Our Background
Chalet Essentials was born of the frustration of long hours spent on telephones during many seasons attempting to find last minute replacement chefs! Chalet staff (and chefs particularly!) seem to have a habit of injuring themselves, falling ill or otherwise incapacitated with alarming regularity. When one is running a luxury chalet which prides itself on the quality of its food and its staff it is very difficult to procure a replacement chef to a similar standard within a few hours notice. The options were limited. Either entrust the palates of your wonderful guests to some friend of a friend "who can cook a bit" and may know one end of a chicken from another. Alternatively one could invest a frankly quite alarming amount of money to bring out an agency chef from the UK. (And that's not even going into the rigmarole of organising flights, buses tickets etc).
We are the third way! Staffed by trained chefs who have many years experience working in European and Australasian ski resorts during the summer and winter seasons for both private individuals and travel companies (such as Scott Dunn, Le Chardon Mountain Lodges, Collineige, etc.)