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Private Chef for New Year's Eve

Seated Tasting Menus, Raw Bars & Cocktail Parties in Your Home or Rental

No prix-fixe menu you did not choose, no 5:30 or 10:00 seating, no driving home at 1am. The chef cooks in your kitchen, serves on your schedule, and cleans up before midnight. New Year's Eve is $168.75 per person for a seated coursed dinner and $202.50 per person for a cocktail or Chef's Table format.

New Year's Eve is booked across New Jersey, Philadelphia, the Main Line, and Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand.

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New Year's Eve books out every year. Reserve by early December. Every chef on the team is working somewhere that night, so adding chefs late is the one thing that is genuinely hard on this date.

Seated Dinner or Cocktail Party?

A seated dinner suits eight to sixteen guests who want a real meal and a long table. A passed hors d'oeuvres and cocktail format suits a larger, looser party where people move around and arrive at different times — and it handles a bigger guest list in a smaller house, which is usually the deciding factor.

Champagne, Wine and the Midnight Bite

Pairings are planned with the menu and you purchase the bottles — including how much champagne a group your size actually goes through, which is almost always more than people plan for. A small hot bite timed to just after the countdown consistently outperforms a heavier dessert course earlier in the night.

New Year's Eve Pricing

New Year's Eve carries the 35% major-holiday premium. A seated coursed dinner is $168.75 per person — $1,350 at the eight-guest minimum — and a cocktail or Chef's Table format is $202.50 per person, or $1,620 at minimum, before groceries at cost and any travel fee. A $100 travel fee applies 25 or more miles from the serving base, Williamstown, New Jersey or Surfside Beach, South Carolina for the Grand Strand. The full pricing breakdown lists every service and fee.

How the Night Is Timed

Service is built backward from midnight rather than from a restaurant's turn schedule. A common shape is cocktails and passed bites from 8:00, the main courses between 9:00 and 10:30, and a late bite close to midnight so nobody is mid-entrée at the countdown. Outside the holidays the same service runs as a private chef for a dinner party.

Families who book Thanksgiving very often book this date too. Group trips usually want New Year's Eve at a rental, while couples are often better served by an intimate dinner for two earlier in the week.

Ideal For

Cocktail Parties

Passed hors d'oeuvres for a larger, looser party that moves around.

Seated Dinners

Eight to sixteen guests who want a real meal and a long table.

Raw Bar

Oysters, shrimp and crudo, replenished through the evening.

Midnight Bites

Sliders, soup shooters or fresh doughnuts after the countdown.

New Year's Day Brunch

The meal nobody in the house wants to cook the next morning.

Shore & Beach Rentals

Shore rentals and Myrtle Beach houses are common NYE bookings.

How It Works

  1. 1

    Reserve the Date Early

    Every chef on the team works this night. Reserve before the guest count is settled.

  2. 2

    Choose the Format

    Seated coursed dinner, or passed hors d'oeuvres and cocktails for a larger, looser party.

  3. 3

    Build the Timeline

    Service is planned backward from midnight, including a late bite after the countdown.

  4. 4

    Plan the Drinks

    Champagne and wine recommendations per course — you buy the bottles, the chef tells you what and how much.

  5. 5

    Chef Cooks and Cleans

    Everything is cooked on site, served on your schedule, and the kitchen is clean before midnight.

What Our Clients Say

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Dean R.

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Chef Matt provided an amazing buffet for our Christmas party this year. We had 55+ people who were all raving about the delicious food.

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D K

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The meal was excellent - the guys are still talking about it. In particular the salad and the dessert which was phenomenal.

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Mary B.

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Every dish was fresh, perfectly prepared and beautifully presented, especially the pan seared sea scallops.

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Chef Matt McComb plating a course during in-home private chef service

Meet Your Personal Chef

  • 18+ years professional kitchen experience
  • Executive Chef by age 22
  • Academy of Culinary Arts graduate
  • USPCA member
  • Specialized in dietary-aware cooking

Chef Matt brings restaurant-quality dining directly to your home. Every meal is crafted around your preferences, dietary needs, and lifestyle — sourced with intention and cooked with precision.

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Where We Serve

New Year's Eve parties run across South Jersey, North Jersey, Philadelphia and the Main Line.

Off-season rentals along the Jersey Shore and beach houses in Myrtle Beach and along the Grand Strand are common New Year's Eve bookings.

South Jersey Jersey Shore Main Line & Philadelphia Myrtle Beach

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, and it is one of the strongest arguments for a private chef there is — no prix-fixe menu you did not choose, no 5:30 or 10:00 seating, no driving home at 1am. The chef cooks in your kitchen, serves on your schedule, and cleans up before midnight. Booked across New Jersey, Philadelphia, the Main Line and Myrtle Beach.

New Year's Eve is $168.75 per person for a seated coursed dinner and $202.50 per person for a cocktail or Chef's Table format — the standard rates plus a 35% major-holiday premium. Against the eight-guest minimum that is $1,350 for a dinner and $1,620 for a cocktail party, before groceries at cost and any travel fee. Format drives the number, so decide that first.

A seated dinner suits eight to sixteen guests who want a real meal and a long table. A passed hors d'oeuvres and cocktail format suits a larger, looser party where people move around and arrive at different times. Cocktail format also handles a bigger guest list in a smaller house, which is usually the deciding factor.

Service is built backward from midnight rather than from a restaurant's turn schedule. A common shape is cocktails and passed bites from 8:00, the main courses between 9:00 and 10:30, and dessert or a late bite close to midnight so nobody is mid-entrée at the countdown. The timeline is set during planning.

Yes. A raw bar — oysters, shrimp, crudo — is among the most requested New Year's Eve formats, and passed hors d'oeuvres is the default for cocktail-style parties. Both are set up and replenished through the evening rather than laid out once and left to sit, which is the difference between a raw bar and a platter.

A late bite timed to just after the countdown is a standard addition and one of the better ideas on this page. Something small and hot when everyone has been drinking for four hours — sliders, a soup shooter, fresh doughnuts — consistently outperforms a heavier dessert course earlier in the night.

Pairings are planned with the menu and you purchase the bottles. The chef tells you exactly what to buy for each course and how much champagne a group your size actually goes through on New Year's Eve, which is almost always more than people plan for. Alcohol is not resold, so the recommendations are about the food.

Yes. Shore rentals and Myrtle Beach houses are common New Year's Eve bookings, and a standard rental kitchen is enough. Rentals are typically short on glassware and serving pieces for a party, so plan that during the call rather than discovering it at 7pm on the 31st.

Yes, and booking both is the better value on this holiday. A chef who has already cooked your New Year's Eve dinner can return the next morning for brunch, which is the meal nobody in the house wants to cook. New Year's Day brunch also books independently of the night before.

Eight is the minimum. A seated dinner runs comfortably to about twenty-five, and a passed cocktail format handles considerably more with additional chefs. Say the number at booking rather than the week of — New Year's Eve staffing is assigned early and adding chefs at the last minute is the one thing that is genuinely hard on this date.

Book by early December at the latest, and earlier is meaningfully better. New Year's Eve and Thanksgiving are the two dates that sell out every year, and NYE has the added constraint that every chef on the team is working somewhere that night. If you already know you want it, reserve the date before the guest count is settled.

Smaller New Year's Eve dinners are quoted against the eight-guest minimum, so the value is better on a larger party. For a couple, a New Year's Day dinner or a dinner earlier in the week often makes more sense than the 31st itself — same experience, considerably less competition for the date.

Why Book New Year's Eve Private Chef With Chef Matts

Bringing a chef into your home should feel calm, considered, and personal — not transactional. Every booking with Chef Matts Culinary Creations starts with a real conversation about your household: how many people you're feeding, the dietary preferences and restrictions involved, the kitchen we'll be working in, and the kind of experience you want to create. From there, Chef Matt builds a custom menu and confirms every detail in writing well before the date.

The service itself is fully turnkey. We handle planning, seasonal sourcing, in-home cooking, plating or portioning, and a complete kitchen cleanup before we leave. With more than eighteen years in professional kitchens — including time as an executive chef by age twenty-two and ongoing membership in the United States Personal Chef Association — Chef Matt brings restaurant-level technique into homes across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, the Philadelphia Main Line, and South Carolina's Grand Strand.

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