Intimate plated dinners for anniversaries, proposals, date nights, and milestones, cooked in your kitchen, built entirely for the occasion.
Some dinners deserve more than a reservation. A private chef dinner from Chef Juan’s® is a plated meal cooked in your home for a small, meaningful gathering, an anniversary, a proposal, a birthday, a milestone, a welcome-home for family. The menu is built entirely around the occasion, the person you’re celebrating, their favorite flavors, the way the night should feel. Chef Juan handles menu design, sourcing, cooking, plating, and cleanup. You handle the moment. One client once reserved Chef Juan’s Buford venue for a private dinner for just two people, because that’s what the night deserved. That’s the kind of dinner this service is built for.
What a Private Dinner Looks Like
1. A conversation about the occasion. Who’s being celebrated, what they love, what feeling you want the night to have.
2. A menu proposal. Chef Juan builds a multi-course menu tailored to the occasion, a starter, one or two mains, a side, and a plated dessert or dessert coordination.
3. Chef Juan cooks in your home. He arrives with the ingredients, cooks in your kitchen, and plates each course.
4. The night stays intimate. No servers unless you want them. No large-scale operation. Just the meal.
Great For
- Anniversary dinners, a milestone anniversary at home instead of a crowded restaurant
- Proposals, a plated dinner as the setting for the moment
- Date nights, one exceptional evening a couple of times a year
- Welcome-home dinners, family or partner returning from deployment, travel, treatment, or a long stretch away
- Small milestone celebrations, a promotion, a retirement, a private birthday
- Client and business dinners, a thank-you dinner for a key client or a small executive dinner, hosted at home
What’s Included
- Custom multi-course menu built with you
- Ingredient sourcing
- On-site cooking and plating
- Chef Juan brings his knives, small equipment, and warming tools
- Kitchen cleanup at the end of the night
Optional: wine pairing suggestions, coordinated dessert or cake, bartending for a signature drink.
Book Your Private Dinner
The date, the guest count, and a sentence about the occasion are all we need to start.
Book a Private Dinner
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you cook in my home or at a venue?
Most private dinners are cooked in the client’s home. If you’d prefer a venue, we can help arrange one.
How many people is a private dinner for?
Anywhere from two to about twelve. Anything larger is typically served as a dinner party, same in-home format, a little more staffing.
What does a private dinner cost?
Because the menu, guest count, and add-on service are all custom, we quote per event. Send the date and details and we’ll build a proposal.
How much lead time do I need?
About a week to two weeks is typical. Short-notice special occasions can sometimes be accommodated, ask.
Do you handle dietary needs?
Yes, every menu is built around what you and your guests actually eat.