Personal Chef - Austin
About The Position
As a Personal Chef, you'll create customized menus, shop for fresh ingredients, cook from scratch in clients' homes, and stock their refrigerators with meals they'll enjoy all week. Instead of serving hundreds of anonymous guests, you'll build relationships with families who truly appreciate your talent and look forward to seeing you each week. This role offers a Monday-Friday daytime schedule (approximately 8-5) with optional weekends, creative freedom to design personalized menus, and meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives. You'll cook a variety of dishes, from comfort food to international cuisine. The company finds the clients, allowing you to focus on cooking.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience cooking in scratch restaurant kitchens
- A reliable vehicle that you do not share
- A smart phone with a data plan and comfortable with technology
- Responsible attitude and good communication skills
Nice To Haves
- A culinary degree is preferred, but comparable experience can substitute
- A passion for food, a large repertoire of ethnic and classic dishes and self-motivation to learn new recipes
- A passion for helping and serving others
Responsibilities
- Create customized menus
- Shop for fresh ingredients
- Cook from scratch in clients' homes
- Stock clients' refrigerators with meals for the week
- Build relationships with families
Benefits
- Competitive hourly pay
- Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
- Company-matched retirement plan (full & part-time)
- Paid time off
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Overtime opportunities through optional dinner parties and cooking classes
- Fuel reimbursement & equipment allowance
- Referral bonuses up to $300
- Starting pay at $26.01/hour, automatic raise to $27.01/hour at full time
- Automatic overtime for parties and cooking lessons (part and full time)
- $7/hr bonus while training others for those we certify as trainers (part and full time)
- Pay for optional holiday parties 3x or more hourly rate (part and full time)
- Yearly raises (part and full time)
- Twice per year seasonal bonuses (part and full time)
- Tenure bonuses and raises at 3 and 5 year marks (part and full time)
- Frequent contests and bonus prizes (part and full time)
- Occasional tips (part and full time)
- Earn 7% of every hour worked for unrestricted flex pay for holidays, sick and personal days (part and full time)
- Three additional paid holidays per year (part and full time)
- 401k with company contribution (part and full time)
- Company profit sharing via 401k match for 401k participants (part and full time)
- Heavily subsidized health, dental and vision insurance plan (full time)
- Paid parental leave (part and full time)
- Dependent care savings plan (part and full time)
- Equipment allowance (part and full time)
- Dining Benefit (part and full time)
- Gas reimbursements (part and full time)
- Generous referral rewards for referring chefs and clients (part and full time)
- Free uniforms (part and full time)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
