Just some of the many benefits of hiring a personal chef include:

• Exposure to new flavors and foods
• Healthier, nutritious meals without all the effort
• Customized menus to accommodate everyone
• Convenient and time-saving
• Saves money you might otherwise spend on restaurants and take out food

Read more about the reasons to hire a personal chef HERE.

• First, look at sample menus. This will provide insight into the personal chef's style of cooking. A sample menu is not always an indication that the chef will prepare only those types of foods.
• Next, check out their food photos. Do the images look appetizing? How are the presentation skills? Food photos give you a sense of a chef's cooking style and are a preview of their work.
• Review their resume. A personal chef's résumé gives you a glimpse into their culinary career and their experience. Set up an interview and ask questions like their experience with certain dishes and their flexibility with different kinds of seasonings to suit your taste preferences. Discuss your budget and anything else you might think of.
• Finally, set a trial day. If the first three steps go well, it's time to set up a trial day, where the chef comes to your home and prepares a meal for you, and you get to find out how their food tastes. Before this happens, make sure you agree on the portions, buying of groceries, and if your kitchen has what they need to prepare the food.

Working with a chef placement agency like Natural Kitchen Chefs can make this process much easier. And knowing that the chefs have already been vetted can make you feel more confident in choosing the right chef. For more advice on hiring a personal chef, please see our helpful blog post HERE.

A personal chef prepares at-home meals for you. 

With weekly meal service there is no formal meal served or minimal meal service involved. The chef may serve one fresh meal while they are there, but the remaining prepared meals will be packaged for reheating later. 

To begin with, the chef customizes a meal plan according to your dietary needs and preferences. Next, they shop for the ingredients and prepare the meals. Finally, they package, label, and store the prepared food in your refrigerator or freezer and clean up the kitchen after they’re done.If you prefer to have all of your meals plated and served by your chef, this is considered private chef service. For more helpful information about what a personal chef does, please see our blog post HERE.

While the training and professional requirements for both private chefs and personal chefs are the same, there are some key differences between the two roles. 

A Personal Chef prepares meals for multiple clients within a week, rather than cooking for only one client. A personal chef will prepare those meals either in the client’s kitchen or a commercial kitchen.  The prepared meals are labeled with reheating instructions and stored in the refrigerator.  This type of meal prep service happens from one to three times per week. The chef is responsible for preparing either some of the meals for the week or all of the meals for the week for a client. 

A Private Chef, on the other hand, is employed full time by a single household. A private chef cooks breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks on a daily basis. Private chefs either live on the premises in accommodations provided by their employer, or they live off the premises. Private chefs are considered part of the household staff.

Hourly rates for a personal chef can range from $45 to $85. The daily rate for weekly meal service averages from $100 to $450. 

Our personal chef service weekly meal service rates begin at $400, plus groceries. 

Private chef service daily rates begin at $550 per day depending on the service. For example, if the chef is cooking for a large family and staff members or for a special event, rates will be customized for each client.To receive your personalized quote email us at [email protected], or use our contact form HERE.