How Much Does a Personal Chef Cost?
When you hire a personal chef, their regularly scheduled meal prep services will include:
- Custom menu planning based on your tastes and needs
- Shopping to ensure the freshest, healthiest ingredients
- Cooking of meals in your home
- Packaging and labeling, making it easy for you to heat and eat
- Simple reheating instructions
- Cleaning and washing of all kitchen equipment and areas used during cooking
The price of a personal chef will vary depending on a variety of factors including experience, location, the type of food they’re making, and the frequency of service.
Experience – While a trained restaurant chef may have more experience cooking, and therefore demand a higher price, restaurant cooking is not the same as cooking family-style for your family. Don’t discount a personal chef because of lack of formal training or restaurant experience. (Plus, many famous chefs are self-taught.) Instead, find out what experience they do have and how it applies to your situation.
Location – Let’s face it, the cost of living varies in different locations, and therefore the cost of service will depend in part on where you live. A personal chef in New York City will be considerably more costly than one in Boise, Idaho.
Type of Food They’re Making – If you’re demanding fancy foods with complicated sauces, it will certainly cost more than less-demanding, but still delicious and nutritious family-style, home-cooked meals.
Frequency of Service – While the price will go up overall because you are getting more food, more frequent service or preparation of more portions on each visit will result in an overall lower cost per entrée.
So how much does a personal chef cost? Depending on these variables, personal chef and meal prep services typically run between $300 and $600 for a full week’s worth of meals for a family of four, plus the cost of groceries. For Max’s Kitchen and Garden’s meal prep services, general pricing starts at $500 plus the cost of groceries to feed a family of four for a week. This compares favorably to the cost of feeding your family at a restaurant, and your meals are available when you want, without having to wait for a table, food preparation, or the check.
Taking these variables into account, it still may be difficult to pick the best personal chef for you and your family. Read more about “How to Find the Right Personal Chef.”
If you are interested in a free consultation to discuss the specific costs associated with hiring a personal chef for you and your family on Long Island in Nassau or Suffolk Counties, contact Max’s Kitchen and Garden; email maxskitchenandgarden@gmail.com or call (631) 606-0551.
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