Article created and provided by Chef Crusco Catering in Austin, Texas
You are interested in having a dinner party and inevitably the question comes up: should we go out to a fancy restaurant or hire a private chef and staff? Our hope in this article is that the information provided can not only answer that question but more importantly allow you to make the buying decision process a little bit easier. We want to earn your trust and be a source of information for your event so feel free to reach out directly with any other questions you may have.
5 Benefits of Dining Out
- Variety of Choices: You can choose from high end steak houses and michellin stars to diners, buffets and food trucks. From Vietnamese and Latin American to Italian and Spanish…the choices and style are endless.
- Social Dining Events: Whether it is girls night our or an anniversary, restaurant dining involves a certain level of ambience and social dynamics that can always enhance the overall event.
- No responsibility: Even hiring a reputable business like Chef Crusco Catering still involves getting your home ready for guests. Making sure the house is clean, the kitchen is ready for the chef and the clean up can be challenging for some. Dining out takes all of those concerns away.
- Professional Kitchens: Top of the line and cutting edge equipment allows restaurant chefs the ability to produce some extravagant and amazing food.
- Novelty of New: Sometimes we all just want to go and check out that new, hot restaurant in town. Maybe it is a well known chef or a new style of food and service that is an enticing enough reason to go.
5 Benefits of a Private Chef
- A Customized & Curated Experience: A Private Chef has more flexibility to create customer specific menus that meet the event theme or style of service. Furthermore, the Private Chef can more easily meet the demands of healthy eating and inevitable dietary requirements.
- Exclusivity of being a guest in your Home: Dining out involves dealing with traffic, parking, bad servers or time restricted tables. Hiring a Private Chef allows you to enjoy the comfort of your home, your own table and not having to dress up or deal with overcrowded and loud spaces. Although entertaining can be stressful, leave the worrying to your Chef and staff that take pride in service, execution and attention to detail.
- Entertainment Value: Remember having a private chef in your own home is pretty amazing and an experience to enjoy! Our Chefs are fun, charming, outgoing and ready to talk with you and your guests about food and any other questions you may have.
- Transparency & Quality Control: A very good Private Chef is there to earn your business. Estimates, rental costs and a detailed description of how the evening will transpire is provided. Also, restaurants can hide their lack of quality control within their kitchens since you have no access to them. A Private Chef is front and center amongst the entire group of diners with no where to hide. You can rest assure that quality ingredients, techniques and food preparation is on display.
- Memorable Touches: Whether it is Card stock designed Menus, surprise Courses, a Signature service cleaned kitchen or end of dinner Confectionery bags, a Private Chef can create unique touches that will make your event experience unforgettable.
As you can see both options listed above have their own set of unique benefits. Which is more important for you and your event? We believe the most important aspect here though is understanding and prioritizing the benefits so you can make the most informed decision for yor next event. Ultimately it is your choice…
