Picture this: All your favourite friends over at chez toi, wine and conversation flowing and some of the best food you've ever tasted being served up without you having to lift a finger. Yep, this is how the rich and spoilt live on a regular basis, but who said private chefs were only for them? Below are our picks of the capital's best chefs, who will come to you.

Heavy Hitter and Home Classics
Absolute Taste has recently hooked up with our favourite chef we love to hate, so, although they're more well-known for catering to the F1 team and the Beckhams, you could have a little bit of the Ramsay experience in the comfort of your own home. Effortless Eating on the otherhand, specialises in home-cooked classics, like braised beef with red wine and shallots, so you can pretend you did all the hard work yourself.

Fashionable Favourites and Seasonal Greats
Tom's Deli chef Lorraine Wood is in hot demand with the fashion and film industry alike, but thankfully she's also just as happy to treat us mere mortals to her rustic modern European delights, like cannellini beans with roasted fennel, or the more exotic, like five spice duck leg with tamarind roasted vegetables and coconut rice. And Zoe Cordy-Simpson, who is one of the co-founders of Foodfullstop.com and a stickler for the freshest seasonal ingredients, can knock up pretty much any of the recipes featured on the website, from Invergarry crabcakes to roast rack of salt-marsh lamb with a stew of peas and flageolets.

Wine and Dine
And finally, Sicily-raised Julia Platania of Kitchen Secrets has teamed up with wine specialists A Moveable Feast to create bespoke Italian dinners. Think crostini with white truffle and porcini paste paired with a 2004 Monte Rotondo Gavi di Gavi, or roasted fillet of veal, polenta crisp, wild mushroom and thyme jus with a 2000 San Leonardo.

We're just wondering if any of them could be persuaded to make lunch on Christmas day. Now, that really would be something worth paying for.