Private Chef Jobs & Duties

We place experienced, highly professional private and personal chefs with employers in their private residences.

Reputation: Mom’s Best Friend has been matching clients with exceptional household staff since 1994.
Respect: You will have a team that values you and appreciates your experience.
Industry Guidance: You will have a team ensuring you will have competitive salaries, reasonable duties, and industry-standard benefits.
Support: You will find a long-term match, with an employment contract to protect you, and support after the placement.

All private chef positions should be efficient and organized. Positions will require:

You should have knowledge of:

In order to qualify for any position, you must:

Speak English
Be at least 21 years of age
Have a valid driver’s license, your own car, and current insurance
Have at least 3 recent private/personal chef references and/or 3 years of recent private chef experience.
Be eligible to work in the U.S. (and provide proof to Mom’s Best Friend)
Have a clean criminal background (no misdemeanors or felonies)

Complete the on-line application, and you will be contacted by a staff member.
If you meet the requirements, we will schedule an interview with our staff.
We will call references, order a background check, and collect various paperwork. If you move quickly, the entire screening process can be done in as little as a week.
We will send your profile to client families (whose positions you are interested in).
Whenever possible, our client families prefer to have trial time with their top candidate choices to be sure that you both feel good about the match.
Clients make a job offer, and will complete an employment agreement, so that you are both clear on the duties, compensation, vacation, sick time, and other details.