During the Chinese New Year, gatherings and dinners are indispensable. In addition to choosing to cook at home and dine in restaurants, there is also a trend to invite a private chef to cook and have the chef perform in his own kitchenette.
A 26-year-old man works as a private chef.
The order has been placed until March.
When the lights were on and the family was reunited, Ding Yao, a young man from Hangzhou, and his team, dressed in chef clothes and pushing a cart full of ingredients and tools, showed up at the customer's home on time.
On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, they received orders for nine performances. A year ago, they were afraid to take orders because they were afraid of not having enough people. During the Spring Festival, the daily schedule is full, and the orders are scheduled until March. During the Spring Festival, more and more customers came to visit. Ding Yao and his team can take an average of 5-6 private food orders a day, and a maximum of 11 orders a day in the morning and evening!
The reporter learned that there are two main ways to invite private chefs to cook at home. The first is to provide cooking services. Once the menu is ordered, the chef will give you a list of ingredients and seasonings to purchase. Citizens bring their own ingredients and seasonings, and the chef is responsible for washing dishes, preparing dishes, and cooking at the door; The other is "contractor" and "* ingredients", and all the preparation, cooking, plating, and serving of all ingredients are handled by the chef.
Because of its convenience and convenience, the second method is currently more acceptable to the public. Generally speaking, family dinners charge a service charge of 800 yuan to 1,200 yuan depending on the complexity of the meal plan and dishes.
In April last year, Ding Yao posted a price list for cooking for guests on social platforms: 2,000 yuan for 8 people, including all ingredients and service charges. 5 cold dishes, 11 hot dishes, plus soup and main course. Not only can you eat braised abalone, but you can also eat lobster and Dungeness crab. If you don't pursue luxurious ingredients, you can already eat a lot for 2,000 yuan. Many netizens said, "This looks and **, why should I go to the hotel?" ”
The maximum monthly income is more than 50,000 yuan.
Becoming a private chef is a new challenge every day.
At the end of 2022, Ding Yao came into contact with a private chef at home by chance. He feels that there is a lot of potential in this direction. In addition, he came from a culinary background. Majoring in culinary in high school and university with a vocational qualification. He simply changed his career to become a private chef, and his income changed dramatically. In the past, the minimum monthly salary was 7,000 yuan, and now the highest monthly income is more than 50,000 yuan.
Ding Yao found that home chefs have higher requirements for the delicacy of dishes and cooking methods. In addition to simple home-cooked dishes, we can also customize Western, Japanese, Cantonese and desserts according to customer needs.
Becoming a personal chef is a new challenge every day. Ding Yao said that being able to cook in different kitchens is both fresh and challenging. Some customers don't even have a kitchen in the store, and every time they come to their door, they push a cart full of food. After family dinner, pots and pans and the kitchen are cleaned.
Since last year, Ding Yao has also started to share his kitchen posts on various platforms and has gained a lot of fans. In addition to Hangzhou, he also has customers in Ningbo and Yangzhou.
For the future, he said that he first set a small goal for himself, hoping to make his team bigger and stronger, with an annual salary of one million.
What about the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner that everyone is eating in **?
Who is responsible? Have you ever invited a private chef to come to your home to cook?
The 26-year-old man makes a private chef with a monthly income of 50,000 yuan