How much can I really make as a Personal Chef?

Your income is truly up to you as you can choose to work many hours or few hours, hire additional help to make more income, or take on larger scale events that provide a higher service fee. I’ve included a few websites below that show statistics on the income of personal chefs. I suspect the large salary range has more to do with the number of hours each chef chooses to work rather than salary based on experience or education. These websites also lump private and personal chefs in one category rather than separating the two careers. According to PayScale, personal chef salary ranges from about $30,000 to $95,00 and job satisfaction 4.3 out of 5 stars. The job seeking website Indeed averages the personal chef salary to about $69,000. Ziprecruiter offers a range of $37,000 to $90,000 and $68,000 as a national average. To clarify, personal chefs are paid by the job and not hourly, so don’t draw a salary as suggested by these websites. Personal chef are independent contractors who accepts cash, rather than payroll as an employee. As a personal chef, not only do you get to do what you love, but you also have control over how much income you'd like to make based on the time you're able and willing to put into your business. If you’re interested in becoming a personal chef, I welcome you to check out VirginiaStockwell.com that includes an actionable step-by-step guide to starting a personal chef business.