Elite Domestic Recruitment

Personal/Private Chef

Personal chef

A personal chef is a chef who prepares meals for a client in the client's home kitchen, based on the client's needs and personal preferences. In most cases these meals are left packaged in containers and refrigerated or frozen for the client to enjoy later.

Some personal chefs, however, instead focus on cooking for dinner parties and other special occasions in the client's home, which means they are responsible for shopping, preparing the meal, serving the guests and cleaning up afterward. The menu is pre planned and discussed with the client, then prepared in their home.

When hiring a personal chef to provide either a packaged meal service or to cook for a dinner party, a menu and a budget are submitted for the client's approval. Typically the chef is given a deposit to cover the cost of purchasing the ingredients/flowers/hire of equipment etc. The client pays for this in addition to the cost of the chef's services.

Some personal chefs also provide meal planning and budget planning for homeowners and second homeowners who are busy with their own lives, but insist on nutritious and tasty meals for their families.

Many personal chefs also offer personalized cooking instruction in the privacy of the client's home, either one-on-one or in groups.

Private Chef

A private chef, refers to a chef who is employed exclusively by one client, and in some cases lives in the client's home.

We have a number of chefs with considerable experience of working as a personal/private chef. If this is a service that you are interested in, we would be delighted to meet to discuss your requirements further.