Riviera Chef & Staff · Private chefs / Household staff
Private chef in Cannes and across the French Riviera
A dinner, a week in your villa or a year-round post. We find the chef and the staff that suit your house.
Guillaume Leloup, founder of Riviera Chef & Staff
Who we are
A recruiter who worked the floor
Thirteen years in restaurants and hotels, trained to palace standards, then nine years as a private chef: Guillaume Leloup has worked the jobs he now recruits for. He knows what large households expect and what each post demands.
- Background
- 13 years in restaurants and hotels, then 9 years as a private chef
- Contracts
- Permanent, fixed-term, seasonal, freelance, temporary
What we do
Three ways we can help
Whether you are hiring, looking for a position or need a hand with your property, you deal with one person throughout.
EmployersHire your staffWe look at how your household runs and at the role itself, meet the candidates and put forward the profile that fits.Recruitment
CandidatesFind a positionSubmit your application to work for demanding private employers, in France and abroad.Apply
ServicesRun your propertyProperty management, seasonal lettings, bookings, events and support with acquisition.Services
Household staff
And everyone else your villa needs
Chefs, butlers, housekeepers, property managers and caretakers, permanent, fixed-term, seasonal, freelance or temporary.
ChefPrivate cooking, by the stay or in residence
ButlerWelcome, service and the running of the house
HousekeeperUpkeep, linen, household management
Property managerTeams, contractors, organisation
CaretakerPresence and upkeep of the estate
Someone who has done the job
Riviera Chef & Staff was founded by a private service professional who knows what large households expect.
A strict process
Every candidate is met several times before their full file reaches you.
Follow-up after placement
We stay in touch with you and with your staff, whatever the type of placement.
Year-round
Settling the right people into your property for good
Providing staff for the holidays is one thing. Finding the person who will run a house all year is another: it means understanding the property, the family, the rhythm of the seasons, and exactly where the role sits within the existing organisation.
100+chefs in the network
A network built one chef at a time
More than a hundred chefs, with deliberately different backgrounds: Mediterranean, classical gastronomy, Japanese, pastry, high-level family cooking, specific dietary needs.
That range means not proposing the same chef to everyone. Actual availability is checked against your dates before anything is proposed.
