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Recent Chef reviews
Tania was absolutely amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better in-home dining experience. Tania was friendly, prompt, punctual and reliable. We had Tania provide food for a 60th’s dinner party. The food was absolutely incredible!! Would highly recommend Tania and wouldn’t hesitate to use her services in the future.
Dinner Party Chef
$700
Petrus and his sister Philana were fantastic, 10 out of 10. They were extremely professional and efficient. They fullfillled every aspect of the scope that I gave them for the night. I would highly recommend them for any event.🤗
Chef or Catering Assistant- Work Christmas Party
$150
Stanley was incredible and provided seamless service and great communication throughout the process - our event was a great success thanks to all his hard work!!
Caterer/Chef & Cocktail Waiter
$140
Great job by Samantha- thanks for a great lunch! Highly recommend
Private chef Italian Mediterranean 29th Dec
$2,000
Fantastic help! Thank you
Chef for kitchen
$240
Excellent service
In home chef chinese cuisine
$350
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Miranda NSW, Australia
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Thank you for changing to beef as well as the German chocolate cake instead of tiramisu. Would be perfect in person all of it!
A plus for professionalism! Bert impressed and satisfied with my experience with chef Stanley. He noticed my drink option needed some TLC and he took initiative immediately to give it some freshly cut fruit to make it a proper mocktail. The food and experience of a personal chef in my going was exactly what I would expect from the event like this. Best birthday ever thanks to the chef and his helper 👨🍳
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