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Private Chef For Your Holiday In The Vendée

Name: Emily In France
Address: 17b Avenue Edmond Grasset, Aytré, 17440, FR
Telephone: +33624104582
Price range: From €25 per person

Planning a Vendée villa holiday and dreading the nightly cooking rota?

A local, bilingual chef service based right here in the Vendée - cooking in holiday homes from the coast to the bocage

The Vendée is where I live - seventeen years now - so a private chef for your holiday in the Vendée comes with genuine home advantage: I know the markets, the producers and the shortcuts between them.

Whether you've rented a villa near the beaches at Les Sables-d'Olonne, a farmhouse in the bocage or a château sleeping the whole family, I cook where you stay - from a one-off celebration dinner to every meal of the week.

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Large spread of roast meats, fish and vegetables served outdoors

The Vendée

Sunshine, sand and serious produce

The Vendée gets Mediterranean levels of sunshine on Atlantic shores, which is why half of France holidays here. It also eats well: brioche vendéenne, préfou garlic bread, ham with mogette beans, sardines from Saint-Gilles and vegetables from the marais.

I cook these traditions properly - alongside anything else your table fancies, from grand seafood platters to children's favourites done well.

Most of my Vendée holiday bookings land between June and September - and a surprising number of dinners are timed around getting back from Puy du Fou.

How it works

Holiday cooking, three ways

From one big night to the whole week - pick your level.

Rosemary roast lamb resting on a carving board

The celebration dinner

One standout evening - a birthday, an anniversary or just the best night of the holiday, cooked at your rental.

The arrival spread

Land to a stocked fridge and a grazing table on night one: the holiday starts the moment the car door shuts.

Long banquet tables dressed with sunflowers in an orangerie

The full week

Breakfasts, lunches and dinners across your stay, planned loosely and shopped daily - the true catered-villa experience.

Truly local, genuinely bilingual

Because I'm based in the Vendée, there are no travel supplements bolted on and no guesswork about suppliers - I already know where the best chickens, cheeses and strawberries live. I work in English and French, so nothing is lost in translation.

I cook across the whole department: the coast from Saint-Jean-de-Monts to La Tranche-sur-Mer, the islands' gateway at Fromentine, and inland through the bocage and the châteaux country I call home.

Holiday cooking should taste of where you are - not of the nearest supermarket's freezer aisle.

My pricing

from €25 per person

Every booking is bespoke. I write each menu around your tastes, your guest numbers and whatever is best at the market that week - tell me what you have in mind and I'll send you a price.

Frequently asked questions

Which parts of the Vendée do you cover?

All of it - the coastal resorts, the bocage countryside and everywhere between. I'm based in the south Vendée, so travel is short and included in your quote.

Can you cook for a big multi-family villa group?

Happily - big shared holidays are my bread and butter. Long tables, mixed ages, fussy eaters and all: I plan a menu everyone can enjoy.

Do you offer a one-night option, or only full weeks?

Both. Plenty of guests book a single celebration dinner; others take the full-stay service with daily meals. You choose the level.

Is the service available in English?

Completely - I'm British, so the whole service runs happily in English, French or both across the same table.

What does a holiday chef in the Vendée cost?

From €25 per person. Every booking is priced individually - send me your dates and numbers for a quote.

Worth a visit while you're here

Things to do in the Vendée

Puy du Fou

Voted the world's best theme park more than once, home to the Cinéscénie - the largest night show on earth. Book well ahead in summer.

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Les Sables-d'Olonne

Home port of the Vendée Globe race, with a huge crescent beach and the bustling La Chaume covered market. A perfect seaside day out.

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The Marais Poitevin

France's 'Green Venice' - miles of shaded waterways explored by flat-bottomed boat from Coulon or Maillezais. Best done slowly, over a long afternoon.

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