DUCHY CHEF FAQS
Your private dining and catering questions, answered
FAQs
If you’re considering hiring Duchy Chef to cater your wedding, dinner party, event or business function, you may have a few questions about the logistics involved. With this in mind, we’ve put together a FAQs page, with a list of the most frequently asked questions to help answer your queries.
Q. What does a private chef actually do?
A. Simply put, a personal or private chef will prepare delicious meals for you and your guests, based on your preferences and specifications. Hiring a personal chef is a fantastic way to celebrate with your friends, family or colleagues, as it eliminates the stress of catering the event yourself and leaves you with more time to focus on your dining companions!
Q. I need a menu that caters for a variety of dietary requirements, can you accommodate this?
A. Yes, we certainly can! Whether you require vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free or egg free dishes, we can accommodate all kinds of allergies, intolerances and dietary requirements. Please inform us of any requirements in advance, so that we can ensure all guests can enjoy our delicious dishes.
Q. The venue we’re using doesn’t have a kitchen, can we still book your services?
A. If your venue doesn’t have a kitchen, we can still cater for your event, depending on the kind of menu you want to serve. Please discuss this with us when making enquiries, so that we can assess the facilities and recommend a menu going forward.
Q: What meals can you prepare?
A: At Duchy Chef, we can prepare breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert, as well as canapes for cocktail hour, appetisers and snacks.
Q: I’d like a particular cuisine served at my event; can you cater for this?
A: Absolutely, from a traditional British feat or a French-inspired dish to Asian influenced flavours or Mediterranean style sharing plates, we can customise our menus to fit your vision perfectly.
Q. I’d like to hire a private chef for a fixed length of time, is this possible?
A. Yes, it certainly is possible to hire Duchy Chef for a fixed period. Whether you require our services to create three meals a day, a few meals a week or provide meals for a regular monthly event, we can cater for your needs. Please discuss your ongoing requirements with us when making enquiries.
Q: Where do you source your ingredients?
A: All of our ingredients are sourced from leading Cornish suppliers, who value quality as much as we do. We are firm believers in local and seasonal sourcing and have a thorough knowledge of where each of our ingredients has come from. We’re proud to champion Cornish produce and have forged long-lasting partnerships with our suppliers. You can read more about our suppliers here.
Q: Do you have Terms & Conditions of booking?
A: Yes. Please click here to read or print our booking terms & conditions.
If your question wasn’t listed on our FAQs page, please get in touch with us via our contact form. For more a quote or more information on hiring Duchy Chef to cater for your next event or special occasion, please call us on 0739 3175 347 or use our bookings form.
Contact Duchy Chef
If your question wasn’t listed on our FAQs page, please get in touch with us via our contact form. For more a quote or more information on hiring Duchy Chef to cater for your next event or special occasion, please call us on 0739 3175 347 or use our bookings form.
Alison J. (Host), on 15/07/2019
Craig was lovely. Engaged well with everyone. Came on time, well prepared with innovative ideas for presentation as well as delicious food.
Guy M. (Host), on 29/06/2019
Craig was fantastic! So accomplished and extremely accommodating. The food was perfect and his service likewise. Absolutely wonderful experience.
Clive B. (Host), on 23/04/2019
The whole experience was completely perfect, we had a really good evening. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you again!
Adam C. (Host), on 20/02/2019
I would like to leave a review for Craig. He was great; friendly, positive and produced amazing food. We had a great evening. Thank you Craig!
Lynne T. (Host), on 25/03/2019
Our chef was on time & very informative about our meal and how it was being cooked! He was very entertaining & his food was literally out of this world!
ABOUT
From our base in St Austell, Cornwall, Duchy Chef offer exclusive event catering for weddings, events, parties and corporate clients across Cornwall and Devon. With more than 20 years of experience in the food industry, we can take away all of the stress and worry of planning your event and deliver you a perfect and completely bespoke luxury private dining experience.