Yes — TheKitchenTable books private chefs who travel to Vail for dinners in chalets, condos and vacation rentals, starting at $50 per person with shopping, cooking and cleanup included.
Vail is a rental town. Most groups who come here are not staying in a hotel with room service — they are in a three-to-six bedroom chalet or a condo in Lionshead with a kitchen nobody wants to cook in after a full day on the mountain. That is the exact gap a private chef fills.
The maths also works differently here than at home. A table for twelve at a Vail Village restaurant during peak season is hard to get, expensive, and means getting everyone changed and back out into the cold at 7pm. A chef in your rental costs less per head than most Vail Village dinners, and nobody has to drive on an icy road afterwards.
Our chefs travel to Vail from across Colorado. You tell us the dates, the group size and the budget, and chefs who cover the valley send you menus built around it.
Vail requests skew larger than our statewide average — chalet groups of 10 to 16 are common, and our chefs have served parties up to 50.
Nobody wants to book a 6:30pm table after last chair. A chef works to your schedule — appetisers when you come off the mountain, dinner when the group is ready, not when the restaurant can seat you.
Vail rentals sleep 8 to 16. That is the hardest group size to feed: too big for most restaurant tables, too much work to cook for. It is the easiest size for a chef.
Vail's chalets and higher-end condos tend to have full kitchens with real ovens and space to work — better equipped than a lot of home kitchens a chef cooks in.
Birthdays, engagements, milestone trips and corporate retreats all end up in Vail. A chef turns the rental into the venue rather than everyone splitting across two restaurant tables.
Group size: most Vail 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 single busiest window in the valley. Book several weeks out — chef availability goes before rental availability does.
Heavy family-group weeks. Large-group bookings fill fastest.
Short-notice bookings are often still possible midweek.
Weddings, hiking groups and family reunions. Easier to book and often cheaper.
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, and it is the most common Vail booking we see. Chefs cook in chalets, condos and Airbnbs throughout Vail Village, Lionshead, East and West Vail, EagleVail, Avon and Beaver Creek. Give us the property address when you book so the chef can plan travel and parking.
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 — that is a typical Vail booking. Larger groups usually work best family-style or buffet-style, which also brings the per-person cost down. Tell us the headcount up front and chefs will propose a service style that suits both the group and the kitchen.
For Christmas, New Year, Presidents' Day and spring break, several weeks ahead — those weeks book out. For an ordinary midweek night in January or February, a few days is often enough. If your dates are close, send the request anyway; chefs respond quickly and will tell you straight away if they are free.
Our chefs travel to Vail from across Colorado — many from the Denver metro and the surrounding mountain communities. Every chef who sends you a menu has confirmed they can cover your dates at your address.
Yes. Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan, nut allergies and religious requirements are all routine. List them when you submit the request — it is far easier for a chef to design one menu around the whole table than to improvise on the night.
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.