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Oh my god. Things would be incredible with a chef! Do they clean up too lol? Half of the time I don't want to cook just because I don't want to clean the kitchen again

my parents have had cooks at home for quite some time, so i still go home about once a week to eat with the family. the two cooks (they alternate days) each like me, so they usually cook something extra special when they know i'm joining them for dinner.

it's kind of great, because everyone gets to hang out in the afternoon before dinner and just relax after dinner. the cooks do most of the daily grocery shopping like produce and meat, while the bulk items (oil, flour, etc.) are purchased by the family. all the dishes get piled into the sink after dinner for the cooks to clean the next day.

it sounds like you may be seriously thinking about this, so i wanted to add that it's not all glamorous though. you might miss out on teaching your kids how to cook. my DH can't understand how often i burn things or otherwise mess up in the kitchen. and i have only 2 family recipes that i learned from my mom which is kinda sad.

also, having a personal chef comes with all the "perks" of having an employee. it's probably just as hard to find a good one as it is to find a good nanny. you'd need to decide how involved you want to be in menu planning. if you leave it to the cook, would they just end up rotating the same 10 meals, or would they be more seasonal and inventive? would they be willing to learn your family's ethnic dishes to throw into the mix? would they work holidays like labor day when the house will be busy with everyone home for all 3 meals; and especially thanksgiving when there would be more dishes and possibly more people? would they get paid vacation days when you're out of town?

that was probably a more involved response than you expected, but it's something i've thought about since moving out and having to cook (i.e. burn things) on my own.

As time consuming as cooking is.... I really don't think id want a chef. I enjoy cooking. When I cook I turn on my show tunes and dance around the kitchen and have fun with it. I started doing this with my mom, and I hope my lo does it with me too.

Plus, it makes me feel good about myself when we sit down for a meal that ive worked hard on.

I think think that could be very helpful, but not necessary all the time. At the moment, I have been really stretched thin to cook good meals on the days that I do not feel that well since I am pregnant. But before I got pregnant again, I was in a good groove and didn't feel like I needed help.

I do pay my cleaner to cook one meal a week which is a great help. She just cooks whatever she wants and it is mostly good but I do prefer my own cooking.

My hubs and I would love this. I nannied for a family that had a chef come twice a week. It was nice to be able to always have delicious, sometimes healthy food at our disposal.

That would be wonderful! I may want to do my own weekend cooking, but for weekdays it would be so nice!

My FIL has one and it's so wonderful to not have to worry about what to make, time to make it, time to clean up after it. In the past when DH or I have been sick she will even cook for us and send dinner over....so nice!
I think I'd miss cooking, but definitely not the cleaning and the grocery shopping. There is also something familiar and romantic about cooking for someone that I think gets lost. For the past few years (since I've been in Canada) we've hired caterers for Thanksgiving and while the food is amazing, it's not the same as how my mom would have made it. I want our kids to have favorite recipes and memories that their mom (ME!) made for them.

OMG, that would be life changing!!! We were just on a trip this weekend where every meal was prepared by a certain hour ~ all we had to do was show up Although I enjoy cooking, it certainly would be nice not to have to worry about it!

I would love to have a personal chef!! One day!

If I had a chef that would definitely make things a little easier. I love to cook and wouldn't mind doing all the meals, if I didn't have to worry about anything else.

I wouldn't mind being someone else's chef if I got paid for it

Everything would most likely be easier if you didn't have to worry about cooking, dishes, meal planning etc., but it is fun to go into the kitchen and create something yummy and creative. Cooking is an art form, in my opinion, and I get some pleasure out of cooking, so I probably wouldn't hire one, unless I could not do the cooking, or if @coco bee got tired of cooking and I couldn't take over.... and we had the money

If they prepared dessert and also scrubbed the bathrooms every week, then yes!

I don't mind the cooking part. I just hate the clean up. So I would rather have a maid.

For me cleaning is more of an issue then a chef, but a chef would be sweet!

I don't think this is something I'd ever consider. DH and I cook together 75% of the time, and it's something we enjoy. Our meals are pretty good and we get a lot of satisfaction from it! But I would LOVE a weekly cleaning lady...our cleaning lady only comes once a month!