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title: Hire a Private Chef in Aspen, CO
description: Hire a private chef in Aspen. Grace Mumm cooks seasonal, personal menus for your home or rental, from a fully hosted dinner to a meal ready for your table.
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# [Hire a Private Chef in Aspen, CO](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/private-chef-aspen)

> Hire a private chef in Aspen. Grace Mumm cooks seasonal, personal menus for your home or rental, from a fully hosted dinner to a meal ready for your table.

- **Business:** Hestia
- **Chef and owner:** Grace Mumm
- **Based in:** Aspen, Colorado
- **Hours:** By appointment
- **Business type:** Service-area business: Grace comes to your home or rental; there is no storefront
- **Service area:** Aspen, Colorado (primary), Snowmass Village, The Roaring Fork Valley, including Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs
- **Dining formats:** A fully hosted evening, from first course to last plate cleared, A beautifully prepared meal delivered ready for your table

## Contact

- **Address:** Aspen, Colorado (service area; by appointment)
- https://www.hestiaaspen.com/inquire

## Actions

- [Start the Conversation](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/inquire?service=dining)

Hestia is the private chef practice of Grace Mumm. Seasonal menus for your Aspen home or rental, built specifically for you and your vision.



## Your home, your table.

Hiring a private chef in Aspen means the meal comes to you. Instead of booking a table in town, you gather at home, in a rental or outside with a view of the mountains, and the cooking and serving are taken care of.

With Hestia, every menu is written for the occasion. Grace builds each dinner around the season, the people at the table and the way you like to eat, so that it truly feels like home.

Grace began on the pastry team at Gjusta Bakery in Venice, CA, worked at Flora Bar in New York City and built her savory cooking at Henrietta Red and Lou in Nashville, where she also cooked privately for NFL and country music clients. She now calls the Roaring Fork Valley home. [Read Grace’s story](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/about).

## Hosted, or ready for your table.

- **A fully hosted evening.** From first course to last plate cleared. The meal is cooked, served and cleared, so you can stay at the table with your guests.

- **A meal, ready for your table.** A beautifully prepared meal delivered ready for your table, for nights when you would rather keep things simple. The same care goes into every dish.

Not sure which suits your plans? Describe the evening when you [inquire](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/inquire?service=dining), and Grace will suggest the right format.

## From first note to last plate.

1. **Inquire.** Share your preferred date, number of guests and location, along with a little about the evening you have in mind.

2. **Plan the menu.** Grace talks through the occasion, the food you love and any dietary requirements or allergies, then shapes a seasonal menu around them.

3. **Gather.** On the day, dinner comes to your table, whether that is a fully hosted evening or a meal ready to serve.

## Guided by the seasons.

Menus follow what is best at the time. Past dishes include handmade pasta, braised short rib with glazed carrots and sage, charred sweet potatoes with yogurt and chili, roasted eggplant with golden raisins and mint, and tomahawk steaks over the grill. These are examples, not a set menu. Yours is made for your gathering.

Because Grace began in pastry, dessert is never an afterthought. For a birthday or anniversary, pair dinner with one of Hestia’s [bespoke cakes](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/cakes).

## Aspen first, and the valley.

Hestia works primarily in Aspen: private homes, vacation rentals and outdoor tables with a mountain view. Grace also cooks in [Snowmass Village](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/private-chef-snowmass) and [throughout the Roaring Fork Valley](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/private-chef-roaring-fork-valley).

Visiting for a ski week or a summer holiday? Read about [hiring a chef for your Aspen vacation rental](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/vacation-rental-chef-aspen), or plan a [dinner party](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/dinner-party-chef-aspen) around a celebration.

## How do I hire a private chef in Aspen?

Send Hestia an [inquiry](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/inquire?service=dining) with your preferred date, number of guests and location, along with a little about the evening you have in mind. Those details are the starting point for a conversation with Grace about the menu and the format of the evening.

## What is the difference between a private chef and a personal chef?

The terms overlap. A personal chef often cooks regular meals for a household, while a private chef is usually hired for a particular occasion or stay. Hestia offers fully hosted evenings and prepared meals ready for your table. [Read more about the difference and about pricing](https://www.hestiaaspen.com/private-chef-cost-aspen).

## Can you cook for allergies and dietary requirements?

Please share them when you inquire, for every guest. Dietary requirements and allergies are discussed with Grace while planning your menu, before anything is confirmed.

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