Your kitchen is one of the most important areas of your home, and for someone who loves to cook or fancies themselves as a bit of Private Chef, having a functional workspace can make all the difference. A kitchen should not only be large enough to move around in but should have all the necessary features to allow you to cook with ease and enjoy the chef experience, whether you are in a condo or a home.

Take a look at what we had to say about features that are the most important to have in a kitchen if you like to cook. These tips apply just as much for enjoying the experience of a Private Chef in your home as they do for preparing your own dinner party.
15 Features Food Experts Say to Look for in a Kitchen

Give Table at Home a try you want a great private chef experience in New York, Miami, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Houston or Nasville

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Table at Home is expanding its Private Chef booking service to Austin, Boston and Nashville in 2021. Right now, we are actively looking for new chefs to join the platform.

If you have great cooking skills and like working directly with customers then think about applying. We think we are the best gig platform for independent private chefs who like doing small authentic events in people’s homes.

The majority of our bookings are dinner parties for 2-12 people, plus some requests for cooking lessons, brunches and party canapes. Most bookings are on Friday and Saturday nights, and the typical price range of gigs is $80 – $200 per head.

Go to our Chefs page to find out more and apply

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Table at Home is the top private chef gig platform in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D,C., Miami and San Diego. Through our web app you can find quality gig opportunities to put on dinner party experiences in peoples homes.

Our platform is flexible – you go after the jobs you want – proposing your own menus and prices. Most gigs are dinner parties from 2-10 people on Friday and Saturday nights.

We are currently busier than ever with more and more people choosing to dine and entertain in the safety of their own home. We are actively adding chefs to our roster in all markets, with an especially strong need in Chicago and Washington D.C. We are very interested in talking to chefs who have quality fine dining restaurant experience from Michelin star or James Beard awarded restaurants.

Go to our Chefs page to learn more and apply.

If you want to check out some of the chefs already on our platform and see the type of gigs they do:

Click here to meet some of our Manhattan New York City Private Chefs

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Click here to meet some of our New York New, Jersey and Connecticut Private Chefs

We are open to applications from all chefs  – both seasoned professionals and amateur gourmet cooks. Key is the skill to create a quality fine dining experiences in peoples homes, and the interpersonal skills to share your passion with others.

You can see what ICE – the International Culinary Institute of Education – has to say about us here

Join us and have some fun!

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All of these chefs are authentic independent Private Chefs who love sharing their cooking and skills through dinner parties, small intimate events and interactive experiences.

Check out their profiles to find the right chef for you, or put in a general request through Table at Home to receive multiple proposals from our quality vetted Private Chefs.

#1 – Private Chef Shawn

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With roots in the deep south, Chef Shawn began his career in the kitchen at age 15 making pizzas and sandwiches in his hometown of Richmond,VA. Over the last 20 years he has continually evolved his skills, working at multiple top restaurants, including April Bloomfield’s empire flagship – The Breslin. His style is an eclectic mix of modern and traditional, integrating his passion for small farm ingredients and traditional skills like over fire cooking. Customers rave not only about the quality of his food, but also his passion for sharing his craft.
Click here to view his profile and learn more about the Private Chef experiences he provides in Manhattan

#2 – Private Chef Jaime

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Private Chef Jaime is the consummate professional. With a degree in Culinary Arts and Management from the Art Institute of New York, and an infectious enthusiasm, she has evolved her skills to deliver the perfect Private Chef experience. This has included stints at Michelin Star restaurants like Aureole and intimate gems like Beauty & Essex. Cuisine wise, with her Caribbean background, she loves to make amazing curried dishes and island seafood specialties. However, it is often her Italian cuisine which has customers raving, and in particular her Short Rib Ragu.
Click here to see the amazing Private Chef experiences Jaime can provide in NYC

#3 – Private Chef Jason

Private Chef Jason has over 18 years of experience learning techniques from some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the business. David Burke’s Fromagerie was his intro to French classics. He loves recreating Jacques Pepin signature dishes. Iron Chef Michael Simon Influenced his Greek and Mediterranean flavors. He learned Asian fusion from Steven Starr’s Buddakan and Morimoto. Bringing all these experiences together, he loves bringing fine dining food experiences into intimacy of clients homes.

Click here to view Private Chef Jason’s profile and request a Private Chef experience in Manhattan

#4 – Private Chef Kahwai

Private Chef Kahwai is our star young Aussie Chef. He started cooking at his Fathers Chinese restaurant at the age of 12 then started culinary school at a five star hotel at 14. Since finishing culinary school he has worked at the three Michelin star Eleven Madison Park (The previous best restaurant in the world), and three Michelin star Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London. Currently he is the Executive chef of Huso NYC which is a caviar restaurant that’s also in the Michelin Guide 2020. He is a very diverse Private Chef and loves cooking a global palate of cuisines, reflecting his time spent in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Copenhagen, Singapore, Bordeaux, Paris, Rome, Barcelona and New York.
Click here to learn more about his Private Chef Dinner Party experiences in New York City

#5 – Private Chef Raymond

Food has had an impact throughout Chef Raymonds life. Fond childhood memories of watching his Dad do slow cooked ribs for Sunday dinners ultimately led to culinary school and working in restaurants. For the last 10 years, Private Chef Raymond has cooked in a number of top NYC restaurants, with a strong emphasis on Modern American. His entree to providing Private Chef experiences started with his wife. Sharing his passion through cooking Sunday dinners together for her family, led to dinners with friends, then friends of friends, and a strong desire to share my experience with others as a Private Chef. Without the constraints of a restaurant, he loves the intimacy of a Private Chef experience, and the ability to be creative with the menu and presentation. Most of all, Private Chef Raymond loves how a great meal in the intimacy of your home can punctuate an unforgettable evening.
Click here to hire Chef Raymond for a Private Chef experience in New York City

#6 – Private Chef Francesco

If you want an authentic Italian Private Chef, then Private Chef Francesco is the real deal! He is originally from Modena, the city where the famous balsamic vinegar comes from and the region where the famous pasta-making tradition (tortellini, ravioli, and tagliatelle, just to name a few) originates. With close to 10 years of fine dining restaurant experience under his belt, including time in Italy, Holland and the US, he now loves to share his Italian cooking with Manhattan clients. In addition to Private Chef dinners, Francesco also loves to do cooking lessons and interactive dinner parties.
Click here to book Private Chef Francesco in Manhattan

#7 – Private Chef Paul

Private Chef Paul has been in the business and likes to say cooking saved his life! With no idea of what to do after school, he got a job in one of the best BYOBs in Philadelphia and never looked back. Over the last 14 years he made his way through culinary school and multiple fine dining restaurants, including a lengthy stint at Le Cirque. Since 2014, he has been working full time as a Private Chef, bringing his passion for innovative takes on classic American cuisine.
Click here to learn more about the Private Chef experiences in NYC that Chef Paul offers

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Private Chef Richard has been serving up his classic Italian and Modern American cuisine for over 30 years. In addition to opening and running multiple restaurants in the Chicagoland area over the years, Chef Richard has also served many of the worlds top rock bands as their tour chef, including INXS, U2 and the Rolling Stones. If thats not enough, he was also a finalist on Hells Kitchen and Cut Throat Kitchen.

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Chef Richard Mancini is now wowing clients on Table at Home. See below what one of his recent customers said:

“Chef Richard is the best! He was so accommodating, easy to work with and the food was absolutely phenomenal. He also did not leave until the kitchen was spotless. I would highly recommend him. We all had the best time!”

If you want to hire Private Chef Richard or any of the other amazing Personal Chefs Table at Home has in the Chicago area, then put in a request through our site. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to hire a great private chef. Simply put in a request with your preferences and budget, then within 24 hours you will get 2-5 proposals from our private chefs. Choose the one you like and sit back and enjoy! Our pricing is always all inclusive, and all chefs have been vetted, so you know they are good! Table at Home serves New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and now Miami.

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Private Chef Violette caught the cooking bug as a child from her mother and grandmother and has not stopped. Following her calling, she won The San Diego Art Institute’s best teen chef in America Scholarship competition and attended culinary school. Since graduating, she has left her touch on a number of top restaurants, including Island Prime and Soliel K, and held multiple C suite in house chef positions. Her style modern and ingredient forward with an emphasis on farm to table.

Recent Review: Chef Violette prepared an absolutely fantastic meal for us! Everything she made was delicious and beautifully presented. She was a pleasure to have in our home and I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a fine dining experience at home.

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If you want to hire Private Chef Violette or any of the other amazing Personal Chefs Table at Home has in the San Diego and OC area, then put in a request through our site. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to hire a great private chef. Simply put in a request with your preferences and budget, then within 24 hours you will get 2-5 proposals from our private chefs. Choose the one you like and sit back and enjoy! Our pricing is always all inclusive, and all chefs have been vetted, so you know they are good! Table at Home serves New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and now Miami.

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Chef Meg serves all across the DMV and loves doing small dinner parties where she can share her love for classic french recipes and her infectious sense of humor. Customers constantly rave about how much fun it is to have Chef Meg in their house.

We have an amazing roster of Private Chefs in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, San Diego and now Miami. Booking is as simple as: Request your meal – Select your chef – Enjoy!

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Private Chef Israel has been a chef for over 10 years in the Miami area, working his way up at such places as Zuma and Faena, as well as hotels like the W. His style is a direct reflection of the gorgeous Miami beaches and amazing fresh Florida produce and seafood, with light and zesty flavours and clean and modern plating. Private Chef Israel loves doing dinner parties, small events and poolside BBQs.

If you want to hire Private Chef Israel or any of the other amazing Personal Chefs Table at Home has in Miami then put in a request through our site. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to hire a great private chef. Simply put in a request with your preferences and budget, then within 24 hours you will get 2-5 proposals from our private chefs. Choose the one you like and sit back and enjoy! Our pricing is always all inclusive, and all chefs have been vetted, so you know they are good! Table at Home serves New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and now Miami.

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Top New York Private Chef Rodrigo has recently moved to Miami to perfectly coincide with the launch of Table at Home Private Chef Services in Miami and the broader Miami and Fort Lauderdale area. Private Chef Rodrigo has had an interesting path to becoming a top private chef. After a successful stint as a musician (winning 2 Latin Grammys), he shifted his passion and went to culinary school. Since then he has worked in some of NYCs top kitchens including Gramercy Tavern and Morimoto. His style is an eclectic mix of Latin, Asian and European with very artful gorgeous plating.

If you want to hire Private Chef Rodrigo or any of the other amazing Personal Chefs Table at Home has in Miami then put in a request through our site. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to hire a great private chef. Simply put in a request with your preferences and budget, then within 24 hours you will get 2-5 proposals from our private chefs. Choose the one you like and sit back and enjoy! Our pricing is always all inclusive, and all chefs have been vetted, so you know they are good! Table at Home serves New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and now Miami.

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Meet one of our Private Chefs in Miami – Viktoriya. Private Chef Viktoriya discovered her passion for Private Cheffing while working in Luxury Real Estate for Jills Zeder. Catering for private showings led to working full time as a Private Chef for various families and businesses in the CocoPlum circle. She is well versed in all types of cuisines but has a passion for classic European favorites. Check out her Lamb Chops and Roasted potatoes in a Red Wine and Blackberry reduction.

Lamb Chops Over Roasted Baby Potatoes On A Blackberry Red Wine Reduction by Private Chef Viktoriya

If you want to hire Private Chef Viktoriya or any of the other amazing Personal Chefs Table at Home has in Miami then put in a request through our site. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to hire a great private chef. Simply put in a request with your preferences and budget, then within 24 hours you will get 2-5 proposals from our private chefs. You simple choose the one you like and sit back and enjoy! Our pricing is always all inclusive, and all chefs have been vetted, so you know they are good! Table at Home serves New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C. and NOW MIAMI.

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