Cook where the guests already are
Dinners, cooking classes and tastings at villas and hotels whose guests ask for them.
In one paragraph
Private chefs, sommeliers, cooking teachers, olive oil and wine people: guests in Rouchelli's houses ask for a dinner, a class, a tasting. Rouchelli writes the brief with the owner or the agent, you pitch, they pick.
Three things
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Guests who already booked
A week in a masseria with a request for two dinners and a pasta class. The house, the dates and the party size are in the brief.
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Kitchens worth cooking in
Private villas, estates and small hotels that do not take cold calls. The owner's kitchen rules are noted per house.
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Your price, written first
Your price is your price; Rouchelli's 12% is its own line on the guest's bill, invoiced by Rouchelli.
The deal, in plain points
€97 a year, the same as every paying seat. Chefs receive work here: guests who already booked the house and ask for a table.
What you give
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€97 a year. No brief in twelve months and year two is free; or fourteen days, money back. Pitching is free.
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You quote your price: per person, per evening or per class. That price is yours in full.
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The guest books the table through the desk. Rouchelli adds 12% of your price as its own line on the guest's bill and invoices that line itself; the owner pays nothing.
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You invoice the guest your price and are paid on the day, unless the brief says a deposit; ingredients are in your price or billed to the guest, agreed before you shop.
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Photographs of the evening may run on rouchelli.com with credit; your recipes stay yours.
The terms
€97 a year. Your price is your price; Rouchelli asks 12% of the guest, on the bill.
Every term, line by lineIs this you?
You cook for private guests, teach in a kitchen, or lead tastings of wine, oil or the region.
You work in one or two regions of Italy and can travel to a house with your own kit.
You can price a dinner for eight or a class for six without a call first.
You want guests who already chose the house more than restaurant covers.
What it costs, what it brings
A dinner for eight with a bill of €900, say, at a house whose guests asked for a table.
- Membership
€97 a year
No brief in twelve months: year two free. Or fourteen days, money back.
- Pitching on a brief
Free
- On the guest's bill
12% to Rouchelli, €108
Asked of the guest, on the bill. Your price is your price.
- Ingredients
In your price or billed to the guest, agreed per brief
In a year like this you pay Rouchelli €97 and keep €900. The guest pays €108 on the bill; the owner nothing.
Guests who already chose the house; a table settled as the brief says.
An example, not a quote: Rouchelli's percentages on amounts made up for the sum.
Few seats, earned levels
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Seats are limited, per region and per role
When a region is full for your role, you join the waitlist and hear from the desk when a seat opens.
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Partner, Pro, by invitation
Earned on jobs that ran through the portal: delivered, approved, reviewed. Ranked higher in the room; the first call for a brief that fits.
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The guarantee
No brief or request for you within twelve months, and the second year is free. Or fourteen days to change your mind, and the membership is refunded.
One price while Rouchelli Partners is in beta: €97 a year for every paying seat. The room is still filling; the price is revisited when it is full, never after the work.
Five steps
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Apply
What you cook, where you work, a menu or two, how you price.
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Get approved
Rouchelli reads it and, when it can, tastes. You sign in with an email code.
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Pay the year
€97 a year, by card in the portal once the desk says yes. The room opens the same minute; no brief in twelve months: year two free. Or fourteen days, money back.
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Pitch on briefs
A dinner for eight in Puglia in June: pitch a menu in a few lines.
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Cook, and be credited
The evening is settled as the brief says. The house is credited, and so are you.
Apply as a chef
Tell us what you cook and where. Rouchelli reads every application by hand.
Apply as a chef
7 questions, one at a time. Nothing is sent until the end.
We ask only what we need to say yes or no. Your answers are read by Rouchelli alone; nothing is shared with owners or other partners until you are approved, and then only your profile: never your email or phone. Every contact runs through Rouchelli. Declined applications are deleted within 90 days.