Elio Maren
A private chef’s site where the work sells the dinner — and the booking stays his.
The plate is the pitch
The site opens on the cooking itself — a portrait-led home page built around signature dishes and the story behind them — so a first-time visitor understands who Elio is and what a night with him tastes like before any price appears.
Dinners priced like products
Instead of “enquire for rates”, the experiences page lays out a small set of clearly-scoped offers — a chef’s-table dinner, menu development for venues, team training days — each with what it includes, how long it runs, and what it costs.
Booked at his table, not through an agency
The enquiry flow lands directly with Elio: date, party size, occasion, done. No booking platform sits between the chef and the host taking a margin or owning the relationship.



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