Pricing

What a Japanese private chef costs in London.

A visit costs between £100 and £170. That covers 8 to 12 portions of Japanese home cooking, made in your kitchen in three or four hours, and includes the chef's time, their travel and a kitchen left clean. What changes the price is how many dishes you choose and who buys the ingredients.

8–12 portions a visit 3–4 hours £0 travel charge 10% off 8-visit packs

Four ways to book

Same chef, same food, same clean kitchen at the end. The only thing that changes is who does the shopping.

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Fully hands-off

We source everything, pantry and fresh, and your chef brings it with them. Nothing for you to do but let them in.

2 dishes · 8 portions £140 About 3 hours · £17.50 a portion
Best value in this option 3 dishes · 12 portions £165 About 4 hours · £13.75 a portion
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You shop

We send you the full shopping list and you buy everything. The lowest price we do, though you're buying the food on top of it.

  • 2 dishes · 8 portions£100
  • 3 dishes · 12 portions · £9.58 a portion£115

Hybrid

We bring the Japanese pantry: rice, cooking sake, miso, soy, dashi and mirin. You pick up the fresh produce from a list we send you.

  • 2 dishes · 8 portions£120
  • 3 dishes · 12 portions · £11.25 a portion£135

Delivered

Prefer not to have anyone in your kitchen? We cook at ours and deliver the same day. £5 more than hands-off, which covers the containers. On an in-home visit you'd provide your own.

  • 2 dishes · 8 portions£145
  • 3 dishes · 12 portions · £14.17 a portion£170

Every price

Buy a pack and it comes down: 5% off with 4 visits, 10% off with 8. Book each visit whenever a chef is free, within 6 months. Prices are per visit.

Option Visits 2 dishes · 8 portions 3 dishes · 12 portions
Fully hands-off One visit £140 £165
4-visit pack £133£532 for 4 £156.75£627 for 4
8-visit pack £126£1,008 for 8 £148.50£1,188 for 8
You shop One visit £100 £115
4-visit pack £95£380 for 4 £109.25£437 for 4
8-visit pack £90£720 for 8 £103.50£828 for 8
Hybrid One visit £120 £135
4-visit pack £114£456 for 4 £128.25£513 for 4
8-visit pack £108£864 for 8 £121.50£972 for 8
Delivered One visit £145 £170
4-visit pack £137.75£551 for 4 £161.50£646 for 4
8-visit pack £130.50£1,044 for 8 £153£1,224 for 8

Pack prices apply to whichever option and size you pick. Buying a pack books its first visit, and you book the rest whenever a chef is free, within 6 months. If you stop a pack, we refund the visits you haven't had, with those you have had re-priced at the full price.

What's included

And, just as importantly, what isn't.

In every price

  • The chef's time, start to finish
  • Their travel, wherever you are in the areas we cover
  • Cooking, portioning and labelling
  • Your kitchen left clean
  • The Japanese pantry staples on every option except "You shop"

Not included

  • The fresh produce, on "You shop" and "Hybrid". You buy that from a list we send you, so the price above is the chef rather than the food
  • Containers for in-home visits: four to six of your own tupperware covers a visit. Delivered orders come in ours

Paying, changing and cancelling

Payment is taken before the visit, once your chef and slot are confirmed. Nothing to sort out on the day. Changes and cancellations are free up to 48 hours before, so we have time to let your chef know.

Questions about price

Anything else, message us and a real person will answer.

A visit costs between £100 and £170. That covers 8 to 12 portions of Japanese home cooking, prepared in your kitchen, and includes the chef's time, their travel and a clean kitchen afterwards. The price depends on how many dishes you choose and who buys the ingredients.
On two of the four options, yes. If you shop, or choose the hybrid option, you buy the fresh produce yourself from a list we send you, so the price above is the chef, not the food. On fully hands-off and delivered visits we buy everything and it's all included in the price.
Because we provide the containers. On an in-home visit you leave out your own tupperware; when we cook at ours and deliver, the containers come from us.
No. The chef's travel is included wherever we cook, so an address in Walthamstow costs the same as one in Chelsea.
Yes. A 4-visit pack is 5% off and an 8-visit pack 10% off, for whichever option and size you choose. You book each visit whenever suits you, within 6 months of buying the pack.

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