Private chef · Lucca
Private chef in Lucca and the Lucca hills
Around Lucca stand the villas the merchants built when the city mattered in the silk trade: designed parks, lemon houses, avenues of camellias. They are places made for receiving, and a dinner or a reception here finds its natural setting.
We bring a chef to the villas and gardens between Marlia, Segromigno and Capannori, and in the city, with a kitchen that holds together the Lucca tradition and the nearness of the sea. Versilia is fifteen minutes away.
We work bespoke, for an intimate dinner or a reception in the park.
The historic villas and their gardens
Dining in the park of a Lucca villa has an air that few places have. We lay the table under the trees, in the lemon houses, on the terraces over the Italian gardens, and adapt the cooking to the spaces we find. For a reception we also bring floor service; for a family dinner we stay in the background.
A short drive from the sea
Lucca and Versilia are close, and that opens things up. One evening a dinner of the land among the hills, the next a fish dinner with the catch of Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi. If you are spending the summer between hills and coast, we move with you.
Where we work
We work in Lucca, in Marlia, Segromigno, Capannori and the Lucca hills, and we travel towards Versilia, from Forte dei Marmi to Viareggio. On request also into the Garfagnana.
From the request to the table, inside the walls
It all starts with an email. You tell us how many you will be, when, and the evening you have in mind, and we reply with a proposal made to measure. We settle the courses, take allergies and tastes into account and set a clear quote.
On the chosen day the chef arrives at your home with the shopping already done, cooks live and looks after the service, then clears up. In Lucca we come into the palazzi inside the Walls, the apartments of the centre and the villas nearby, from Marlia to the countryside towards the hills.
The cooking of Lucca at your home
The Lucca table has its own grammar and we respect it. Tordelli with ragu, farro soup, rovigliolo, the oil of the Lucca hills that here is a serious matter, the wines of the Colline Lucchesi and of Montecarlo.
We build the menu with you, by the season and your taste, with no ready-made formulas. A dinner inside the Walls should carry the grace of this city, discreet and precise.
A sample menu in Lucca
Every dinner is tailored: this is just an example of the cooking we bring to Lucca.
- Starter: Garfagnana cured meats and crostini
- First course: Lucca tordelli with ragu or farro soup
- Main: rovigliolo or a seasonal main
- Dessert: buccellato or a dessert made on the spot
Frequently asked questions
Do you serve the historic villas with parks around Lucca?
Yes, it is one of our usual settings: we cook in the Lucca villas with parks, for dinners and receptions, adapting to the spaces and the available kitchen.
Do you also handle receptions with floor service?
Yes. For larger events we bring floor service alongside the chef, so the evening runs without a hitch.
Do you work in Versilia too?
Yes, Versilia is minutes away. We cater both on the Lucca hills and on the coast, from Forte dei Marmi to Viareggio.
What kind of cooking do you offer in Lucca?
A kitchen that joins the Lucca tradition and the nearby sea: from first courses of the land to fresh fish from the coast, always with local produce.
Do you also cook summer dinners in the villas outside Lucca?
Yes. We often work in the villas nearby, from Marlia to the hills, laying the table in the garden when the season allows.
Do you also offer fish menus?
Yes. With the Versilia coast close by we can also build seafood menus, alongside the Lucca cooking from the land.
Request your chef in Lucca
Tell us whether it is a dinner or a reception and where, and we will prepare a bespoke proposal.
Request a quote