Chef Life.

Caribbean fire,
European hands.

Chef Moisés Carvajal cooks dinner on an open terrace at Paseo Herencia, on the Palm Beach strip. No walls, no ceiling — just the trade wind and the grill.

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One chef, two doors. A terrace on the Palm Beach strip, and a kitchen that travels to your villa. Same hands either way.

The terrace

A restaurant with no roof, on purpose.

Most of Palm Beach eats indoors under air conditioning. We put the tables outside, on the boulevard in front of the Holiday Inn, and let the island do the ambience.

See the terrace
Service
Nightly, 5–11pm
Happy hour
Two for one, mixed drinks
Seating
Open terrace
Shot 01 — terrace, wide, 6:50pm. Tables lit, strip in soft focus behind.

From the kitchen

What Moisés is cooking tonight.

The whole menu
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Surf & Turf

8oz black Angus steak, broccolini, sweet potato mash, red wine reduction.

$65
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Lobster Thermidor

Lobster gratin with mustard and cheese, puttanesca pasta.

$75
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Grilled Octopus

Tender grilled octopus with a smoky finish, red beet mash, crispy onions.

$18
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Chef Crudo Tiradito

Local catch of the day, yellow pepper, leche de tigre, avocado, pickled onion.

$15 Raw
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Seafood Saffron Risotto

Local fish, calamari, shrimp and mussels.

$44
Shot 02 — Moisés at the pass, hands in frame, available light.

Chef Moisés Carvajal

He cooked in other people's kitchens for years before he built one of his own.

Chef Life started as a private chef service — Moisés driving to villas and condos across the island, cooking dinner for six people in a kitchen he'd never seen before. He still does it. The restaurant came later.

Read his story

The other door

Or he comes to you.

The same kitchen, at your villa, condo, Airbnb or hotel suite. Dinner for two on the balcony, or a hundred people at an event. Moisés shops that morning, cooks in your kitchen, and leaves it clean.

Cooking classes for two or more. Bartending. Breakfast, brunch, BBQ, or a full tasting menu.

Plan a private dinner
Where
Anywhere on the island
Party size
Two to two hundred
Notice
48 hours preferred
Shot 03 — villa table set at dusk, chef plating in background.

Find us

Paseo Herencia,
Palm Beach.

382-A J.E. Irausquin Blvd, Noord — on the boulevard opposite the Holiday Inn. Private lot, and taxis pass the door every ten minutes.

Directions and hours
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