In your rental · 30A, Destin, PCB & the Emerald Coast

Dinner, Plated
or Buffet

A chef in the kitchen of the house you're staying in. Choose how much service you want, then choose what you eat. That's the whole decision.

From $55 a guest · three levels · plated or buffet
First, the service

How much do you want us there?

The Essential · $55 a guest

We cook, set it out, clean up and go. You serve yourselves and eat when you like. No server.

The Signature · $95 a guest

Full service. We plate it, bring it out, keep glasses full and clear between courses. Most people choose this.

The Premier · $120 a guest

Plated or buffet, full service, and the kitchen at its best. For the night that actually matters.

What's included

  • Menu designed around what you actually like
  • All shopping and prep
  • Cooked in your kitchen on the day
  • Serviceware and platters
  • Every allergy and dietary need designed around
  • A full kitchen reset — dishes done, counters wiped, everything packed out

What's not

  • Food — $45 a guest and up, depending on the menu
  • Alcohol — We bring mixers, recipes and the service
  • Tables and chairs — Not enough seating? $40 a table, $7 a chair
  • A decorated table — Sixteen themes, from $250

On the beach it is buffet only. Plated service needs a kitchen beside the table, so it stays indoors or at your rental. Anything on the sand is served buffet style — and we bring the tables, plates, glassware and the whole setup with us.

Working to a budget? Tell us the number you have in mind and we will build a menu to it. We would rather cook you something honest at your price than talk you into something you did not want to spend.

See it

See it for yourself

Easier to show you than describe.

More on our YouTube channel, @chefjojo30a
Then, the food

Build it, or pick a buffet

Build your own course by course from the whole kitchen — or choose one of our five buffets, each written at three levels so it grows with the service you picked.

What it costs
$55
a guest, and up
The Essential — self-serve, no server$55 a guest
The Signature — full service$95 a guest
The Premier — plated or buffet, full service$120 a guest
Foodfrom $45 a guest
Children, ages 3–12$35 flat
A decorated tablefrom $250
Deposit to hold your date$500

Tax and gratuity are added to your quote. Parties over twenty on the sand are priced individually — tell us what you have in mind.

Book a dinner
Takes about four minutes. Nothing is charged until you've seen your quote.
Before you ask

The questions we get

Plated or buffet — which?
Plated keeps everyone at the table, courses arriving together. Better for a dinner that's about the dinner.

Buffet gets people up and moving, going back twice, eating at their own pace. Better for a crowd, and for children.

Both are available at Signature and Premier. Tell us the room and we'll say which.
Which service level?
Essential if you want the food and not the fuss.

Signature is what most people choose — full service, plates brought out, glasses kept full, cleared between courses.

Premier for the night that matters.
What's a "set buffet"?
Five menus we've built and refined over years, each written at three levels so it grows with the service you've picked.

Every one has a proper vegetarian option built in, not an afterthought. And you can still swap things.
Do you really clean up?
Every time. Dishes done, counters wiped, trash bagged, everything of ours packed out.

You will not walk into a sink full of pans.
Someone has an allergy
Tell us everything — the severe ones and the mild ones.

One thing we won't pretend about: we cook in your kitchen on shared equipment, so we can't promise a completely allergen-free environment. What we can promise is every precaution there is, and we'll tell you straight if something worries us.
Can you cook for kids?
Of course. Smaller portions of what everyone else is having, or a proper kids' menu — mac and cheese, chicken tenders, mini flatbreads, fruit skewers.

$35 flat for ages 3 to 12. Under 3 eat free.
Chef Jojo 30A · Serving 30A, Rosemary Beach, Panama City Beach, Destin & the Emerald Coast
Questions? Carly is on (850) 788-0642 or admin@chefjojo30a.com