Short answer: a private chef in Marrakech is €85 per person at La Table Marrakech — menu, souk shopping, multi-course cooking, table service and full kitchen cleanup all included. Minimum 2 guests. Below is the long answer: what you’re actually paying for, what you’re not, and how the price stacks up against a top Marrakech restaurant.
The headline price — €85 per person, all in
One clean number. €85 per person covers a multi-course Moroccan dinner cooked at your villa or riad. No per-course charge, no service add-on, no minimum bar spend. Minimum 2 guests; no upper limit until you reach event-scale (20+, see below).
That puts us in the same price range as Marrakech’s best fine-dining rooms — La Mamounia, Le Jardin, Nomad, Dar Rhizlane — and below most international agency-booked private chefs. The difference: the room is yours, the menu was sketched around your group that morning at the souk, and the wine is whatever bottle you brought.
Total cost by group size
Most of our guests travel in groups of 2 to 10 — couples on a long weekend, families, small parties. Here’s the maths laid out simply.
| Group size | Per person | Total price | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 guests | €85 pp | €170 | Same as one mid-range restaurant dinner for two with drinks |
| 4 guests | €85 pp | €340 | Below one night at Le Jardin or Nomad with starters & wine |
| 6 guests | €85 pp | €510 | Below La Mamounia tasting menu for the same group |
| 8 guests | €85 pp | €680 | Same range as a fine-dining riad restaurant evening |
| 10 guests | €85 pp | €850 | The room and the menu are yours alone |
| 12–19 guests | €85 pp | From €1,020 | 1 extra service staff included for larger groups |
| 20+ guests (event tier) | From €60 pp | From €1,200 | Wedding / event package — full brigade, custom quote |
Wine, spirits and any premium add-ons (live cooking station, pastry chef, additional service staff beyond the standard) are quoted on top. Minimum 2 guests — no charge for empty seats.
What's included in €85 per person
- Menu planning — back-and-forth on WhatsApp until the menu is exactly what you want, in writing
- The souk run — the chef walks the medina at dawn for tomatoes, fish, lamb, herbs, preserved lemons
- All ingredients — spices, charcoal, olive oil, mint tea, the works
- All cookware — we bring our own tagines, knives, plates if your kitchen is light-equipped
- Cooking — usually 4–6 hours in your kitchen depending on the menu
- Service — courses paced and plated for you, mint-tea ceremony at the end
- Cleanup — kitchen left spotless, dishes washed, packed and put away
Halal is the default. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, kosher, allergy-aware menus — tell us at booking, no extra charge.
What's not included
- Wine and spirits — we recommend you buy what you like at Carrefour or Atac (Moroccan wine is good and runs ~80–180 MAD/bottle); we’ll happily pour
- Premium produce — fresh truffle, lobster, A5 wagyu, oysters — quoted separately if you ask
- Live cooking stations at events (couscous, mechoui, pastry trolley) — add-on starting at €180
- Chef tip — not required, but 10% is the local norm for great service
- Transport — included within Marrakech proper; villas in the Ourika or Ouirgane valleys add a flat €20–40
For a group of 6 staying in a Palmeraie villa for 3 nights, one private chef dinner is €510 — same range as one night at a top Marrakech riad restaurant for the same group, before drinks. Eat with us once or twice across the trip and cook for yourselves the rest.
What you’re paying for is exclusivity, not discount. The room is yours. The menu is yours. The chef is yours.
How does this compare to fine dining in Marrakech?
Marrakech’s top restaurants — La Mamounia, Le Jardin, Nomad, Dar Rhizlane — sit in the €60–120 per-person range for a multi-course meal, before drinks. They’re excellent. The trade-off is you’re in their room, on their schedule, with twenty other tables.
A private chef at €85 per person sits squarely in the middle of that fine-dining band. What you get for the same spend: the room is yours, the pace is yours, the menu was designed around your group that morning, and you can wear what you want and bring what you like to drink. It’s a different product at a comparable price — not a cheaper one.
How does this compare to a cooking class?
A Marrakech cooking class typically runs $45–90 per person for a half-day, including a souk visit and lunch you cook together. Different product entirely. We wrote a longer comparison: Marrakech cooking class vs private chef — which should you book?
How to book — it really is one WhatsApp away
Most bookings happen in 4 messages: date, headcount, dietary needs, address. We confirm in 24 hours, you pay 50% on confirmation, balance on the night. Stripe, wire, Apple Pay, or Visa/Mastercard.
For larger groups (weddings, retreats, incentive trips), see our wedding chef page or corporate dining page — both quote in EUR or USD with VAT-compliant invoicing.
FAQ
Are taxes and service charges included in the €85 per person?
Yes. The €85 per person is the all-in number. No separate service charge, no minimum bar spend, no per-course add-on. Minimum 2 guests.
How much does a private chef cost for a wedding in Marrakech?
From €1,200 for 20 guests in our event tier (separate from the €85/pp standard rate), scaling per guest from there. Full wedding pricing here.
Do you charge extra for last-minute bookings?
No surcharge. Last-minute (under 48 hours) is regularly possible — message us on WhatsApp and we’ll let you know if a chef is free.
What if I want a chef for multiple nights?
€85 per person, per night. A 3-night booking for 6 guests is €1,530 total, and we design a different menu for each night — mezze night, tagine night, royal couscous Friday. Many of our return guests do exactly this.
Do you accept credit cards?
Yes — Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay. Or wire transfer in EUR or USD. Or local cash in MAD on the night, if that’s easier.