You host. I cook.
A menu written for your evening, cooked in your kitchen, served course by course. You stay at the table with your guests from the first course to the last.
Pick the length of the evening.
Prices are per person and include VAT, ingredients, service and clean-up. There is a €400 minimum per evening, so a table of six on the Home Thali is €400 rather than €300. Each menu is rewritten around your guests before you confirm.
Three courses, served family-style
The Home Thali
€50per person
For 6 to 12 guests · €400 minimum
Two mains, the sides that belong with them, fresh bread and a dessert. Brought out together, the way food arrives at an Indian table.
- Menu built with you beforehand
- All ingredients and cooking
- Served at your table, kitchen left clean
Five courses, plated
The Signature Table
€75per person
For 6 to 12 guests · €400 minimum
A longer evening. Five courses paced across the night, house chutneys, and a welcome drink poured as your guests arrive.
- Welcome drink and snacks
- Five plated courses with house chutneys
- Menu tailored to dietary needs
- Full service and clean-up
Seven courses, regional
The Grand Feast
€95per person
For 6 to 12 guests · €400 minimum
A regional journey, Kashmir to Kerala, with the story behind each dish told as it lands. For the evenings that need to be remembered.
- Seven regional courses
- The story of each dish, told at the table
- Printed menu cards for your guests
- Full service and clean-up
Travel is included within 25 km of Alkmaar. Beyond that, €0.35 per km round trip, quoted before you book. 25% confirms your date. The balance is due within three days after the event.
Four steps, and none of them are yours.
A conversation first
What the evening is for, who is coming, what they will and will not eat.
A menu written for it
You get the menu before you commit. Change anything on it.
Most of it cooked ahead
The long, slow work happens in Chef Vidhi’s kitchen so your kitchen is not occupied all day.
Finished at your place
Kababs fried, rice tempered, everything plated and served hot. Kitchen left clean.
Tables that have already happened.
Before you book a date.
What does a private chef dinner cost?
Three tiers: €50 per person for three courses, €75 for five, €95 for a seven-course regional menu. All three are priced for six to twelve guests.
Why is there a €400 minimum?
An evening costs the same to plan, shop for and travel to whether six people or twelve are sitting down. The minimum only makes a difference on the Home Thali at six or seven guests: six is €400 rather than €300, which works out at €66.67 a head. From eight guests up you pay the listed per-person price. Every other menu is already above the minimum at six.
How many guests?
Six to about twelve at one table. Fewer than six is possible, charged at the six-guest price. Above twelve it becomes catering, which is priced differently.
Do you travel outside Alkmaar?
Travel is included within 25 km of Alkmaar. Beyond that, €0.35 per km round trip, quoted before you book.
What about deposits and cancellation?
25% confirms your date. The balance is due within three days after the event. more than 14 days before: full refund, deposit included. between 14 days and 72 hours: the 25% deposit is kept. inside 72 hours: the full price is due, because the shopping is done. Dates move for free if you tell me more than 72 hours ahead and we can find another one.
Do you bring plates and cutlery?
No. Your own plates and cutlery are used for serving, which keeps the evening feeling like your home rather than a pop-up restaurant. Serving dishes come with Vidhi.
Can you cook fully vegetarian?
Yes, at every tier, with no reduction in the number of courses.
Tell me about the evening.
A date, a number of guests, and anything the table cannot eat. A menu comes back to you.
From €50 per person