Questions and Answers
Q. What does a Personal Chef do?
A. A Personal Chef helps people with busy lives eat better, healthier and most importantly – with ease and convenience. Gourmet food is prepared in your home and stored in the refrigerator or freezer based upon your lifestyle needs. Best of all, menus are custom created just for you and unique to your familie’s dining preferences and dietary requirements.
Q. Who needs a Personal Chef?
A. Families today with jam-packed schedules who are too busy to cook, dislike cooking, or are tired of the hassle and cost of restaurants and take out. Today many people find they cannot manage a home without a housekeeping service. It’s becoming the same for putting quality food on the dinner table. Busy individuals, couples and families are hiring personal chefs as schedules become over crowded and time more scarce and precious.
Q. How does this service work?
A. First Chef Roman will meet with you to conduct a detailed food questionnaire and understand your food preferences and any dietary needs. Then, customized menus are researched, developed and created for your approval. Next, Chef Roman will do all of the grocery shopping and then come to your home to prepare all your meals. Your gourmet dinners are packaged, labeled and left in the refrigerator or freezer with complete instructions on how to heat and serve. When I leave, your kitchen iis spotless and the house is filled with the aromas of home cooking.
Q. What does the service cost?
A. Pricing varies, depending on the number of entrees and servings being prepared. Please see the pricing page for meal plan options or contact
Chef Roman.
Q. What does the service price include?
A. The price of the service includes:
Client consultation, food questionnaire and kitchen review
Personalized menus research, planning and creation
Grocery shopping for the very best, freshest ingredients
Cooking, packaging, labeling and storing
Kitchen clean-up and sanitization
Groceries as per the menu agreed upon unless organic or high end items are chosen
Pantry items such as flour, sugar, herbs and spices are also included
Q. Do you cook in my kitchen?
A. Yes, all meals are cooked in the safety of the client's kitchen. I bring my own tools and equipment and leave the kitchen spotless when I am finished.
Q. How long will you be in my kitchen?
A. That depends on how many meals and the menu that has been selected for the cook date. Typically, the service takes about 4-6 hours from start to finish.
Q. Do I have to be home when you come to cook?
A. No, you do not have to be home on your scheduled cook date as long as appropriate arrangements are made in advance for me to gain access to your house. In fact it is much easier for Chef Roman to work efficiently when you are not home as your kitchen becomes his office so to speak.
Q. How is the food packaged?
A. A variety of containers are used depending on the food. We discuss this at the consultation. Some containers are plastic glad ware, others glass or aluminum. Most are microwavable, stackable, refrigerator-freezer friendly, leak-resistant, durable and economical.
Q. How do I get started?
A. Please contact Chef Roman via phone or email to schedule a complimentary in-home consultation. He will sit down with you to complete a comprehensive questionnaire detailing your dining preferences, dietary needs and lifestyle requirements. From there, custom menus are created by Chef Roman, approved by you the client and a service day is scheduled.
Other questions? Please contact Chef Roman
A. A Personal Chef helps people with busy lives eat better, healthier and most importantly – with ease and convenience. Gourmet food is prepared in your home and stored in the refrigerator or freezer based upon your lifestyle needs. Best of all, menus are custom created just for you and unique to your familie’s dining preferences and dietary requirements.
Q. Who needs a Personal Chef?
A. Families today with jam-packed schedules who are too busy to cook, dislike cooking, or are tired of the hassle and cost of restaurants and take out. Today many people find they cannot manage a home without a housekeeping service. It’s becoming the same for putting quality food on the dinner table. Busy individuals, couples and families are hiring personal chefs as schedules become over crowded and time more scarce and precious.
Q. How does this service work?
A. First Chef Roman will meet with you to conduct a detailed food questionnaire and understand your food preferences and any dietary needs. Then, customized menus are researched, developed and created for your approval. Next, Chef Roman will do all of the grocery shopping and then come to your home to prepare all your meals. Your gourmet dinners are packaged, labeled and left in the refrigerator or freezer with complete instructions on how to heat and serve. When I leave, your kitchen iis spotless and the house is filled with the aromas of home cooking.
Q. What does the service cost?
A. Pricing varies, depending on the number of entrees and servings being prepared. Please see the pricing page for meal plan options or contact
Chef Roman.
Q. What does the service price include?
A. The price of the service includes:
Client consultation, food questionnaire and kitchen review
Personalized menus research, planning and creation
Grocery shopping for the very best, freshest ingredients
Cooking, packaging, labeling and storing
Kitchen clean-up and sanitization
Groceries as per the menu agreed upon unless organic or high end items are chosen
Pantry items such as flour, sugar, herbs and spices are also included
Q. Do you cook in my kitchen?
A. Yes, all meals are cooked in the safety of the client's kitchen. I bring my own tools and equipment and leave the kitchen spotless when I am finished.
Q. How long will you be in my kitchen?
A. That depends on how many meals and the menu that has been selected for the cook date. Typically, the service takes about 4-6 hours from start to finish.
Q. Do I have to be home when you come to cook?
A. No, you do not have to be home on your scheduled cook date as long as appropriate arrangements are made in advance for me to gain access to your house. In fact it is much easier for Chef Roman to work efficiently when you are not home as your kitchen becomes his office so to speak.
Q. How is the food packaged?
A. A variety of containers are used depending on the food. We discuss this at the consultation. Some containers are plastic glad ware, others glass or aluminum. Most are microwavable, stackable, refrigerator-freezer friendly, leak-resistant, durable and economical.
Q. How do I get started?
A. Please contact Chef Roman via phone or email to schedule a complimentary in-home consultation. He will sit down with you to complete a comprehensive questionnaire detailing your dining preferences, dietary needs and lifestyle requirements. From there, custom menus are created by Chef Roman, approved by you the client and a service day is scheduled.
Other questions? Please contact Chef Roman
