Event chefs and private chef services for companies
We supply the people who cook at corporate events, galas and private functions: event chefs who plan the menu and run the kitchen, private chefs for smaller tables, and the kitchen staff around them, from sous chef to commis. The menu takes shape in the conversation with the chef you have chosen, starting from the occasion, the season and the dietary requirements of your guests. When you book only the chefs, ingredients, kitchen equipment and any delivery of ready dishes stay with you, the venue or your food supplier. That makes chef hire the right fit when a location already has a working kitchen, or when a caterer has the food covered and needs the cooks.
A private chef for home event dinners works the same way on a smaller scale. The chef travels to the address you give, cooks in the host’s kitchen and serves the people at the table, which suits a board dinner at a director’s house, a tasting for a few clients or a family celebration. Whatever that kitchen holds sets the limits of the menu, and the chef plans the courses around it.
Events we staff chefs for
Chefs booked through ToGet4U cook at events where the kitchen has to keep pace with a programme:
- Corporate dinners served at the table over several courses, where plates have to leave the pass together between one speech and the next.
- Galas, with a large number of covers going out at once and a chef de partie in charge of each section.
- Product launches, where finger food or a showcooking station puts the chef in front of the guests and the station becomes part of the presentation.
- Private events at home or in a private room, with a private chef cooking for a small group.
- Festivals and outdoor events, from a company BBQ to street-food stations under a marquee, where the event kitchen is temporary and most of the prep happens before the gates open.
The format sizes the brigade before the menu does. A buffet moves the effort into the hours before the doors open, whereas a seated gala dinner needs more hands during service. At a BBQ the grill cooks have to hold a steady rhythm for a whole afternoon. Venues change the picture as well, since a restaurant kitchen, a field kitchen and a marquee at a trade fair give the same chef very different tools. Ovens, hobs, a blast chiller and space for washing up are worth listing in the request, because they decide how many people the kitchen needs and in which order the courses are prepared.
When the event needs dining-room service and a bar as well as the kitchen, the event catering service brings the three together as one team. Other formats work too, such as a tasting for journalists at a trade fair stand or a cookery session for a team of colleagues. The quote request describes the type of event, the dates, the venue and the roles you need, and the proposal follows from that description.
Why choose ToGet4U chefs
Before any profile reaches you, the Event Manager has already made a first selection among the chefs available in your city on your dates, and each profile shows the services and the experience that chef has listed. The final choice of who cooks is yours, which is the promise behind ToGet4U: you choose the staff. Experience of banquets of a similar size, a particular cuisine or showcooking in front of guests can be set as requirements in the request, and the preselection is built on them. The same Event Manager remains your contact until after the event.
The network behind that shortlist counts over 50,000 registered professionals, and more than 1,300 clients and partners use it. ToGet4U managed more than 1,800 events in 2025 and over 6,000 events since launch. Across the platform, 90% of selections are closed within 48 hours in peak weeks.
Each chef works on a digital contract signed on the platform, and ToGet4U® covers staff insurance and handles the paperwork. The quote is comprehensive, covering the staff fees with statutory contributions, the agency costs of contracting them and a dedicated Event Manager. On the day, the Event Manager follows the booking from a distance while the chef you chose runs the kitchen, with a briefing to the staff that covers dress code, hours, stations and who to report to at the venue. If the event calls for other roles as well, from interpreters to DJs, the full range is under event staff for every need.
How to request event chefs
To hire a chef for an event you do not need to register. The request covers the menu style (a seated dinner, a buffet, a BBQ or a showcooking station), the roles you need in the kitchen, the city and the dates. Knowing the number of covers lets the Event Manager size the brigade before any profile is proposed. We operate in Italy, Germany and Spain, and the chef booking follows the same route in each of them.
Once the request is sent through the quote form, the Event Manager comes back with a comprehensive quote and, once you accept it, the available profiles. You compare the chefs and choose who cooks at your event. When the kitchen is one part of an event that ToGet4U organises from the brief onwards, the request goes to our event services for companies instead.
Event chef jobs through ToGet4U
Chefs and cooks looking for event chef jobs can create a free profile and apply to the offers published on ToGet4U job openings.