Santa Barbara Private Chefs, hire a private chef

PCI is dedicated to finding the perfect chef to match your Santa Barbara lifestyle

Our chefs are particularly adept at accommodating your cuisine preferences, special diets, daily schedule, and travel itinerary.

PCI will meet your private chef requirements with guaranteed confidentiality and discretion.

CONTACT PCI AT:

Phone

1 (800) 825-2433

Santa Barbara Locations

Private Chefs, Inc. places exceptional chefs in private households throughout central California including Santa Barbara, Montecito, Santa Ynez, Ojai, Solvang, Monterey and Carmel.

World renowned for quality and trusted for discretion

Established in 1995, Private Chefs, Inc. has placed chefs in households all over the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. PCI represents over 2000 top caliber chefs worldwide.

Private Chefs Inc. is a premier private chef recruiting firm, specializing in placing experienced personal chefs nationwide. As a trusted home staffing Agency, we also provide comprehensive domestic estate staffing services. Our nationally recognized recruitment agency ensures confidentiality and discretion in meeting all your household needs.

A PCI chef can tailor the meals to your unique and specific dietary needs and bring the fine dining experience into your Montecito.

Private Chefs is dedicated to finding the perfect personal chef to match your Santa Ynez CA lifestyle.

In the elite neighborhood of Ojai California residents rely on PCI chefs to work their culinary magic.

Santa Barbara residents who enjoy the small town feel of their exclusive neighborhood also enjoy the intimacy of a private chef.

Who We Are

Private Chefs, Inc. was established because we believe there is a real need for an agency that specializes solely on personal chef placements run by people who, themselves, have experience working in the hospitality industry and private homes.
A private chef needs to have a service-oriented mindset, be a team player, think on his/her feet, adjust quickly to ever-changing plans and last-minute requests, and adapt to the varying needs of our clients. What PCI chefs do extremely well is accommodate those needs.

At PCI, we believe that placing a chef in a residence, estate, or yacht is a service that needs specific attention by specialists who have a unique grasp of what is needed to satisfy the client’s and chef’s needs to make a perfect long-term match.

  • Contact us by phone or fill out the online client request form
  • Once we are in touch with you we will discuss your specific needs in detail and answer any questions you might have including our fees & guarantees.
  • When we have all the info we need we will send an email introduction and start the search.
  • We usually provide a minimum of 8 candidates within 24 hours, each resume will include a photo of the candidate his/her full professional back ground, a bio, references and each individual chef’s salary requirement.

After you had a chance to review the resumes we will assist with setting up interviews & test cookings for the chefs you selected.

We are also available during the whole hiring process to answer any questions you might have about the individual chefs, salary norms, benefits etc. etc.

All long-term placements come with a 90-day free replacement guarantee.

All limited engagements come with a free replacement guarantee for the duration of the engagement.

Established in 1995, Private Chefs Inc is the largest and most exclusive private chef’s placement agency in the World, with the head-office in Beverly Hills and branches in New York, Hong Kong, Palm Beach, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington DC and London.

Our list of clients includes high-profile celebrities, businesspeople, athletes and royalty who turn to us because of our professionalism, attention to detail and discretion in finding the perfect chef for their estates, yachts and jets.

PCI represents over 2000 top caliber chefs worldwide.

We place two types of chefs: live-in and live-out.

Our Chefs Qualification

Meet Our Team

Christian Paier , Owner and operator of Private Chefs

Christian Paier

Founder/ President

Born in Wolfsberg, a pastoral town in Southern Austria, Christian Paier was raised in an environment of quality cuisine. Read more…

Adrienne DeWinter from Private Chefs Inc.

Adrienne DeWinter

Regional Manager

Adrienne DeWinter is in charge of all client communications and day-to-day operations. A world traveler, fluent in three languages, and of European and South America’s noble heritage, Adrienne was born and raised in the cosmopolitan city of New York.

Jerry J. Masi is a nationally-traveled private chef who has been serving executives, celebrities and sports figures on their many residences

Jerry J. Masi

Central Regional Manager

Jerry J. Masi is a nationally-traveled private chef who has been serving executives, celebrities and sports figures on their many residences, private jets and yachts, and thus has first-hand knowledge of the industry.

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