Private Chef - Refined Italian Cuisine - Calgary

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CAD $ 135 Per person

All inclusive: 3-course meal, ingredients, cooking, service & clean up.

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What You'll Do

Savor this private chef experience featuring modern Italian cuisine with an elevated twist.

In this private chef experience with Chef Diana, you'll enjoy enhanced Italian cuisine in an intimate evening curated for you and your guests in the comfort of your home. Using classic techniques and a modern touch, Chef Diana will craft a restaurant-quality meal from preparation to cleanup, so you don't have to worry about the hassle.

Sit back and relax as the evening begins with an elevated caprese salad featuring fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes and delicate balsamic caviar pearls. For the main course, she'll serve silky spinach risotto, paired with succulent pan-seared scallops and crispy bacon, topped with Parmesan foam. Finally, delight in a playful tiramisu shaped like a coffee bean for some fun, revealing a touch of the silky mascarpone layers inside. Don't miss this opportunity and book your private chef experience today!

Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.

Your Menu

Caprese Salad With Balsamic Caviar

With fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil, balsamic vinegar and olive oil

Spinach Risotto With Seared Scallops

With arborio rice, fresh spinach, scallops, bacon and Parmesan

Coffee Bean Tiramisu

With mascarpone, espresso, ladyfingers, cocoa powder and dark chocolate

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments cannot be made during the event.

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 25
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time
Labels Italian, Luxury Experiences, Unique

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Meet your chef

Chef Diana

Food safety certified

12 reviews

With more than 8 years’ experience and over 130 international culinary courses and masterclasses under her belt (not to mention 1st place in an international French dessert competition) Chef Diana’s approach to private dining and kitchen coaching relies as heavily on ingredients as it does her imagination. Drawing on her experience in menu development and her continued dedication to self-improvement and food education, she delivers culinary experiences that are at once entertaining, playful and mind-bogglingly delicious.

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Cancellation Policy

Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event free of charge up to 1 week before the event. Can’t make your booking? Get a 50% refund between 1 week and 48hrs.

Chef Diana will travel to guests within Calgary for this experience.

What You'll Do

Savor this private chef experience featuring modern Italian cuisine with an elevated twist.

Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.

Your Menu

Caprese Salad With Balsamic Caviar

With fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil, balsamic vinegar and olive oil

Spinach Risotto With Seared Scallops

With arborio rice, fresh spinach, scallops, bacon and Parmesan

Coffee Bean Tiramisu

With mascarpone, espresso, ladyfingers, cocoa powder and dark chocolate

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 25
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time
Labels Italian, Luxury Experiences, Unique

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Reviews

Verified guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Diana

Rachel

16 Jun 2026

One of our favourite things to do is to try new restaurants and go out for amazing meals. My husband is currently undergoing cancer treatment and wasn’t feeling up to going out to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Not only did Chef Diana create a wonderful meal for us, she also helped create a memorable evening!

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Laura

19 Apr 2026

Diana was a great chef! The food was amazing!!

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peter

04 May 2026

Chef Diana cooked a french cuisine menu for us. She was very efficient and the meal was delicious and prepared with much love to detail. Her pleasant personality made it a very warm and enjoyable experience. For her young age, she demonstrated much skill and knowledge and life experience. We highly recommend her.

Reviews Chef Diana received outside of Cozymeal

Illia

30 Mar 2026

Chef Diana made the experience both incredibly fun and highly professional. She explained each step clearly, created a warm and relaxed atmosphere, and paid attention to every detail. I truly enjoyed the class and would be happy to join her sessions again.

Louise P.

26 Mar 2026

Chef Diana created such a wonderful cooking experience. Her explanations were clear, the recipes were delicious, and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming. I especially loved learning traditional techniques and little professional tips that made the dishes turn out perfectly. I would absolutely attend another class with her.

Nathalie M.

18 Mar 2026

Chef Diana is a passionate culinary and pastry chef. You can feel the heart she puts into the art of gastronomy in every ingredient of her meals. Her journey in gastronomy is driven by a deep respect for craftsmanship, creativity, and the emotional power of food. You can tell that food is definitely her love language.

GRANT

08 Mar 2026

We enjoyed a fun and informative cooking session with Chef Diana. Learning to hand roll and shape ravioli pasta was fun, and a good hand and forearm workout! The ingredients were simple, high quality and end result; worth every minute of prep! Diana was excellent at working with us to demonstrate and explain the techniques and choice of ingredients. We highly recommend Chef Diana and this tasty cooking experience to anyone who enjoys Italian cuisine.

Miku

07 Mar 2026

Huge thanks to Chef Diana for an amazing experience! I joined the class to learn the secrets of choux pastry, and I was blown away by how much I learned. Diana explains complex techniques in such an easy and clear way. We had a blast, and the pastries were out of this world. I'm so grateful for this lesson and can’t wait for the next one!

Olena

28 Feb 2026

I attended Chef Diana's pastry masterclass following my friends' recommendations, and it was incredible! I love baking, but seeing a professional at work showed me how much I still had to learn. Diana makes everything so simple and fun. I never thought I could make such delicious French pastries myself. Thank you, Chef! I'll definitely be back!

Nathalie

25 Feb 2026

Tamila

08 Feb 2026

Such an amazing experience! Everything was super easy to follow and just really enjoyable. Chef Diana is very friendly and explains things in a simple way, so you don’t feel lost at all. Definitely recommend trying it!

Kateryna

04 Nov 2025

I attended a masterclass hosted by chef Diana last year, where we crafted special pastries for Halloween. Despite the cold weather outside, Diana created a very warm and welcoming atmosphere during the class. I'm not very experienced in cooking, but with Diana's guidance it was surprisingly easy for me to make delicious pastries. She explained everything clearly and made the whole process enjoyable! I'd definitely recommend cooking with Diana at least once in life — it's absolutely worth your time, and it's easy to fall in love with cooking while trying new things in such a relaxed environment.