6 Personal Chef Success Stories [2023]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 27th, 2023

6 Personal Chef Success Stories [2023]

Become A Personal Chef

If you’re looking for a career that allows you to work within your own schedule, look no further. Becoming a personal chef means setting your own hours, planning your own schedule, and taking on as much or as little work as you want.

Not everyone has the time to prepare meals for themselves. If you love cooking, you can start a personal chef business in your area and earn a good income from the side gig. The side hustle can fit into your schedule easily, and you can offer delivery and pick-up or curbside options to ensure more people are buying your services.

Personal chefs can work at various locations, including their client’s homes or restaurant kitchens. They may have regular clients who call on them to prepare meals for them weekly, or they may get called in to prepare meals for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a personal chef:

1. Chefs Resources ($60K/year)

David Buchanan (from Ferndale, WA, USA) started Chefs Resources over 12 years ago.

Revenue

$5K / month

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Team

1 founders / 1 employees

Case Study

I am David Buchanan, a professional chef, and owner of Chefs-Resources.com, a website geared towards providing professional chefs with free detailed culinary info (seasonality, flavor profiles, etc.) about fresh fish, oysters, and cuts of meat, as well as tons of free kitchen management articles. Paid subscribers get access to our premium kitchen management resources such as Excel sheets (prep sheets, recipe templates, ordering guides, etc.), video tutorials, and kitchen management articles.

The site is not about recipes, but I am a Chef, so here is one of my favorite personal creations...seared scallops, spring pea puree, lemon beurre blanc, fingerling potatoes, golden beets, asparagus, corn kernels.

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Learn more about starting a personal chef:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a personal chef?
-> Pros and cons of a personal chef

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established personal chef
-> Marketing ideas for a personal chef
-> Personal chef Instagram bios

Other resources

-> Blog post ideas for a personal chef
-> Personal chef quotes

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Becoming A Personal Chef: Everything You Need To Know

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4. Chefs Resources

Chefs Resources provides culinary information for Professional Chefs. A vast array of seafood profiles, kitchen management tools, food cost and inventory.

Estimated revenue: $5K/month
Business rank: #458K

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