# Chef Business Training


## Posts

- [Personal Chef Packages: How to Structure Private Dinner Party Offers That Actually Sell](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/personal-chef-packages/): How to structure personal chef packages for private dinner parties. Real pricing, real service tiers, from a chef running a live private dinner business.
- [Personal Chef Insurance: The Coverage Every Private Dinner Party Chef Needs](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/personal-chef-insurance/): Everything a private dinner party chef needs to know about personal chef insurance. Coverage types, cost ranges, and what happens when you don't have it.
- [Private Chef Salary in 2026: What You Can Actually Earn Running Dinner Parties](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/private-chef-salary/): What private chefs actually earn in 2026 running private dinner parties. Real income ranges, real math, from a chef running a live dinner party business.
- [How to Book Your First Private Chef Client in 30 Days](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/how-to-book-your-first-private-chef-client-in-30-days/): Why Most New Personal Chefs Struggle to Get Their First Client (And Why It’s Not About Cooking Skill) I hear the same thing from almost every chef who wants to go independent: “I know how to cook. Why can’t I get clients?” The answer isn’t because your food isn’t good enough. It’s because you’re trying to sell something you haven’t even defined yet. Most new personal chefs jump straight into marketing mode. They post on Instagram, build a website, maybe ask friends for referrals. Then they wait. And wait. And after three months with no bookings, they convince themselves the […]
- [How to Raise Your Personal Chef Rates (Without Losing the Clients Worth Keeping)](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/how-to-raise-your-personal-chef-rates-without-losing-the-clients-worth-keeping/): You're overdue for a rate increase. Learn exactly how to raise your personal chef rates, when to do it, and how to tell clients without losing the ones worth keeping.
- [How to Run a Personal Chef Business (Not Just Cook for People)](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/how-to-run-a-personal-chef-business-not-just-cook-for-people/): Learn how to run a professional personal chef business. Master legal foundations, contracts, money systems, scheduling, and client workflows.
- [How to Price a Private Dinner for 8 (Without Underselling Yourself)](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/how-to-price-a-private-dinner-for-8-without-underselling-yourself/): Most chefs underprice their private dinners. Not because they don’t know what they’re worth, but because they’re not accounting for the full picture. A dinner for eight gets quoted at $400 or $500 because the chef did quick math on ingredients and a rough hourly rate. They didn’t factor in the two hours of prep, the drive to and from the client’s home, equipment wear, insurance, or the follow-up time after the event. When you actually run the numbers, that kind of quote works out to about $50 an hour for skilled culinary work. This happens constantly in the private […]
- [The Complete Guide to Pricing Personal Chef Services](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/the-complete-guide-to-pricing-personal-chef-services/): Learn how to price personal chef services correctly. Discover 4 pricing models, the cost categories most chefs miss, and strategies to stop undercharging.
- [How to Get Clients as a Personal Chef: The Complete Playbook](https://chefbusinesstraining.com/how-to-get-clients-as-a-personal-chef-the-complete-playbook/): A step-by-step framework for getting your first personal chef clients, from positioning yourself to closing bookings and building your referral pipeline.

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