We get a lot of questions about our personal chef services, so it’s about time we posted some FAQs! If you can’t find the answer to your question here, please contact us and we’ll be happy to get in touch!

1. What’s a personal chef? Don’t they cook in your house every day? Sounds fancy.

   A personal chef typically cooks in a commercial kitchen and delivers weekly, chef-prepared meals to their clients. A chef that cooks daily in someone’s home is a private chef. Here’s a great article on the differences!

   Personal chef services have become more accessible and available to many households over the last decade or so. Our clients appreciate the customization available with our services as well as the emphasis on healthy eating and healthy living.

2. What meal plans do you offer? Can you help me? I have so many food restrictions!

   We would love to help you however we can! We have experience with a variety of meal plans, including autoimmune protocol, paleo, vegan, keto, intermittent fasting, athlete-driven, macro focused, etc.  When you fill out our food questionnaire, it helps us get a great idea of how we can best help you and what nutritional focus you are needing. Our chefs have over a decade of nutritional experience and ingredients that we know how to substitute to help get you feeling great without feeling like you are missing out on any of the good stuff. 

3. I don't see any pricing listed, how does this work and what all can I expect from the service?

   When you sign up for personal chef services, we tailor a meal plan that best fits your needs and schedule, so you always have enough meals to get you through the week! Since it depends on how much variety and servings you need, we can recommend one of our meal plans to try and see how it fits what you need. The cost of groceries is separate from our service pricing so we can 100% tailor the meals to you without charging more!

   Grocery costs really just depend on what you'd like to eat that week (chicken and ground beef, versus steak and lobster) so whatever the groceries are for your meals that week, you can deduct that amount from what you'd budget for the grocery store since we are getting it for your instead! So not only do you have a chef preparing meals just for you, but you also get a personal grocery shopper to go with it! How cool is that?

4. How are you different from buying from a boxed meal prep company? Will I need to prep anything?

   There is zero prep work! All of our meals are ready to reheat, or finish cooking - for example it takes the same amount of time to heat salmon fresh, as it does to reheat (and no one wants reheated seafood!) so it will come fully prepped and ready to bake in the oven. We masterfully prepare the meals so that when you reheat them, they won't taste like leftovers, they will taste as fresh as if you prepped it all yourself!

5. How much time will this save me?

   Meal prepping is really a part-time job! From the time you begin meal planning, go to the grocery store (and that's if you only go to one store, once a week), prep, cook, pack, cool and store (let's not even mention the DISHES!), you will spend about 12-15 hours in the kitchen. Do you still feel like spending an entire Sunday working just to get through the workweek? We can handle everything for you!

6. Do you deliver or can I pick up?

   We deliver straight to your home. We can drop off the meals to a fridge in your home or garage so all you have to do is follow the reheating instructions and enjoy! 

7. Is there a contract or subscription? What if I go on vacation or need to skip a week?

   Many of our personal chef services clients opt to order week to week, and we keep a card on file to charge on a weekly basis. If you need to skip a week, just let us know the week beforehand and we will be sure to mark it in our calendar and you won't be charged for that week. There is no contract, but we do ask for at least one week's heads up if you plan on skipping for a time or need to pause. This helps us stay organized so we can continue to offer the best personal chef service in the area!

8. I have picky (kids, husband, etc...) can you help me?

   It can be a pain to cook multiple dishes for members of the family each night, and we feel for you! We can definitely work with picky eaters. We will be sure to communicate with you on a weekly basis to see how the meals are going, and if we need to tweak anything we can. We can also save favorite meals, or create meals you have made in the past that have been a hit. We know this can take some time for kids and family members to get used to, but we are here to help you ease the strain of figuring it all out by yourself! 

9. Do you offer more than just weekly meals?

   We offer weekly meals, snacks, smoothies, sweet treats, private dinner parties, small-batch catering events and a kitchen concierge service where we can organize/clean out your pantry and fridge and also pick up and store your groceries! Be sure to contact us for more info.

10. I love your meals! Do you offer a referral program?

    Yes! Just let your friends or family know to let us know you referred them and we will give you free food! 

If we haven’t answered your question here - no worries! Please reach out to us and we’re happy to answer any additional questions you have about our meals and services.