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A Kids' Party Where the Parents Are Guests, Not Staff

Your kid only turns this age once — and you should be in the photos, not refilling trays or triple-checking which cupcake has nuts. A myChef personal chef feeds the kids, feeds the grown-ups, and manages every allergy on the guest list.

The Two-Audience Problem, Solved

Every children's party is actually two parties. There are the kids — picky, snack-driven, some with serious allergies — and there are their parents, standing around for three hours with a plastic cup, eating whatever the kids left behind. Generic party buffets serve both audiences the same tired coxinha and call it done. A personal chef plans for both: fun food kids genuinely eat, and grown-up dishes that make the adults glad they stayed.

Just as important, the chef owns the risk that keeps hosting parents up at night: allergies. With multiple children on one guest list, someone is allergic to milk, eggs, gluten or peanuts. myChef chefs collect restrictions in advance, plan safe swaps that look identical to the regular version — no child eats the 'different' sad snack — and control cross-contamination in the kitchen. Meanwhile, you're where you belong: next to the birthday kid, holding the camera, not the fryer.

100%

of guest allergies mapped before the party

2-in-1

kids' menu plus a real menu for adults

4.9/5

average rating from host parents

How a Chef-Run Kids' Party Works

1

Share the Party Plan

In the myChef app, describe the party: date and time (kids' parties usually run 3-4 afternoon hours), how many children and adults, the theme, and every known allergy or restriction.

2

Choose a Chef Who Does Kids' Events

Filter for chefs with children's party experience — check photos of past themed spreads, reviews from other parents, and per-person pricing on each profile.

3

Lock Both Menus

Together you define the kids' menu, the adults' menu, and the themed sweets. The chef confirms the allergy plan, quantities for both audiences, and the final price.

4

Host From Inside the Party

On the day, the chef arrives early, sets up the kids' table and the grown-ups' spread, keeps everything replenished through cake time, and leaves the kitchen clean. You watch your kid blow out the candles from the front row.

Menu Ideas for a Kids' Party

Party Classics Done Right

Brazilian Party Food · 20-40 guests

  • ● Mini hot dogs with artisanal sausage and homemade potato sticks
  • ● Real-chicken coxinhas and baked mini pizzas on fresh dough
  • ● Natural fruit juices and flavored waters instead of soda-only
  • ● Brigadeiros and beijinhos made with proper chocolate — plus coordination of the birthday cake

Fun and Wholesome

Healthy Kids · 15-30 guests

  • ● Fruit skewers with a chocolate dipping pot
  • ● Baked esfihas and whole-grain mini sandwiches cut into shapes
  • ● Homemade chicken nuggets — actual chicken, baked not fried
  • ● Sugar-conscious sweets and allergy-safe versions that look identical to the originals

The Grown-Ups' Corner

Contemporary · adults at a 15-40 guest party

  • ● Grazing board with cheeses, cold cuts, olives and warm bread
  • ● Mini quiches and carne louca sliders passed during the party
  • ● Fresh salad cups that survive a three-hour party table
  • ● Espresso brigadeiros with coffee service while the kids hit the cake

What's Included

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Two Menus, One Chef

A kids' menu of food children actually eat, plus a genuinely good spread for the adults — planned, cooked and served together.

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Allergy Mapping and Safe Swaps

The chef collects every restriction in advance, prepares look-alike safe versions, and controls cross-contamination so no parent has to hover.

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All Groceries and Ingredients

Everything is bought by the chef, sized for both audiences. The quote you approve already covers ingredients.

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On-Site Preparation and Replenishment

Food is made fresh at your home or condo party room and kept topped up for the whole 3-4 hour party window.

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Themed Sweets and Treats

Brigadeiros, decorated cookies and treats matched to the party theme. The chef also plates and serves a cake you order from a confeitaria.

✓

Full Cleanup

Kitchen, serving tables and trays cleaned before the chef leaves — you're not scraping brigadeiro cups at 9 PM.

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The Birthday Cake Itself

Most families order the themed cake from a specialist confeitaria; the chef coordinates delivery timing and handles presentation and serving.

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Entertainment and Party Monitors

Recreation staff, characters and games are outside the chef's scope — the chef feeds the party, the recreadores run it.

Parties Parents Actually Enjoyed

"Fernanda's son Theo turned six, and Theo's best friend has celiac disease. At every previous party, that boy brought his own sad snack box from home. Fernanda booked a myChef chef for the 30-guest party and asked for one rule: every kid eats the same thing."

The chef made the entire kids' menu gluten-free — coxinhas, mini pizzas, cake-table sweets — without telling the children. Nobody noticed any difference, the celiac kid ate from every tray for the first time at a party, and his mother hugged Fernanda on the way out.

"Rafael and Paula hosted their twins' fifth birthday for 40 people in the condo party room in Curitiba — a space with a counter, a microwave and not much else. Previous years meant Rafael spending the party ferrying trays from their ninth-floor apartment."

The chef did a site check by video beforehand, brought portable induction burners, and ran the dinosaur-themed party entirely from the salão de festas. Forty guests fed, both twins' cake moments on video with both parents in frame, and the counter cleaner than the condo checklist required.

"Camila noticed that at her daughter's parties, the adults — half the guest list — always hovered awkwardly around a table of kid snacks. For the seventh birthday, 15 kids and 20 adults, she asked the chef for a proper grown-ups' corner."

While the kids demolished mini hot dogs and brigadeiros, the adults got a grazing board, warm mini quiches and espresso brigadeiros with real coffee. Several parents stayed past pickup time, which Camila counted as the party's best review.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Restrictions are collected from the guest list before the menu is final. The chef prepares safe versions that look the same as the regular food (so no child feels singled out), labels the adult items, and manages the kitchen to avoid cross-contamination. Severe allergies — nuts, seafood — can be excluded from the entire party menu.
Expect R$60-R$130 per person counting kids and adults, depending on the menus. A typical 30-guest party (kids plus parents) runs about R$1,800-R$3,200 with ingredients included — competitive with buffet infantil packages, with far better food.
The themed centerpiece cake is usually ordered from a specialist confeitaria, and the chef coordinates its delivery, presentation and serving. The chef does make the sweets table — brigadeiros, beijinhos, decorated treats — matched to the theme.
Yes — salões de festas are the most common kids' party venue. The chef checks the space in advance (photos or video call) and brings portable equipment like induction burners if the room only has a counter and microwave.
A standard kids' party runs 3-4 hours in the afternoon. The chef arrives 2-3 hours before guests to set up, keeps food replenished through the parabéns and cake, and cleans up afterward — typically a 6-8 hour presence in total.

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