Alé
A long table set for a Mediterranean dinner on the French Riviera
Paella cooked live in front of guests
Hands plating anchovy with blueberry marmalade
Alé

Private chef dining, live cooking and luxury catering across the French Riviera, founded by a Spanish chef and tailored around your preferences, your guests and your event style.

Paellas on a long table overlooking the Mediterranean

About Alé as a service

Alé creates bespoke Mediterranean dining experiences across the French Riviera. From intimate private dinners to elegant celebrations and long-term villa stays, every experience is designed with care, flavour and effortless hospitality.

Memorable tables, designed around you
From elegant shared tables to live paella cooking and bespoke Mediterranean menus, Alé creates dining experiences designed around the atmosphere you want to create.


What we do at Alé

Beyond single events, Alé cooks for villas, long stays and families who want a chef in their own kitchen.

Long stays

Long stays

Weekly or seasonal arrangements for villas and residences, with menus that change as often as you like.

Personalised dining

Personalised dining

Menus built around your household: allergies, favourites, children, guests and the way you actually like to eat.

Cooking with Alé

Cooking with Alé

You are not booking an agency. You work directly with the chef who plans the menu, sources the produce and cooks it.

We come to you

We come to you

Cannes, Antibes, Nice, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and the wider Côte d'Azur. Further afield on request.


Chef

The Chef

Alé creates bespoke Mediterranean dining experiences across the French Riviera. From intimate private dinners to elegant celebrations and long-term villa stays, every experience is designed with care, flavour and effortless hospitality.

Background
Trained at the Basque Culinary Center
Years of experience in private chef work and catering across Europe and the Caribbean
Kitchens
StreetXo · Lúa · Relais & Châteaux · Cookify


The experience

Alé creates bespoke Mediterranean dining experiences across the French Riviera. From intimate private dinners to elegant celebrations and long-term villa stays, every experience is designed with care, flavour and effortless hospitality.

Memorable tables, designed around you. From elegant shared tables to live paella cooking and bespoke Mediterranean menus, Alé creates dining experiences designed around the atmosphere you want to create.

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Cocktail & finger food

A standing reception where the food moves through the room and conversation never stops.

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Live-cooked rice

The paella is cooked in front of your guests. The pan becomes the centre of the evening.

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Buffet

One long shared table, laid with Mediterranean dishes for guests to serve themselves.

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Private dining

A seated menu, individually plated for each guest and served course by course.


Get your personalised menu

Tell us a little about your event and we will come back with a menu and a price. If you prefer to talk it through, WhatsApp is usually quickest.

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