Booking takes three steps. First, choose a dining style — cocktail canapés, family-style share plates or plated fine dining — and enter your event details. Second, we match your preferences with available chefs in your area and give you a choice; during peak periods and last-minute bookings you will be assigned a chef. Third, your chef designs a menu around your occasion and dietary requirements, with revisions until you are happy with it. A concierge handles the details from booking through to the event.

What are the most popular cuisines for a private chef in Australia?

The five most popular cuisines booked through CHEFIN in Australia are Modern Australian, French, Japanese, Italian and South American. Across the platform our chefs cover more than 20 cuisines in total, so most requests can be matched — including regional styles that rarely appear on restaurant menus. If the cuisine you want isn’t listed, tell the concierge and we will look for a chef who specialises in it.

What do I need to prepare before a private chef arrives?

Very little. Clear one to two shelves in your fridge, clear the kitchen bench, and show your chef the kitchen and dining areas when they arrive. If you have not booked wait staff, set the table with your own crockery, glassware and cutlery. If wait staff are booked, they handle table setting before service. Your chef brings all the ingredients.

What is the difference between a personal chef and a private chef?

A private chef is booked for one occasion — a dinner party, an anniversary, a corporate event — and cooks and serves on the day. A personal chef visits regularly to prepare meals for a household to eat through the week. CHEFIN provides both across Australia. Tell the concierge which you are after and we will match you accordingly.

Do private chefs do the grocery shopping?

Yes. Your CHEFIN chef sources and shops for all ingredients and brings them on the day. You do not need to buy anything or arrange delivery, and the ingredient cost is included in the per-person price rather than billed afterwards.

Do private chefs clean up after cooking?

Yes. Every CHEFIN booking in Australia includes full clean-up of the kitchen and dining area, and your chef leaves the space as they found it. Clean-up is included in the per-person price, not charged separately.

Are there any extra costs or taxes added at checkout?

No. CHEFIN prices are inclusive of GST, and the per-person rate covers the chef, all groceries, the cooking, the service and full clean-up. There is no call-out fee, ingredient surcharge, cleaning charge or tax added on top. The only extras are add-ons you choose yourself, such as wait staff, drinks or glassware. The price quoted is the price you pay.

Private chef experiences for every occasion

Australians book a private chef when the evening matters more than the venue. These are the occasions we cater to most.

  • Dinner parties. The standing Saturday-night booking, where the host wants to sit down with their own guests rather than run the kitchen.
  • Milestone birthdays. 40ths, 50ths and 60ths, usually eight to fifteen around one table.
  • Anniversaries and proposals. Plated fine dining, often for two, sometimes with a photographer arriving at dessert.
  • Corporate events. Client dinners, team gatherings and board lunches that need discretion and a room nobody else is in.
  • Family-style celebrations. Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Lunar New Year and Eid, served across the country.
  • Dinner with friends. No occasion at all, beyond wanting to eat well together.

Tell the concierge the date, the guest count and what the evening is for. We will match you with a chef who suits it.

Where CHEFIN private chefs cook across Australia

CHEFIN chefs work in every state and territory. If you are searching for a private chef near you, these are the areas our chefs travel to regularly.

NSW — Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange, Byron Bay, Tamworth, Blue Mountains, Kiama, Nowra, Hunter Valley
ACT — Canberra
VIC — Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Mornington Peninsula
QLD — Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns, Sunshine Coast
SA — Adelaide, Barossa, Limestone Coast
WA — Perth, Broome, Margaret River
NT — Darwin, Alice Springs
TAS — Hobart, Launceston

We cook wherever you are hosting: homes and apartments, offices and boardrooms, rented event spaces and studios, holiday properties and farm stays, and outdoor settings such as gardens, terraces and courtyards. Tell the concierge what the space is and your chef plans around it.

Outside these areas? Ask us. Regional and holiday-property bookings are often possible with notice.

Private Chef Nick Guan explains his dishes to guests

Cooking in Australia: cuisines, seasons and dietary requirements

Australian kitchens draw on more culinary traditions than almost anywhere else, and our chefs reflect that. Between them they cook more than 20 cuisines — modern Australian, French, Japanese, Italian and South American are the five booked most often, but Thai, Lebanese, Indian, Korean and Spanish menus are all available.

Seasons run the other way here, and menus follow them. Summer means stone fruit, tomatoes and seafood through Christmas and January. Autumn brings mushrooms, figs and game. Winter turns chefs toward slow cooking, root vegetables and citrus at its peak. Spring is asparagus, peas and the first of the year’s berries. Your chef shops for the freshest ingredients close to the day rather than working from a fixed list, so the menu reflects what is genuinely good that week.

Dietary requirements are built into the menu rather than worked around. Gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan, halal, low FODMAP and specific allergies are all accommodated, and with this much cuisine range a dietary preference rarely means a lesser dish. Flag severe allergies when you book so your chef can manage cross-contamination properly.

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PERSONAL CHEF ROBERT MORALES

Born in California and raised in Texas, private chef Robert now calls Sydney home. With a deep awareness of nature and its abundance of foods, Robert is a rare kind of professional chef who forages for ingredients from the wild. If you’re looking for a unique experience that will have you learning a little bit more about your food, Rob is the perfect match. Read more about private chef Robert Morales.

Private Chef Robert Morales Profile Photo

PERSONAL CHEF WINSTON ZHANG

People who love to eat always make great chefs, and chef Winston is one of them. Originally from Shanghai, Winston’s love of food was born in Sydney, thanks to its beautifully diverse selection of ingredients. Winston is a restaurant executive and private chef who lives, breathes, and eats food, with every moment of his waking life devoted to it. When he’s not cooking, he’s eating, guaranteeing you a premium private chef with tonnes of innovation and passion.

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PERSONAL CHEF CHRIS SIKTARS

He started his cheffing career learning traditional Hungarian foods from his grandma, and now chef Chris is nationally recognized for his simplistic, produce-focused cuisine packed with flavour. There are no fancy bits and bobs or confusion on the palate—just quality food and flavours. If you’re a serious foodie excited at the thought of obscure ingredients, unique dishes, and sustainable produce, then Chris will give you lots to boast about.

Private Chef in Brisbane Chris Siktars