Private Chef

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Potential job titles in this career

Certified Personal Chef (CPC), Chef, Personal Chef, Personal Private Chef, Private Chef

* Additional schooling, certification, or degrees maybe be required for some of the potential careers that are listed.

What will I do?

Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries.

Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating.

Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions.

Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment.

Prepare meals in private homes according to employers' recipes or tastes, handling all meals for the family and possibly for other household staff.

Keep records pertaining to menus, finances, and other business-related issues.

Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils.

Direct the operation and organization of kitchens and all food-related activities, including the presentation and serving of food.

Specialize in preparing fancy dishes or food for special diets.

Plan and prepare food for parties, holiday meals, luncheons, special functions, and other social events.

In this career, it is important to know

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

It's useful to be good at

Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Employment trends

Location	Pay period	2022
Location	Pay period	10%	25%	Median%	75%	90%
United States	Hourly	$12.00	$12.80	$18.54	$25.03	$44.25
United States	Yearly	$24,950	$26,620	$38,570	$52,070	$92,030
Arizona	Hourly	$17.97	$18.54	$18.54	$19.23	$19.23
Arizona	Yearly	$37,370	$38,570	$38,570	$40,000	$40,000

2022 Median%
United States	$18.54 Hourly	$38,570 Yearly
Arizona	$18.54 Hourly	$38,570 Yearly

Employment (2022)

34,000 employees

Projected growth (2022 - 2032)

Decline (-2% or lower)

Projected job openings (2022 - 2032)

4,800

* Data obtained from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).

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