The Chefpreneur Podcast

In this episode, I talk about different things that can add value to your business beyond your cooking ability. Surprisingly, there’s more to running a personal chef business than just making delicious food!    I'll be talking about optimizing ordering and booking processes, understanding and catering to your customers, adopting the right mindset for being a personal chef, and some examples from m...

In this episode, I am excited to be joined by ​​a good friend of mine, Jordan Mendoza, the CEO and founder of Blaze Your Own Trail Consulting, and also a fellow podcaster! Jordan’s company works to create high impact sales and marketing strategies to help businesses generate leads and grow with success. His long experience with entrepreneurship allows him to have a deeper understanding of the conn...

In this episode, I am joined by Chef Pedro Candiota, who I believe has an incredible story to share. As a young marketing student from Brazil, he ended up meeting a group of chefs in New York that completely changed his life and pushed him headfirst into the restaurant industry. He worked hard to get to know all different aspects of the restaurant business and learned from incredible chefs in rest...

In this episode, I wanted to take a step back and open up about the journey that got me to where I am today, because it really has been a journey. As I’m sure anyone understands, there are always going to be struggles when you want to build something for yourself, and for me, those struggles have paid off better than I could have imagined.    Today I have the freedom to run my own business, the ab...

In this episode, Chef Andres will be answering 3 questions from the members of Chefpreneur Facebook Group. These questions are personal chef business-related and will definitely help you get started and boost your business this coming 2022.   Join our FREE Facebook Group - The Chefpreneur Movement for awesome insights with our fellow Chefpreneurs!   Listen to this week’s podcast to learn more, but...

In this episode, I wanted to break down and get you guys to really change your mindset about how you look at things as you're spending money, or as you're investing money.   There's a huge difference between investing and spending. ​​We're going to give you three key differences.   First difference - spending is basically you putting your money or time out and getting nothing in return. Investing...

Did you know Perfection can really inhibit you to make decisions? Perfection, can really hinder you from taking action. That's really what it comes down to. Because we always want to be excellent. Sounds contradicting right?   When you think that you're going to attain perfection, it's never going to happen. And what it does is, it causes you to sometimes not take action, and really make excuses....

If you want to start a personal chef business, knowing these 6 foundational points are important. Before you even dive into spreading your brand all around, you should: Know about your niche  Know who your target clients/market are Know what you can offer or add value to your clients Have a short message statement of why your business exists Should name your business well Set in place your solid b...

In starting a personal chef business, it is crucial to know which niche you really want to do given the varieties in the market. There are meal preparation and private events for example, which are 2 totally different things. In this episode, I will be discussing the differences of the two and its pros and cons. I am removing myself as a private chef, but as someone who has tried both and experien...

I want to enlighten you on what I've learned about website building, and really about how the messaging and the entire aesthetics are very, very important to your website.   Most of you that have a website, you’re probably really focused on your story and on all those food pictures. Unfortunately, no one really cares. Your website visitors don’t really care about all of that. Most people that are...

This pandemic really hit us hard... On our jobs, our families, and even our mental health. But what I believe this pandemic has also done is made us see an opportunity to take action.   As a Chefpreneur, I see opportunities everywhere. I'm not waiting for something to happen in order for me to see the opportunity. Sadly, most of us get comfortable doing mundane sequences in our lives. Why? Because...

It’s all about mindset. This formula is what I used to defeat my self-doubts. You can totally reset your mindset by following this formula: “What you THINK will dictate how and what you BELIEVE. And what you BELIEVE will dictate what you DO. And what you DO dictates your FUTURE!” The realization will come when you do self-checks. This self-reflection will help you understand why and how you think...

How do you define a Chef? Is it someone who has a degree? Who is experienced? Someone who has the grit to work his or herself up the ladder?   What I believe is that being a chef isn’t about all the credentials. It’s all about what being a chef means to you. How being a chef makes a difference in your life or how you've changed someone else’s life with the service you gave? Ultimately, your guests...

Advertising is a tricky part of having a Personal Chef Business. There have been many times I've seen this question asked within our movement group. These days, maximizing the internet is the best way to do it, especially during a time such as this in 2020 when everyone is home more often than they're out. But in order to find clients, you will need to find leads first. You can do this organically...

I started my personal chef business, Dinner with a Chef, 3 yrs ago. And right then, I knew that this was going be the future for chefs and cooks who wanted to start a business without the crazy overhead.   The usual norm in the culinary industry is that if you want to be successful, you need to pay your dues and the work really comes with different stresses which makes it challenging to enjoy your...

In putting up any kind of business, it takes hard work and perseverance to reach success. Some of my students said that they’ve started out the Personal Chef Business before but always end in failure. For me, the most ambitious person and the one who wants it the most is the one who always succeeds in this business.   The purpose of this podcast is to give hope and motivation to those who are purs...

I don’t normally advertise getting large events as a Personal Chef, but a regular client requested to have us for her brother’s birthday.    Here’s a walk-through on how I did it and what important points you should remember right at the planning stage up to the execution date of the event.   For a large event, it’s important that you have sufficient manpower. Which as for me, we’re 5 in the team....

In a Personal Chef business, the “finding more clients” phrase should be changed to “find more leads”. As the first step in growing your personal chef business is by getting leads. Leads then turn into paying customers, which is then called “clients”.   Leads are people who are actively looking for personal chef services in what you provide. However, you will need an effective sales process to tur...

How we started and why: In 2018, I was trying to transform and expand my business in different cities. What I found, is that it would be a lot of management on my part so I started to dive in and get in touch with the past chefs that I’ve worked with. In a way, I was trying to get them join the team. They were thrilled and helped me out. But as we got into the details of how they can get involved,...

We have a special episode today as we interview Chef Jerry Peterson, one of the students of the Chefpreneur Masterclass: Online Program.    Today, we talked about his day JOB before being a Personal Chef and how he came across and decided that being a personal chef is where he wants to be in the Culinary Industry. Also, we learned how he started to build his business with the help and guidance of...

What is this one thing that you should master in having a business? It is to know “How to effectively sell”. Let’s say your business is like a car, which needs gas and engine to run. The gas represents the inquiries you receive every day while the engine serves as the selling skill in your business. If your engine is not working properly, the gas is useless and therefore you won’t get to your dest...

So, let’s discuss why are you charging so little for your services. Some might probably say that this is about confidence issues. That they are not yet confident in charging higher because they are still starting out and testing the water.    Simply put, it is natural when starting up a business. People tend to be shy and undersell their services just for the sake to have a sale. BUT, we need to u...

Thank you so much for tuning in! This podcast episode starts off with a question from Lamar of the Chefpreneur Movement group. His question is:    “What are some ways you can think that are effective marketing tips and ways to get new potentially high end and consistent clients?”     First, prior to finding the right client, it is important to know what your brand is all about. Know what your nich...

Thank you so much for tuning in! This podcast episode starts off with a question from Emily of the Chefpreneur Movement group. Her question is:    “Does anyone here in the group offer mostly pastry related services such as in-home baking classes or pop-ups?”.   I personally believe that there is a good opportunity with in-home baking classes! Even more so now because of the rise of social media, a...

If you want to start, grow, or run a Personal Chef business of your own, then you’re in the right place. This is where like-minded chefs come to learn, and listen to all the “in’s and out’s” of the Personal Chef Business. This episode starts with a question from one of our Masterclass students, Michelle Hallet, which she posted in our Chefpreneur Facebook Group ( click here to join our FREE Facebo...