A presence, not a performance
Private Chef
Beyond the single evening: a chef who learns how your household eats, and cooks accordingly — daily, weekly, or for the length of a season.
The commission
The best private cooking is barely noticeable. It is breakfast that appears without ceremony, lunch that suits the day’s shape, dinner that ends precisely when the conversation does. Samuel works to the rhythm of the household, not the other way around.
Menus follow the season and the family’s own tastes — refined when the moment calls for it, simple when it doesn’t. Sourcing, cooking, service and the kitchen itself are all quietly taken care of.
A day, in the household’s rhythm
Present when wanted. Invisible when not.
Morning
Breakfast appears without ceremony — for whoever is awake, whenever they are. The larder is reviewed; the day’s produce is ordered or collected.
Afternoon
Lunch to the day’s shape: light before meetings, long on a Sunday. Preparation for the evening begins quietly.
Evening
Dinner lands when the household is ready, not when the kitchen is. Then the kitchen is returned to silence — clean, stocked, ready.
In brief
- Form
- Daily or weekly service, shaped to the household
- Scope
- Sourcing, cooking, service, and the kitchen’s keeping
- Duration
- A weekend, a season, or an ongoing arrangement
Adjacent commissions
Commissions
It begins with a conversation.
Share the date, the place, and the occasion. Samuel replies personally.