Private Chef Hire · Villas Across All of Bali
Hire a private chef for your Bali villa. A named head chef and a dedicated assistant arrive at your villa, source the ingredients fresh, cook, serve at your table and clean the kitchen. You choose one, two or three meals a day. Every rate is published below — you do not have to send an enquiry to find out what it costs.
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Confirmation within the hour
50% deposit only
Balance due before event
1 waiter per 10 guests
Industry-standard service
Full cleanup
We pack up and leave
Prices
One rate, per day, based on how many meals you want cooked. Most private chef companies in Bali make you send an enquiry to find out what they charge — here is the whole thing. Every rate covers one professional chef plus a dedicated assistant, at your villa, for a full service day.
1 meal a day
IDR 1,000,000++
per day
IDR 1,210,000 all-in
Your chef cooks and serves one meal each day — you choose which one.
Breakfast, lunch or dinner
Chef + dedicated assistant
Groceries at cost, receipts given
Best for: Couples and small groups who are out exploring most of the day
Book One Meal a Day2 meals a day
IDR 1,800,000++
per day
IDR 2,178,000 all-in
Two full meals cooked and served daily, in whatever combination suits your schedule.
Any two of breakfast, lunch or dinner
Chef + dedicated assistant
Groceries at cost, receipts given
Best for: Families and groups who eat at the villa most days
Book Two Meals a Day3 meals a day
IDR 2,700,000++
per day
IDR 3,267,000 all-in
Breakfast, lunch and dinner — every meal of your stay handled.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Chef + dedicated assistant
Groceries at cost, receipts given
Best for: Long stays, retreats, and anyone who wants to stop thinking about food
Book Three Meals a DayBook seven days or more and every day costs 10% less. Twenty-eight days or more and it drops 20%. The discount applies automatically — you do not have to ask for it.
| Meals per day | 1–6 days | 7+ days (−10%) | 28+ days (−20%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Meal a DayBreakfast, lunch or dinner | IDR 1,000,000++IDR 1,210,000 all-in | IDR 900,000++IDR 1,089,000 all-in | IDR 800,000++IDR 968,000 all-in |
| Two Meals a DayAny two of breakfast, lunch or dinner | IDR 1,800,000++IDR 2,178,000 all-in | IDR 1,620,000++IDR 1,960,200 all-in | IDR 1,440,000++IDR 1,742,400 all-in |
| Three Meals a DayBreakfast, lunch and dinner | IDR 2,700,000++IDR 3,267,000 all-in | IDR 2,430,000++IDR 2,940,300 all-in | IDR 2,160,000++IDR 2,613,600 all-in |
All rates are per day and cover one chef plus one dedicated assistant. Per day, ++ (11% government tax + 10% service charge). Groceries billed separately at cost with receipts. Weekly rate 10% off, monthly rate 20% off. A 50% deposit confirms your dates; the balance is due the day before the event.
Published here rather than buried in a quote, because this is where most people get caught out.
Ingredients & sourcing
This is the part people misunderstand, so here it is plainly. Sourcing your food is a job we do for you — planning, markets, suppliers, carrying it — and that work is already paid for in your day rate. What is billed separately is the food itself, at exactly what we paid for it.
You never go to a supermarket, write a list, or carry a bag. Your chef plans each menu, decides what is needed, and does the run before service.
Nothing is bulk-bought and left sitting in a villa fridge for a week. We shop to the menu, on the rhythm the food needs — daily for fish and greens, every second day where it makes sense.
Fish from the coast, produce from the highland markets, specialist and imported items from the suppliers who actually stock them. One shop does not cover a good menu, so we do not pretend it does.
Groceries are billed at cost, no markup. Every receipt is handed over. We do not mark food up, and we do not take a supplier commission — the sourcing work is already covered by your day rate.
Why we do it this way. Most chef services in Bali fold an ingredient budget into the headline price, which means you cannot see what your food actually cost — and you have no way of knowing whether the markup is 10% or 40%. We separate the two so the day rate is honest and the food is at cost. What your groceries come to depends entirely on the menu you choose, so we build the estimate with you before your stay rather than publishing a number that would not apply to you.
Our chefs
Most agencies send whoever is available. We do not. Each cuisine has its own head chef who has cooked it for years — so if you want Japanese on Tuesday and Balinese on Wednesday, you get the person who actually specialises in each one.
Italian & Mediterranean
Executive Chef & Founder
Fine-dining trained in Milan. Hand-rolled pasta, whole grilled fish, and the technique the rest of the team is trained on.
Tagliatelle al tartufo · Branzino with salsa verde · Tiramisu
Meet Adriano →
Japanese & Seafood
Head Chef — Seafood & Japanese
Japanese knife technique applied to what came off the boat that morning. Sashimi, robata grilling, and clean broths.
Sashimi selection · Robata-grilled fish · Miso-glazed aubergine
Meet Ketut →
Indonesian & Balinese
Head Chef — Balinese & Asian Fusion
Gianyar-born, raised in ceremonial cooking. Real Balinese food — the slow-cooked, spice-paste kind, not the hotel version.
Bebek betutu · Lawar with coconut · Nasi goreng kampung
Meet Ni →
BBQ & Open Flame
Head Chef — BBQ & Grill
Decades around charcoal in Jimbaran. Wagyu, lobster, whole fish and satay, cooked poolside while everyone watches.
Wagyu brisket · Jimbaran-style whole fish · Lamb ribs with sambal matah
Meet Bayu →
Plant-Based & Wellness
Wellness & Retreat Chef
Vegan, raw and Ayurvedic menus built for retreats and long stays — food that supports a programme rather than fighting it.
Raw cashew cheese plates · Ayurvedic kitchari · Cold-pressed juice pairings
Meet Sari →
Pastry & Desserts
Head Pastry Chef
Birthday cakes, plated desserts and petit fours made in-house. The reason our dinners do not end on a fruit platter.
Celebration cakes · Plated desserts · Petit fours
Meet Wayan →01
One WhatsApp message. How many people, which area of Bali, how long you are staying. We reply within two hours.
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One, two or three meals a day. Tell us the cuisine you want and we match the head chef who specialises in it.
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Your chef and assistant arrive, cook fresh from that morning’s market run, and serve at the table.
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Kitchen spotless, dishes done. No planning, no supermarket trips, no washing up for the whole stay.
For two people taking one dinner a day, a private chef is a treat rather than a saving — IDR 1,000,000++ plus groceries against a restaurant bill of maybe IDR 600,000. You are paying for the villa setting, the tailored menu and not having to book a car.
For a group, the maths changes completely. Six people on two meals a day is IDR 1,800,000++ for the chef team, which is around IDR 300,000 each for the day before food. A single mid-range dinner for six in Seminyak costs more than that, and you still have breakfast to sort out. By the time you are eight or ten people, a chef is comfortably cheaper than eating out and considerably less hassle.
The other thing worth naming: the marketplace platforms quote per person per event, which looks cheaper on a landing page because it is a different product. Those bookings are a single freelance chef, cooking one meal, usually without table service or a second pair of hands. Our rate is a chef and an assistant, for a full day, with service and cleanup — which is why it is a day rate and not a headcount.
Worked example — family of six, seven days
Two meals a day at the weekly rate: IDR 1,620,000++ per day = IDR 11,340,000++ for the week, or IDR 13,721,400 all-in. Groceries on top at cost. That is roughly IDR 326,700 per person per day for the chef team.
We come to you
Same rates everywhere in South Bali, with no travel surcharge. Remote areas carry a distance component that we quote before you commit, never after.
Book your chef
From IDR 1,000,000++ per day for one meal, IDR 1,800,000++ for two, IDR 2,700,000++ for three. We reply within two hours with your chef, a sample menu and the all-in total.
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Prices shown are estimates and do not include service charge or VAT. Service charge (10%) and government tax (11%) will be added to your final quote.
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