Assistant Personal ChefJob Summary
Chef Matt’s Culinary Creations is seeking a reliable, skilled, and professional Assistant Personal Chef to support our team with in-home meal preparation, private dinner parties, weekly meal-prep services, cooking experiences, and special events.
This is a hands-on culinary role for someone who is comfortable working in clients’ homes, following customized menus, maintaining exceptional cleanliness, and delivering a polished personal-chef experience.
The Assistant Personal Chef will work alongside a Lead Personal Chef or independently on assigned preparation tasks. Responsibilities may include grocery organization, ingredient preparation, cooking, portioning, plating, packaging, kitchen cleanup, and assisting with event service.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Lead Personal Chef with in-home meal preparation, private dinners, and catered events
- Prepare and cook customized meals according to recipes, client preferences, dietary restrictions, and service notes
- Support weekly meal-prep clients by cooking, portioning, labeling, packaging, and properly storing meals
- Assist with plated dinners, family-style service, brunches, cocktail parties, cooking classes, and special events
- Organize groceries, ingredients, cookware, equipment, and serving pieces before and during service
- Maintain excellent food quality, portion consistency, timing, and presentation
- Follow all food-safety, sanitation, allergen, storage, labeling, and temperature-control procedures
- Keep workspaces clean and organized throughout preparation and service
- Wash dishes, sanitize surfaces, remove trash, and leave each client’s kitchen in excellent condition
- Assist with loading, unloading, setup, breakdown, and transportation of culinary supplies and equipment
- Communicate professionally with clients, chefs, event staff, and administrative team members
- Report missing ingredients, equipment concerns, timing issues, or client requests promptly
- Follow company recipes, event timelines, client notes, and execution instructions accurately
- Represent Chef Matt’s Culinary Creations with professionalism, discretion, and respect inside every client’s home
Qualifications
- Professional cooking experience in personal-chef services, restaurants, catering, meal preparation, banquets, or hospitality
- Strong knife skills and knowledge of basic professional cooking techniques
- Experience preparing meals for dietary restrictions, allergies, or customized preferences is preferred
- Understanding of food safety, sanitation, cross-contamination prevention, and allergen awareness
- Ability to follow recipes, prep lists, timelines, and detailed instructions
- Strong organization, time management, and multitasking skills
- Ability to work efficiently in different home kitchens and unfamiliar environments
- Professional appearance, communication, and client-service skills
- Willingness to assist with cooking, dishes, cleaning, setup, breakdown, and transportation
- Ability to lift and carry groceries, cookware, equipment, and event supplies
- Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to client homes and event locations
- Availability during weekdays, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
- Food-safety certification is preferred
- Culinary education is preferred but not required with sufficient professional experience
Ideal Candidate
The ideal Assistant Personal Chef is dependable, adaptable, clean, organized, and confident in the kitchen. This person understands that personal-chef work requires more than cooking. It also requires discretion, hospitality, attention to detail, and respect for each client’s home.
The right candidate should be comfortable working alongside different chefs, adjusting to changing menus, following detailed client preferences, and supporting every part of the service from preparation through final cleanup.
Position Details
- Position type: Part-time, per-diem, or event-based
- Compensation: Based on experience and assigned responsibilities
- Schedule: Flexible and dependent on client bookings
- Work location: Client homes, private venues, commercial kitchens, and event locations throughout the service area
Chef Matt’s Culinary Creations is an equal-opportunity employer. We value professionalism, reliability, culinary skill, teamwork, and exceptional client service.
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
