The facts on Private Chef Sydney
A short, data-forward version of what this is. No founder’s letter — just the shape of the directory and how a night comes together, laid out plainly.
The directory at a glance
- Founded
- Sydney, 2017
- Chefs on the books
- Five, each cooking under their own name
- Cuisines
- Modern Australian · Mediterranean · Italian · Fusion · Contemporary
- Areas served
- Eastern Suburbs to the Northern Beaches, across the harbour
- Typical spend
- A$120–260 a head, all-in
- Lead time
- One to two weeks; longer over summer
- What’s included
- Menu design, shopping, cooking, service and clean-up
- Booking
- Direct with the chef you choose — no dispatch desk
The idea, briefly
Sydney is full of talented independent chefs, and hiring one used to mean chasing an Instagram DM and hoping for a reply. This directory pulls a handful of them into one place and organises them the way you actually decide — by what you feel like eating.
There is no dispatch desk and no house style imposed on the cooking. You browse the5 cuisines, read real menus and guest notes, and choose the specific person whose food you want in your kitchen. From there you deal with that chef directly.
Every price on the site is per head and all-in — groceries, cooking, table service and the wash-up all sit inside the figure, and any dietary version is built into the menu rather than added to the bill. The chefs cover the city from the Eastern Suburbs across to the Lower North Shore, and they leave your kitchen the way they found it.
Have a night in mind?
Start with the cuisine, then pick your chef. Five independent Sydney chefs, browsable by cuisine, cooking dinner at your own table.