Chef de Cuisine
Dinners in the villa you have rented, weddings, and long tables in the countryside. Cooked at your address, not in a restaurant.
I'm Endri Cerhozi, head chef at an agriturismo in the hills near Florence and a private chef across Tuscany. My cooking started in my father's bakery. It was the family business, and I was on the sourdough as a boy, feeding the starter and learning by hand what a dough should feel like at each stage.
Bread does not let you hurry it, and that lesson came before any other. Six years as a professional baker went by before I ever worked a section in a restaurant kitchen, and the training that followed changed my technique without changing that.
So the menu still follows what the markets and the estate gardens actually have that week, and anything made of dough is made by hand. Most of the work is weddings, dinners in villas people have rented, and long tables in the countryside, for guests who are mostly not Italian and should still eat like they are.
June 2026 – Present
January 2024 – Present
January 2023 – December 2023
Artisan Bakery
6 years
I can be your chef on the day: one wedding a day, my own brigade, and a menu built from your date, your venue and your guests. Nothing off a package list, and I work alongside your planner and your venue rather than in place of them.
Hands-on culinary experiences in the heart of Tuscany for all skill levels, at whatever hour suits your group, morning, afternoon or after dark.
I can set the evening up around you: a welcome dinner, a pizza party under the Tuscan sky, a BBQ that runs late. You pick the night, the hour and how long it lasts, and I cook to that rather than to a fixed format.
Serving guests at a Tuscan wine event
event
Outdoor banquet under Tuscan greenery
banquet
Fresh handmade pasta
pasta
Chef plating a fine dish
plating
Aperitivo time
drinks
Cooking class with guests
masterclass
Flame grilled pizza in motion
video
Wood-fired grill flame reel
video
Wedding presentation reel
video
Wedding cake celebration
wedding
The culinary team
team
Wedding cake close-up detail
wedding
I collaborate with international wedding planners and agencies looking for a reliable, English-speaking head chef who can manage a full professional brigade and travel globally for destination events.
A dependable culinary partner for your destination weddings worldwide. I provide seamless English communication, manage the brigade, and travel globally (including the US, UK, and Australia) to deliver authentic Tuscan luxury.
Private chef evenings, cooking classes and seasonal menu development that turn a stay at your property into the story guests tell at home.
Team-building cooking classes and long-table dinners in the Tuscan countryside for companies, retreats and incentive trips.
Planning a season, an event calendar, or a one-off collaboration? Let's talk business. I answer at any hour, any day, because your guest is usually waiting for an answer now.
Discuss a CollaborationWhether it's a luxury wedding, an intimate dinner, or a cooking class in Tuscany, I'd love to hear from you. Write at any hour: there are no office hours here, and nothing is too last-minute to ask about.
