Professional World Wide Chef

ESTELLE ARLAUD

French Private Chef | Live-In Relief & Temporary Household Coverage

| Available Nationwide | 1 week to 3 months
Phone: (808) 720-5579 | 

Email: themermaidchef@hotmail.com
Website: www.EstelleArlaud.com 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Vacation Chef or Emergency Coverage

French Private Chef with 40+ years of international culinary experience serving discerning families, high-profile clients, luxury villas, private estates, and exclusive resorts.

Experienced in stepping into established private households as a temporary relief chef, providing seamless culinary coverage while a family's regular chef is away on vacation, leave, or during unexpected circumstances.

Known for personalized menus, fresh seasonal ingredients, elegant presentation, discretion, flexibility, and warm hospitality. Comfortable working independently in sophisticated private homes and adapting quickly to individual tastes, dietary requirements, household routines, and last-minute requests.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Recognized as a Chef of Excellence | Culinary Institute of America

Former Executive Chef | The Bridge Golf Club | The Hamptons, New York

Author of The Mermaid Chef: How to Give the Party of Your Dreams

VIP & Kosher Chef | Viceroy Anguilla

Executive Chef | Cerulean Villa | Anguilla | 13 years

Private Relief Chef | New York Family
4 years of recurring assignments, providing live-in coverage in Manhattan and at the family's country residence while their regular chefs were away.

Private Chef | Luxury Villas, Private Estates & Yachts
Saint-Tropez • The Hamptons • Anguilla • California • Florida • Bahamas • Caribbean

PROFESIANAL EXPERIENCE

2025–Present | Private Chef | Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi Private chef services for discerning clients, creating customized menus using fresh island ingredients and accommodating a wide range of culinary preferences and dietary needs. Private chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking and serving

2025 | mid May - mid | July | Private Chef | Aptos, California Private chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking, serving, for a family of four. 

2023–2024 | Summers | Seasonal Private Chef | France
Saint-Tropez • Île de Ré • Cap Ferret

2013–2024 | Winters | Executive Chef | Cerulean Villa | Anguilla
Long-term relationship with Properties in Paradise, preparing meals for villa owners and high-end rental guests, including high-profile international clientele. Experience ranging from intimate private dinners to weddings and larger celebrations. Executive chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking with or without helpers. For a clientele from the USA

2017–2020 | Relief Private Chef | Twice one month per year July and February| NY City & Bedford, Up State NY Private chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking, serving. 

2011–2015 | Summers | Seasonal Private Chef | Hamptons, NY & Santa Barbara, CA Private chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking, serving. 

2013 | VIP & Kosher Chef | Viceroy Anguilla
Private chef service for a high-profile family; also led kosher culinary operations for a large Jewish group under rabbinical supervision. For a clientele from the USA Executive chef , creating menus, cooking with 4 cooks , managing the entire beach restaurant “Half Shell”

2011-2012 | Winters | Private Chef | AniVilla | Anguilla | Charter sailing boats | Grenadines Executive chef , creating menus, shopping, cooking for a clientele from the USA 

2007–2011 | Former Executive Chef | The Bridge Golf Club | Bridgehampton, New York | O1 Visa 3 years was extended for one more year. Creating menus, shopping, cooking, managing all the kitchen staff

2010 - Author of The Mermaid Chef: How to Give the Party of Your Dreams

Earlier Career | Private Chef
Luxury villas, private estates and yachts in Saint-Tropez, St. Martin, St Barth, The Hamptons, Costa Rica, Florida, the Bahamas, Courchevel, Israel, Thailand and Charter sailing boats form The Virgin Islands to The Grenadine in the Caribbean. 

CULINARY EXPERTISE

French & Mediterranean • Middle Eastern & Kosher • Thai & Asian • International Cuisine • Farm-to-Table • Vegetarian & Vegan • Gluten-Free • Special Dietary Menus • Fine Dining • Family Meals • Private Entertaining • Weddings & Celebrations

LANGUAGES

French (Native) • English (Fluent) • Spanish (Basic) 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Chef of Excellence Recognition, Culinary Institute of America 2007
STCW95 Maritime Certification 2008
Certified Scuba Diving Instructor SSI 1986
Reiki Practitioner - Advanced Pranic Healing

REFERENCES Excellent professional references available, including recommendations from Properties in Paradise / Cerulean Villa, Viceroy Anguilla, and private family clientele.