{"id":192,"date":"2024-07-03T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:51:23","slug":"weekly-cost-of-hiring-a-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/weekly-cost-of-hiring-a-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Cost of Hiring a Chef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-198a7c-e72acb2db0cb00fc76040754da0dab9a\">\n.avia-section.av-198a7c-e72acb2db0cb00fc76040754da0dab9a .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Healthy-Meal-Prep-Service.webp);\nbackground-position:50% 100%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-198a7c-e72acb2db0cb00fc76040754da0dab9a .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-198a7c-e72acb2db0cb00fc76040754da0dab9a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-75 av-height-75  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_pc='75' data-av_min_height_opt='75'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-192'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-14mhu8-f70cd60eb0bc4467f99d92e3f0352202 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-xbf5s-42ebabfaba39352ea6a596057cc933fd av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-q9zpc-7e32344eb888d24b7b2eb68809423310 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5f5d;\">How Much is it to<\/span> Hire a Chef?<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 20px;\">What is the true cost of hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/meal-prep-chef\/\">private chef to meal prep<\/a> for you each week and can you afford it?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-9eptk-c39af78973042f2a8619b99f7adb0089-wrap avia_animated_button av-animated-when-visible-95 pop-up avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9eptk-c39af78973042f2a8619b99f7adb0089\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-9eptk-c39af78973042f2a8619b99f7adb0089{\nfont-size:18px;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/plan-&-pricing'  class='avia-button av-9eptk-c39af78973042f2a8619b99f7adb0089 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-x-large avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'  title=\"Meal Prep Chef\" aria-label=\"Meal Prep Chef\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Plan & Pricing<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-jdxx4-7df5288035fa87e7bf226ac7fc510556 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-192'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-hepvk-a36e3aba4d266b6c155f3bf68b04f6fe av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_button_big  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-9ccy0-48daad68b3a95142e81285722666d0d0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class='av_dropcap1 av-av_dropcap1-3cd9da5fea0ef5fb27aee617571c39a3'><strong>H<\/strong><\/span><strong>iring <\/strong>a private chef to meal prep for you could save a couple on minimum wage \u00a31,500 a year! There, we&#8217;ve got the punch line out the way and no, this isn&#8217;t click bait, this is based on the practical reality for many of us.<\/p>\n<p>To begin, there are a lot of reasons why someone may consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/private-chef\">hiring a private chef<\/a> and none of those are because they&#8217;re looking to be better off financially, but it should be. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\"><strong>Meals<\/strong><\/a>, we receive calls each day from anyone from professional athletes to working parents and individuals with severe allergies, explaining that they are considering booking a personal chef and the main two reasons are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600;\">&#8216;to save time&#8217; &amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600;\">&#8216;to feel better&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-square wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-boxing-food-180x180.webp\" alt=\"Meal Prep Chef\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-boxing-food-180x180.webp 180w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-boxing-food-80x80.webp 80w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-boxing-food-36x36.webp 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>These are of course two very important categories that almost everyone fits into. We could all do with more time to focus on either our work, our family or our pleasures and we could all benefit from being provided with the exact nutritional requirements we as an individual need based on who we are and what we do. If we did this we would all feel better and perform better.<\/p>\n<p>In almost all cases, anyone considering a private chef for these reasons do so because traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\">meal prep services<\/a> don&#8217;t provide the quality or the customisation needed and so paying \u00a37-\u00a38 for a mass produced dish, that tastes average, with poor quality ingredients, that isn&#8217;t tailored to you and has a protein portion size not suitable for a child becomes hard to stomach &#8211; excuse the pun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In any case, you end up with this light bulb moment, imagining having your own chef who prepared all your meals for you each week? You then find yourself crawling the internet fully expecting to come to the conclusion that you can afford it. Well let&#8217;s find out why you&#8217;d be wrong about that.<\/p>\n<h3>What does it cost to hire a chef for meal prep?<\/h3>\n<p>Lets take the basic example of a couple who just want breakfast and 2 meals a day each, lunch and dinner, for 5 days a week. That is a total of 25 meals a week.<\/p>\n<h4>Cost of the Chefs Time<\/h4>\n<p>This is going to take a Meals chef just under 5.5 hours to do the shopping, come to your home and prep and cook up the meals and then do a clean down afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the chefs time will be around <strong>\u00a3210.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-square wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-weighing-food-180x180.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-weighing-food-180x180.webp 180w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-weighing-food-80x80.webp 80w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-weighing-food-36x36.webp 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>Cost of the Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>On average, for 20 meals, the cost of ingredients will be about <strong>\u00a395.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course this will depend on the meals you select, portion sizes and where the chef shops, but this is a very good estimate for the average person using the Meals platform.<\/p>\n<h4>Total Annual Cost for a Chef: \u00a315,860<\/h4>\n<p>So for 2 people to have all their main meals taken care of during the week you are looking at a cost of <strong>\u00a3305.00 <\/strong>or just over<strong>\u00a0\u00a3150 per person<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So that is <strong>\u00a315,860<\/strong> a year for a couple if they don&#8217;t take any holidays or pause the service for any time.<\/p>\n<h3>The True Cost<\/h3>\n<p>What would a couple normally spend on their main meals each week? Let&#8217;s take a typical example of a working couple who have lunch out at work then cook for themselves in the evening and get one take out a week.<\/p>\n<h4>Food Cost<\/h4>\n<p>From our experience, it would be unlikely that a couple would spend less than \u00a3100 a week on food when you consider snacks and all the items you pick up in the shop that you shouldn&#8217;t including the vegetables you throw away at the end of the week. But lets call it evens, as a chef doing the shopping for you, sticking to the meal plan and avoiding waste will be an effective way of reducing your shopping spend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Shopping Cost: \u00a34,940<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, a quick survey around the office in Bristol and the team indicated they normally spend around \u00a310 at lunch either at a cafe or going to the shops. That&#8217;s \u00a320 per day for a couple or \u00a3100 per week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Lunch Cost: \u00a35,200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then one takeaway a week for 2 people comes in at a conservative \u00a330.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Takeaway Cost: \u00a31,560<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Total Annual Food Cost: \u00a311,700<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>Time Cost<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-square wp-image-79 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-chefs-stocking-fridge-180x180.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-chefs-stocking-fridge-180x180.webp 180w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-chefs-stocking-fridge-80x80.webp 80w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-chefs-stocking-fridge-36x36.webp 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>Now for the important part and this will resonate more easily with anyone who runs their own business or bills hourly for their time, but it should be considered deeply by all. No matter who you are, your time has a value and there is nothing more important than your time as you only get a set amount of it.<\/p>\n<p>But for argument sake, the minimum wage in the UK is approximately \u00a311.50. Therefore, lets value any time you spend around organising your food at minimum wage.<\/p>\n<h4>Time Shopping<\/h4>\n<p>By the time you&#8217;ve made a list, travelled to the shops and put it all away, we estimate you&#8217;ll spend 2 hours a week shopping. That is around 100 hours a year or a cost of \u00a31200.00.<\/p>\n<h4>Time Preparing Food<\/h4>\n<p>Included in this is time to make breakfast (15 minutes per couple) and time to go and source your lunch (15 minutes per person, 30 minutes per couple) and cooking time each evening at 45 minutes per couple (at least!). So that is a total of 1.5 hours per day or 7.5 hours per week or 390 hours a year. Or a cost of \u00a34,485 a year.<\/p>\n<h3>True Cost Summary<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-square wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-client-eating-meal-180x180.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-client-eating-meal-180x180.webp 180w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-client-eating-meal-80x80.webp 80w, https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Meals-Meal-Prep-Service-client-eating-meal-36x36.webp 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>So in summary, a couple might spend around 500 hours a year or, if we call a day 16 usable hours, 31 days a year&#8230; A WHOLE MONTH organising their breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Even if we just compare the price of a personal chef (\u00a315,860) versus the cost you&#8217;d spend on food anyway (\u00a311,700), would you not pay \u00a34000 for you and your partner to have a whole extra month to do whatever you wanted?<\/p>\n<p>But if you consider being paid just minimum wage for your time, the cost of breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday to Friday, for a couple who don&#8217;t have a private chef, stands at \u00a317,385.<\/p>\n<p>So in summary, you could strongly argue that hiring a private chef to meal prep for you each week could save you at least \u00a31500 a year. At the very least, it could give you a month of additional time each year to invest in something else other than preparing meals.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, not only is it cost effective but the quality of meals you will be receiving will most certainly be better, as a professional chef is making them and those meals will be tailored to you. So, the benefits go far beyond the monetary value of the meals themselves but extend into your health, wellbeing and the personal time you have available to you.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Click the button below to explore hiring a chef for yourself&#8230;<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lxf6bdcg-08f0c300478ffcce070cd9ed6025fc04\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-lxf6bdcg-08f0c300478ffcce070cd9ed6025fc04:hover{\ncolor:white;\nopacity:0.9;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-lxf6bdcg-08f0c300478ffcce070cd9ed6025fc04:hover .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:white;\nstroke:white;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.meals.co.uk\/plan-&-pricing' class='avia-color-theme-color-highlight avia-font-color-theme-color avia-button avia-button-fullwidth av-lxf6bdcg-08f0c300478ffcce070cd9ed6025fc04 avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color-highlight'  title=\"Meal Prep Service Plans &amp; Pricing\" aria-label=\"Meal Prep Service Plans &amp; Pricing\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Get Started<\/span><div class='av-button-description av-button-description-below'><p>Plans &#038; Pricing<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='avia_button_background avia-button avia-button-fullwidth avia-color-theme-color-highlight'><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meal-prep","category-private-chef"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Weekly Cost of Hiring a Private Chef to Meal Prep for You<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is the true cost of hiring a personal chef to meal prep for you each week and can you afford it? 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