Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What does a Personal Chef do?
A. A Personal Chef helps people with busy lives eat better, healthier, and most importantly, with ease and convenience. The chef prepares gourmet food in your home and stores the meals in the refrigerator or freezer based upon your lifestyle needs. Best of all, the chef creates custom menus just for you and unique to your family’s dining preferences and dietary requirements.
Q. Who needs a Personal Chef?
A. Whether you are too busy to cook or simply dislike cooking, putting quality, healthy food on the dinner table is still a priority. Hiring a personal chef is a way to ensure that you and your family are eating well, while enabling you to save valuable and precious time that you would otherwise be grocery shopping, planning meals, and cooking.
Here are just a few examples of people whose lives could be improved by hiring a personal chef:
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• Busy professionals, couples and individuals
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• Active families
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• Independent seniors
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• Families that are tired of frozen meals
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• New parents
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• People on special diets
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• People with weight loss goals
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• People recovering from injury or illness
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• People looking to give a unique special gift
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• Hosts and hostesses who want to enjoy their own dinner party
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• Anyone who does not know how to cook
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• Anyone who does not like to cook
Q. How does this service work?
A. First we meet to conduct a detailed food questionnaire and understand your food preferences and any dietary needs. We will also discuss your preferences regarding packaging. Then we will research and create customized menus for your approval. Next, we do all of the grocery shopping and will come to your home to prepare your meals. We will package and label your gourmet dinners and leave them in the refrigerator or freezer with complete instructions on how to enjoy them. When we leave, your kitchen will be spotless and your house will be filled with the aroma of home cooking.
Q. What does the service cost?
A. Pricing varies, depending on the number of entrees and servings being prepared. The cost of groceries and packaging is not included in the basic personal chef fee and will depend on your personal preferences. Fortnightly meal preparation start from $250 plus groceries. Please contact the chef for further pricing.
Q. What does the service price include?
A. The price of the service includes:
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• Client consultation, food questionnaire and kitchen review
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• Personalised menu research, planning and creation
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• Grocery shopping for the very best, freshest ingredients
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• Cooking, packaging, labeling and storing
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• Kitchen clean-up
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• The cost of groceries is not included in the service price.
Q. Do you cook in my kitchen?
A. Yes, all meals are prepared in the safety of the client's kitchen and we leave the kitchen spotless when we are finished.
Q. How long will you be in my kitchen?
A. It depends on how many meals we are preparing and the menu that has been selected for the cook date. Typically, a fortnightly service takes about 4 -6 hours from start to finish.
Q. Do I have to be home when you come to cook?
A. No, you do not have to be home on your scheduled cook date as long as appropriate arrangements are made in advance for me to gain access to your house.
Q. What sort of cooking classes do you run?
A. We can tailor a cooking class to suit any need. We run individual classes where you can choose your own menu or classes for groups up to 10 people. We come to your home so you get used to cooking in your own kitchen and then you can share the spoils with your family/friends after the class. Cooking classes start from $130 per person.
Q. How do I get started?
A. Please contact me by phone or email to schedule a complimentary in-home consultation. We will sit down with you to complete a comprehensive questionnaire detailing your dining preferences, dietary needs and lifestyle requirements. From there we will create customised menus that you will approve, and we will schedule a service day.
Q. What areas do you service?
A. Typically we will travel to any areas within 20km of Melbourne city, but we can discuss any other location.
