Namaste 🙏 Welcome to Afzal Kitchen
Private Chef Lanzarote
A private chef for your villa in Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise and Puerto Calero.
Dinner is cooked in your own kitchen while you stay out on the terrace, and it comes to the table whenever you are ready to sit down.
Four South Asian Kitchens, One Chef at Your Table
Every evening is built from four cuisines: Indian curries and tandoori, Pakistani karahi and kebabs, Bangladeshi fish jhol and Nepali momos. It is all cooked fresh in your villa on the day you sit down to eat.
Chef Afzal knows these islands well, with more than twelve years cooking in Lanzarote, along with time spent in Fuerteventura and across the Canaries. Behind that sit more than 25 years of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nepali cooking. Tell us how hot you like your food, and anyone vegetarian, vegan or with an allergy gets dishes made just for them.
Choose From Eight Set Menus, or Build Your Own
Not sure where to start? Each of these eight menus is a full evening on its own. Or if you already know what your family likes, Chef Afzal will shape the night around that instead.
Indian Set Menu
Two curries to choose between, butter chicken and beef rogan josh, with a mango lassi to finish.
Pakistani Set Menu
Chicken karahi or beef balti, opened with vegetable pakora and closed with gulab jamun.
Bangladeshi Set Menu
Murgir or machher jhol with steamed rice and luchi, and rasgulla to end.
Tandoori & BBQ Set Menu
Shish, boti or shami kebab to start, then chicken tikka or a full mixed grill.
Children's Set Menu
Chicken nuggets, butter chicken or korma, with nothing too hot on the plate.
One Dish From Each Course, Your Way
Already know what you like? Go through the full menu and pick one dish from each course: a vegetarian or meat starter, a curry, a rice, a naan and a dessert. There are 39 dishes to choose from, and lunch can come from this list too.
Ask for any dish milder or hotter, and Chef Afzal will cook it exactly that way.
Start the Day With a South Asian Breakfast
Breakfast is a menu of its own. Have it on its own, or add it to lunch and dinner, even all three on the same day of your stay. Begin the morning with nihari and halwa puri from Pakistan, masala dosa from India, bhuna khichuri from Bangladesh or vegetable momos from Nepal, each with its own chai, lassi or fresh juice.
Milestone Birthdays, Family Reunions and Quiet Nights In
Lanzarote suits the big family trip: a sixtieth birthday with everyone flown in, a reunion in a villa large enough for three generations, or a week away with friends that deserves one long dinner together.
Couples come for smaller reasons that matter just as much, like an anniversary dinner or a honeymoon evening on the terrace. With the cooking happening in the kitchen behind you, the night stays about the people at the table.
What Happens Between Booking and Dinner
Most of the work is done before you sit down. Here is how a booking runs, from the first message to the last plate.
Tell Us Your Dates
Send the days you are in Lanzarote and where your villa is.
Say Who Is Eating
Numbers, ages and anything anyone can’t eat.
Settle the Menu
A set menu, your own picks, or breakfast and lunch as well.
Price Confirmed
One price per guest, agreed before your date is held.
Chef at the Villa
He arrives with the shopping done and cooks on site.
Plates Away, Kitchen Clean
Everything is washed and put back before he leaves.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Google Reviews
What Guests Wrote Once They Got Home
A few of the reviews on our Google profile, copied exactly as they were written.
«Amazing food and service!»
«Buenísima experiencia a domicilio! Estaba todo riquísimo! «
«10/10 la comida estaba riquísima y un servicio impecable»
The Price of a Private Chef in Lanzarote
Rather than a fixed rate, every booking is priced by the guest. What each person pays depends on the menu, the size of the group and how many meals you book. A bigger table, or breakfast and dinner during the same stay, brings the cost per person down.
That one figure covers the food shopping, the cooking, serving at your table and the clean-up afterwards. Send us your dates and group size, and we will come back with it before anything is booked.
Lanzarote Private Chef Questions Before You Book
Can you cook in an apartment, not only a villa?
Yes. Plenty of guests in Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise stay in apartments, and a small kitchen is all Chef Afzal needs to cook a full dinner.
Can you cook on more than one night of our stay?
Yes. Many guests book two or three evenings, and the menu changes each time so nobody eats the same dish twice.
Is the food very spicy?
Only if you want it to be. The heat is set for your table, and children’s plates are kept mild.
Can each guest pick a different dish?
Yes. Choose one set menu for everyone, or let each person order their own starter, main and dessert.
Can you cook lunch or a barbecue by the pool?
Yes. Lunch is cooked from the same menus as dinner, and the Tandoori & BBQ menu suits a long afternoon around the pool.