Walton County, FLBachelorette territory

Private Hibachi Chef in Seacrest Beach

Big rental houses around the 12,000 sq ft lagoon pool, and our largest groups on 30A.

Seacrest Beach lagoon poolThe beach tram30AvenueAlys Beach Amphitheatre

A group seated along a long table in a paved driveway with palms behind and the hibachi cart at the head — A driveway long-table for a big group

Hibachi catering in Seacrest Beach

Seacrest Beach is built for groups, and our booking sheet shows it. The town's centre of gravity is the enormous lagoon pool, and the rental houses that ring it are large, close together, and rented by parties rather than couples: 12, 16, 20 people under one roof, often two families or a full bridal party. That means Seacrest is where we cook our biggest dinners on 30A and where a second chef comes along most often. It is also mercifully straightforward to work in: the houses are newer than Seaside's and Grayton's, driveways are real driveways, and decks are wide enough that we do not have to negotiate. The one Seacrest-specific thing worth knowing is the tram. Guests use it to get to the beach, and it runs the internal streets, so we keep our unload clear of the route.

Where we set up in Seacrest Beach

6 ft x 4 ft, level, open sky, 3 feet of chef clearance. In Seacrest the driveway and the rear deck both usually work, and for a large group the driveway is often better because it gives us room for a second station. Houses backing onto the lagoon pool sometimes have a paver patio that is ideal. We do not set up on the community pool deck itself, because that is shared space and not ours to occupy. Heat mats under any decking. For twenty-plus we set 2 stations and run 2 seatings back to back, which needs about 10 ft x 5 ft total.

Flat surface: 6 ft × 4 ft, level
Clearance: 3 ft on the chef’s side
Above the grill: Open sky, no roof, screen or overhang

Getting to you

In off 30A, arriving 45 minutes before the seating. Seacrest's internal streets are narrow and shared with the beach tram and a steady flow of golf carts, so we want one driveway space held for the unload rather than a street park. Most houses here are not individually gated, which makes access simpler than Rosemary or Alys, but the sheer density of rentals means street parking is gone by late afternoon in season. Send the house name as well as the street, because several Seacrest streets have very similar names.

Bachelorette and birthday parties in Seacrest Beach

Seacrest is our biggest bachelorette volume after Rosemary Beach, and the groups are larger, with fourteen to twenty being normal. At that size the whole restaurant question is already dead: there is no eight o'clock table for twenty on a Friday in June, so the choice is split the group or bring the dinner in. We do the second thing, usually with 2 stations so nobody eats 40 minutes after anyone else. The lagoon-pool houses also generate a specific booking we like: the group has been at the pool all day, everyone is tired, and dinner at the house is the only version of the evening that actually happens. Birthdays here are usually the two-family kind, with a kids' seating first and the adults after.

Bachelorette parties →Birthday parties →Family reunion parties →

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Seacrest Beach questions

Can you cook for 20 people at a Seacrest Beach house?

Yes. Above about twenty we bring a second chef and run 2 stations so the last plate is not 40 minutes behind the first. We need roughly 10 ft x 5 ft for that.

Can you set up by the Seacrest lagoon pool?

Not on the community pool deck, which is shared space. We cook at your rental: driveway, private patio or rear deck.

Do you work around the beach tram route?

Yes. We unload clear of it and keep the van off the internal streets once we are set up.

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