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Private Chef · Greenville, South Carolina

The restaurant experience,
brought to your table.

Chef Bear creates personalized private dining experiences designed around your guests, your occasion, and your table — from intimate dinners to milestone celebrations.

Chef Curtis "Bear" Hillard

A chef's table,
without leaving home.

With a career built across fine dining kitchens, resort culinary teams, and private events, Chef Bear brings a professional kitchen's precision into your dining room — without the formality of a restaurant.

"Every table tells a different story. My job is to cook the one you're trying to tell."

How It Works

Booking Chef Bear, simply.

01

Tell Us About
Your Event

Share your date, location, guest count, occasion, and vision for the evening.

02

Create Your
Experience

Chef Bear works with you directly to develop the menu and shape the experience.

03

Confirm The
Details

Finalize the proposal, guest count, and booking details before the big day.

04

Enjoy The
Experience

Chef Bear handles the kitchen so you can spend the evening with your guests.

Why A Private Chef

No reservations. No crowds.

Skip the wait list and the noise of a restaurant. Your evening happens on your schedule, in your space, exactly the way you imagined it.

A menu built for your table.

Every dish is developed around your guests, from dietary needs to favorite flavors, rather than pulled from a fixed restaurant menu.

Professional kitchen experience.

Fine dining, resort, and event kitchens shape how Chef Bear plans, times, and executes every course — brought directly to you.

Kind Words
★★★★★

We were so blessed to have Chef Bear cater my husband's retirement party for 25 guests. He and his staff of three were amazing, friendly, and detail oriented. All of our guests raved about the food and service.

Cindy R. · Retirement Party, 25 Guests
★★★★★

Chef Bear prepared a Father's Day dinner for 7 for my family. The food was great and the experience was memorable. He even let my nine-year-old daughter help prepare and serve.

David B. · Father's Day Dinner, Family of 7
Ready When You Are

Let's design an evening
worth remembering.