Has anyone had any experience working as a personal chef?Currently a line chef at a diner and want to quit (or gargle fryer oil) everyday. A friend referred me a temporary gig (~2 months) cooking lunch and dinner for a boomer couple.Sent a resume and two references and have an interview later this week. What should I expect?
>>22106986Could have sworn I saw the same thread last week. My low level suggestion is seek out very rich people and convince them you can cook good meals for them. Not sure how you can pull that off though.
>>22106991I'm curious about the current job posting because it's temporary. Cooking for just two people two meals a day seems a lot easier/slow paced than a commercial kitchen. But I'm worried these people expect Michelin-level meals and don't want to oversell myself.
>>22106986I’ve no experience with it but if this doesn’t work out I’ve heard working in a hospital kitchen is decent - guy I know gets $25 an hour, full benefits, union membership, and free meals. I think he’s only been there a year or two
>>22106994are they just looking for someone that cooks for a specific dietary requirement? they probably don't care about le atomic gastronomy plating if they just want someone that will cook without sneed oils
>>22107017I think it depends on the hospital. Some of them outsource everything so the cooks/food prep aren't part of the union.
>>22106991Yea you're right, there was a similar thread last week. Not sure if it was the same OP
>>22107019The context is the wife is recovering from a shoulder surgery and won't be able to make meals for a month or two. Apparently they've been to the diner I work at a couple times and liked the "homey" cooking style when I've been on-shift. I don't know anything about them, I don't ever see the customers. Just curious if anyone else on /ck/ has any experience with this, good or bad, since there are definitely other line cooks on the board.Also I'm probably overthinking things but I'm worried if they're actually important people and scared I'll be bribed to poison them? Or maybe they'll kill me, like so many other personal chefs end up killed? idk, I'm hoping to convince myself it's just a nice well-meaning well-to-do boomer couple who want someone else to cook meals while the wife recuperates. It'd be like cooking for my grandparents, maybe.
>>22107030Thanks, I found the thread. It's >>22087789 if anyone else is interested. I guess I overlooked it; I tend to use the catalog and only look at the more popular threads. After reading through it, it seems only a couple people on /ck/ have personal chef experience, which makes sense. It seems to be a really niche thing.I liked this comment though>No but we hired a personal cook lady>She comes in twice a day, in the morning and in the evening to cook our meals.>She's really not a "personal chef" in the sense of the term, she's just a random immigrant woman who cooks at people's house as side income. She can't cook ratatouille or anything too exotic, but she can make rice and beans, grill chicken, do all the prep for hamburgers egg etc. Everyday food onlyBeing paid above market rate for cooking everyday food would be comfy.
>>22107031Not a chef and I never browse this board in general but I do work with richfags and I can easily see them springing for a private chef for a bit because of this.>but I'm worried if they're actually important people and scared I'll be bribed to poison them? Or maybe they'll kill me, like so many other personal chefs end up killed? No they're almost assuredly retired lawyers/surgeons/business owners like most people with decent money. >>22106994>But I'm worried these people expect Michelin-level meals and don't want to oversell myselfIf they like diner food and hire a guy from the diner then why would they expect fancy shit? One of the partners I work with loves chain slopbowls and gets them almost every day and he's loaded.My main worry would be the pay - is it decent or not?
Seems like it would be fun as long as they're clear about what they want from your menus and if it's good.
>>22107062Thanks for the reassurance. It pays extremely well but the friend who referred me stressed it is temporary, hence the high pay. If I do get it and manage to last the whole two months, I'm planning to take off for half a year, maybe dabble in some other (even less) lucrative professions. I saw some posts about richfags flirting/sleeping with the help which also freaked me out but again, like you said, probably retired professionals who just want some comforting home cooking.
>>22106986This is such a crazy job description my poverty-stricken mind is blown at the thought that it even exists.What if you were on the other end of this? A gourmet chef has been paid to serve at your beck and call for one week. They will prepare whatever food you desire, for free. What kind of menu would you request?
>>22107980I’m not sure about a gourmet chef but it’d be cool if I could rent a tamale lady for a day and she makes me 100 tamales
>>22106986Look into aged care cooking. Its easy and lucrative, it is where creativity and passion goes to die though.I live in a town full of boomers dying off and the entire economy is about placating boomers. You haven’t lived until you’ve assembled a puree meal.
