Dutch gastronomy service coming to Budapest

Hiring chefs and foodtrucks anywhere? That is what Dutch enterprise Chef Plaza offers. Budapest is the first venue that starts off their international extension. They aim to become the first complex online connection-platform in gastronomy, according to Forbes.hu.

For those who want to host a barbecue party but do not want to spend their precious time with baking and making a fire, the solution will come this autumn: it’s the Chef Plaza, the Dutch entrepreneur Tim De Visser’s startup.

Tim came up with the idea after he wanted to create his own enterprise. He started a chef hiring service during the gastronomical revolution of Rotterdam in 2014.

He saw the opportunity in fragmenting huge online markets, like eBay, into smaller units. He was considering cleaning and babysitting besides catering, but they picked gastronomy in the end, because they all loved good meals.

When you use Chef Plaza, you just browse the profiles of selected chefs online and pick the one whose style and reputation you like the best. You just send a message including that you want to have a garden party next Friday with 25 guests. They will call you back within 24 hours to discuss the details. Then you just discuss the menu, pay thereafter, and you are done.

In the Netherlands, an average menu with four courses for eight people costs 65 euros. It is expected to be 50 euros in Hungary. It is difficult to count an average, as there is a big variety: Chef Plaza offers everything from one to one hundred guests, from luxury villa to a cottage in the countryside, from Turkish breakfast to fine dining. The ideal number of guests is 6-8, which requires only one chef, so the price for each member is relatively low.

The difference between Chef Plaza and the catering companies is that the latter often apply set solutions, while Chef Plaza’s offers are unique and personal.