The UK has a rich history when it comes to food, and many restaurants reflect this in their representation of the United Kingdom’s favorite cuisines and taste from English breakfast to pie parties, roast sessions, afternoon tea, and feverishly good drinks such as gin & tonic.

Families can reserve a couple of hours to enjoy the luxuries of this in the vicinity of their home. Regardless if it’s for luxury or convenience having a helping hand in the kitchen can be a huge aid to your lifestyle and health, not to mention a real stress reliever to every household in the UK.

Think about all the preparation you would have to do on days when you have guests over, special occasions, and surprise parties, instead of toiling for hours on what to prepare or what good restaurant to pick, with private chefs you are relaxed and certain to charmed your guests with your professionally cooked meals without baffling. This saves time and effort which can be very valuable to Londoners that are extremely busy. Personal chefs are not only a lifesaver but also for our indulgence.

A private chef is both a convenience and a luxury for a busy household in the UK. Time and health are some of the most important things in life yet some families don’t have a surplus of time to prepare healthy meals, get along with the household’s allergies, and allocate necessary dietary and caloric restrictions often resort to domestic kitchen’s staff, particularly a private chef

How to pick a private chef in the UK?

Childcare Help appreciates the importance of selecting the right individual when it comes to domestic household staff. For over 15 years, our company provides first-class service in providing assistance ranging from child support to maintaining properties or homely affairs and most especially, in employing kitchen professionals in the widest area of the UK. This saves time and guarantees that the job is done expertly.

Our remarkable service and veritable Consultants:

With our rigorous cross-checking and vetting procedures, we pride ourselves on integrating driven and dedicated private chefs in your home. Besides, our agency has hundreds of trustworthy candidates ready to meet your demands. Contact us and you will receive a list of candidate profiles immediately. We can place fully equipped and qualified private chefs through our thorough screening process.

We have selected highly professional consultants and they have been the best in the recruitment field. Private Chefs prepare meals for clients according to their preferences and dietary needs. Little Ones ensures that every family gets the services they want without doing them yourself.

Our agency wants to be sure that the private chef’s performance will equate to their needs and requests. Because of the growing demand for private and personal chefs, we receive thousands of candidate applications each month.

Vetting and screening procedures of Private Chef:

• Every candidate will have to undergo thorough background checks including their work experience, the previous employer remarks, either from a top-end hotel or from a middle/upper-class household, and expectations as well as screening procedures to check their health condition, skills, and qualifications.
• Standard criminal records or the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) are also checked along with their creativity and cultural background, educational attainment, training, and the organization they are affiliated to, with their other documents.
• The consultants make sure to take the competent ones who can meet the client’s demands. These candidates will be interviewed face to face and only a small percentage are interviewed by our families in the UK. All essential processes are done to assure that the agency will introduce fully equipped and productive kitchen professionals to our client’s home without any complications.
• Once the primary phone consultation is done with the client, London private chef agency will be providing the list of creative and potential private chef candidates that could meet every family’s requirements. Knowing more about the candidate can help the family to decide if they are the professional they are looking to hire.

Expectations of our clients:

Clients could have different requests including the skill sets that the candidate has. Some families request testimonials and endorsements from other contented clients, many ask for sample menus to have an insight of the private chef’s style of cooking but having in mind that the sample menu is not always the types of foods that the private chef will prepare. Clients ask for a food tasting session before making your decision most of the time. On the other hand, upper-class families demand the chef to be affiliated with an organization for continuous learning since associations serve as training and certify the candidate to maintain the highest standards as a private chef. Just like the food should match every client’s preferences, the chef should also match the client’s personality. Parents look for a friendly, patient, trustworthy chef. Being knowledgeable and attentive to their needs. Private chefs need to understand and respect every family’s lifestyle, health concerns, or any dietary prescription. Also, some families may bring their private chef with them on their travels so it is essential if the candidate has full travel documents and comfortable to accompany the family, others prefer a private chef that can speak a particular language like French, Spanish, English, Italian, Mandarin, Tagalog or if they want someone bilingual, to help the kids learn the language or to fluently communicate with them.

Screening Procedures:

Screening is a must before officially hiring a private chef. It will take time, but people who can understand the family’s value, lifestyle, reputation, and needs are worth it. It is also important that the client knows all his needs and demands for the private chef to know the lists of qualifications and what specific requirements they’ll need to fulfill.

All information will be available to the family so that they would never have to worry about the private chef’s qualifications as the agency screens every applicant’s capability to work for them. Although there might be chances that not all the requested credentials will be accommodated but rest assured that the London private chef agency will be providing options up until the client found the perfect candidate for them and get the best food service for the family.

Service of Private chefs:

Private chefs work independently in private homes and some are on yachts, creating meals that cohere to the tastes and possible dietary restrictions of members of the household. Some private chefs are required to live in the house of their employer, as they are expected to show up to cook all day or every day. Although duties vary, many chefs are responsible for all the grocery shopping, cooking, and clean-up. The job can be demanding, with many private chefs on duty from morning to evening. Today, most private chefs work under a wide variety of working conditions and living arrangements, depending on a client’s needs.

A private chef’s job is to work exclusively and full-time for one family. As UK’s private chef agency we know all the strands when it comes to choosing the right candidate, they’ve covered all the types of services you may require when needed.

The responsibilities of private chefs:

• Food preparation
• Menu development and implementation
• Grocery Shopping
• Food stocking and maintenance
• Maintaining sanitation of food
• Kitchen Staff management and ideal communication
• Holding special orders for any special or corporate events
• Repairing and maintaining kitchen appliances
• Estimate weekly purchasing needs for food

Accommodation and working nature of Private chef:

A private chef’s job is to work exclusively and full-time for one family. As London’s private chef agency we know all the strands when it comes to choosing the right candidate, they’ve covered all the types of services you may require when needed.

A family may employ a live-in private chef, which is typically used in large estates, and private homes which have ample space and thus can easily accommodate a chef. This means the live-in private chef needs to be attentive to client’s needs around the clock either late dinners or events. Some chefs on a live-in basis may be asked to cook a five-course menu every evening whilst others are asked for simple, yet healthy cuisine.

Other families prefer a live-out private chef and they generally fulfill the same duties as the live-in private chef, the difference is only they need to commute daily to and from their home.

A live-out private chef is often a preference by a family who does not wish to accommodate the chef or requires modest working hours for the chef to cook. Most live-out chefs will live close to the family home so that regardless of their commute time they can give flexibility to the client when required.

Remuneration of Private chef:

Generally, a private chef will work eight to twelve hours per day. They may also work on a rota basis with other chefs. Often with additional longer hours by arrangement. The cost for a live-in or live-out private chef in London can vary from £45,000 to £110,000 per year gross depending on days and experience. Their salaries are dependent on experience. Most will work three, five, or six days per week.

Our agency helps you by bringing Chef from the following areas:

Looking for a private chef will not be a daunting task if you resort to a well-reputed agency. We provide skilled private chefs for the most extensive part of the United Kingdom. We cover all private chefs from Notting Hill, Holland Park, Highgate, Hampstead, Knightsbridge, Mayfair, South Kensington, Chelsea, Richmond, Belgravia, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Putney, Parsons Green, Fulham, Hammersmith, Islington, and Marylebone.