Private Chefs in Orange County (OC)

Laura Madden

30 June 2026

★★★★★

"Chef TaCee was excellent. Attention to detail, flavors and presentation were beyond expect..." ations. You MUST book her if you’re considering!!

"Easy to navigate and use. "

"I don’t like having to login to the platform each time and that I didn’t receive notic..." e of messages in the chat. It would have been much easier to communicate with the chef directly.

"Yes, had a chef cancel the day before which was saddening but they found a replacement and..." made everything work out!

"The platform was difficult for me to navigate and rather than being able to see all items ..." on one page, you have to scroll down. Adding items as you went was a little confusing since after selecting a single item (with more to add), it wanted me to 'check out' when I wasn't finished. Although nowhere I could see on their site, they did NOT allow me to use a discount code with my gift certificate. Ultimately, I had to call customer service to complete by phone.

"The platform was generally fine. However, because I needed to order some food to meet die..." tary restrictions, I ended up speaking quite a bit with the chef directly. Because of that I had to have two lines of communication going—one to CookinGenie and one to the chef. It would have been easier to only have one. But at the end of the day, the process was not hard and everything worked well.

"I think cook genie is pretty good. the app was a little confusing for ordering the meal , ..." sides and stuff. it worked but it’s was ok in the end.

"Another wonderful experience with Chef!"

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Yasir Drabu

14 April 2026

★★★★★

"Chef Austin is friendly and very accommodating! Delicious food!"

Laura Madden

14 April 2026

★★★★★

"Chef Jene’e was super prepared and such a warm personally. Great experience!"

"The multiple apps are confusing. "

"Chef Larry was superb! my family was floored with the quality of the dishes and we had ze..." ro leftovers. The grilled octopus was amazing. and he still managed to make incredible duck with a difficult oven at the Airbnb. Book him if you want to wow your guests!

"Cookingenie is an easy platform to manage and book private chefs. It has good search func..." tions (find a chef) and seems to handle the logistics for the chefs very well.

"Russel showed up right on time and offered to make our dinner experience longer or short d..." epending on our preference. He shared some cooking tips while he was preparing our dinner. Most importantly the entire dinner was amazing and exceeded our expectations. He also left everything extremely clean. We would definitely book him again!

"Wonderful experience with Michelle- great food, presentation. My friends and I loved the e..." xperience and destroyed the food =) Would recommend!!

"Allison was wonderful! She arrived on time, she was polite and has a great sense of humor...." She made the evening a complete amazing experience for our anniversary 🙂

Laura Madden

05 May 2026

★★★★★

"Chef Steve and his team made a great meal for our corporate gathering. The service was exc..." ellent and food was amazing. It was so nice being able to have a more intimate gathering with a chef than at an impersonal restaurant.

"Great person. I would use him again"

"Chef Russ was absolutely fantastic! He served our small wedding dinner for 10 adults and 2..." kids and all of the food was amazing. The rental home we were staying at had problems with the oven and stove and Chef Russ still knocked it out of the park. We would reccomend him to anyone looking for a chef experience. Hoping to have him cook again for us in the future!

"This was an awesome experience ! Chef Russell was friendly, funny, and made great food. He..." was flexible even though our cabin had some unique appliances. You can really tell that what he does is an art and a science, and he was just an all-around uplifting guy. We had good conversation, he was well-prepared, and we ended the night feeling full and smiling. Would recommend him to anyone and hope we can do it again!

"This entire experience was better then a 5 star and 10/10 rating. wish we could have had m..." ore of the bananas foster.

"have used multiple times highly reccomend"

"Jason made our night! He came in, took over the kitchen, and cooked the most incredible sa..." lmon meal for me and my boys. Everything was delicious, the whole experience was seamless, and we didn't have to lift a finger. Highly recommend — we'll definitely be booking again!

"Chef Fountain was incredible and I highly recommend. On time, incredibly personable, and t..." he food was outstanding.

"Chris was a great cook and clean everything! Would highly recommend "

"great turnaround time and easy to navigate"

"Brandon was great! very nice. Efficient. He brought everything he needed including the Tup..." perware for storing the food prep. He was efficient and cleaned everything up afterwards. Overall he was great and I would absolutely book him again.

"What a Wonderful and Amazing Experience. Food was Amazing "

"For the money spent, we were expecting a much better experience. Toinette was a charming l..." ady, just didn't deliver last night.