Chef Fernanda Souza
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Romantic Dinner Personal Chef in Duque de Caxias
An intimate dinner for two at your home in Jardim Primavera or at a sítio up in Xerém — restaurant-quality romance without spending your whole evening in traffic to Rio's Zona Sul.
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Why Date Night in Caxias Now Stays in Caxias
No More Crossing Avenida Brasil for Dinner
A special dinner in Rio's Zona Sul means well over an hour each way in traffic — and the drive home ends the magic fast. A personal chef flips the trip: the fine-dining experience comes to your address in Caxias, and the evening never has to end at a toll plaza.
The Fine-Dining Option Caxias Never Had
This is the Baixada's economic powerhouse, yet chefs from the capital rarely cross into it, and great date-night restaurants are scarce. myChef connects you with chefs who cook right here — in Jardim Primavera, Vinte e Cinco de Agosto or Campos Elíseos — bringing the city its first true dinner-for-two experience.
Romance With Caxias Flavor
Carne de sol with aipim reimagined as a tasting course, fresh fish from Guanabara Bay, a dessert touched with rapadura from the Sunday feira. Your dinner can carry the Nordestino soul this city was built on — plated like fine dining, personal like home.
How It Works
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Download myChef
Find personal chefs serving Duque de Caxias and the Baixada Fluminense, with menus, prices and reviews upfront.
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Shape the Night
Share the occasion and your tastes — a Nordestino-rooted tasting menu, seafood, or contemporary Brazilian — plus the venue: your home, the condo's salão gourmet, or a sítio in Xerém.
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The Chef Brings Everything
Ingredients, equipment, even the table setting if you want — your chef arrives early, preps in your kitchen and serves each course at your pace.
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Stay at the Table
You never leave the conversation. After dessert the chef leaves the kitchen cleaner than it started and heads out quietly.
What to Expect
A 4-5 Course Menu Built for Two
From a welcome bite to a personalized dessert, every course is chosen with you — whether that's elevated Northeastern classics, Guanabara Bay seafood or contemporary Brazilian.
Honest, Accessible Pricing
Caxias offers some of the most accessible private-chef pricing in Rio state — a full tasting dinner for two often costs less than a Zona Sul restaurant night once you count parking, drinks and tolls.
Your Venue, Your Rules
An apartment in Jardim Primavera, a house with a quintal, the condominium's party space, or a country sítio in Xerém or Imbariê — the chef adapts to any kitchen.
Scheduling That Respects Shift Work
REDUC engineers and refinery technicians keep unusual hours. Chefs here book weeknights, off-days and afternoon dinners — romance doesn't have to wait for Saturday.
Cleanup Included
The chef washes, dries and puts away everything used. Your only job is to enjoy the person across the table.
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Chef Alex Ferreira
From R$ 1,485.00
A Night In, Made for the Baixada
Duque de Caxias has the second-highest GDP in Rio state and hundreds of thousands of couples — but almost nowhere to celebrate them. The restaurant scene never grew to match the city's income, and gastronomy stayed on the other side of Avenida Brasil. That's exactly what makes a personal chef here so powerful: for the first time, a proper tasting menu for two happens in Jardim Primavera, the 'Barra da Tijuca da Baixada,' without anyone getting in a car.
For something beyond the apartment, head uphill. The 3rd and 4th districts — Xerém and Imbariê, near the Serra dos Órgãos and the Tinguá reserve — are where Caxias goes to breathe: cooler evenings, sítios with verandas, waterfalls nearby. A chef-cooked dinner at a sítio, with galinha caipira ingredients from local producers and stars overhead, is the Baixada's best-kept proposal secret. Back in town, the Sunday Feira de Caxias — 2.5 km of Northeastern abundance — supplies carne de sol, queijo coalho and manteiga de garrafa for menus with real roots.
Local Tip
Proposing? Book a sunset dinner at a sítio in Xerém — the mountain air runs cooler than the city and the setting does half the work. In town, ask your chef to source from the Sunday feira on Avenida Presidente Vargas for a menu that tastes like Caxias.
Pricing
Romantic dinner pricing in Duque de Caxias depends on courses, ingredients and venue. With the feira and local producers nearby, chefs deliver serious quality at Baixada prices — well below the capital.
R$55 - R$260 per person
✓ Custom menu planning for the couple
✓ Ingredient shopping on the day
✓ On-site cooking, plating and service
✓ Table setup on request
✓ Full cleanup before the chef leaves
Frequently Asked Questions
Between R$55 and R$260 per person — most couples spend R$200-450 total for a multi-course dinner. That's often less than a night out in Rio's Zona Sul once you add fuel, tolls, parking and restaurant drink prices.
Yes. Country-house dinners are one of the most requested formats in Caxias. The chef just needs a working stove — even a simple sítio kitchen or outdoor setup handles a full menu, and many chefs source galinha caipira and produce from growers right there in the district.
Absolutely. Chefs serving Caxias are used to REDUC schedules and book Tuesday dinners, day-off lunches and late evenings. Tell the chef your window and the menu is timed around it.
Yes — from hiding the ring in the dessert course to timing music or a photographer. Tell the chef the plan when you book and everything stays secret until the moment.
Just a functioning kitchen. The chef brings ingredients, knives and specialty equipment, and can bring tableware and candles for the full setup if you ask. You provide the table and the company.
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