Private Chef - Traditional Spanish Flavors

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What You’ll Do

Imagine yourself traveling through Spain, tasting famous flavors of the region.

The aromatic flavors of Spain prepared by Chef Mell for this private chef experience will tantalize you. To begin, you will enjoy the subtle sweetness of fried plantains paired with a creamy and spicy dip. A whole red fish served with yellow rice flavored by saffron and cherry tomatoes serves as the entrée. Then, try an authentic Valencian samfaina with fresh vegetables. Indulge in a chocolate pots de crème with whipped cream for dessert.

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

Your Menu

Fried Plantains and Creamy Cilantro Dip

With scallions, habanero peppers, lime and sour cream

Spanish Whole Red Fish

With saffron cherry tomato rice

Samfaina

With tomatoes, zucchini or eggplant, bell peppers and garlic

Chocolate Pots de Crème

With espresso powder, vanilla, cinnamon, cayenne pepper and whipped cream

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 12
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour prior to the selected serving time
Labels Mediterranean, Spanish

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Meet your chef

Chef Mell

Food safety certified

26 reviews

Chef Mell has worked in the professional culinary industry for over 20 years, cooking for cast and crews in the film entertainment industry and in a wide range of culinary environments, including a high-end steak house, Irish pubs and upscale privately owned eateries. He currently owns and runs a food company that offers a healthy, unique twist on traditional barbeque. Chef Mell infuses his recipes and menus with creativity and can't wait to showcase his culinary talents.

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Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

Chef Mell will travel to guests within Atlanta for this experience.

What You’ll Do

Imagine yourself traveling through Spain, tasting famous flavors of the region.

Your Menu

Fried Plantains and Creamy Cilantro Dip

With scallions, habanero peppers, lime and sour cream

Spanish Whole Red Fish

With saffron cherry tomato rice

Samfaina

With tomatoes, zucchini or eggplant, bell peppers and garlic

Chocolate Pots de Crème

With espresso powder, vanilla, cinnamon, cayenne pepper and whipped cream

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 12
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3 hours
Chef Arrival Time 1 hour prior to the selected serving time
Labels Mediterranean, Spanish

What's included

The ingredients

The cooking

The service

The washing up

Reviews

Verified guest reviews for this experience

Annetta

01 Jan 2023

A wonderful evening. Food was delicious and Chef Mel was delightful.?

Verified guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Mell

Carol

26 Dec 2025

We had an amazing meal at our home. Jarmal Harris was not only a great chef but made the experience enjoyable explaining his dish as he prepared . Highly recommended

Sandra

13 Sep 2025

First, for us it was not a class (as noted in many of the previous reviews) and we knew that going in which is one of the reasons we selected Chef Mell. This was a get-together of friends that had not had a chance to be together for awhile and we wanted a great meal with time to visit. Chef Mell arrived on time, had basically everything to prepare and serve the meal, and cleaned up after himself! The food itself was delicious and perfectly prepared. Chef Mell is upbeat, entertaining, and allowed as much help/hands on as desired. So for those that wanted hands on, (he in our case) could do so while they rest observed and sipped on wine! Highly recommend as a Chef!

Shelley

13 Jul 2025

Chef Mell was awesome! The food and service were 5 star!

Jonathan

10 May 2025

Chef Mell was great! Superb stories & history. Food was excellent & masterfully cooked. Highly recommended!!

Ashley

31 Jan 2024

Chef Mell was fantastic! Brought the personality and the education. His food was amazing and we had so much leftover. Would highly recommend Chef Mell to anyone.

Jenna

16 Jan 2024

Chef Mell was great and very personable. We enjoyed the food and company.

CAROLYN

08 Jan 2024

Our group had a fabulous time with Chef Mell! Highly recommend for something new to do with friends. Not only was he a lot of fun, the food was great, and we had a good time participating in the preparation.

Lainisha

01 Jan 2024

Chef Mell was awesome! The conversation was great and we enjoyed our meal. It was my husband's birthday and he gave a bag of raspberries chocolate that was used in our dessert.

Madison

23 Dec 2023

Highly recommend Chef Mell! Felt like he was apart of the family! Food was amazing!!!

Samantha

22 Dec 2023

Chef Mell was fantastic! Besides his food being absolutely incredible, he's a very kind and caring person. It felt like we were hanging out with a friend

Olivia

03 Nov 2023

Chef Mell was amazing! The food was great and the energy was great! I will definitely be asking to have him back.

Luke

24 Oct 2023

Chef Mell is awesome! Highly recommend booking any of his menus. Very knowledgeable and easy going.

Candida

08 Oct 2023

Me my boyfriend really enjoyed our time with chef Mell. He kept the communication open from the time he was on his way to our place to get time he got here. Once he arrived and had time to settle in and start cooking, the continued to hit us with delicious dishes one after the other. Filling both our bellies to the very end. Not only was the food delicious but he was very professional and kept a humorous yet open dialogue open the entire time. I would definitely recommend him if you want someone that makes delicious food along with a fun experience that will have you laughing the whole way through.

Erin

12 Aug 2023

Kelly

04 Jun 2023

Chef Mell was freaking amazing. He made the experience worth it all. His skills in the kitchen along with personality was perfect for us. My friend Nicole visiting Birmingham Alabama was blown away with the food and experience… Thanks for introducing us to Che Mell….???

Michael

02 Jun 2023

Chef Mell showed up on time and was professional and courteous. My wife and son enjoyed dinner-recommend.

Michael

02 Jun 2023

Chef Mell showed up on time and was professional and courteous. My wife and son enjoyed dinner-recommend.

Marie

23 Jan 2023

Great evening. Chef Mell was very personable and entertaining and the food was delicious. A Wonderful experience.

Carol

24 Dec 2022

Fun experience. Food was wonderful. Will definitely do this again.

Alyssa

15 Dec 2022

10/10! Highly recommend. Fun night and delicious food! Chef Mell is great!

Reviews Chef Mell received outside of Cozymeal

daniel

09 Dec 2022

We’ve had Chef Mell’s pulled pork meals a few times now and they’ve been spot on each time! The pork is always perfect and his rice and beans are some of the best I’ve had. He had smoked wings once and those were great too! Highly recommended.

sean

08 Dec 2022

Chef Mell's cooking was amazing, very knowledgeable, funny and made the night great for me and a friend. Dinner was absolutely the best food i have eaten that month. Will definitely book him again.

Carson

07 Sep 2025

On the positive side, the food was absolutely delicious! The potatoes tapas were particularly flavorful with an amazing spice blend. We also loved the bacon jam. The disappointments were: 1. It wasn’t a cooking class (we watched the meal being prepared). We had to ask the chef about what he was doing- he wasn’t forthcoming about what he was doing so we could learn from him. 2. Two of the four courses were premade, as were some of the components of the other courses 3. One of those courses didn’t make it to our house, so we only had three courses. We understand this can happen, but we only learned about the missing dish halfway through the meal. 4. It was a bit challenging to keep the conversation going. The chef kept getting take phone calls. 5. The steak tapas were a little light on the meat.

Syerena

12 Oct 2024

DO NOT RECOMMEND. This wasn't a cooking class, it was the chef cooking in front of us and not allowing us to do anything. He made inappropriate sexual comments and kept eating the food while he was cooking, without washing his hands after touching his mouth. It was very unprofessional. I wanted a cooking class, not this crap. I even asked him if we were going to be able to participate in a COOKING CLASS, and he said no. Don't advertise it as a cooking class if it's not a cooking class!

Judy

18 Dec 2023

Food was good, although a bit heavy on the soy sauce for our preference. We would have liked to have more of a hands-on cooking lesson; this was lecture-style with the spring rolls as the only opportunity to "do it yourself." Also, it was hard to learn how to make the dishes on our own when so many components were marinated or otherwise prepared ahead of time.