What is a Personal Chef Service? Dinner Is Served Personal Chef Service is your answer to providing you with great tasting, healthful, affordable meals in the comfort of your home without the daily grind of shopping and cooking. I offer the convenience of meal preparation in your home, typically consisting of two week’s worth of meals, a Personal Chef Service includes: Customized Menu PlanningLove pasta? Hate onions? Not enough garlic? A Personal Chef Service takes the time to learn your individual needs and preferences. I use this information to create delicious meals personalized to your individual tastes. Grocery ShoppingDon't have time to stop at the store and wait in line? A Personal Chef Service performs the shopping for you. I purchase the freshest and finest ingredients just before coming to your home and preparing your meals. In-Home Meal PreparationTired of the hassle in preparing meals every day? A Personal Chef comes to your home with everything needed and prepares multiple personalized meals in your kitchen. Storage and CleanupDirty sink, pots and pans, greasy stove? The Personal Chef packages and stores your meals in disposable container that can be heated in the microwave or oven, and stored in your refrigerator or freezer. I leave your kitchen sparkling clean and your home filled with aromas of freshly prepared foods. EnjoymentViola! Bon Appétit! You're Done! Simply heat up one of your many prepared meals and enjoy the added free time and the fruits of Your Personal Chef's labor.   ...read more

I am finally finding the clients I have been after, since restarting my business at the Delaware beaches. My new niche is retired couples who want to stay in their home, but no longer want the planning, shopping and cooking of meals. Some have physical or health issues that makes cooking a pain. What I like is the one level living. No steps when hauling in my equipment into their kitchen.   For my latest clients the wife loves everything but her husband is a little picky. We came up with six entrees. Three for her and three for him. They end up with twelve meals plus sides for each of them.   Her menu: Sweet Bourbon Salmon, Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast, Philly Beefsteak Marinara, Lemon Asparagus, Basil Roasted Vegetables.   His menu: Beef Stroganoff, Fish Fillets with Florentine Topping, Sesame Beef Stir Fry, fragrant brown Rice, Asparagus.   ...read more

What's for dinner? These are often the first words spoken upon returning home in the evening. Now the answer can be as easy as a trip to the freezer. Betty Burleigh moved to Lewes in August to bring her business, Dinner is Served, to the beach community. She goes to her client's kitchen and prepares from 10 to 20 meals and a few side dishes, which she packages in disposable containers and puts in the freezer. When the homeowner returns home, the meals can be microwaved or baked and ready for dinner in 30 minutes or less. “When I meet the clients, I do a food questionaire with them to find out their diet and food allergies,” Burleigh said. “From there, we decide on the menu.” Burleigh purchases the items needed, cooks and cleans up. Each microwavable container is labeled with reheating instructions, she said. ...read more