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How much should I charge per meal as a Personal Chef?

I know a personal trainer and I am thinking about becoming a personal chef for his clients. They are mostly on the Paleo diet which deals with lean meats, no dairy, and possible organic foods. He thinks that I should charge somewhere between $7-$10 per meal. Although the meals will be small which will reduce food expenses they still might be high if they want organic food. I feel that I should be making about $7 profit per meal. Should I charge a delivery fee?

Charge by what the food costs plus $20 an hour to prep and cook the food. I think $10 a meal delivered is very cheap-a restaurant would likely charge $15+ for the same sort of specialty item. I would charge something like $20 a month per client for weekly delivery of the food (daily delivery would be far more. You have to figure in your time driving, insurance, fuel and wear and tear on the delivery vehicle-this ain’t cheap for you).

You will need to figure out what the real costs are instead of making an educated guess or else you will likely go into debt fast. Profit = expenses – income.

With this sort of clientele I would not think cost is a big object to them. I mean, if you have the resources to hire a personal chef you know the food ain’t gonna be cheap-this is a real luxury.

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