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Hire private chefs for Christmas in Essex

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Best Private chefs for Christmas day in Essex

Make your Christmas Day truly magical and stress-free with an incredible private chef for hire in Essex! We have 176 top-rated private chefs ready to transform your festive celebration, whether it's an intimate family gathering in a rented cottage or a grand feast in your own home. Our culinary experts handle everything from sourcing the finest ingredients to cooking and the dreaded washing up, letting you relax and enjoy the special day. Discover an array of festive menus and delicious cuisines designed to delight every palate.

  • Every private chef on this list has been personally vetted by our team, ensuring exceptional culinary skill, impeccable service, and a proven track record of delighting clients.
  • The average price for a private chef on Christmas Day is around £81 per guest, with the final cost varying based on your chosen menu, number of courses, and guest count.
  • Our talented Essex-based private chefs have collectively served over 1,319 events, earning 394 verified reviews with an excellent average rating of 4.86*.

3-Course Fabulous Private Chef Experience with a Wide Choice of Meals
4.79(28 reviews)
• 79 bookings

3-Course Fabulous Private Chef Experience with a Wide Choice of Meals

Hosting a private dinner for your family and friends? Let a trusted catering company help you make your event even more special.

from £41 / person

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Reviews for Best Private chefs for Christmas day in Essex

Read verified reviews from real clients, who booked with Poptop in Essex

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Sarah Angus24 Feb 2025
Dani and her team were absolutely fantastic. From the second they arrived to when they left, they were nothing but friendly, professional and helpful! The food was absolutely delicious and we were all so impressed with the number of dietaries they were able to cater for. The dairy free and gluten free options were exactly the same as all the others… I haven’t had my favourite dessert of tiramisu since being diagnosed as coeliac almost a year ago… it was absolutely phenomenal! The build up to the event was also just as successful. My queries were answered quickly and it was never too much trouble to speak to me over the phone to answer my questions. All in all, the food was delicious, the service was impeccable, and the company were a delight to deal with I would highly recommend!
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Sian13 Dec 2024
Highly recommend! The food was fantastic, Lucas is lovely! He's so attentive and the place was spotless when he left. A very talented chef! Great night for us all!!
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Jay Patel19 Apr 2022
We booked the cluster kitchen as i liked the look of their menu and had planned a family gathering in Leeds for 13 people. The communication was excellent and these guys came all the way from Birmingham. COmpletely hassle free, the chef and the waiter set up, prepared the food and everything went perfectly as planned. On top they were both very very nice friendly guys and very accomodating. The food was 10/10 especially the Lamb ehich got amazing feedback from my family. They prepared amazing food and the whole experince was of very high quality. They cleaned up after themselves and as i said 100% hassle free. I would highly recommend you book with these guys if your planning a meal with large groups as they will not dissapoint and provide excellent service and high quality food. Thank you Cluster Kitchen and masive thank you to the Chef and the friendly waiter we had a great time ;)
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Brittany Hauxwell9 Apr 2022
Honestly cannot thank Paul enough for the meal we had, every plate was clean and every single person throughly enjoyed every bite! Paul was such a lovely guy and we all hope one day we are lucky enough to experience his food again. Choose this chef at every opportunity! Perfection 10/10! Thanks again Paul.
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Clare Boivin27 Mar 2022
The food was absolutely delicious the service was incredible so friendly and the overall response I got was brilliant he even let me change one of the dishes for the vegetarian option as we weren’t keen on original dish. He laid the table served us no washing up needed! The only thing I will say is that the courses were rushed through they weren’t big which was good considering how quickly the turnaround was wouldn’t of been great to of had big dishes.
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Helen Anderson25 Nov 2021
Everything went so smoothly from my first search of your site to our amazing chef Nathan arriving at the hardest holiday home to find, right on time, and cooking the most amazing dinner - thank you so much for putting us together and helping create a birthday to remember!!

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