Bespoke menu
A tasting menu written around your tastes, dietary needs and the atmosphere you want to create.
Cigar & Cognac Dubai
Cigar & Cognac Pairings
smoke, spirit, ceremony.
A curated flight of rare cognacs matched to hand-rolled cigars, led by cigar sommelier Marek Babjak and served unhurried alongside Chef Lucian's kitchen in your villa, terrace or yacht across Dubai.
The Experience
Every detail, composed around you.
Private service
Discreet, polished hospitality in your home, villa, yacht or chosen Dubai venue.
Effortless hosting
Ingredient sourcing, preparation, service and kitchen reset are handled from beginning to end.
A glimpse of the evening
Smoke, spirit, and a quiet hour with Marek and Chef Lucian.
Designed In Dubai
A pairing built for slow conversation and considered indulgence.
The flight is hosted by cigar sommelier Marek Babjak, who composes each pairing around your guests — preferred strength, smoke profile and the spirits you already enjoy. Marek sources from a small network of importers carrying genuinely rare bottles and properly cellared cigars.
Service is unhurried. A short tasting note before each pour from Marek, a hand-cut cigar to match, and an optional finishing course from Chef Lucian's kitchen when the evening calls for it.
What makes a cigar & cognac pairings feel exceptional
The difference between a competent dinner and an exceptional one is rarely the menu in isolation. It is the alignment of menu, timing, service and atmosphere around the people at the table. A luxury private chef plans for all four simultaneously.
Chef Lucian begins each booking with a short consultation. The questions are practical — guest count, allergies, kitchen access — and personal: who is being celebrated, what flavours mean something to them, what would feel "too much" and what would feel "exactly right". The menu is composed against those answers.
The brigade and equipment
For an intimate evening Lucian works alone, bringing his own knife roll, plating tools and small specialist equipment. For larger occasions a discreet brigade joins him — sous chefs, runners and dedicated front-of-house staff when service requires it.
Mise en place is largely completed off-site so on-site time is reserved for finishing and plating. The kitchen is left immaculate; in most cases hosts return to a space cleaner than they left it.
Sourcing, seasonality and provenance
Dubai's importers move the world's finest produce through the city every week — Wagyu from Japan, oysters from France, summer truffles from Italy. The challenge is knowing what is genuinely at its peak today, not what merely looks impressive on paper.
Lucian sources personally from a small network of trusted suppliers. Ingredients are chosen because they are exceptional this week, not because they sound luxurious in a menu description.
Hospitality where service flows naturally
Great service is invisible until it is needed. Plates arrive at body temperature, glasses refill without intrusion, and the pace responds to the room rather than the clock.
When a cigar & cognac pairings works, guests stop thinking about logistics and start thinking about each other. That is the entire point.
Tailored Formats
Choose the shape of your evening.
The Intimate Table
Two to six guests, a single seamless room and an evening designed for slow conversation.
- — 4-7 course tasting menu
- — One chef, discreet service
- — Premium ingredient sourcing
- — Optional pairings
The Celebration
Eight to twenty guests for milestone birthdays, anniversaries and family gatherings.
- — Bespoke menu with shared courses
- — Chef plus discreet brigade
- — Optional florals and table styling
- — Full kitchen reset
The Reserve
Larger occasions, corporate dinners and yacht charters with a full brigade and front-of-house team.
- — Dedicated event planning
- — Multi-course plated or family-style
- — Full service team
- — Bespoke beverage programme
Questions
Before we set the table.
Who leads the cigar & cognac pairing?
The flight is led by cigar sommelier Marek Babjak, working alongside Chef Lucian. Marek selects the cigars, pours each cognac and guides the tasting personally.
What is included in a Cigar & Cognac pairing?
A curated flight of three to five cognacs paired with hand-rolled cigars, guided tasting notes from Marek, proper glassware, cutters, and discreet service throughout the evening.
Where does the service take place?
In your villa, residence, terrace or yacht across Dubai. Marek and the team arrive with everything required and adapt to indoor or open-air settings.
Can the pairing follow a private dinner?
Yes. The pairing is most often added as a closing chapter to one of Chef Lucian's private dinners, but can also stand alone as the centrepiece of an evening.
Are the cigars and cognacs sourced legally and properly?
Every bottle and cigar is sourced through licensed Dubai importers, properly cellared, and presented with provenance.
How far in advance should I book?
Two to four weeks is recommended so the rarest bottles and cigars can be reserved. Last-minute pairings are sometimes possible — always worth asking.
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Trusted In Dubai
Private hospitality, proven over 135 occasions.
12+Years
135+Events
4.97Rating
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