How much is a private chef for two in Sydney?
A table for two came to a median A$250 a head over 65 bookings since January 2024, so about A$500 for the pair. Half of those tables paid between A$220 and A$280 a head.
Date nights and anniversaries, cooked at home in Sydney
Since January 2024, the request form's romantic-night option was ticked on 26 paid bookings. Add the notes that mention a date night, romance, Valentine's Day or an anniversary and the total is 36. Tables were usually 2, at a median of A$245 a head.
The chefs who fit
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Lemon Soul Private Chef
Cooks from Wyoming, NSW
3 date nights since 2022 (all areas)
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Worth sorting out first
- Check the price at two before you settle on a menu: only 36 of the 126 menus here list a price for two, and the rest start at 3 guests or more.
- Say what you are celebrating and how slowly you want the courses to come.
- In an apartment, tell the chef how much bench space there is and what the stovetop is when you book.
- Date-night hosts: half booked at least 19 days out, and one in four at least 32. Anniversaries came in with less notice, at 11 days.
Around Sydney
Two is the dearest party size a head in Sydney. Across 65 bookings since January 2024, a table for two came to a median A$250 a head, where seven to 12 came to A$149. Date-night bookings, with 2 at the median, came to a median A$245 a head.
What people ask
What does an anniversary dinner at home cost?
The 15 bookings with an anniversary in the notes since January 2024 came in at a median A$225 a head, with 2 at the median. Over the same months, every Sydney booking of two guests came to a median A$250 a head (65 bookings).
How much notice do date-night hosts give?
Date-night hosts: half booked at least 19 days out, and one in four at least 32.
Do chefs take bookings for just two?
Yes: 15 chefs between them offer 36 menus that seat two. Elsewhere the smallest band is bigger, so check the guest numbers on each menu.