Careers

We are professional culinarians in the home kitchen — whether preparing meals on a regular basis or an extravagant event for just one evening.

The team at Atlanta Personal Chef Service has the highest brand reputation to uphold in Atlanta, and we’ve earned it. Do you have a passion for food, a deep commitment to improving yourself, a team mindset, and a hunger to learn all things about food? Are you creative, yet organized and disciplined? Do you value your own mental and physical health, and want to help others improve in those areas as well? Did you earn your culinary degree, and then spend years in restaurant kitchens never seeing daylight because you were working in a fast-paced, busy modern restaurant? If so, you sound like a natural fit to join our growing team.

With Atlanta Personal Chef Service you will:

  • Guide your own culinary growth, executing menus from start to finish while developing a broad skillset across a variety of cuisines and ingredients, while working alongside a high performing team of other culinary professionals
  • Work in various home kitchens, Prep ATL, office kitchens, and other work environments
  • Connect with clients and guests directly for weekly dinner service and special events
  • Communicate and collaborate one-on-one with clients, with the opportunity to introduce new foods you are passionate about that they may also enjoy
  • Focus on quality – not just quantity and budget
  • Enjoy autonomy and flexibility in how you complete your work to optimize your day, while meeting the client’s needs and grocery budgets
  • Escape the monotony of restaurant work (but still be ready for long days and varying schedules)
  • Help families celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and more. Not a people person? This may not be the best fit for you.

 

About Atlanta Personal Chef Service:

Atlanta Personal Chef Service is the preferred family dinner and in-home event catering provider for discerning families and individuals. Whether around the family dinner table or in an extravagant dining room, we create moments of dining luxury, personalized and presented by a team of talented, professionally-trained chefs who delight in sharing culinary excellence. 

The value we create comes from the care we take to listen and attend to the culinary needs and desires of our clients, and the way we work together to satisfy those preferences, building relationships. We believe that food is incredibly personal. We nurture ongoing relationships and work to earn the trust of the individuals and families we serve. In doing so, we can understand not only their dietary values and dining preferences, but also those culinary touches that turn dinnertime into moments of delight and luxury. We plan to grow our team to serve more families and clients, and provide a stable culinary home to chefs looking for a sustainable alternative to the restaurant industry.

We’re always looking for great people.

 

If you’re interested in any of the positions below, submit your application and we’ll start the get-to-know-you process. When we’re ready to add to our team, you’ll be at the top of the list.

 

Personal Chef

Personal Chef

Atlanta Personal Chef Service’s Personal Chefs are passionate about families eating dinner together on a regular basis. In this role, you will prepare family dinners during the work week. You will plan client menus, shop for ingredients, and either cook from the client’s home or cook from PrepATL (and then deliver the dinners to the clients’ homes) in and around Atlanta. This position will also execute dinner parties and events on-site in clients’ homes.

The team at Atlanta Personal Chef Service is looking for an experienced chef who is sharp, organized, positive, scheduled, goal-oriented, business-minded, food-loving, family-focused team player to use his or her talent and energy to help our company thrive. Experience in a professional kitchen and a passion for quality food is a must. We have a nine-year plus company history, an awesome team, and a solid base of loyal clients in the Atlanta area. Learn more at www.AtlChefs.com, read our 5-star reviews on Google, and view our Instagram photos.

You are the right fit for this role if you are an organized, professionally trained chef, who is looking for a meaningful role with creativity, autonomy, flexibility, and a great team who takes pride in quality work. This position will report directly to the Delivery Service or In-Home Service manager, and will support the Sales & Operations Manager and culinary team.

Learn more about this opportunity:

How we work:

We never lock our clients into long-term commitments; rather we retain multi-year relationships by providing exceptional value and service. We use a relational selling approach that’s natural for someone passionate about the value we add to our client’s lives by nourishing them, their families, and putting family dinners on auto-pilot.

Responsibilities:

In-Home and/or Delivery Weekly Client Work:

  • Shop for menu ingredients (Whole Foods, Publix, Buford Highway Farmers Market)
  • Bring ingredients to client home OR PrepATL and cook 1 appetizer and 2 dinners per family
    • Add on correct portions for chef’s selection clients as assigned
    • Assist other chefs with prep and cleaning
  • Cool, package and refrigerate OR deliver family dinners to clients (food is delivered cold, for families to reheat later with reheating instructions)
  • Updating the Temperature log daily for each delivery
  • Get feedback from clients
    • Utilize feedback surveys for first four weeks for new clients, and then quarterly after
    • Collect feedback via call/email/text/in-person as needed
  • Write new menus for the following week and email scheduled to go to client by midnight Thursday (cc/ing manager) for 8am every Friday
  • Attend new client meetings/phone calls to understand family needs and preferences
  • Attend regular team meetings, outings and growth activities
  • Maintain client and company equipment (containers, cooler bags, ice packs, ingredients, etc)
  • Support Delivery Manager in all production aspects, including assigned support jobs

Event Work:

  • Lead and execute dinner parties and events as scheduled, including planning, shopping, prepping, transport, and cleanup
  • Manage event details regarding specific client needs, allergies, kitchen equipment, etc
  • Travel to events, transporting all needed grocery items and equipment
  • Collaborate with the sales staff to ensure all event details are understood and met
  • Manage event costs, adhering to labor, grocery, and equipment/supply budgets
  • Complete post-event reports for each event
  • Maintain shared catering kitchen environment according to regulations
  • Manage and coordinate team and equipment for each event as needed
  • Develop and foster relationships with dinner party clients

Requirements:

  • Ability to work effectively with a variety of individuals and their situations
  • A positive and professional attitude and team mindset
  • Strong communication skills – in-person, written, and by phone
  • Flexible and resourceful
  • Culinary Certificate or Degree
  • At least five years of experience in a professional kitchen
  • Can move and lift up to 40 lbs
  • Variable hours, evenings and weekends will be required
  • Current ServSafe Food Handler’s certification
  • Reliable car with space to transport a large cooler and equipment
  • Clean background check, non-smoker, without offensive tattoos or piercings
  • Be fully vaccinated for Covid-19

Work Environment:

This position works from clients home kitchens and from our catering kitchen (Prep ATL) in Doraville (3300 Marjan Dr) and involves delivery service inside the Perimeter with travel up to 25 miles outside the perimeter may be required on occasion for events or certain client deliveries (driving stipend included). Travel outside the perimeter will be required for events.

Compensation:

This is an exempt W2 salaried position, offering a base salary along with incentive bonuses that align with the objectives of the role. Benefits currently include short and long term disability and life insurance, IRA with employer match, paid days off, and more. We are closed on New Years Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Culinary Internship/Externship Application

Culinary Internship / Externship

The culinary internship / externship program is designed as an eight to ten week program that exposes culinary students and recent grads to the personal chef industry. It is a structured program with its own curriculum and can be completed for course credit or for a stipend in exchange for 90 – 250 hours of work.

In this internship, your time will be spent primarily working with the chef team from Prep Atlanta Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 2:30pm, with about 4-8 events over the course of your program.

On our team you will:

  • Learn to master the execution and plating of various world cuisines, as well as making basic, well-executed, kid-friendly foods
  • Listen, listen, and listen more to what our client’s needs are, and then deliver
  • Help families celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and more. Not a people person? This may not be the best fit for you.
  • Utilize technology and phone apps to make work more efficient, easier, and collaborative
  • Sharpen your culinary skills (and your knives!) with a talented team who have paved the way before you, and will continue to lead and inspire you as you develop
  • Communicate about food via email, phone, and in-person in a professional, helpful manner
  • Plan and execute different types of events, and afterward, look back and be proud of what you’ve accomplished
  • Support the personal chefs in their production work and maintaining a professionally run kitchen

Let’s talk specifics:

  • You must be currently enrolled in a culinary program, or have graduated within the past year
  • You’ll be driving around town — so you must have a reliable car, patience in traffic, and a good play-list to keep your sanity
  • You’ll be working mostly Monday – Friday, and you’ll be working some evenings and weekends too
  • You’ll be in some of the finest homes in Atlanta — so no smoking, bad language, or offensive tattoos
  • You must be able to pass a comprehensive background check
  • You can have the option to receive course credit (internship program only) or a monetary stipend

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Atlanta Personal Chef Service is the preeminent resource for prepared family dinners and in-home event catering. We are a relationship company that recognizes the power of culinary experiences to bring people together. Our team of professionally-trained chefs attends to the dietary values and dining preferences of each client. Discerning clients trust us for the best quality food, delivered with the highest degree of passion and reliability.