USA · UK · UAE Vetted Chefs Only Concierge-Matched, Not a Directory

Hire the Perfect Chef for Any Occasion

Tell us what you need. We match you with a vetted private chef near you — for dinner parties, weekly meal prep, weddings, vacation villas, Airbnbs, yachts, and corporate events.

30+Cities across 3 countries
13Chef service types
< 24hTypical match time

What can we help you find?

Popular requests this month

🎂 Birthday Chef
🥗 Weekly Meal Prep
🏝️ Vacation Villa Chef
💍 Wedding Catering
🔥 BBQ Grill Chef
🌱 Vegan Chef
How It Works

You describe the event. We handle the rest.

No browsing hundreds of profiles. No cold outreach. Just tell us what you need — our team matches you with the right chef.

1

Submit your request

Location, date, occasion, cuisine, guest count, and budget — via our short form or straight to our email.

2

We search our chef network

Our team checks availability and fit across our internal database of vetted chefs in your area.

3

You get 2-5 chef options

We send you the best-matched chefs with pricing and availability — usually within 24 hours.

4

You book directly

Connect with your chosen chef to confirm the menu and finalize your booking.

Services

Every Kind of Chef, One Request Away

From a single dinner party to recurring weekly meal prep — tell us which service fits your occasion.

Private chef plating a gourmet dish in a home kitchen
Hire a Private Chef

Restaurant-Quality Dining, Cooked in Your Own Home

A vetted private chef plans, shops for, and cooks a fully custom menu in your home for a specific occasion — anniversaries, date nights, and one-off celebrations.

  • Menu fully customized to your taste, guests, and diet
  • Chef shops for ingredients and cleans up afterward
  • Perfect for anniversaries, date nights & milestone dinners
Family cooking together in a home kitchen
Home Cook

Everyday Family Meals, Without the Daily Grind

A home cook visits daily or a few times a week to cook simple, home-style meals — a lighter, more affordable alternative to a full private chef.

  • Affordable, recurring daily or weekly cooking help
  • Simple home-style meals, not elaborate event menus
  • Popular with families, new parents & elderly households
Portioned healthy meal prep containers ready for the week
Meal Prep Chefs

A Week of Meals, Cooked & Portioned in One Visit

A meal prep chef batch-cooks a week's worth of portioned, labeled meals in a single session — our most popular recurring service for busy professionals and families.

  • A week (or more) of meals cooked and portioned in one visit
  • Menus built around your calorie, macro, or dietary targets
  • Flexible, pausable weekly or bi-weekly schedule
Fresh healthy salad plate with colorful vegetables
Personal Diet Chefs

Keto, Diabetic & Health-Focused Cooking, Handled

A personal diet chef cooks from your exact nutrition plan — keto, diabetic-friendly, low-sodium, or doctor-prescribed — so you hit your health goals without doing the planning yourself.

  • Cooks from your doctor, dietitian, or nutritionist's plan
  • Specialists in keto, low-carb, vegan & diabetic-friendly cooking
  • Macro and calorie targets tracked precisely on request
Dinner table set on the beach at sunset for a vacation chef experience
Vacation & Villa Chefs

Villa, Airbnb & Yacht Chefs for Your Trip

A vacation chef travels to your villa, holiday rental, Airbnb, or yacht and cooks throughout your stay — so your group enjoys the trip instead of the kitchen.

  • Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner at your villa or rental
  • Covers Airbnbs, holiday villas, and yacht charters alike
  • Multi-day and full-stay bookings at better daily rates
Corporate catering spread for an office event
Corporate Chefs

Office Catering & Executive Events, Scaled to You

A corporate chef handles office lunches, executive dinners, and product-launch catering — as a one-off booking or a recurring weekly office program.

  • One-off executive dinners or recurring weekly office lunches
  • Scales from small team lunches to large launch events
  • Dietary accommodations handled across the full guest list
Elegant wedding reception table setting with catering
Chef Booking for Events

Book a Chef for Weddings, Birthdays & Every Event In Between

One request form covers weddings, birthdays, backyard BBQs, and corporate functions — with menus and pricing scaled to your guest count and occasion.

  • Weddings, birthdays, BBQs, and corporate events — one form
  • Menus customized to cultural traditions and themes
  • Live-cooking, tableside, and grill/smoker specialists available

Looking for something more specific?

These popular requests are matched through the pillar service above.

View All Services →
Where We Operate

Chefs Near You, Across 3 Countries

Currently matching clients with chefs across the United States, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates.

Why ChefNearYou

A Concierge, Not a Directory

Most chef websites hand you a wall of profiles and leave you to figure it out. We do the matching for you — so you spend your time planning the occasion, not vetting strangers.

Typical directory: Customer → searches 200 profiles → contacts chefs one by one → no vetting
ChefNearYou: Customer → tells us the requirement once → we match & vet → you get 2-5 great options
Get Started

Tell Us What You Need

Fill in the details below. We'll email you back with the best-matched chefs, usually within 24 hours.

No cost to submit. We typically respond with matched chefs within 24 hours.

FAQ

Common Questions

You tell us what you need — location, date, occasion, cuisine, and budget — through our short request form. Our team matches your request with 2-5 vetted chefs in your area and sends you their details directly, usually within 24 hours.

No. ChefNearYou is a concierge service: rather than browsing hundreds of profiles yourself, you describe your event once and our team does the matching and vetting for you, then introduces you to the best-fit chefs.

Yes, submitting a request and receiving chef recommendations is free for customers. Chefs pay ChefNearYou to be part of our matching network.

Most bookings range from $250 to $1,200 per event depending on the service, guest count, and location, with meal prep and diet-focused services typically priced per week. You'll receive exact pricing from the matched chef before booking.

We currently operate across major cities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford, and Dubai, with new cities added regularly.

Yes, vacation villa and Airbnb chef bookings are one of our most popular services — just share your rental address, dates, and group size.

We recommend booking at least 3-7 days in advance where possible, though same-day and next-day requests are often accommodated depending on chef availability in your area.

Yes, our matching process accounts for allergies, intolerances, and diets including vegan, keto, halal, kosher, diabetic-friendly, and gluten-free.

After matching, we share the chef's contact details directly with you so you can finalize menu details and pricing together — ChefNearYou handles the introduction and vetting.

Use the request form on this site with your location, date, occasion, and requirements, or email us directly at awidigitalmedia@gmail.com — whichever is easiest for you.