Full-Time Private Chef Placement for Monaco & the French Riviera

Montclair Chef is a boutique private chef placement agency for ultra-high-net-worth families. It was founded by a Michelin-trained chef with 19 years serving UHNW households as a private chef, and it focuses on one thing: placing full-time private chefs across Monaco, the French Riviera, and worldwide. You can read more about our founder.

Every chef goes through full background verification, employment-history review, and direct reference verification with previous UHNW households. We place only chefs with a proven record of discretion and long-term private service, never event or short-term cooks. Most are Michelin-trained, and all have strong fine-dining backgrounds.

Every placement includes an up to 6-month replacement guarantee. If the chef does not meet expectations within that period, we provide a replacement at no additional placement fee.

Full-time private chefs in Monaco and the French Riviera typically earn from around €68,000 for an entry-level chef to €240,000 or more per year for senior and superyacht roles, depending on experience, residences, and travel.

For most placements we deliver a shortlist of 3 to 5 vetted candidates within 10 days. The full process, including interviews and a paid trial day, usually runs a few weeks depending on your requirements and the season.

It begins with a confidential consultation to understand your household. We then deliver a vetted shortlist within 10 days, you interview your favourites and arrange a paid trial day in your home or aboard, and we finalise the placement with the up to 6-month guarantee.

Yes. We place chefs experienced in superyacht service and Mediterranean cruising, and we arrange chefs and Michelin-starred guest chefs for Cannes Film Festival entertaining, Monaco Grand Prix events, and private gatherings throughout the season. View our yacht chef placements.

Yes. Many of our Riviera families keep further homes in London, New York, the Alps, or elsewhere. We place travel-ready chefs experienced in running multiple kitchens, adapting to local sourcing, and moving with the family between residences and seasons.

Discretion runs through every stage. Chefs sign a confidentiality agreement before any introduction, we share only what is strictly necessary about your household, and we have a record of placing chefs in some of the Riviera's most prominent and security-conscious homes.

Yes. We place chefs experienced with allergies, gluten-free, kosher, halal, plant-based, anti-inflammatory, and medically guided diets, as well as health, nutrition, and performance specialists who work alongside your nutritionist or physician.

A private chef works exclusively for one household full-time, managing daily dining, dietary needs, and the kitchen. A personal chef usually serves several clients on a rotating basis. Every Montclair Chef placement is an exclusive, full-time private chef dedicated to your household.

Start with a confidential consultation. Tell us about your household, your residences, and what you are looking for, and we will guide you through the shortlist, trial, and placement. Reach us through the form on this page, or schedule a consultation.