Jack van der Hidde — Private Chef, Valencia

Seasonal cooking, made for your table.

"The ingredients do most of the talking."

Twenty-plus years of private kitchens, top restaurants, and embassies — Los Angeles, New York, and Norway along the way; Valencia now. Trained in Copenhagen. A boutique operation by design.

Career residencies with UHNWF and celebrities, interim executive chef at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, founder of Chef's Table LA. Now working out of Valencia and travelling to wherever the kitchen happens to be.

Menus are built around what the market is giving up that week, and shaped by years of knowing what works at a table. Wherever the kitchen is — Valencia or further afield — the work begins at the local market.

Cuisines Italian · Mediterranean · Middle Eastern · seafood · pizza & wood-fired

A kitchen that travels with you.

A residency in your home, wherever that happens to be — for one night, retreats, or extended stays. I arrive ahead of time, find the local market, and cook every meal worth cooking for the length of the stay.

Duration One night, retreats, or extended stays

Where Anywhere — Europe, the Mediterranean, further afield

Meals Breakfast, lunch, dinner — whatever the household needs

Style Family-style, shared plates, always seasonal

Booking By enquiry

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