From a Westlake hill-country home to a Zilker bungalow the weekend of ACL, Chefpost pairs you with a vetted Austin private chef who plans the menu, hauls in the groceries, fires up the smoker or the stove, serves each course, and leaves your kitchen cleaner than they found it. Backyard BBQ, lake-house dinners, taco brunches, and weekly meal prep, all without you touching a pan.
A private chef in Austin comes to your place, cooks a restaurant-quality meal in your own kitchen or on your grill, and cleans everything up before heading out. Chefpost matches you with background-checked local chefs for one-off dinners, celebrations, and recurring weekly meal prep. Most in-home dinners run $65 to $150 per guest, and the chef owns the whole night: the menu, the shopping, the cooking, and the cleanup.
Austin eats the way it lives, casual and confident, so our chefs cover everything from slow-smoked brisket and elevated backyard BBQ to Tex-Mex spreads, farm-to-table tasting menus, and New American plates built around Hill Country produce. Whether you host in a Downtown high-rise or on a Lake Austin dock, you can browse chefs and read real reviews before you book.
Two things people mix up here: a private chef is not a caterer, and hiring one is not the stiff, expensive thing it sounds like.
Catering shows up in foil trays that were cooked across town hours ago. An Austin private chef cooks right there in your kitchen or over your fire, and plates each course to order. You get the smell of brisket in the smoke or garlic in the pan, the easy back-and-forth with the chef, and food served at its peak instead of reheated. For a relaxed Austin gathering, that hands-on feel is the whole point.
Chefpost is a marketplace of vetted personal chefs across Austin and Central Texas. Every chef is background-checked, food-safety verified, and rated by real hosts. You browse profiles, pick a menu, and book. We are the layer that turns finding a trustworthy chef into a few taps instead of a hopeful post in a neighborhood group.
Four steps from first message to a clean kitchen. No cooking, no shopping, no cleanup for you.
Your date, Austin neighborhood, guest count, occasion, and any allergies or dietary needs.
Latin, Mediterranean, Italian, omakase, plant-based, seafood, or a fully custom tasting menu.
We surface vetted Austin chefs who fit your menu, headcount, and budget, each with real reviews.
Your chef shops, cooks in your kitchen, plates every course, serves, and leaves it spotless.
The formats our Austin chefs get asked for most. Every menu is tuned to your guests, your kitchen or grill, and your budget.
The signature Austin request. A chef runs the smoker and grill in your backyard so you can hang with your guests instead of babysitting the fire. Popular for ACL weekends, birthdays, and Sunday cookouts in Travis Heights and Barton Hills.
A build-your-own taco bar and a table of salsas, cooked fresh in your kitchen. A favorite for lazy weekend mornings, baby showers, and casual get-togethers in East Austin and Hyde Park.
A plated, multi-course dinner for six to fourteen. The go-to for milestone birthdays, tech-team dinners, and hosting new-to-Austin friends in Tarrytown and Clarksville.
A seasonal, produce-forward tasting built around what is good that week from Central Texas farms and ranches. A quiet counterpoint to the wait-list restaurants downtown.
A chef cooks several days of meals in your kitchen and leaves them portioned in your fridge. Built for busy Domain and Mueller professionals and growing families. Around $200 to $350 per week.
A quiet, romantic tasting for two, cooked and served at home. No downtown traffic, no valet, no rush to turn the table, just a full evening that stays yours.
An honest take from the Chefpost team on why this format fits the city.
“Austin is a hosting town that never quite dressed up. People move here from everywhere, buy a place with a backyard, and want to gather friends around food without the fuss. The catch was always the same: the great new restaurant has a two-hour wait, and doing it yourself means you spend your own cookout stuck at the smoker. A private chef quietly fixes both. You keep the loose, come-as-you-are Austin vibe, and someone who actually knows a brisket handles the fire.”
Book a private chef anywhere across Austin and the surrounding hill country.
Other ways to eat well without cooking, and nearby cities we serve.
Tell us your date and menu, and we will match you with a vetted Austin private chef in minutes.
The questions Austin hosts ask us most before they book.
