Private Chef Service
Private Chef

Private Chef Service

Chef Quepos

A private chef comes to your villa and prepares breakfast, lunch, or a multi-course dinner to order. The price is per meal and depends on your group size (see the rates below); the same rates apply to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For groups larger than 12 guests, add $10 per additional guest. Groceries are billed separately at actual cost and settled with the chef after the meal. Choose your dishes from the menu below when you confirm.

Sample Menu

Meals are cooked family-style: one shared spread per sitting, like a home-cooked dinner. Everyone enjoys the same courses. When you book, you choose one dish per course for the table and tell your chef about any allergies, and they handle the rest.

Breakfast

  • Full Costa Rican breakfast: gallo pinto, scrambled eggs, sour cream & cheese
  • French toast with scrambled eggs & fruit platter
  • Pancakes with fruit & maple syrup
  • Breakfast burritos
  • All-American slam

Lunch

  • Arroz con pollo (rice with chicken)
  • Fish or shrimp tacos
  • Pasta salad with chicken strips
  • Beef or chicken fajitas
  • Pesto chicken & penne

Dinner

Appetizers & snacks

  • Chips, salsa & guacamole
  • Crab dip
  • Fish ceviche
  • Bruschetta
  • Avocado shrimp ceviche
  • Avocado rolls
  • Tuna tartare
  • Shrimp tostadas
  • Black bean hummus with bread sticks
  • Jumbo shrimp cocktail

Salads

  • Costa Rican mixed salad
  • Heart of palm & avocado salad
  • Caesar salad
  • Caprese salad
  • Greek salad

Main courses

  • Macadamia-crusted mahi mahi
  • Beef or pork tenderloin with chimichurri
  • Caribbean shrimp
  • Full Costa Rican dinner (rice, beans, veggie picadillo, sweet plantain) with chicken, beef, fish, pork, or veggies
  • Lime garlic butter catch of the day
  • Ahi tuna steaks
  • Green curry chicken & veggies
  • Caribbean-style chicken
  • Ginger shrimp sautéed with tomato, onion, red pepper, green onion & cilantro
  • Sweet chili chicken
  • Thai green-shell mussels & prawns
  • Pesto penne (vegetarian)
  • Sea bass with cilantro-cashew pesto
  • Guava pork ribs
  • Panko tuna fillets
  • Red snapper with pineapple chutney
  • Lobster tails with garlic butter
  • Surf & turf (shrimp & beef tenderloin)

Sides

  • Coconut-ginger rice
  • Mashed potatoes
  • Mixed veggies
  • Baked potatoes
  • Jasmine rice
  • Roasted rosemary potatoes
  • Sesame-ginger veggies

Kids

  • Quesadillas
  • Pasta
  • Beef fajitas
  • Chicken fajitas

Desserts

  • Brownies & ice cream
  • Tres leches
  • Bananas flambée
  • Pizookie with vanilla ice cream
  • Deep-fried Oreos
  • Vanilla ice cream

Need an exception, like a kids' plate or one different dish for someone? Just tell your chef and they'll sort it out.