Private Chef in Houston, Texas
The restaurant
comes to you.
Chef Martin Fassi is a private chef in Houston — French-trained, with Italian and Argentinian roots — cooking tasting menus, celebrations and weeknight dinners across the whole of the Greater Houston area. One table. One menu. Written for you.
The Chef
Cooking is not a service here.
It is the evening itself.
Martin Fassi has cooked since childhood, shaped first by his grandmother’s techniques and then trained formally at Le Nôtre. Sous chef in Martha’s Vineyard. Head chef at upscale restaurants in Houston, and executive head chef at one of them today. Under his own name, he cooks for one table at a time.
What that means for you: no fixed menu, no set package, no rushed turn. A conversation first, a proposal second, and then an evening built end to end — sourcing, cooking, plating, service, and a kitchen returned spotless.
Services
Five ways to be fed well
01 Private Chef Dinners
→Multi-course tasting menus served in your dining room. Anniversaries, birthdays, proposals, or a Tuesday that deserved better.
02 Luxury & Corporate Catering
→Cocktail receptions, seated dinners, board lunches and galas — staffed, plated and run to the minute.
03 Weddings & Celebrations
→Rehearsal dinners, welcome parties and wedding day service, planned course by course with you.
04 Halal Private Chef & Catering
→Halal sourced on request and written into the menu from the start — for walimas, Eid tables, iftars and any dinner where every guest should be able to eat the same thing.
05 Private Cooking Classes
→Hands-on instruction in your own kitchen, for couples, friends, families or a team that needs something better than a trust fall.
How It Works
Four steps, no friction
01
Describe the evening
Date, guest count, the occasion, how you like to eat. A short form or a phone call.
02
Receive a menu
A written proposal — courses, staffing, a fixed price. Revise it until it is right.
03
He handles everything
Sourcing, prep, cooking in your kitchen, plated service, and full cleanup.
04
You sit down
That is the entire job. Pour the wine and stay at your own table.
“Everything felt thoughtful, personal, and beautifully executed. The food was outstanding, and our guests are still talking about the evening.”
Private Client — River OaksService Area
Private chef service across Greater Houston
Chef Fassi serves the whole of the Greater Houston area — every neighborhood below, inside the loop and well beyond it, from River Oaks dining rooms to Katy new builds and Galveston beach houses. If your address is not listed, it is almost certainly still covered. Travel outside the metro is arranged on request.
FAQ
Private chef in Houston — common questions
How much does a private chef cost in Houston?
Plated dinners start at $200 a guest for three courses and $225 for four. Catering and buffet service starts at $175 a guest, or $125 for fifty guests and up. Servers and kitchen staff are included when the event needs them, and there is no minimum guest count. Ingredients are what move a quote beyond those figures — send your date and guest count and you will have a written, fixed price before anything is confirmed.
What does a private chef experience include?
Menu design and consultation, sourcing and shopping, all cooking in your kitchen, plated table service, and a kitchen left as clean as it was found. Chef Fassi arrives with everything needed, cooks on site, and serves each course at the table.
How far in advance should I book?
Two to four weeks is comfortable for a dinner party; six to twelve months for weddings and large events. Holidays and Saturday evenings in spring and fall book earliest. Last-minute requests are sometimes possible — call and ask.
Do you accommodate dietary restrictions and allergies?
Always. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, pescatarian, keto and allergy-specific menus are written from scratch rather than adapted. Halal is arranged on request and has its own page. Say so at the inquiry stage and the menu is built around it.
What areas of Houston do you serve?
River Oaks, Memorial, Tanglewood, West University, Montrose, Bellaire, The Heights, Hunters Creek, Piney Point, Sugar Land, Katy, Cypress, The Woodlands, Pearland, Galveston and Downtown Houston, plus the wider Greater Houston area. Travel beyond the metro is arranged on request.
Reservations
Your table is ready.
Tell Chef Fassi your date and guest count. You will usually have a menu proposal in hand within 48 hours.
Request Your DateOr call (346) 533-4583 · email cheffassi89@gmail.com