Mendocino Chef
Services
Services We Cook in Your Space Everything below happens where you already are — a vacation rental or private home, a venue, a retreat center, a glamping site, a ranch.
Services · Mendocino County
Everything we do happens where you already are: a vacation rental or a private home, a retreat center, a venue, a ranch or an inn. We bring the food, the cooking and the cleanup to you. Here are the ways to work with us; pick the one that sounds like your trip.
Find the right fit
One chef, relaxed
Personal chef
$800 for up to 4 people
Meals for your stay packed in the fridge, or a family-style dinner served and cleared. One chef, up to eight hours, groceries at cost.
Served at your table
Private dinners
From $175 a person
A multi-course dinner cooked in your kitchen and served course by course. Birthdays, anniversaries, bachelorettes, bachelor parties and holidays.
Hands-on
Cooking classes
From $175 a person
An evening for up to ten: a grazing board, a class in fresh pasta, pizza or open-fire cooking, the meal you made, then dessert.
Small and micro
Weddings
From $250 a person
Micro-weddings, rehearsal dinners, welcome dinners and the morning-after brunch: the whole weekend, fed properly.
Multi-day
Retreats
Per person, per day
Every meal for a group, built around your schedule and any diet: wellness, yoga, company offsites and big group houses.
The long table
Farm dinners & pop-ups
From $275 a person
One long table, often cooked over open fire, at a farm or on your land. Or come to one of our public pop-ups.
Not sure which?
| Two to eight of you, relaxed, or meals for the week | Personal chef |
| Courses served, a chef there through dinner | Private dinner |
| You want to cook, with a chef alongside | Cooking class |
| A wedding weekend, or the night before it | Weddings |
| A group that needs feeding for days | Retreats |
| Arriving this week | Ask anyway, short notice is often fine |
Or just call: we’ll figure it out with you in five minutes. The pricing guide has every rate, and what to expect shows how a booking comes together.
Too small for a caterer? You’re exactly our size.
Fourteen people at a long table. A rehearsal dinner for twenty while somebody else handles the reception. A family that has taken a house for a week and wants two proper dinners in it. That’s the work we’re built for, with small teams cooking on site.
Included every time
Menu design, sourcing and shopping, on-site cooking, service and a clean kitchen when we leave. Wine, specialty rentals and gratuity are billed separately; add-ons like bar service, florals and extra staff are priced plainly in your quote.
How booking works
Tell us the date on the inquiry form → a chef gets back to you within two business days with a few questions and a time to talk → a deposit holds the date and we handle the rest.
Where we cook
All across Mendocino County: Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Albion, Little River, Caspar, Elk, Point Arena, Westport, Philo, Boonville, Ukiah and Willits. If your rental has a kitchen, or a fire pit and room for a table, we can work with it.
Have a date in mind?
Tell us the date, the guest count and where you’re staying. We’ll get back to you with a few questions and a time to talk.