Personal Chef/Cook

Company Description

Chefs For Seniors is an in-home meal preparation service dedicated to enhancing the lives of senior citizens. We focus on promoting independence by providing customized, nutritious meals tailored to meet individual needs.

Role Description

This is a part-time on-site role for a Personal Chef based in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The role involves planning and preparing personalized, nutritious meals in clients' homes while adhering to dietary needs and preferences. The Personal Chef ensures that all food is prepared safely and maintains a clean cooking environment. The position also includes shopping for fresh ingredients and fostering positive relationships with clients to meet their culinary and dietary requirements.

Write your own schedule!

• $21.67/hour minimum with some services paying up to $28.33/hour!
• Your choice of 3 or 6 hour work days!
• Your choice of days to work - NO WEEKENDS!
• PART TIME ONLY - The most I can offer is ~30/hours per week.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in meal preparation, cooking, and menu planning with attention to dietary needs and preferences.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation standards, and proper handling of ingredients.
• Ability to manage time effectively and independently perform duties in clients' homes.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build rapport with clients and deliver exceptional customer service.
• Preferred experience with senior nutrition and special diets.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the ability to travel within the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.
• Culinary education or certification is a plus, but relevant experience will also be considered.

Ideally, I'm looking for someone that has very strong interpersonal skills FIRST and is a well-organized, multi-tasking cook SECOND.

• There is no job qualification more important than you're a great people person and you know your way around in the kitchen (can cook well).
• If you are a local restaurant line cook, sous chef, or other fast-paced cook with a great personality, looking for flexible daytime work you might be a good fit.
• If you are a retired schoolteacher with a lifetime of experience in your home kitchen, looking for flexible part-time work, you might be a good fit.

Job Description:

• Shop the groceries and ingredients according to a pre-determined meal plan/menu chosen by the client.
• Arrive at client's home, unpack groceries and your personal chef kit containing all cookware, knives, pots, pans, skillets etc required to prepare your meals.
• Prepare 4 separate, nutritious meals while providing and engaging in conversation with the Senior client.
• Portion, store, label and refrigerate/freeze 12-14 individual meals. (Out of the 4 meals prepared some may yield 2-4 servings for a total of 12-14 portions.)
• Clean up, determine next service menu with client, and depart.

This will be the most rewarding, satisfying job you will ever love.

Think about it, and if it seems like a good fit for you, please give me a call, shoot me a text or send me an email.