Celebrities don’t think twice about hiring a personal chef for an event. In fact, many celebrities use a personal chef for their everyday cooking needs. But outside of the celebrity circle, personal chefs are an underutilized service. Many people seem to believe that having a personal chef is a luxury they simply can’t afford.

The truth is that hiring a personal chef can improve both event planning and your daily experiences.

In this post, we’ll explain why you should hire a personal chef for your next party. We’ll also discuss personal chef costs so that you can budget for a personal chef for an upcoming event.

What Is the Role of a Personal Chef?

A personal chef’s job is to prepare high-quality meals for you and your guests. Some personal chefs work in a home daily. Others may make a week’s worth of meals and snacks for you and leave them with you.

Regardless of which type of personal chef you choose, your chef will do more than just cook your meals. Personal chefs cultivate a menu for their clients, shop for the groceries necessary to prepare the meals, prepare the food, and clean up after.

Why You Need To Hire a Personal Chef

Hiring a personal chef is an investment in a healthy life. Your one investment can improve your lifestyle, reduce your stress, and even boost your health.

Here’s what you need to know about the benefits of hiring a personal chef.

They Make Meal Planning Convenient

By the time you’ve flipped through your home cookbooks, scanned through your Pinterest boards, and combed through your family’s favorite meals, planning meals for a week or two can take hours of your time.

Working with a personal chef simplifies this process. Instead of searching online for hours to find the right meals, you can look through your chef’s repertoire of recipes and find foods that you know will taste good.

They Save You Time and Money on Grocery Shopping

The average American makes $276 worth of impulse purchases every single month. And while some of those impulse buys may happen at Target or the mall, many of them happen at the grocery store. Buying brownies or ice cream is just too tempting when you’re walking right past the display, especially if you’re hungry when you enter the store.

When you work with a personal chef, they do the grocery shopping for you. And since this means you'll have fewer opportunities to make impulsive purchases, you can actually save on your grocery bill when you work with a personal chef. Working with a personal chef has the added benefit of saving you the time it normally takes to make it through the grocery store, which can quickly add up, especially for families juggling numerous engagements.

Meals Can Be Highly Customized

Meal planning is hard enough on its own, but if anyone in your family has special dietary needs, it can become an arduous process. Luckily, personal chefs are trained to cater to people with dietary restrictions or sensitive palettes. Their highly customizable meals ensure that meal planning can work for you regardless of who you are or what you enjoy eating.

You Get the Chance To Branch Out

To save time on meal planning, many families wind up sticking to the same handful of recipes they know everyone in their family will eat and enjoy. Trying new meals is a risky endeavor. You don’t know if your family will like it, and you may be reluctant to waste money on ingredients you may not use again. It can also be difficult to cook new meals for the first time if you don’t know how they’re supposed to taste when they’re done.

Working with a personal chef gives you the opportunity to branch out. Instead of rotating the same 10 meals, your personal chef might introduce you to a variety of cuisines from different cultures. They know how these meals are supposed to taste and are well-suited to giving you the best food possible.

Because meal preparation is their job, you don’t have to worry about whether a meal takes a long time to cook or whether you have time to monitor the stove. Your personal chef has it covered!

Promotes a Healthier Lifestyle

Personal chefs don’t just create meals that taste good; they create meals that are good. The ingredients are fresh and hand-selected. In fact, you can even hire a personal chef to create a customized meal plan that fits your specific dietary restraints. Doing so promotes a healthy lifestyle and can help you achieve your healthy eating goals.

Meals Are Set on Your Schedule

One of the greatest things about having a personal chef is the convenience factor. If you’re always on the go, you don’t have to worry about what you’re going to eat or settle for fast food. Personal chefs will have meals and snacks prepared on your schedule, so you can eat when it makes the most sense to you.

You Can Share an In-Home Dining Experience With Guests

Personal chefs are a great idea for taking home dinner parties to the next level. Guests will rave about the food at your next event when it’s prepared by a professional in-home chef. Not only that, but you can enjoy hosting your guests instead of spending the entire event in the kitchen preparing the meal.

With so many reasons to hire an in-home chef, it’s hard to think of a reason to keep cooking for yourself. But how much does it actually cost to hire an in-home chef?

What Are the Costs of a Personal Chef?

There are a number of factors that go into the price of a personal chef, including:

• The experience your personal chef has
• The number of people they’re cooking for
• The types of meals they’re cooking
• How often you want meals to be cooked in your home

The majority of personal chefs at INTUEAT charge anywhere from $60-$200 per person per meal. This price often includes multiple courses for each person prepared by chefs with significant culinary experience.

Want To Hire a Personal Chef? INTUEAT Has You Covered

If you’re looking to hire a personal chef, either for an upcoming event or on a long-term basis, INTUEAT has you covered. Contact INTUEAT to get started today.