London · Private Chef
Bespoke culinary experiences crafted for private clients, exclusive residences and high-profile events. Michelin-calibre technique. An absolute absence of compromise.
Now accepting a limited number of private bookings for autumn 2026.
Philosophy
Every menu begins with a conversation. An understanding of who you are, how you live, and what this particular occasion means to you. From there, the ingredients speak — seasonal, sourced with intention, treated with absolute respect.
This is not catering. This is a deeply considered culinary experience, shaped entirely around the people at your table.
What we offer
Intimate dining at home, from a table for two to twelve.
An intimate dining experience designed entirely around your home. From a dinner for two to an elegant gathering of twelve — each evening crafted with the same level of care and discretion.
Tasting menus, family-style dining or a seasonal à la carte — proposed after a short consultation.
High-profile celebrations, conceived and staged with discretion.
From high-profile celebrations to private corporate entertainment and canapé receptions, every detail is conceived with the discretion and precision your world demands. Available as a private chef in London and internationally.
Seated dinners, canapé receptions and multi-day programmes — a limited number of dates held each season.
A private chef woven into the rhythm of your household.
For clients who want a private chef on a regular basis, with a service that adapts entirely to your schedule, your preferences and the rhythm of your household. A small number of new households considered each season.
Weekly, seasonal or fully resident arrangements, including discreet cover for an existing household chef — taken on selectively.
Selected briefs
Complete culinary support for principals and families in residence — from a long weekend to a full season, in London and internationally, with the kitchen run to your rhythm from day one.
Long garden lunches, elegant barbecues and paella cooked over open flame — refined outdoor entertaining in London and the Home Counties.
A discreet collaboration with restaurants, brands and private households — shaping menus, kitchens and culinary direction.
Boardroom lunches, leadership dinners and client entertaining — fine-dining standards brought into the corporate world, with complete discretion.
Sculpted, one-bite canapés served with quiet theatre — for receptions and celebrations at home, in Mayfair and beyond.
Every engagement begins with a conversation, and the diary is kept deliberately selective. Begin your enquiry →
About
With 15 years of professional experience, including more than six years in private households, Andrés Ribera brings a calm, highly considered approach to private dining. Originally from Spain and now based in London, his career has taken him through internationally respected kitchens, including Nobu and celebrated dining rooms in New York, before moving into private work for some of the most discerning households and hosts in the UK and abroad.
He has cooked for royalty, political figures, film directors, professional athletes and influential business leaders, and most recently as private chef on retainer to Madonna. His culinary foundation spans Mediterranean, Japanese and wider Asian cuisine, Middle Eastern cooking and plant-based menus, with a particular command of complex dietary needs, always without compromising on flavour, balance or elegance.
His approach is further informed by continued study in child nutrition and food and health with Stanford Online, alongside sports nutrition through the FC Barcelona Innovation Hub.
Andrés takes on a limited number of private residences, events and selected engagements, allowing each brief to be handled with the discretion, precision and attention expected at the highest level.
Andrés Ribera
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The Detail
Every element on the plate carries intention — from the first course to the final flourish. Desserts are composed with the same rigour as the savoury, treating sweetness as a language with its own grammar and grace.
Trusted by discerning clients across London and beyond.
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