An elegant terrace dinner set by a Prémices private chef on the French Riviera
Private chef · French Riviera

A private chef on the French Riviera.

From Cannes to Monaco, Antibes to Saint-Tropez, a Michelin-level chef composes a bespoke menu in your villa, on your terrace or wherever your summer takes you. No restaurant, no reservation, only your table.

Cannes · Antibes · Monaco · Saint-Tropez
A Prémices chef presenting refined amuse-bouches before a private dinner
The calibre

Chefs from starred kitchens, service from grand palaces.

Our chefs come from Michelin-starred restaurants, and several hold a star of their own. They cook the way France’s finest kitchens cook, at your table, for one evening.

The chefs and maîtres d’hôtel who cook and serve in the finest Parisian houses travel to the coast for your summer. Every maître d’hôtel is tested, trained in the grand palaces. The welcome, the rhythm, the silence between courses: nothing is left to chance.

Michelin-starred chefs Meilleur Ouvrier de France Palace-trained service
Riviera kitchens

One coast, every cuisine.

You set the register of the evening; we bring the chef who owns it. Each comes from a great kitchen, and each carries a signature of their own.

Haute gastronomie

The full grammar of a starred kitchen: tasting menus, exact sauces, a plate that would belong on the finest tables of the Croisette. An evening that feels like a great restaurant kept for you alone.

Mediterranean & Provençal

The Riviera on the plate: sea bass and gambas from the morning market, olive oil, basil, tomatoes still warm from the sun. The cuisine this coast was made for, a chilled rosé within reach.

Cuisines of the world

A Japanese omakase at the counter, a white-truffle dinner from Piedmont, a Levantine table under the stars. When your evening wants to travel, the chef travels with it.

Pastry & the sweet finale

A dedicated pastry chef for the last act: a soufflé that arrives to the minute, a dessert finished at the table. The evening closes with the same intent it opened.

The Côte d’Azur

From Cannes to Monaco.

Cannes Antibes Cap d’Antibes Monaco Saint-Tropez Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Nice Villefranche-sur-Mer Ramatuelle Mougins

Wherever your summer address is on the Côte d’Azur, the chef comes to you. Villa, terrace, seafront estate or aboard.

A private wine cellar, great bottles and grands crus kept for a Prémices dinner
Riviera wines

A sommelier, and the bottles to match.

Great food deserves the glass beside it. Our sommelier composes the pairing course by course: a chilled Bandol rosé to open, a white Burgundy with the fish, a great Bordeaux or a Châteauneuf with the main, a Sauternes or an aged spirit to close.

Tell us the register, discovery, prestige, or a single grower you love, and we source it: rare vintages, magnums, cuvées that never reach a wine list. Or we simply pour alongside the cellar you already keep. Champagne on arrival is a given.

Course-by-course pairings Provençal rosé & grands crus Rare bottles sourced
A Prémices chef at work in a private kitchen during a cooking class
Cooking classes

Cook beside the chef.

Some afternoons are best spent with your hands in the work. The chef turns your villa kitchen into a studio: a market walk if you like, a menu built together, techniques you keep for good, and a table you finally sit down to because you made it.

A couple, a family, a group of friends by the pool. Aprons, knives, produce and a chef who teaches the way the best ones do, generously. The class becomes the dinner.

Hands-on with the chef From market to table Two to twelve guests
A Prémices maître d’hôtel serving guests in an elegant salon
The service

A dinner served, not only cooked.

A beautiful meal can be undone by a room left to itself. Add a maître d’hôtel and a service team, and the evening runs on its own: aperitifs poured on the terrace, plates carried in rhythm, glasses never empty, the kitchen invisible, the host finally seated among the guests.

Every maître d’hôtel is tested before they serve for us and trained in the grand palaces. The welcome, the timing, the silence between courses: nothing is left to you but the evening itself.

Maître d’hôtel & waiters Palace-trained You stay a guest
Beyond the dinner

Whatever the summer asks for.

A private dinner is the heart of it. Around it, the house arranges the rest of the season.

Receptions

Cocktails & garden parties

Passed canapés and live stations for a terrace full of guests, from an intimate birthday to a summer gala.

Spectacle

Culinary entertainment

A live counter, a chef’s table, a moment of fire and knives. Dinner becomes the heart of the evening rather than a pause in it.

On the water

Yacht & villa dining

The chef comes aboard or up to the estate, provisions in hand, for lunch at anchor or a dinner under the stars.

At scale

Full-service catering

Larger numbers, full logistics: kitchen, service, tableware and flowers. We bring the whole evening; you bring the guests.

An elegant table dressed by Prémices for a private dinner on the French Riviera
No villa? We know the coast.

Addresses that never reach a booking site.

No estate of your own on the coast, or simply the wish for somewhere exceptional? We open off-market Riviera venues, private villas, seafront terraces and hillside domaines, from Cannes to Cap-Ferrat.

We source the place, you keep the evening.

Explore our venues
One conversation is all it takes

Begin the conversation.

Tell us your date, your number of guests and the evening you imagine. We compose the rest, the chef, the service, the table, and, if you wish, the place.

Plan your Riviera evening

Frequently asked questions

Which Riviera towns can the chef travel to?

From Cannes, Antibes and Cap d’Antibes to Monaco, Saint-Tropez, Nice and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. If your villa is on the Côte d’Azur, the chef comes to you.

Can the chef cook on a yacht or by the pool?

Yes. We cook on board, on the terrace or poolside, adapting the menu to a long lunch at anchor or a dinner under the stars.

Will the menu use local Riviera produce?

Yes. Line-caught fish and shellfish from the morning market, Provençal vegetables and olive oil, with a chilled rosé from just inland.

Can you also arrange the villa, wine and service?

Yes. Off-market Riviera villas, a sommelier and a full service team can all be added.