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Chef Javier Colindres

Service Description

The chef brings all ingredients, prepares the meal in your kitchen, serves each dish, and cleans your kitchen before leaving. All you have to do is to relax and enjoy a culinary experience.

About the chef

I am a 30-year-old Guatemalan private chef with 3 years of experience in private dining and 12 years overall of kitchen experience, I have worked in multiple restaurants in Guatemala including Diacá where I was head chef. We reached Latin America's 50 best restaurants in 47th place.

For me it's all about the purity of the flavors and the ingredients, you will not find me doing any molecular cooking.

Cuisine Type:

Latin American cuisine, with slight influence with Asian cuisine. Can go both the fine dining way or the family style or street food style.

Location:

Pretoria and Johannesburg

The Menu price includes:

  • All the ingredients
  • Your chef traveling fee (If the venue falls within the chef working areas)
  • The cooking of all the dishes
  • The entire service
  • The cleaning

MENU 1: R650 pp (excl. vat)

Booking requirement: 4 people minimum

1ST COURSE

Catch of the day ceviche with

Roasted pumpkin puree, nikkei leche de tigre, and tortilla chips.

2ND COURSE

Crunchy rice pancake filled with roasted chicken a traditional Guatemalan green sauce made with imported green tomatoes called Pepian topped with pickled vegetables and roasted garlic sauce.

3RD COURSE

Dark chocolate mousse, caramelized banana, toasted peanuts, olive oil, and salt.

MENU 2: R800 pp (excl. vat)

Booking requirement: 4 people minimum

1ST COURSE

Traditional Mexican corn salad with fresh cheese and semi-spicy dressing

2ND COURSE

Aguachile tostada, with pickled vegetables, jalapeño, and a coriander emulsion.

3RD COURSE

Crunchy pork belly tacos with burnt avocado cream, a tomato and onion topping called pico de Gallo, and pickled radish

4TH COURSE

Hearty corn buñuelos de feria, filled with passion fruit creme patisserie and mint syrup.

MENU 3: R1200 pp (excl. vat)

Booking requirement: 2 people minimum

1ST COURSE

Cucumber and jalapeño gazpacho with watermelon kimchi and whipped ricotta

2ND COURSE

Tuna tiradito, with cilantro and ginger leche de tigre, red chili oil, pickled onions, fried leeks, and patacones.

3RD COURSE

Mushroom and queso fresco-filled corn doblada with jocón sauce (Traditional Guatemalan Green sauce), roasted tomato lacto-fermented garlic emulsion, and crystallized parsley.

4TH COURSE

Baos filled with slow-cooked duck, roasted tomato ponzu, and cilantro sauce.

5TH COURSE

Cereal ice cream, with salted peanut crumble and honeycomb cracker.

Please Note:
1. To guarantee the best service and experience, bookings should be made at least 48h before the desired date to enable your chef to plan everything accordingly. There will be a 10% surcharge fee for bookings made in less than 48 hours.
2. The minimum number of people required under each menu is based on adult guests and excludes children. Children under 12 will be charged half of the adult menu price. Main course & dessert.
3. A 30% surcharge will be added for bookings on public holidays (1 Jan, 2 Jan, 21 Mar, 7 Apr, 10 Apr, 27 Apr, 1 May, 16 Jun, 9 Aug, 24 Sep, 25 Sep, 25 Dec, & 26 Dec).

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Children menu
Children under 12 will be charged half of the adult menu price. Main course & dessert (to be discussed with the chef).
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50% of the cost of the chosen menu for children under 12. A custom children menu can be arranged with the chef.

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Please note. For booking of 8 guests and more, your chef will need an assistant to help prepare, serve and make the whole experience go smoothly. The assistant will come at an additional fee which will be added to the invoice.
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Booking Fee
Please note that a 5% booking fee of the total amount will be added to the quote.
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