About
The chef who comes to you.
Paul J Lee has spent his working life in professional kitchens. Today he brings that experience to private tables across East Sussex, Brighton and Kent: one dinner, one household, one menu at a time.
Trained the hard way. Cooking the simple way.
Paul is a Master Craftsman of the Craft Guild of Chefs, the professional body's recognition of a career's worth of skill, and he has cooked in Michelin-starred and AA Rosette kitchens as well as for private clients in the UK and overseas.
What he took from those kitchens is not fuss but discipline: good ingredients, properly cooked, served at the right moment. Sussex lamb and beef, fish from the south coast, vegetables in season. Menus that read simply and taste like a restaurant.
He is based in Eastbourne and cooks within about an hour's drive, which covers the whole of East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Lewes, Hastings, Tunbridge Wells and much of Kent.
Master Craftsman, Craft Guild of Chefs
How Paul works
Your kitchen, his evening.
Before
A conversation about the occasion, your guests and what they love or can't eat. Paul writes a menu, you approve it, and he does the shopping.
On the night
He arrives with everything he needs, cooks in your kitchen, serves each course and introduces the dishes if you'd like him to. Discreet when you want quiet; happy to talk food when you don't.
After
The kitchen goes back exactly as he found it. Guests who have cooked with Paul mention this almost as often as the food.
Credentials
Master Craftsman, Craft Guild of Chefs
The Craft Guild of Chefs is the UK's leading chefs' association. Master Craftsman membership is awarded on evidence of sustained professional achievement, and it's the credential Paul is proudest of.
- Master Craftsman, Craft Guild of Chefs (2025)
- Michelin-starred and AA Rosette kitchen experience
- Private dining for clients in the UK and internationally
Enquire
Cook with Paul
Tell him about the evening you're planning and he'll suggest a menu to match.