Lebanese & Middle Eastern Personal Chef in Florianópolis
Experience the warm, generous hospitality of Levantine cuisine at your home or beach house in Florianópolis. A myChef Lebanese specialist spreads a full mezze across your table — homus, kibe cru, stuffed grape leaves, lamb — bringing the tradition of sahtein dining to Jurerê, Lagoa da Conceição, or wherever the island takes you.
Why Lebanese Cuisine is Perfect for Florianópolis
A Cuisine Built for Sharing at the Beach
Lebanese mezze is designed for the same reason Floripa's beach culture thrives: it brings people together around a shared table. Dozens of small plates — hot and cold, meat and vegetable, bread and dip — create a long, unhurried meal that fits perfectly into Florianópolis's relaxed island pace. No one rushes. Everyone reaches across. The table fills and refills. It's dining as community.
Naturally Light, Fresh, and Coastal-Friendly
Lebanese cuisine's emphasis on fresh herbs, olive oil, legumes, and lemon means it feels light and appropriate even in Floripa's summer heat. Tabule bright with fresh parsley and mint, cold labneh with olive oil, and grilled kibe offer satisfying flavors without the heaviness that can make richer cuisines feel misplaced by the ocean. It is the rare cuisine that is simultaneously generous and refreshing.
The Full Experience Most Floripa Residents Have Never Had
Florianópolis has Arab-influenced food — the corner esfiharia, the kibe at the bakery — but almost no one on the island has experienced the full Levantine table: a proper mezze of twelve dishes, slow-roasted lamb shoulder with rice and pine nuts, and sweets made with real rose water. A Lebanese personal chef brings that cultural feast to your home, and guests who grew up eating esfiharia from a bag will taste what it was always meant to be.
Levantine Dishes for Your Florianópolis Table
Full Mezze Spread
A sprawling table of twelve-plus small plates: creamy homus with extra-virgin olive oil and paprika, smoky baba ghanoush, crisp falafel, parsley-heavy tabule, stuffed grape leaves, labneh with herbs, pickled vegetables, pão árabe fresh from the oven, and more. This is Lebanese hospitality at its most complete.
Best for: Large beach house gatherings, festive dinners, celebrations
Kibe Cru and Kibe Frito
Properly made kibe begins with fine bulgur wheat, freshly ground lamb, onion, mint, and cinnamon — mixed by hand until the texture is silky. The raw version (kibe cru) is dressed with olive oil and pine nuts; the fried version is shaped, stuffed with meat and nuts, and crisped golden. Both are worlds apart from what most Floripa residents know from street stalls.
Best for: Shared starters, mezze tables, family dinners
Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Rice and Toasted Nuts
A whole lamb shoulder marinated overnight in seven spices, garlic, and lemon, then slow-roasted until it pulls apart at a touch. Served over a mound of fragrant rice cooked with vermicelli, topped with caramelized onions, pine nuts, and almonds. This is the dish Lebanese families make for celebrations, and every table that sees it goes quiet in appreciation.
Best for: Special occasions, family feasts, group dinners of 8 or more
Charuto de Folha de Uva
Grape leaves hand-rolled around a filling of rice, lamb, tomato, mint, and cinnamon, then slow-poached in a lemony broth until each one is tender, fragrant, and glistening. Served with yogurt and a wedge of lemon — a labor of love that no restaurant on the island offers freshly made.
Best for: Intimate dinners, Mediterranean-themed evenings, mezze tables
Baklava and Doces Árabes
Paper-thin layers of filo pastry, crushed pistachios and walnuts, and clarified butter baked until shattering-crisp, then soaked in fragrant rose water and orange blossom syrup. Accompanied by Lebanese sweets made with semolina, dates, and coconut — a dessert spread that makes every guest reach for seconds.
Best for: Dessert course, sweet receptions, afternoon gatherings
Your Lebanese Dining Experience in Florianópolis
Share Your Vision
Let us know your group size, location on the island, and desired experience — a full mezze feast, a centerpiece lamb dinner, or a hands-on kibe-making class. Our Lebanese-specialist chefs are available year-round in Florianópolis.
Chef Designs the Menu
Your chef proposes a menu built around the occasion — hot and cold mezze for a large group, or a refined three-course Lebanese dinner for an intimate gathering. Dietary needs including vegan, gluten-free, and nut allergies are accommodated within the tradition's naturally flexible repertoire.
Chef Sources, Prepares, and Serves
Many Lebanese preparations begin the night before — bulgur soaking, grape leaves rolled, lamb marinating. Your chef handles all advance work, arrives on the day with everything prepared, and finishes and serves each course in your home or beach house.
Full Cleanup Included
After the feast — and a Lebanese feast is always a feast — your chef cleans the kitchen completely. You end the evening relaxed, your guests satisfied, your kitchen ready for the morning.
Meet Our Chefs in Florianópolis
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Larissa Lima
Personal Chef Lidia
Chef Emanuela Pereira
Denise Barreiros
Vanessa Oliveira
Cheff Jarbas Meurer
Chef Thiago
Lebanese Heritage and Florianópolis
Brazil is home to one of the largest Lebanese-Syrian diaspora communities in the world, and while the greatest concentration lives in São Paulo, the influence of Arab immigration reaches every corner of the country. In Florianópolis, Arab culinary touches — esfiharia corners, kibe at the padaria — are part of everyday life. But the full Levantine table, with its hours-long mezze and slow-roasted lamb, is an experience most island residents have never had at home.
What makes Lebanese cuisine particularly suited to Floripa's coastal lifestyle is its natural use of fresh herbs, olive oil, and light citrus-forward preparations. In summer, a cold tabule bright with parsley and mint, a labneh drizzled with oil, and homus with fresh pão árabe feels exactly right after a day at Praia Mole or Campeche. It is simultaneously generous and appropriate for the heat.
Florianópolis's proximity to the Santo Amaro da Imperatriz valley and local organic feiras provides the quality of herbs and vegetables that Lebanese cuisine demands. Fresh flat-leaf parsley for tabule, mint for kibe, and local lemons for the labneh dressing — these come from the island's own agricultural belt, giving a myChef Lebanese experience a local freshness that complements the ancient tradition.
Local Tip
For a summer beach house party in Jurerê or Canasvieiras, ask your chef to open the evening with a cold mezze table — homus, baba ghanoush, tabule, and pão árabe set out before guests arrive, so the feast is already in progress when everyone gathers. It sets the tone immediately: generous, communal, unhurried.
Lebanese Chef Pricing in Florianópolis
Full-service Lebanese and Middle Eastern personal chef experiences, priced transparently. The mezze format is naturally scalable — larger groups benefit from better per-person value.
R$110 - R$370 per person
Frequently Asked Questions
Spread the Levantine Table at Your Florianópolis Home
From a mezze evening in Lagoa da Conceição to a slow-roasted lamb feast in Jurerê, a myChef Lebanese specialist brings the warmth and abundance of Middle Eastern hospitality to the island.
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