A multi-course, wine-country dining experience — brought directly into your home, built entirely around your table.
Reserve Your EveningThere's something different about a chef cooking in your own kitchen — the smell of the first course as it's plated a few feet away, the conversation that happens naturally when there's no crowd, no noise, no one else's night but yours.
Chef Rafael brings a decade of Napa Valley wine-estate experience directly into your home — a multi-course dinner built entirely around your taste, your guests, and your evening, with no set menu and no limit on what's possible.
Reserve Your EveningA personal conversation to design a menu around your taste and evening.
Seasonal, quality ingredients brought directly to your kitchen.
Chef Rafael cooks live in your kitchen — not a shared commercial space.
Each course plated and presented at your table, course by course.
Your kitchen left exactly as it was found — no trace of the evening's work.
Share your evening's vision, guest count, and any preferences directly.
A custom multi-course menu is designed specifically for your table.
Ingredients are sourced and everything is prepared ahead of the evening.
Chef Rafael cooks and serves in your home — you simply enjoy the evening.
Three example formats — every menu and format is fully customized to your evening.
A 5–7 course progression, paced slowly — the full multi-course wine-country experience at your table.
Guests gather around the kitchen, watching and talking with Chef Rafael as each course comes together.
A milestone birthday or anniversary, marked with a menu built entirely around the occasion.
Menus are always fully customized — this is a starting point for the conversation, not a fixed package.
Every dinner is different, but this is the general shape of the evening.
Chef Rafael arrives, sets up, and begins preparation in your kitchen.
A small opening bite while your table settles in.
The evening's first plated course, served at your table.
The centerpiece of the menu, paced to the evening's conversation.
A final course to close the evening on a high note.
Your kitchen is cleaned and Chef Rafael departs — no trace left behind.
"There's a different kind of energy in an intimate dinner — no crowd, no noise, just the people at the table. I get to cook, talk with guests, explain a dish as I plate it. After a decade of large wine-estate events, these smaller evenings are some of my favorite work."
The questions people ask most before booking an in-home evening with Chef Rafael.
Tell us about the evening you're picturing, and we'll build a menu around it.
Reserve Your Evening