NYC Private Chef (Hamptons Summers)

Sorensen Staffing•New York, NY

22d•Onsite

About The Position

A warm private family is seeking an experienced full-time, live-out Private Chef to join their NYC-based household on a long-term basis. This is an exceptional opportunity for a chef who is passionate about their craft, genuinely enjoys private service, and is looking to build a lasting relationship with one household. The family values excellent food, thoughtful planning, and open communication. They appreciate the care, preparation, and attention to detail that go into consistently exceptional meals and are looking for a chef who shares that mindset. Above all, they are seeking someone who is collaborative, organized, adaptable, and genuinely fulfilled by serving others in a private home. This role is about becoming the family's trusted culinary partner. The ideal chef creates thoughtful, beautifully executed meals that reflect the family's tastes while introducing new ideas with care and intention. Creative and confident, yet always collaborative, adaptable, and responsive to feedback. The kitchen is the chef's realm–the successful candidate will take complete ownership of its organization, cleanliness, provisioning, and day-to-day operation, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. This is a staffed household where emotional intelligence, professionalism, discretion, and mutual respect are essential. The ideal candidate enjoys working as part of a team, communicates well, and takes genuine satisfaction in helping a household run seamlessly. The family enjoys a broad range of cuisines and appreciates ingredient-driven cooking that is both refined and approachable. They value variety and enjoy discovering new dishes while maintaining consistency with their established preferences. The ideal chef has a strong sense of menu balance, understands modern wellness-oriented cooking without sacrificing flavor, and is equally comfortable preparing lighter fare as well as thoughtfully incorporated indulgences. The household follows certain dietary preferences and nutritional guidelines that will be discussed with qualified candidates. The ideal chef is comfortable incorporating nutritional guidance while maintaining creativity, balance, and exceptional flavor. This is a fully staffed private home where collaboration, professionalism, and discretion are highly valued. The successful chef will work respectfully alongside other household employees and contribute positively to a supportive, well-run environment. Strong interpersonal instincts, sound judgment, flexibility, and a low-ego approach are essential to success. The ideal candidate combines exceptional culinary ability with maturity, humility, and natural private-service instincts. They have meaningful experience in private households and understand the discretion, flexibility, anticipation, and emotional intelligence required to thrive in a home environment.

Requirements

Experienced full-time, live-out Private Chef.
Passionate about their craft and enjoys private service.
Looking to build a lasting relationship with one household.
Values excellent food, thoughtful planning, and open communication.
Appreciates care, preparation, and attention to detail.
Collaborative, organized, adaptable, and fulfilled by serving others.
Creative and confident.
Takes complete ownership of kitchen organization, cleanliness, provisioning, and operation.
Possesses emotional intelligence, professionalism, discretion, and mutual respect.
Enjoys working as part of a team and communicates well.
Takes satisfaction in helping a household run seamlessly.
Strong sense of menu balance.
Understands modern wellness-oriented cooking without sacrificing flavor.
Comfortable preparing lighter fare as well as thoughtfully incorporated indulgences.
Comfortable incorporating nutritional guidance while maintaining creativity, balance, and exceptional flavor.
Strong interpersonal instincts, sound judgment, flexibility, and a low-ego approach.
Maturity, humility, and natural private-service instincts.
Meaningful experience in private households.
Understands the discretion, flexibility, anticipation, and emotional intelligence required to thrive in a home environment.
Local candidates only.

Responsibilities

Prepare daily lunch and dinner for the principals.
Prepare meals for children and other household staff members as needed.
Develop and manage seasonal menus in collaboration with the family.
Create balanced, flavorful meals that support a health-conscious lifestyle.
Source exceptional ingredients with an emphasis on quality and freshness.
Manage grocery shopping, provisioning, inventory, and advance preparation.
Maintain impeccable organization, cleanliness, and efficiency throughout the kitchen and pantry.
Introduce new dishes while remaining attentive to the family's preferences.
Coordinate effectively with other household staff as part of a collaborative team.
Travel with the family as needed and provide meal service during travel periods.