A real shift
Plan menus around preferences and dietary needs, shop, cook and serve, then clean down. Days can be very long during events or travel.
Skills that matter
- Versatile cooking
- Discretion
- Menu planning
- Dietary and allergy management
- Client relationships
- Self-management
Qualifications
- Level 3 Professional Cookery
- Level 2 Food Safety
- Business and self-employment basics
Where it leads
- Private chef
- Celebrity or household chef
- Events catering business
- Yacht chef
What we'd ask on the show
- Cooking in someone else's kitchen
- NDAs and the private chef life
- Freelancing in food