Private chef · Elba
Private chef on the island of Elba
On Elba the summer has a slow rhythm: the villas looking over the coves, the boats at anchor, evenings that start late. The last thing you want is to drive down to a restaurant and look for parking. Better a dinner at home, with the sea in front. That is our part.
We bring a chef to the island's villas and on board the boats, with fish bought in the morning at the ports. We come as a destination service from the Tuscan coast and agree the travel from the start.
Multilingual chefs, light sea menus, designed for the children too when dinner is a family affair.
Dinners with the Elba sea in front
In summer the cooking here is light and of the sea: raw fish, grilled fish, vegetables, dishes that stay light on warm evenings. We lay the table on the terraces of the villas over the coves, cook on the spot and stay in the background, while you keep your guests and the sunset.
In the villa and on board
We cook in the island's villas and on board the boats moored in the ports or at anchor in a cove. On board we adapt to the galley; on shore we lay the table where the view is best. The fish we take just landed at the Elba ports.
Where we work
We work in Portoferraio, Porto Azzurro, Marciana Marina, Capoliveri and along the coasts of the island of Elba, in villas and on boats. We reach the island from the Tuscan coast, with the travel agreed.
How we prepare a dinner on the island
It starts with an email. You tell us how many you are, the date and the evening you have in mind, and we reply with a menu thought out for that night. We agree on the courses, take allergies and preferences into account and set a clear quote.
On the chosen day the chef arrives with the ingredients, cooks live in the villa or wherever you are staying and brings the courses to the table, then leaves everything in order. On the island we move between Portoferraio, the villages and the seaside villas, and where it is possible we lay the table on a terrace with the cove in front.
The sea of Elba on the plate
Here it always starts with the catch. The fish of the day is the base, from crudo to cacciucco, and around it we bring gurguglione, the island's vegetable caponata, octopus, the scents of the scrub. In the glass, the Aleatico passito and the Ansonica speak of the island better than any mainland wine.
There is no fixed menu: we decide it together, on what the sea gives that morning and on your taste. A dinner on Elba should taste of rock and salt, not of a restaurant.
Frequently asked questions
Do you operate on Elba even though you are from Florence?
Yes, Elba is one of our summer destinations. We come from the Tuscan coast as a destination service and set out the travel clearly in the quote.
Do you also cook on board boats?
Yes, we cook on the boats moored in the Elba ports or at anchor in the coves, adapting the menu and service to the galley.
Can you get fresh fish?
Yes, we take the fish just landed at the island's ports and build the seafood menu around whatever is good that day.
Do you cook for families and children?
Yes, dinners on Elba are often family ones: we prepare one menu for the adults and a simpler one for the children.
Do you also cook on board a boat on Elba?
Yes, when the boat allows it. We arrange seafood dinners on board and in seaside villas, bringing what we need and adapting to the space of the galley.
Do you work with the fresh catch of the day?
Whenever possible, yes. We build the menu around what the sea gives that day, so the dinner stays tied to the island and the season.
Request your chef on Elba
Tell us the occasion, in a villa or on a boat, and we will prepare a bespoke proposal for the summer.
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