GREEK HERITAGE. BRITISH HOSPITALITY.BIRMINGHAM · WEST MIDLANDS · LONDON · WALES0121 794 9816

PRIVATE CHEF & FINE DINING

A private chef,
at your own table.

Greek-British fine dining cooked in your kitchen and served at your table. We bring the food, the plates and the service, then leave your kitchen clean. Birmingham, the West Midlands, London and Wales.

CHEF IOANNIS Executive Chef & Founder · 20+ years a chef · 15 years of private dining · Michelin-star & AA Rosette background

YOUR HOME. OUR KITCHEN TEAM. NOTHING TO WASH UP.

CHOOSE YOUR EVENING

Three ways to dine
at home.

From a relaxed three-course supper to an eight-course tasting menu. Every price is per person and includes the chef, the ingredients, our crockery, service and clear-down. No VAT.

Rosemary and tomato focaccia on Aretsi boards with bowls of marinated olives and lemon

Silver

The Supper Club

Birthdays, family dinners and relaxed evenings

from £75 / person

  • Three courses, plated or as a Greek sharing table
  • Warm focaccia, olives and dips to start
  • Your chef cooks, serves each course and clears down

Minimum booking £750

Twelve Aretsi boards plated on a client’s kitchen island: crisp-skinned sea bass, pork belly in stoneware bowls, maki rolls and lime on banana leaf

Chef’s recommendation

Gold

The Chef’s Table

Anniversaries, milestone birthdays and celebrations

from £105 / person

  • Three canapés on arrival, then a five-course tasting menu
  • Every course introduced at the table
  • Your chef plus a waiter, so you never leave your guests

Minimum booking £1,000

Aged sirloin steaks and a seasoned tomahawk with rosemary and garlic, ready for the grill on a client’s marble kitchen island

Platinum

The Tasting Menu

The special occasion. Restaurant theatre at home

from £145 / person

  • Amuse-bouche, eight courses and petits fours
  • Premium produce: Cornish crab, aged beef, seasonal game
  • Chef, sous chef and waiter, with a printed menu for every guest

Minimum booking £1,400

What your evening costs
Guests2681012
Silver£750£750£750£750£900
Gold£1,000£1,000£1,000£1,050£1,260
Platinum£1,400£1,400£1,400£1,450£1,740

The total you pay, with no VAT added. Smaller tables pay the minimum booking, so a dinner for two is welcome. Travel within 10 miles of Birmingham included.

Hosting 30 or more? Plated three-course dinners for awards nights, galas and milestone birthdays from £55 per person. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free at the same price on every package.

Chef Ioannis basting prawns in a pan in a client’s kitchen, with an Aretsi chef behind him and canapé cones lined up

NOT JUST ONE CHEF · A WHOLE BRIGADE

One menu standard. A team behind it.

Chef Ioannis has spent 15 years cooking private dinners in clients’ homes, on top of a background in Michelin-star and AA Rosette kitchens. Every menu is designed by him and cooked by him or one of the chefs he has trained in our Hockley kitchen, to his recipes and his standard. Because we are a team and not a lone freelancer, we can cook in more than one home on the same night.

  • Your date is easier to get. One booking does not fill our whole Saturday.
  • Your dinner still happens. If your chef is ever ill, another Aretsi chef cooks your menu.
  • Fully equipped. Refrigerated van, professional induction hobs, grills, fryers, speed roasters and gazebos, even LPG fryers and pizza ovens. We bring the kitchen to you.
  • One company answers for it. Fully insured with public liability cover, a 5-star food hygiene rating, and a phone that gets answered.

16 SECONDS IN OUR KITCHEN

Watch an evening come together.

From the first sauce on the plate to the last course at the table. Real dinners cooked by Chef Ioannis and his brigade. Press the speaker to hear it with music.

NO SURPRISES

What’s in the price.

Included

  • Your menu, designed with Chef Ioannis before the day
  • All the ingredients, the shopping and the preparation in our kitchen
  • Your chef cooking in your kitchen, with a waiter on Gold and a sous chef and waiter on Platinum
  • Our plates, cutlery and serving equipment. We take the dirty plates back to our kitchen
  • Table service, and your kitchen left clean when we go
  • Travel within 10 miles of Birmingham, dietary menus at the same price, and no VAT

Quoted on top, if you need it

  • Extra waiting staff, £19.50 to £25 an hour
  • Travel beyond 10 miles, including London and Wales, with parking and Clean Air Zone charges at cost
  • Drinks, glassware, wine pairing and a bartender, from our mobile bar
  • Luxury ingredients on request, such as caviar, native lobster or wagyu
  • Table, chair and linen hire if you need extra seats

No VAT. We are not VAT registered, so the price you see is the price you pay.

We bring the kitchen. Professional induction hobs, grills, fryers, speed roasters, gazebos and all the cooking equipment we need. Our induction kit runs from ordinary household sockets, so any home kitchen works, and where the menu calls for it we bring LPG fryers and pizza ovens too. Whatever your space, we work around it.

Everything arrives fresh in our refrigerated van and insulated thermo boxes, ready to cook wherever we are working. All we need from you is room to set up and a table laid for your guests. We check the space with you by phone or photo before the night.

HOW YOUR EVENING WORKS

You host. We handle the rest.

  1. 01

    Choose your evening

    Pick Silver, Gold or Platinum and tell us your date, postcode, guests and any dietary needs.

  2. 02

    Chef writes your menu

    Chef Ioannis sends your menu and a fixed price. We check your kitchen and agree arrival and serving times.

  3. 03

    Confirm 7 days before

    Final numbers and dietary needs one week before. On the night we arrive about two hours early, cook, serve, clear and leave your kitchen clean.

GOOD TO KNOW

Before you
book.

The questions we are asked most.

Will Chef Ioannis cook for us himself?

He designs every menu, and he cooks as many dinners as he can. If you would like him personally, ask when you book and we will tell you straight away whether he is free on your date.

Can we book a dinner for two?

Yes. Anniversaries and proposals are some of our favourite evenings. Smaller tables pay the minimum booking for the package you choose.

Do you bring the plates and cutlery?

Yes. We bring our own crockery, cutlery and serving equipment, and take the dirty plates back to our kitchen, so your dishwasher stays off. Glassware comes with our mobile bar.

Do you cater for allergies and dietary needs?

Yes, at the same price: vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and halal. Tell us every allergy when you book, at the latest 7 days before, and complete our allergen form.

Do you travel to London and Wales?

Yes, regularly. Many of our private dinners are in London and across Wales. The price per person stays the same, and we quote separately for the journey, crew travel time and parking.

Can you provide the drinks?

Yes. Our mobile bar can add a welcome cocktail, wine with each course or a full bar with a bartender. Or serve your own wine and we will open and pour it.

LET’S MAKE AN OCCASION OF IT

Your event.
Let’s talk.

A few details are all we need to start a conversation. Tell us what you have in mind.

0121 794 9816[email protected]
OUR HOME

Unit 7, All Saints Industrial Estate
All Saints Street, Hockley
Birmingham B18 7RJ

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