Catered villas in Turkey with a private chef

What a catered villa means at Canvilia

A catered villa is not a category of house, it is a service arranged around one: a private chef comes to the villa to cook for your stay, in the kitchen you already have, on the schedule you choose. Canvilia arranges this through its extra-services module, villa by villa, rather than promising it as a standing feature of any address. Think of it the way UK guests already think of a catered ski chalet: the property is the same property, the chef is the layer added on top.

What to ask when you enquire

Because staffing is arranged per villa and per week, the honest way to plan a catered stay is to ask early, before you commit to dates. Tell us how many nights you want the chef to cook, whether you want breakfast, dinner or both, and any allergies in the group. We confirm what a specific villa's kitchen and the available chef can actually deliver for your dates, rather than quoting a fixed menu that may not hold.

What a chef service usually covers

A private chef on this coast typically shops locally, cooks in the villa's own kitchen, and serves at times that suit the group rather than a restaurant's timetable. Breakfast laid out before anyone asks, a long lunch after the beach, a proper dinner without leaving the pool: that is the shape of the service, not a fixed script. A barbecue night or a regional menu is worth raising when you enquire, since what is possible depends on the chef and the villa together.

Choosing the right villa first

A chef service sits on top of a villa you would want to stay in regardless, so start with the house. Our Kalkan villas collection covers the range of properties on this stretch of coast, and if you are travelling as a larger party, our large group villas in Kalkan give a chef more people to cook for and more space to serve them in. Once you have a villa in mind, mention that you want a chef when you send your dates and we take it from there.