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Lake Como Private Chef Experience
Lake-fish tasting menus and Lombard classics, in your own villa.
A private chef at your villa is the most under-used luxury on Lake Como — €70–€140 per person buys you a five-course tasting menu of lake fish and Lombard specialties served on your own terrace, with no booking, no driving, no waiting for the table.
What a private chef evening looks like
Chef arrives mid-afternoon with all ingredients, sets up in your villa kitchen, prepares a 4–5 course menu (often: amuse-bouche, lake-fish primo, risotto or pasta, secondo, dessert). Serves you and your guests, cleans up, leaves before 23.00.
Menu styles
Classic Lombard (risotto al pesce persico, missoltini and polenta, panna cotta), modern Italian (tasting-menu format with surprise courses), pizza nights (chef brings a portable oven for kids), barbecue (lake fish + grilled meats on terrace).
Pricing and planning
€70–€100/person for casual 4-course, €120–€180/person for tasting-menu chefs (some have Michelin backgrounds), €200+/person for celebrity chefs. Wine pairings extra. Book 1 week ahead in shoulder season, 3 weeks in peak.
At a glance
- •€70–€180/person depending on chef level
- •4–5 courses, all ingredients sourced by chef
- •Lombard, modern Italian, BBQ, pizza-night formats
- •Wine pairings: separate, our sommelier curates
- •Book 1–3 weeks ahead
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