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Private Chef Experience with Chef Carmen Gutierrez

Whether it be from the comfort of your own home kitchen or from a fabulous vacation rental, Carmen Gutierrez Private Chef Services brings a luxury dining experience to your space. Chef Carmen can accommodate anything from a small intimate dinner for two, to a large wedding on the beach. Chef Carmen’s creative menus change seasonally, celebrating ingredients when they are at their peak.

You get to choose your multi-course plated dinner or buffet experience, pick your menu options, Chef Carmen does all of the grocery shopping, prepping every component from scratch, serving the courses, and cleaning up after dinner. Dining experiences start at $250 plus the cost of food.

Chef Carmen offers many different types of cuisine choices, as well as vegan/vegetarian options. Menu customization is also available.

Chef Carmen is also familiar with accommodating many dietary and allergy restrictions.

Services require a 2 weeks notice for parties over 15 people. All other parties need at least a 7 days notice

Additional courses can be added to any service for $50/addition.

All pricing is set up as chefs fee plus the cost of food.

Any parties over 12 people may require the addition of a sous chef or server, depending on the style of dinner party, not included in pricing.

  • check Plated dinner parties include 3-5 chef crafted courses of your choice that are plated and brought to your table, like a tasting menu at a restaurant.
  • check Buffet style dinners include 1 appetizer, 1 salad, 1 entree, and 1 dessert option of your choice set up as a beautiful self serve buffet.
  • check Appetizer & Dessert bars include your choice of 4 appetizer options and 1 dessert option, set up as a self-serve buffet great for an accompaniment to a cocktail hour party.
  • check Brunch buffets include 2-3 brunch entree options to choose from, 1 breakfast pastry, and seasonal fruit. Set up as a self-serve buffet.
  • check Lunch buffets include 1 appetizer, 1 salad, 1 entree and 1 dessert option, set up as a beautiful self-serve buffet.
  • close Gratuity is not included in the pricing.

A non-refundable deposit must be made after a menu is chosen to cover the cost of food.