CharlyRice Experience

The best rice of your life.Wherever you want it.

We bring the fire, the pan and the produce to your villa, to the deck of your boat, or to the cove you pick. Seasonal ingredients, live flame, and a service that disappears the moment the last grain is gone.

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A serving of paella valenciana plated with the house spoon

Manifesto

We don't serve paella. We serve a moment.

Good rice is never improvised. It starts long before: at the fish market, at dawn, haggling over red prawns that came in two hours ago. In saffron threads toasted one second too long and ruined. In the exact grain that holds its point instead of surrendering.

Then comes the fire. Live, loud, hard to tame. That is what separates a correct rice from one you remember: the socarrat, the instant the base of the pan turns to caramel and the whole place smells of summer.

And finally there is the place. Because the same rice never tastes the same indoors as it does ten metres from the water, barefoot, with the sun falling flat on the deck. That is where we come in.

CharlyRice cook

How we work

12 h
of stock before the rice ever meets the pan
1
rice per cook. Never two at once
24 h
is all we take to get back to you
0
trace left when we leave

The experience

Three steps. That's it.

You bring the place and the people. Everything else — produce, fire, service and the quiet afterwards — is on us.

Chosen setting · 1:1
01

You pick the setting

Your villa, the deck of your boat or a cove at sunset. If there is room for fire, there is an experience.

Produce and mise en place · 1:1
02

We design the menu

We talk to you, to your allergies and to your guests. Aperitif, the right rice for that day, and the wine that holds it up.

Table service · 1:1
03

We show up with everything

Produce, fire, tableware and crew. We cook in front of you, serve, clear up and leave without a single trace.

The menu

Nine rices. Not one of them filler.

The menu moves with the market and the season. These are the house regulars — if you want something that isn't here, ask for it.

SignatureOn request

Carabinero prawn and monkfish rice

The house signature

Carabinero prawns split open over the rice and monkfish that flakes apart. The stock comes from pressing the heads one by one — that is where the colour and the iodine edge come from.

SeaOn request

Lobster and scallop rice

For celebrating

Lobster split lengthways and scallops seared separately so they keep their bite. This is the rice people ask for when there is something worth celebrating.

SeaOn request

Seafood paella with scallops and king prawns

Long stock, short socarrat

Whole king prawns, seared scallops and a dark shellfish stock built without rushing. You can read it in the colour: that deep toasted tone only comes from a sofrito worked slowly.

SeaOn request

Fish rice with brown crab

Claws, spoons and a long lunch

Whole brown crab and its claws over a rockfish rice, with cuttlefish and chunks of white fish. A deep taste of the sea and a long stay at the table: those claws don't crack themselves.

SeaOn request

Cuttlefish and local squid rice

Beach-bar flavour, the good kind

Whole local squid, seared on the griddle and laid over the rice, with diced cuttlefish spread through the pan. Dry, toasted and tasting of the sea the way it always has.

SeaOn request

Black cuttlefish rice

Ink and mussels

Line-caught cuttlefish, its own ink and mussels steamed open over the rice. Dark, deep and considerably more refined than it looks. All i oli on the side, for whoever wants it.

SeaOn request

Arroz del señoret with tuna loin

The loin, whole, on top

Arroz del señoret — everything peeled and ready to eat — topped with a tuna loin cooked separately, barely done inside. Underneath, prawns and sofrito that hold it up without covering it.

LandOn request

Pork rib and secreto rice

The one from inland

Pork ribs browned slowly and diced Iberian secreto. A dry, hearty rice with no seafood in it: the one we get asked for when the table is far from the water.

LandOn request

Paella valenciana

The classic, done right

Free-range chicken, garrofón beans, flat green beans and the sofrito tradition calls for. No seafood, no shortcuts, and no apologies.

The fire, up close

Socarrat can't be explained. You hear it.

Ten minutes of fire that decide whether a rice is forgotten or remembered for years.

Catering

Finger food for ten. Or for a hundred.

A service that runs separately from the rice: a table of sharing plates that we serve and keep topped up throughout the event. From 10 people up to 100.

10 – 100 people

Fuet tartare
01On request

Fuet tartare

Hand-chopped fuet with pickles and spring onion. Cold, salty and to the point: usually the first thing to vanish from the table.

Homemade ham croquettes
02On request

Homemade ham croquettes

Béchamel made the day before, hand-chopped ham and coarse breadcrumbs. Crisp outside, molten inside.

Confit tomato with garlic and feta
03On request

Confit tomato with garlic and feta

Cherry tomatoes slowly confited in oil with garlic, crumbled feta over the top. Sweet, sharp and salty in the same bite.

Chorizo in cider
04On request

Chorizo in cider

Chorizo cooked in cider until the sauce reduces and glazes. Served on skewers, made to eat standing up.

Meatballs in coconut curry sauce
05On request

Meatballs in coconut curry sauce

Beef meatballs in a mild coconut milk and curry sauce. The one nobody expects, and the one everybody goes back to.

Tomato with cottage cheese
06On request

Tomato with cottage cheese

Seasonal tomato in wedges, cottage cheese and a thread of olive oil. Three ingredients, which is why all three have to be good.

Catering stands on its own: it doesn't combine with the rice experience. One or the other.

Book catering

Settings

The same rice never tastes the same twice.

Choose the where. We make sure the fire gets there.

Private villa

Private villa

Your house, your terrace, your pool. We set the kitchen up wherever you want it and take it down without a sound.

Paella on deck · 3:4

On board

We cook on deck or at anchor. We coordinate with your crew and with the exact hour of the sunset.

Table on the sand · 3:4

Hidden cove

A long table on the sand, fire at the shoreline, and the rice arriving right as the sun touches the water.

The chef

One cook, one pan, zero shortcuts.

[TO DO] Charly's real story goes here: where he learned, who from, and the moment he decided his kitchen would fit in a van and go looking for the best spot on the island.

[TO DO] Second paragraph: the philosophy, the one specific obsession (the point of the rice, the stock, the supplier he has used forever) and why he only ever cooks one rice at a time.

“[TO DO] A short line from Charly that sums up how he understands rice.”

Chef portrait · 4:5

What they say

The table speaks.

[TO DO] A real client testimonial. Ask for them over WhatsApp after every service — it is the cheapest and most powerful commercial asset you will ever have.

Client nameVilla in Cala Jondal · July

[TO DO] A real testimonial from an on-board service. Best if it mentions one specific detail.

Client nameOn board, Formentera · August

[TO DO] A real testimonial from a large event. Numbers (30 guests, 2 rices) build credibility.

Client namePrivate celebration · Santa Gertrudis

Investment

Every experience is quoted individually.

The price depends on the rice, the number of guests, the setting and the logistics. Tell us what you have in mind and we'll close the quote in under 24 hours.

The Table

6 to 14 guests

From—per person
  • Welcome aperitif
  • One rice of your choice from the menu
  • Table service and full clear-up
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On Board

Up to 12 guests

From—per person
  • Coordination with your crew
  • Menu adapted to deck cooking
  • Aperitif, rice and dessert
Request a quote

The Event

From 30 guests

Bespoke
  • Two or more rices at once
  • Full front-of-house team
  • Bespoke production and set-up
Request a quote

Travel within Ibiza included. Formentera and other islands on request.

Before you book

What everyone asks us.

In July and August, as early as you can — the good dates go weeks ahead. Outside peak season we can usually manage with 5-7 days. If it's for tomorrow, write anyway and we'll see what we can do.

Sunset panorama · 21:9

Book

Pick your day.

See which days are open, take the slot that suits you, and leave your details in the next step. We confirm in under 24 hours.

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We book with at least 3 days' notice.