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DonnaA
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# Posted: 3 Aug 2009 21:20
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Anyone done the personal chef thing?
How about the meal solutions thing?
Thanks,
Donna
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 4 Aug 2009 09:24
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I am not - but it does sound interesting. Is that what you are doing??
Welcome by the way.
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yahia
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 00:10
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I did catering like 10 years ago. What exactly do you need to know?
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Newbie Shield
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 02:16
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Special request = please be a vegan chef.
Besides, competition is relatively low.
Thanx,
~Newbie Shield~
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DonnaA
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2009 21:37
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Thanks for the welcome.
I have tried personal chefing for nearly two years. I really had a hard time reaching people who wanted me to cook for them. I'm thinking about coverting over to a 'meal solutions' business. I had someone send me some information and it looks like a better fit for me. They cook for old people, people dieting, and medical diets.
@ Newbie Shield - these people seem like they could do vegan meals, they seem to focus on local and organic ingredients.
I just really want to find a way to stay at home with my kids and still make a living. These people swear that is how they have been living for years.
Hopeful.
Donna.
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BobFirestone
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:37
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I had a buddy in college that was a personal chef to make extra money. He started only doing a high end dinner parties, I almost choked when he told me what he was charging. It helped that he had his degree from the Culinary Institute of America and had worked in some of the top kitchens in America.
When he got bored cooking for dinner parties. He found a nutritionist and setup a deal to do private cooking classes to teach some of her clients how to prepare healthy and tasty meals that met their dietary requirements.
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Singapoor
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2009 05:37
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BobFirestone: I had a buddy in college that was a personal chef to make extra money. He started only doing a high end dinner parties, I almost choked when he told me what he was charging. It helped that he had his degree from the Culinary Institute of America and had worked in some of the top kitchens in America. When he got bored cooking for dinner parties. He found a nutritionist and setup a deal to do private cooking classes to teach some of her clients how to prepare healthy and tasty meals that met their dietary requirements.
Wow, that's a fantastic idea. And since he was already big into cooking (well, I imagine he was, since he'd put forth the effort to go through training at the Culinary Institute of America), it was a great way to earn side money from an interest. Creative and fulfilling it seems. I wanna be like that when I grow up - earning from something I really like spending my time on .
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