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Private Chef For Your Wedding In La Rochelle

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

What if your wedding feast was cooked fresh on site, course by course?

Wedding planner and reception chefs in one team - from the champagne canapés to the Sunday brunch

Long after the flowers have faded, your guests will still be talking about the food. With a private chef for your wedding in La Rochelle, everything is cooked on site on the day: canapés plated to the minute for the drinks reception, a wedding breakfast served course by course, and desserts worth interrupting the dancing for.

Because Emily In France is first and foremost a wedding planning company, I work hand in hand with your planner - one team, one point of contact, nothing falling between the gaps.

Request your menu

Large spread of roast meats, fish and vegetables served outdoors

Getting married in La Rochelle

Venues that deserve good food

Ocean-view villas at Châtelaillon, wine domaines in the Aunis countryside, stone longères just outside the city walls - the venues around La Rochelle are lovely places to get married - and most of them have no professional kitchen at all. That's precisely our speciality.

I build a pop-up kitchen on site - in an outbuilding, a catering tent or the family kitchen - and serve scores of guests without anyone noticing the machinery behind the magic.

Most couples who book a wedding chef with me near La Rochelle choose a market menu written in the final month - not a fixed menu chosen six months out.

How it works

From 'I do' to Sunday brunch

A wedding is eaten in chapters - we cook every one of them.

The drinks reception

Canapés plated to the minute, an oyster station or plancha, and properly cold champagne: first impressions count.

Beef main course cooked in a private kitchen

The wedding breakfast

Plated service from three courses to a full tasting menu, with regional wine pairings if you like.

Seasonal salad starter made with local produce

The next-day brunch

Pastries, fruit, eggs and fresh juice served in the garden - stretch the happiness into Sunday afternoon.

One team for the whole celebration

A traditional caterer delivers and leaves. I'm part of the wedding team, working with the planner, photographer and DJ so each course lands at exactly the right moment - dessert never arrives mid-speech.

You taste and approve the full menu weeks before the day, there's a written wet-weather plan, and every guest's dietary need is tracked by name.

Great weddings are won in the details - and half the details happen in the kitchen.

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

How many wedding guests can you cater for?

Depending on the venue and format, I serve intimate weddings of twenty as happily as receptions of a hundred or more. Tell me your numbers and I'll size the team.

Our venue has no kitchen. Is that a problem?

No - I build a temporary kitchen on site with ovens, worktops and refrigeration. Most weddings I cook around La Rochelle work exactly this way.

Can we taste the menu before the wedding?

Yes, and I strongly recommend it. You'll sit down to the full menu a few weeks ahead and we'll fine-tune every course together.

Do you work alongside our wedding planner?

Emily In France is a wedding planning company first - book the food alone, or the whole celebration with one team. Either way, coordination is built in.

What should we budget for wedding catering?

Packages start around €25 per person. Your quote is built around your menu, venue and guest list.

Worth a visit while you're here

Things to do in La Rochelle

The Towers of La Rochelle

The three medieval towers - Saint-Nicolas, la Chaîne and la Lanterne - have guarded the old harbour entrance since the 14th century. Climb up for a fantastic view over the city and the Atlantic.

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Aquarium La Rochelle

One of Europe's largest private aquariums, home to more than 12,000 marine animals. A brilliant family outing just steps from the Vieux Port.

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The Vieux Port

The heart of La Rochelle - waterside terraces, the covered market in the Saint-Nicolas quarter, and rue Saint-Jean-du-Pérot, the city's famous food street.

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