{
  "id": "sydney-private-chef-directory",
  "name": "Private Chef Sydney",
  "kind": "private_chef_directory",
  "description": "Five independent Sydney chefs, browsable by cuisine, cooking dinner at your own table.",
  "market": {
    "city": "Sydney",
    "region": "New South Wales",
    "region_code": "NSW",
    "country": "AU",
    "timezone": "Australia/Sydney",
    "language": "en-AU"
  },
  "currency": "AUD",
  "chef_count": 5,
  "price_per_guest": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "from": 132,
    "menus_from": 159,
    "menus_typical": 175,
    "menus_to": 185,
    "budget_guide": "A$132–260 a head",
    "includes": [
      "menu design",
      "shopping",
      "cooking",
      "service at the table",
      "clean-up"
    ],
    "note": "Per guest, all-in. Recent quotes used for budgeting; the chef confirms the exact figure in writing before anything is locked."
  },
  "cuisines": [
    {
      "slug": "modaus",
      "label": "Modern Australian",
      "note": "Seasonal local produce and Michelin technique, low-waste.",
      "chef_count": 1
    },
    {
      "slug": "medi",
      "label": "Mediterranean",
      "note": "Ottolenghi-style share plates, mezze and fire.",
      "chef_count": 1
    },
    {
      "slug": "italian",
      "label": "Italian",
      "note": "Sardinian roots, pasta rolled by hand.",
      "chef_count": 1
    },
    {
      "slug": "fusion",
      "label": "Fusion",
      "note": "Italian foundations threaded with global flavours.",
      "chef_count": 1
    },
    {
      "slug": "contemporary",
      "label": "Contemporary",
      "note": "Le Cordon Bleu fine dining, Japanese and seafood accents.",
      "chef_count": 1
    }
  ],
  "occasions": [
    "milestone birthdays",
    "shared-table dinner parties",
    "long weekend lunches",
    "festive and New Year tables",
    "anniversaries",
    "intimate celebrations",
    "refined dinner parties",
    "restaurant-quality nights in",
    "bespoke tasting menus",
    "small refined groups",
    "birthdays",
    "romantic dinners at home",
    "proposals and milestones",
    "seasonal tasting nights",
    "family gatherings",
    "hands-on pasta nights",
    "health-minded tables",
    "relaxed celebrations"
  ],
  "venues": [
    "private home or apartment",
    "holiday house or short-term rental"
  ],
  "party_size": {
    "min": 2,
    "note": "Tables of two are common bookings; larger groups are quoted on enquiry."
  },
  "lead_time_days": {
    "typical_min": 7,
    "typical_max": 14,
    "peak": 30,
    "peak_note": "Allow about a month for a Saturday in December, a large group or the festive season."
  },
  "coverage": {
    "regions": [
      {
        "region": "Eastern Suburbs",
        "suburbs": [
          "Bondi",
          "Bronte",
          "Coogee",
          "Clovelly",
          "Double Bay",
          "Vaucluse"
        ],
        "travel": "The busiest corner of the book — most chefs are ten to twenty minutes from your door and travel sits inside the quote."
      },
      {
        "region": "Inner East",
        "suburbs": [
          "Paddington",
          "Woollahra",
          "Surry Hills",
          "Darlinghurst",
          "Bondi Junction"
        ],
        "travel": "Terraces and apartments alike; a compact galley kitchen is no obstacle. No travel loading."
      },
      {
        "region": "Inner West",
        "suburbs": [
          "Newtown",
          "Balmain",
          "Leichhardt",
          "Annandale",
          "Rozelle",
          "Glebe"
        ],
        "travel": "A short hop across the city for the roster. Parking is the only thing worth a heads-up."
      },
      {
        "region": "CBD & Harbour",
        "suburbs": [
          "Sydney CBD",
          "The Rocks",
          "Pyrmont",
          "Barangaroo",
          "Kirribilli"
        ],
        "travel": "City apartments and harbourside entertaining spaces are well within reach, travel included."
      },
      {
        "region": "Lower North Shore",
        "suburbs": [
          "Mosman",
          "Neutral Bay",
          "Cremorne",
          "North Sydney",
          "Kirribilli"
        ],
        "travel": "Across the bridge and well covered — a chef based here means lead times are kind."
      },
      {
        "region": "Northern Beaches",
        "suburbs": [
          "Manly",
          "Freshwater",
          "Dee Why",
          "Mona Vale",
          "Avalon",
          "Palm Beach"
        ],
        "travel": "From Manly the run is easy; past Mona Vale a small posted travel note may apply for the far northern end."
      }
    ],
    "suburbs": [
      "Bondi",
      "Bronte",
      "Coogee",
      "Double Bay",
      "Paddington",
      "Woollahra",
      "Surry Hills",
      "Newtown",
      "Balmain",
      "Leichhardt",
      "Sydney CBD",
      "Pyrmont",
      "Barangaroo",
      "Mosman",
      "Neutral Bay",
      "Cremorne",
      "North Sydney",
      "Manly",
      "Freshwater",
      "Dee Why",
      "Palm Beach"
    ]
  },
  "chefs": [
    {
      "slug": "graeme-corlett2",
      "name": "Graeme Corlett",
      "cuisine": "Mediterranean",
      "cuisine_slug": "medi",
      "base_suburb": "Bondi",
      "price_per_guest_from": 139,
      "rating": 4.6,
      "json": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/graeme-corlett2.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "claudio-claudio",
      "name": "Claudio Zannotti",
      "cuisine": "Fusion",
      "cuisine_slug": "fusion",
      "base_suburb": "Leichhardt",
      "price_per_guest_from": 132,
      "rating": 4.8,
      "json": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/claudio-claudio.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "kerem-engin",
      "name": "Kerem Engin",
      "cuisine": "Contemporary",
      "cuisine_slug": "contemporary",
      "base_suburb": "Surry Hills",
      "price_per_guest_from": 150,
      "rating": 4.8,
      "json": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/kerem-engin.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "emrys-jones",
      "name": "Emrys Jones",
      "cuisine": "Modern Australian",
      "cuisine_slug": "modaus",
      "base_suburb": "Mosman",
      "price_per_guest_from": 179,
      "rating": 4.9,
      "json": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/emrys-jones.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "francesca-francesca2",
      "name": "Francesca Giglio",
      "cuisine": "Italian",
      "cuisine_slug": "italian",
      "base_suburb": "Newtown",
      "price_per_guest_from": 150,
      "rating": 4.6,
      "json": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/francesca-francesca2.json"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "How much does a private chef cost in Sydney?",
      "a": "Budget on A$132 to A$260 a head for a cooked-and-served dinner at home in Sydney. The lower end buys a relaxed three-course menu; the upper end is a multi-course fine-dining tasting with premium seafood or aged beef. Every quote already rolls groceries, cooking, plating and the wash-up into a single number, and you’ll have that exact figure beside the proposed menu before you say yes."
    },
    {
      "q": "Can I book a Japanese-leaning or contemporary chef in Sydney?",
      "a": "Yes — the contemporary end of the book leans into Japanese technique rather than a strict sushi counter: dashi-glazed kingfish crudo, miso and yuzu, an eye fillet with Madeira, a matcha tiramisù to finish. It’s fine-dining plating with Japanese accents, and it sits at the upper end of the range for the grade and cut of the fish. Easy to scale from an intimate dinner to a larger set menu."
    },
    {
      "q": "Can I get an Italian chef to make pasta from scratch?",
      "a": "Yes — fresh pasta is the whole point for most of the Italian cooks on the book. The dough is rolled the afternoon of your dinner, and a menu will often run an antipasti spread, a hand-cut primo and a slow-braised main. It sits at the friendlier end of the price range, which makes it a favourite for bigger, louder tables."
    },
    {
      "q": "For a table of two, is it worth bringing in a private chef at all?",
      "a": "For a milestone at home, absolutely. A private chef at home for two is one of the more popular bookings we see — an anniversary, a proposal, a quiet birthday. There’s a sensible minimum so it’s viable for the chef, but you get a full multi-course menu cooked and served just for the pair of you, with no restaurant around it."
    },
    {
      "q": "Do the chefs cook at holiday houses and Airbnbs?",
      "a": "Constantly, especially up the Northern Beaches and around the Eastern Suburbs. Any half-decent holiday-let kitchen does the job. The chef turns up with the shop already done, cooks the whole menu in the rental and hands it back spotless for check-out — a popular pick for a weekend away with a crowd."
    },
    {
      "q": "How far ahead should I organise it?",
      "a": "A week or two covers most weeknights and quieter dates. For a Saturday in December, a big group or anything over the festive season, give it a month or so — Sydney books out fastest from late spring through the New Year."
    }
  ],
  "contact": {
    "email": "enquiries@sydneyprivatechef.com",
    "hours": "Weekdays, 9am to 6pm Sydney time",
    "reply": "within two working days"
  },
  "links": {
    "chefs": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs.json",
    "chef": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/chefs/%7Bslug%7D.json",
    "openapi": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/openapi.json",
    "status": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api/status.json",
    "docs": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/api",
    "skill": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sydney-private-chef-directory/SKILL.md",
    "llms": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/llms.txt",
    "html": "https://www.sydneyprivatechef.com/"
  },
  "how_to_use": "Shortlist from `chefs` by cuisine_slug, base_suburb or price_per_guest_from, then GET each chef’s `json` for fixed-price menus, covered suburbs and guest notes. There is no availability feed: every chef is `on_enquiry`, and the per-chef links.enquire opens the chef’s own diary for the user. Quote prices as AUD per guest, all-in, as of `as_of`.",
  "as_of": "2026-09-21"
}