Dining in your villa
Your Private Chef
Every Grevillea Journeys week includes a dedicated private chef who cooks for your group alone — in your private home, using the finest local produce the destination has to offer.
The philosophy
Food as part of the journey
We believe that what you eat on a trip shapes how you remember it. A meal prepared in your own villa kitchen — with produce sourced that morning from a local market — is something a restaurant can never replicate. It is unhurried, personal, and entirely yours.
Our chefs are not caterers. They are culinary storytellers who use the ingredients of each destination to bring its character to the table. In the Barossa Valley, that means estate wines and slow-cooked lamb. In the Whitsundays, it means fresh coral sea seafood and tropical produce. In Southeast Queensland, it means the flavours of the hinterland and the coast.
What's included
All meals included — and two evenings you won't forget
Daily breakfast
Each morning begins with a chef-prepared breakfast — fresh, seasonal, and ready when you are. The kitchen is yours; the chef takes care of the rest.
- Chef-prepared breakfast each morning
- Fresh pastries and bread
- Seasonal fruit and local produce
- Coffee and juice included
Dinners throughout the week
Your chef prepares dinners in the villa across the week — menus built around the destination's finest produce, with selected drinks included. The two signature evenings are the 4-course welcome dinner on Day 1 and the 7-course gala dinner on Day 6.
- Chef-prepared dinners throughout the week
- Locally sourced, seasonal ingredients
- Selected drinks included
- Dietary requirements — please advise when requesting your place
Day 1 — 4-course welcome dinner
Your first evening sets the tone for the week. A 4-course dinner introduces your group to the destination through a menu built around its most distinctive produce and regional character.
- 4-course chef-prepared menu
- Destination produce and regional flavours
- Welcome drinks on arrival
- The table is set. The week has started.
Day 6 — 7-course gala dinner
The week's centrepiece. The villa is dressed for the occasion, the table is set, and your chef delivers the most ambitious meal of the week — seven courses that draw together the flavours and character of the destination.
- 7-course chef's menu — the week's centrepiece
- Destination's finest produce
- Selected wines and drinks included
- Seven courses. Ten guests. One table.
Local sourcing
"The best ingredient a chef can have is proximity — to the farm, the fisherman, the winemaker."
Our chefs source locally wherever possible — farmers' markets, regional producers, and menus that reflect the season and the destination. You taste where you are, not a generic luxury menu.
Dietary requirements
Please advise us of any dietary requirements, allergies or preferences when requesting your place. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate them and will confirm arrangements with you before the tour.
- Vegetarian and vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Nut allergies
- Halal and kosher on request
- Any other requirement — just ask
Taste the destination from your own table
Browse our tours to discover the culinary character of each destination.