Yes — TheKitchenTable books private chefs who travel to Aspen and Snowmass for in-home and vacation-rental dinners, starting at $50 per person with shopping, cooking and cleanup included.
Aspen has no shortage of good restaurants. What it has a shortage of is a table for fourteen at a reasonable hour in the last week of December. That is usually why people call us: not because they cannot find somewhere to eat, but because the group is too large, the timing is awkward, or they simply want one night in without lowering the standard of the food.
Aspen bookings tend to run more formal than the rest of Colorado. Plated multi-course menus, wine pairings and specific dietary briefs come up far more here than they do in Denver. Chefs quoting on Aspen requests know that and price accordingly — you set the budget, and what arrives is a menu built to it rather than a fixed package.
Chefs travel to Aspen, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek and Basalt. Give us your dates, headcount and budget and you will get menus back from chefs who can cover them.
Aspen groups are often smaller but more formal than elsewhere in Colorado — eight to twelve guests with a plated menu is a common brief.
Between Christmas and New Year, and again over Presidents' Day, a large table in town is genuinely hard to secure. Your rental's dining table has no such problem.
Aspen requests lean toward plated, multi-course service more than anywhere else we operate. If you want a tasting-menu evening at home, this is the town where chefs expect to be asked.
For some groups the point is not the food at all — it is having the evening somewhere other than a public dining room.
Aspen's rental stock includes some genuinely excellent kitchens. Chefs can do considerably more here than in a standard condo galley.
Group size: most Aspen bookings run between 8 and 16 guests. Our chefs have served parties as large as 50. Larger groups usually work best family-style, which also lowers the cost per person.
Give us the property address when you send your request — chefs confirm they can reach it before they quote.
Chef availability tightens on the same weeks the rentals do.
The hardest window of the year to book anything in Aspen. Chefs included — plan several weeks ahead.
Second-busiest stretch. Large groups should book early.
Good availability and often better pricing than peak weeks.
Aspen's summer calendar drives its own demand. Book around the festival dates.
Family-style service starts at $50 per person. Larger groups bring the per-head cost down — big buffet-style bookings can land near $15 per person — and plated multi-course menus cost more. You set the budget first and chefs propose menus that fit it, so there is no surprise at the end.
Yes. Plated multi-course service is more commonly requested in Aspen than anywhere else we work. It costs more per person than family-style because of the prep and service time involved, so say so in your request and chefs will quote for it properly.
Yes. Shopping, prep, cooking, serving and full kitchen cleanup are all included. The kitchen is left as the chef found it, which matters more than usual in a rental where you are on the hook for a cleaning deposit.
Yes. Chefs cover Aspen, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek, Old Snowmass and down-valley to Basalt and Willits. Include the property address in your request so travel is factored into the quote.
For the Christmas–New Year window and Presidents' Day, several weeks. For March and for most of the summer, a week or so is usually enough. Send the request even if your dates are tight — you will get a straight answer quickly.
Our chefs travel to Aspen from across Colorado. Every chef who sends you a menu has confirmed they can cover your dates and your address before quoting.
Booking for a short-term rental? See how private chefs work in Colorado Airbnbs. Renting your property out? Offer a private chef to your guests.