Self-paced
Private Plate Foundations
For cooks preparing to launch or formalize a personal-chef service.
- Core business and service curriculum
- Practical frameworks to apply at your pace
- Ongoing access to enrolled course material
Personal chef courses
Build a personal chef career that lasts.
Learn how to shape your offer, price your work, plan client menus, and deliver a polished in-home dining experience—from first inquiry to final plate.
Practical lessons for cooks ready to turn skill into a client-ready service.
What to expect
Honest guidance for building the real business.
No shortcuts
Clear instruction grounded in the everyday realities of serving private clients.
Keep access
Revisit the material as your menus, systems, and client list evolve.
From cook to operator
Master the work around the food.
Great cooking gets you noticed. Thoughtful positioning, reliable systems, and confident client service turn it into a business.
- 01
Define your private-chef offer
Choose the clients, occasions, service boundaries, and culinary point of view that make your offer easy to understand and book.
- 02
Price for the whole engagement
Account for planning, shopping, prep, travel, service, cleanup, ingredients, and profit—not only the hours spent at the stove.
- 03
Plan menus clients can say yes to
Translate preferences, dietary needs, kitchen constraints, and occasion details into menus that are exciting and executable.
- 04
Deliver a polished client experience
Build a repeatable workflow for inquiries, consultations, prep, in-home service, follow-up, and referrals.
Choose your path
Start with the support you need.
Course enrollment and current pricing are shown in the catalog. Pick the learning format that matches where you are now.
Complete path
The Personal Chef Launch Track
Follow the full sequence from positioning and pricing through menus, operations, and the client experience. Available course options and enrollment terms are listed in the catalog.
A structured, start-to-service learning order
Built for practical implementation, not passive watching
Current catalog
Available Private Plate courses
Your next service starts here
Put a business behind your best cooking.
Learn the client, menu, pricing, and service systems that help a personal chef show up prepared.