Private chef · Long Island, New York

A private chef on Long Island, in your own kitchen

From a Gold Coast estate in Oyster Bay to a Rockville Centre backyard on a Saturday night, Chefpost pairs you with a vetted Long Island private chef who plans the menu, buys the groceries, cooks in your kitchen, serves each course, and leaves the counters clean. Big suburban kitchens and even bigger backyards were built for this, so you can host the whole family and still sit down with them.

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A refined table with magnolia leaves and gold details, set at a Long Island home.
An elegant coastal place setting with gold flatware and lemons by a private chef on Long Island
The short answer

A private chef on Long Island drives to your home, cooks a restaurant-level meal in your own kitchen, plates and serves it, and cleans everything before leaving. Chefpost matches you with background-checked local chefs for one-off celebrations, backyard parties, kosher and holiday dinners, and standing weekly meal prep. Most in-home dinners run $85 to $200 per guest, with the chef handling the menu, the shopping, the cooking, and the cleanup.

The Island is catering country, from the North Shore Gold Coast to the Five Towns, so our chefs cover the food this suburb actually entertains with: fresh local seafood, deep Italian-American classics, dry-aged steak, and full kosher menus for Cedarhurst and Lawrence tables. You can browse chefs and read real reviews before you book, then keep the party in your own dining room.

What a Long Island private chef actually does

Two things worth clearing up: a private chef is not the same as a caterer, and out here it is more affordable than the estates make it look.

A private chef vs. the caterer you already know

Long Island runs on catering, so most hosts have booked trays that showed up cold and got warmed in the oven. A private chef is the opposite. They cook every course in your kitchen, in front of your guests, and plate it the second it is ready. The branzino comes off the heat and onto the plate, the pasta is finished in the pan, and nobody in your family is stuck plating for thirty. For a graduation or a Sweet 16 at home, that is the whole difference.

What Chefpost is

Chefpost is a marketplace of vetted personal chefs working across Nassau and western Suffolk. Every chef is background-checked, food-safety verified, and rated by real Long Island hosts, and several keep strictly kosher kitchens for the Five Towns. You browse profiles, pick a menu, and book. We are the layer that turns finding a trustworthy chef into a quick search instead of asking three neighbors who they used last summer.

How booking a private chef works

Four steps from first message to a clean kitchen. No cooking, no shopping, no cleanup for you.

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Tell us about your dinner

Your date, Long Island neighborhood, guest count, occasion, and any allergies or dietary needs.

02

Choose a menu

Latin, Mediterranean, Italian, omakase, plant-based, seafood, or a fully custom tasting menu.

03

Get matched with a chef

We surface vetted Long Island chefs who fit your menu, headcount, and budget, each with real reviews.

04

Host without lifting a finger

Your chef shops, cooks in your kitchen, plates every course, serves, and leaves it spotless.

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Ways Long Island hosts book a private chef

The formats our Long Island chefs get asked for most. Every menu is tailored to your guests, your kitchen, and your budget.

An elegant plated private chef dinner party set on a Long Island estate table

Backyard or poolside dinner party

A plated, multi-course dinner for eight to sixteen out on the patio. The default for graduations, milestone birthdays, and warm-weather entertaining from Manhasset to Garden City.

Sample menuLittle Neck clams · burrata with garden tomato · branzino or dry-aged strip · olive oil cake with berries
A local seafood tasting course plated by a private chef on Long Island

Local seafood feast

Long Island sits between two shores, so this is a natural. A chef builds the night around what the fish market had that morning, served family style for a crowd.

Sample menuRaw oysters and littlenecks · lobster rolls · grilled swordfish · corn and heirloom tomato · peach cobbler
A private chef grilling steak and seafood at a Long Island backyard cookout

Steak and Italian-American night

The comfort request. A chef fires the grill for dry-aged cuts and rounds it out with the red-sauce classics that Long Island tables grew up on, all cooked to order.

Sample menuClams oreganata · rigatoni vodka · veal or chicken parm · dry-aged ribeye · cannoli
A private chef plating portioned weekly meal-prep dishes in a Long Island kitchen

Weekly meal prep

A chef comes on a set day, cooks several days of meals in your kitchen, and leaves them portioned and labeled in the fridge. Popular with commuting Port Washington and Roslyn households. Around $300 to $500 per week.

A typical weekGrilled proteins · baked cod · grain and greens bowls · roasted vegetables · turkey chili
A festive private chef brunch spread set out for a Long Island celebration

Celebration brunch

Communions, showers, and Sweet 16 mornings that need a real spread without the family running the kitchen. The chef sets it all out and keeps it coming.

Sample menuBagels and lox · frittata · ricotta pancakes · fruit platter · mimosas and fresh juice
A kosher holiday dinner plated by a private chef for a Five Towns family

Kosher and holiday dinner

For Cedarhurst and Lawrence tables, several of our chefs cook strictly kosher and can work your own kitchen or set up glatt. Built for Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Passover, and holiday hosting.

Sample menuChopped liver · matzo ball soup · brisket or roasted chicken · potato kugel · honey cake

Why Long Island is made for the private chef

An honest take from the Chefpost team on why this format fits the Island.

“Long Island already entertains like nowhere else. The kitchens are enormous, the backyards seat forty, and there is always a reason to gather people, a graduation, a communion, a Sweet 16, a holiday. The catch was that the host of the house ended up being the one plating in the kitchen while the party happened without them. A private chef hands that job to a professional, and the person who planned the whole thing finally gets to sit down at their own table.”
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Long Island towns our chefs cover

Book a private chef across Nassau and western Suffolk.

Great Neck
Manhasset
Roslyn
Oyster Bay
Cold Spring Harbor
Huntington
Port Washington
Sands Point
Garden City
Rockville Centre
Cedarhurst
Lawrence

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Weekly meal prep

A week of chef-cooked meals stocked in your fridge.

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Private events at home

Graduations, showers, and milestones cooked on site.

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In-home cooking classes

Learn a menu hands-on with a Long Island chef.

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The same service out east for the summer season.

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Private chef Long Island: frequently asked questions

The questions Long Island hosts ask us most before they book.

How much does a private chef cost on Long Island?
Most in-home private chef dinners on Long Island run $85 to $200 per guest, depending on the menu, the number of courses, and the ingredients. A dinner party for around ten typically lands between $1,200 to $2,200. Weekly meal prep is usually $300 to $500 per week. Your quote always covers the chef's time, the grocery shopping, the cooking, the service, and the cleanup. Browse chefs to compare menus and pricing, and see nearby Hamptons chefs if you are heading east for the summer.
Who books a private chef on Long Island?
All kinds of Island hosts. Gold Coast families in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor entertain on the estate, Port Washington and Sands Point households mark a graduation at home, and Five Towns families in Cedarhurst and Lawrence book a kosher holiday dinner. South Shore parents in Garden City and Rockville Centre throw a Sweet 16, Huntington and Roslyn commuters want standing weekly meal prep, and summer-home hosts feed a full house of weekend guests. The most popular occasions are backyard and poolside dinner parties, high school and college graduation dinners, kosher, Shabbat, and holiday dinners in the Five Towns, Sweet 16s, communions, and milestone birthdays, family reunions and summer entertaining, and anniversary and date-night tasting menus at home.
What does the price include?
Menu planning, all grocery shopping, cooking in your kitchen, plating and serving each course, and full cleanup so your kitchen is left the way it started. You supply the space, the plates, and the glassware. There are no hidden fees, and gratuity is at your discretion.
Which Long Island towns do your chefs serve?
Our chefs cover Nassau and western Suffolk, including the North Shore Gold Coast towns of Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Oyster Bay, Cold Spring Harbor, and Huntington, plus Port Washington and Sands Point, the South Shore around Garden City and Rockville Centre, and the Five Towns of Cedarhurst and Lawrence. They also travel east to the Hamptons and west into New York City.
Can you do a strictly kosher dinner in the Five Towns?
Yes. Several of our chefs keep strictly kosher and are used to Cedarhurst and Lawrence hosting. They can cook in a kosher home kitchen or arrange a glatt setup, and they will confirm certification and supervision details with you in advance. Tell us the holiday or the Shabbat table you are planning and we will match you accordingly.
How far in advance should I book?
For a standard dinner, three to five days gives your chef time to plan the menu and shop the fish market. For graduation season in May and June, and for the fall holidays, book one to two weeks out, since those are the busiest weeks on the Island and the best chefs fill quickly. Last-minute requests are sometimes possible, so it never hurts to ask.
Can the chef cook seafood, Italian-American, or steak menus?
Yes. Long Island is a seafood and red-sauce region, and our chefs lean right into it, from raw bars and lobster to rigatoni vodka, veal parm, and dry-aged steak on the grill. Many also do lighter Mediterranean and plant-based menus. You can filter chefs by cuisine when you browse profiles.
Do you offer weekly meal prep, not just parties?
Yes. A meal-prep chef comes to your home on a set day each week, cooks several days of meals, and leaves them portioned and labeled in your fridge. It suits commuting Port Washington, Roslyn, and Garden City households and usually runs $300 to $500 per week.
Is Chefpost available beyond Long Island?
Yes. Along with Long Island we serve the Hamptons, New York City, and Brooklyn in New York, plus Jersey City, Hoboken, and Short Hills in New Jersey, and cities in Florida, Texas, and Georgia. See every private chef city we cover.

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