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Private Chef

At home, every detail shapes an evening that is yours alone

Twenty years of uncompromising work at the heart of fine dining have left the Chef with one certainty: the emotion of a great table does not need the walls of a restaurant to exist. It finds its full meaning wherever you choose to share it.

JLM Signature was born of this conviction: to bring technique, rigour and absolute respect for produce into the intimacy of your home. The Chef’s cuisine is refined and striking. It does not seek to reinvent gastronomy, but to modernise its codes and put the essentials back at the centre of the table: beauty, flavour and sharing.

The rigour stays in the kitchen; the moment belongs to you. Welcome your guests and take your seat with complete peace of mind. The Chef devotes himself to making the moment shine.

How your evening unfolds

  • The Conversation

    You share your wishes. The Chef designs your bespoke menu.

  • The Sourcing

    A strict selection of exceptional produce. Complex preparations are made in our kitchen for your peace of mind.

  • The Set-up

    The Chef discreetly takes over your kitchen with all the necessary equipment before the service.

  • The Service

    Seamless, elegant service. The team steps back to let you savour the moment.

  • The Vanishing

    When we leave, the magic happens: your kitchen is left spotless.

Poultry with black truffle, golden crisps and broccoli on a black plate, marble table in candlelight

Menus and prices

The JLM Signature menus

The JLM Signature Chef’s Table

Chef’s exclusive bookingTravel within the city of Geneva, production in our kitchen and exclusive service at your venue
CHF 600
Plated fine-dining menusDepending on the menu and produce
from CHF 160 per guest

L’Expérience ConfidentielleFor 2 guests

from CHF 920

The prestige of a fine-dining dinner for two. The complete experience starts at CHF 920, including the Chef’s exclusive booking fee and the plated menus of your choice.

The Chef’s Table is reserved for occasions of 2 to 15 guests. Beyond 4 guests, the brigade is tailored precisely to the scale of your occasion and quoted individually. From 16 guests, our Event Catering service takes over.

Discovery Menu3 courses

From CHF 160

The perfect introduction to the world of JLM Signature. A precise, seasonal menu that goes straight to the heart of flavour.

  1. Amuse-boucheTicino PolentaCrisp polenta round, aged Gruyère AOP emulsion and cep powder.
  2. StarterField TomatoIn textures: tartare bound with its own syrup, basil-infused wedges and Sérac cheese snow.
  3. Main courseDombes DucklingSkin-roasted fillet, sweet-and-sour Burlat cherry pickles, pistachio condiment and reduced jus.
  4. DessertValais ApricotApricot halves roasted with Geneva honey, delicate meadowsweet panna cotta and toasted almond crunch.

Signature Menu7 courses

From CHF 250

The complete fine-dining experience. A journey in seven acts, conceived as a showcase of technique and emotion.

  1. Amuse-boucheRoyal Sea BreamCut raw, strawberry and rhubarb water, basil oil and a crisp of its skin.
  2. Cold starterViolin Courgette CarpaccioSliced paper-thin, fresh Geneva goat’s cheese cream, toasted pine nuts and fir-bud syrup vinaigrette.
  3. Warm starterHand-Dived ScallopSeared to order, chestnut velouté infused with Bourbon vanilla and airy celeriac emulsion.
  4. FishJohn DoryRoasted in brown butter on a nest of trombetta courgettes, with a clear, delicately saffron-scented rock-fish jus.
  5. MeatSimmental BeefHeart of fillet seared in clarified butter, fresh girolles and an airy Geneva Chasselas sabayon.
  6. CheeseTruffled Brie de MeauxFilled in-house with black truffle and matured to the core, young mesclun leaves with hazelnut oil.
  7. Pre-dessertInfused CucumberTranslucent, crunchy accordion, quivering peppermint panna cotta and bursting finger-lime pearls.
  8. DessertPeissy BlackcurrantWhite chocolate namelaka veiled in blackcurrant powder, intense blackcurrant confit, fresh berries from the Geneva vineyards and Timut pepper meringue drops.

L’Ultime GourmandiseOption

+ CHF 28 / person

The perfect finale to your experience, served with coffee: three gastronomic mignardises per guest, crafted by the Chef in our kitchen. A few of our creations:

  1. Chocolate DiamondBitter cocoa diamond shortbread, finished with fleur de sel.
  2. Hazelnut FinancierBrown-butter financier, pure hazelnut praline centre and toasted hazelnut.
  3. Raspberry & Tarragon TartletFine shortcrust, raspberry gel, tarragon-infused whipped ganache and fresh raspberry.

Prices in Swiss francs. Business not subject to VAT.

Optional

L’Épilogue Signature

These pairings are pure inspiration. The Épilogue is a bespoke ritual: share your favourite spirit with us, and the Chef will create an exclusive gastronomic mignardise to bring out its best.

Prices per person, including the spirit (3 to 4 cl) and the gastronomic mignardise.

A few creations:

  • Le Botanique (CHF 38): A premium sipping gin, served with the Lemon-Rosemary Cube (intense lemon cream with a candied raspberry heart).
  • L’Héritage (CHF 48): A vintage Bas-Armagnac, served with the Buckwheat-Chocolate Ingot (toasted buckwheat financier and 70% dark chocolate ganache).
  • Le Signature (CHF 68): The exceptional Chartreuse V.E.P., served with L’Éclat “Racines”: Piedmont hazelnut praline, imperial mandarin cream and wild myrtle.

Pairings

Food & wine pairings

Each pairing is tailor-made by our sommelier, course after course, according to your wishes and your budget. Tell us about your reception: we will propose the pairing that suits it, on quotation.

Alcohol-free pairings

Served throughout, designed to accompany your entire occasion.

L’EssentielA selection of premium mineral waters (still and sparkling), served throughout your experience.
CHF 15 / person
Le ClassiqueA selection of premium mineral waters (still and sparkling), with exceptional artisan fruit juices (Maison Alain Milliat, Patrick Font or equivalent).
CHF 28 / person
La Création du ChefThe fine-dining alternative par excellence. A bespoke pairing to elevate your menu, including premium mineral waters (still and sparkling), artisan kombuchas and original iced teas infused by the Chef (e.g. iced Lapsang Souchong smoked black tea).
CHF 35 / person

The brigade

Orchestrating the brigade

To guarantee the excellence of our plated service, the team is tailored to the scale of your occasion. Charged per shift (minimum 4 hours, set-up and clean-down included):

Chef de rang (waiter)Minimum 4-hour shift
from CHF 260
Sous-chefMinimum 4-hour shift
from CHF 300
Maître d’hôtel or expert sommelierMinimum 4-hour shift
from CHF 340
Excellence in serviceTo ensure a seamless experience, the brigade is tailored to your occasion: a maître d’hôtel coordinates the service from 5 guests, a sous-chef assists the Chef from 9 guests, and a chef de rang completes the front-of-house team from 12 guests. The Chef may nevertheless adjust the team (additional cooks or service staff) depending on the complexity of the menu, the number of courses or the logistical constraints of the venue.
On quotation

Included in the experience

  • Creation of your bespoke menu, tailored to your wishes and to your guests’ dietary requirements.
  • Elegant plated service, seamless orchestration of your meal and the utmost discretion from our team.
  • Sommelier advice for your food and wine pairings (your own bottles are served free of charge, with no corkage fee).
  • Preliminary preparation in our professional kitchen, with cooking and plating done to order in your home.
  • Meticulous cleaning of the preparation area, our equipment and our production spaces. Cleaning of your reception areas can be arranged on quotation, on prior request (by our team or a specialist partner, depending on the size of the venue).

Practical information

General terms and conditions

Duration and time on site
  • To include set-up, plated service and clean-down of the preparation area, allow a purely indicative timeframe of 5 to 6 hours for the Discovery Menu and 7 to 8 hours for the Signature Menu. As the Chef adapts entirely to your guests’ pace, these times may of course extend, so you can savour the moment without the slightest rush.
Tableware and service
Collection SignatureTo showcase the beauty of each creation, the Chef offers for hire his own selection of fine-dining plates and exceptional cutlery (up to 15 guests).
Collection package – 3 to 4-course menus
CHF 25 / person
Collection package – 5 to 7-course menus
CHF 35 / person
Glassware, linen and logisticsGlassware, table linen or specific equipment: we coordinate all your additional rentals with our trusted event partners (charged at cost, plus 15% for logistics management).
On quotation

Zero trace

The perfect illusion

The restaurant comes to you, then slips away on tiptoe. So that the magic lasts to the very end, we clear the table as the service unfolds. Every trace of our presence in our production areas is meticulously erased, and all equipment used is taken away or restored.

Bespoke service: On request, cleaning of floors and reception areas, emptying the dishwasher and clearing furniture can be arranged on quotation (by our team or a specialist partner, depending on the size of the venue).

Terms & logistics

The JLM Signature standard

Exclusive booking: To guarantee production time in our kitchen, the precision of our sourcing and the exclusivity of your date, every occasion is subject to the Chef’s exclusive booking fee (CHF 600, travel within the city of Geneva included), to which the price of your menus is added. Any brigade staff are charged in addition.

Tailor-made logistics

A tailor-made logistics study (travel, tableware, staging) accompanies every quote to match the scale of your occasion. We travel throughout the canton of Geneva, from the city centre to Cologny and Vandœuvres, across the canton of Vaud and, on request, anywhere in Switzerland. Travel beyond Geneva is charged on a bespoke basis.

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Create my bespoke experience

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