Celebrate the Formatura at Home — With a Chef, Not a Party Hall

"When Larissa graduated in medicine, her parents priced the traditional formatura dinner at a venue in Porto Alegre and nearly gave up celebrating beyond the official ball. Instead, they booked a myChef chef for 24 family members at home, asking for a menu of the dishes Larissa ate during six years of residency-prep all-nighters — elevated."

The chef turned her exam-week instant noodles into a fresh pasta course as a joke that made the whole table laugh, and closed with a chocolate torte carrying a white-chocolate 'Dra. Larissa' plaque. It cost less than half the venue quote, and her grandfather's toast happened in the living room where she'd studied.

"A group of eight engineering classmates in Campinas rented a house to celebrate the end of five years of course together, with partners joining — 18 people total. They wanted a party, not a formal dinner, and nobody wanted to spend the night flipping burgers."

Their chef ran a stations format: fresh pasta finished to order, mini burgers, skewers, and a sweets table. The chef kept food coming until 1 AM, the kitchen was clean by 2, and the group's only regret was not discovering the format at the start of the course.

"Sérgio's daughter passed the OAB bar exam, and he organized a surprise dinner for 12 at their apartment in São Paulo while she thought she was coming for a regular Sunday lunch. He needed a chef who could set up quietly and have the first course ready the moment she walked in."

The chef coordinated arrival times with Sérgio by message, had the burrata plated as the door opened, and served a boteco-chique spread of her favorites — bolinho de bacalhau included. She cried before the first bite. The 'advogada' brigadeiros disappeared in minutes.