Cooks, Private Household
Also called: Certified Personal Chef (CPC), Personal Chef, Private Chef,
What they do:
Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.On the job, you would:
- Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions.
- Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils.
- Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating.
Business
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
Resource Management
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Hand and Finger Use
Ideas and Logic
Verbal
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People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Accounting software
Video creation and editing software
Data base user interface and query software
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![]() $37,870
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$81,670
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What they do:
Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.On the job, you would:
- Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions.
- Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils.
- Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating.
KNOWLEDGE
Business
- customer service
- sales and marketing
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- food production
Arts and Humanities
- English language
SKILLS
Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
Resource Management
- managing equipment and materials
- managing your time and the time of other people
ABILITIES
Hand and Finger Use
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
PERSONALITY
People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
- Cooperation
- Concern for Others
TECHNOLOGY
You might use software like this on the job:
Accounting software
- Cost tracking software
- Intuit QuickBooks
Video creation and editing software
- YouTube
Data base user interface and query software
- APPCA Personal Chef Office
- Cooking e-books
EDUCATION

- certificate after high school
- high school diploma/GED
JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

$37,870

$27,390
$81,670