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Vic de Valdorf - Personal Chef

Name: Vic de Valdorf - Personal Chef
Address: Cape Town, ZA
Telephone: +27833101371
Price range: ££
Rating: 5

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Vic de Valdorf - Personal Chef

Personal chef at dinners, parties, weekends away and other special events in and around Cape Town. Meals prepared in your home or at a venue of your choosing.

Personal chef service, whether it's a one off function or a longer term engagement.

11/06/2025

This was the last dinner I catered for before heading off to Namibia for what turned out to be an ill fated holiday.
It was for a family we had cooked for two years ago, when the mom turned 40. This one was to celebrate her daughters 16th birthday. At least this time our work wasn't disturbed by two hours of load shedding, which threw things out a bit.
It was lovely to cook for this family again and hope to see them back in Cape Town soon.

07/04/2025

Was meaning to post more often so I wouldn't be backed up going forward. Have seemingly failed.
These pics were of a group of two related family groups from the USA who spent the a week over the festive period here. what was exciting it was the first assignment at this recently completed villa.
Breakfasts served every morning and one dinner celebrating one of the boys bar mitzvah (although they weren't in the least but religious).
A lovely, friendly, noisy and enthusiastic group who were a pleasure to be around. They even had a butler which helped lessen our load.

04/03/2025

A slightly unusual request for a Valentines dinner as usually it would be for a couple. This however, was for a group of married friends, who usually go to a restaurant to celebrate. We must have done something right, as we were told we'd be booked again for next years dinner

28/01/2025

Went out all the way to the lovely Somerset West to cook for Jamie, who was celebrating his birthday in South Africa.
His parents were visiting the family they had left behind when moving to the USA. He was very happy to have a personal chef and loved the football themed menu design.
A serious problem we had to contend with on arrival was that the freezer wasn't working. In order to save the ice cream, I asked the first neighbour I found at home if I could use their freezer. Their willingness to assist was rewarded with some freshly baked biscuits. A 'boer" maak n plan as we say here.

08/01/2025

P**f, and just like that December went by in a blur of dinners, breakfasts and lunches. And lots of shopping.
It felt like it was my busiest month ever and it was definitely the most lucrative, due to a high end American family assignment.
We catered for a variety of Americans, English, Germans, and expat South African guests in a variety of villas, many new to us.
Here's some pics from one of them for now.

25/11/2024

Catered a surprise 60th birthday dinner for Wendy, all the way from England, celebrated with her family and friends. Only one had visited South Africa previously and always nice to welcome new visitors to our country.
The scene for a chilled evening was set by a wine tasting conducted by Ettiene for The 3 Southey's paired with my canapes. A four course meal then followed accompanied with more wine. By all accounts the birthday girl had a fabulous evening filled with great wine, delicious food and lot's of love.

03/11/2024

Back behind the boerewors curtain. The mother, whose surprise 50th birthday party we catered for a few months back, arranged a surprise bridal shower for her daughter. Some lovely finger food was served which resulted in this email - "Hi Chef Vic,
Thanks so much! Your food was amazing as always."

06/10/2024

A balmy spring evening's 21st dinner for the birthday girl and a group friends. A new house to cook in, halfway between Victoria and Klood roads. Meant climbing a lot of stairs. Almost 600 of them thanks to inaccurate directions, forgetting things in the car, etc. Who needs gym? A very generous review was also posted on Take a Chef by the host.

30/08/2024

We were asked to prepare a breakfast buffet for a large group of Zimbabweans, most of whom have emigrated to greener pastures. They all gathered in Cape town for a week to pay tribute to the "Matriarchs" 60th birthday. They were a fun crowd and were still blowing up the balloons long after we arrived but eventually got it done. I just like the way it turned out.

04/08/2024

Don't get much work out in the northern suburbs, so it was a pleasant change of scenery to cater for a 50th there recently. Great kitchen and prep area, stunning bar and lounge plus lots of seating around the pool and fireplace, made it easy for us to serve five different tapas to thirty guests. Oh, and just for good measure, we had an oyster station set up as well.

23/06/2024

A mixture of food cultures. Cape Malay butternut soup, dollop of yogurt, toasted pumpkin seeds, butternut crisp with steamed dombolo bread.

28/04/2024

So this was a Danish family visiting South Africa for the first time.
Part leisure, part business, which is great as the guest's company is seeing business opportunities here.
Did a gourmet braai dinner on their second evening here and a seafood based lunch the day before they left.
Was lucky enough to be gifted some great wine as they overbought/under drank.
They're coming back in October, so hopefully will see them again.

07/04/2024

A slightly different view of the Atlantic to that I usually have when cooking in Camps Bay and surrounds. This villa has a stunning view from the ground floor deck and an even better one form the upstairs living and dining area.
This was a family out from England and although the menu was titled "a no special reason dinner", I was advised in advance that a marriage proposal would come towards the end of the dinner.
Doesn't happen at to many (ie none) of my gigs so it was quite an occasion all round.
What's come about from cooking here, is that I have been placed on this property's agent's list of chefs. Always good to be exposed to new sources of referrals.

17/03/2024

A dinner for a group from KZN. Love the rough seas in the background. It had been raining for a few days and the water running off the mountain was gushing past the property at a noisily alarming rate.

27/02/2024

A seafood braai for a group of friends from the Netherlands. Four different seafood influenced canapes, including super fresh oysters, were served casually on the pool deck, followed by mussels and garlic bread served individually at the table.
A buffet of kob, yellowtail, lobster tails, baby potatoes two ways, a green salad with rainbow tomatoes and a charred corn, peppers, red onion and avocado salsa followed.
Dom pedro's a la Vic were a hit, especially as none of them had tasted one before.
Oh, this came from the guests after I sent them the salsa recipe.
"Thanks Vic!
And again thanks for the memorable evening"

25/01/2024

Another cooking bucket list was to do a rooftop function and late last year, this happened (tick). A fourth floor apartment with stairs leading to the rooftop. The first photo is what you see when you step out. There was a bar and barman, and a DJ and sax player later on.

07/01/2024

I wanted to post this before the end of 2023 but didn't find the time to do so. This must be amongst the top reviews I've ever received.
It started out as a surprise for his girlfriend but didn't exactly turn out that way. Please read the review for the whole story. Oh, by the way, I even saved them using an Uber, as after dinner I drove them to where they were staying, which was her surprise for him.
The best thing about running late is that I could watch the last twenty minutes of a Liverpool game were we came from behind to win by a late goal.

25/12/2023

A dinner for some American guests of expert local tour guide Brandon Platt Thanks for the referral.

10/12/2023

An intimate 30th birthday dinner.

18/11/2023

After my last post here, the guest sent me this photo and reminded me of the review she posted on Take a Chef, where she found my services. I must say it was very flattering and my team and I were very happy to receive it.

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Self trained but have spent time overseas in the restaurants of le Moulin Fleuri, Le Grand Monarch, Ravagni oil mill and Paul Ainslie at no 6. Locally I’ve been at the Silvertree @ Kirstenbosch, Buitenverwachting and the Green House.

I’ve worked with the private chef Cheyne Morrisby when he came back from London, was appointed the go to chef for India House at Bastiaanskloof and am currently the chef of choice for Blue Views property group and Camps Bay Luxury Villas.

I offer well cooked meals showcasing our brilliant local produce supporting artisanal producers whenever possible. Nothing is to much effort for me. Wine pairings and a villa stocking service is also offered.

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