Cooks, Private Household

Also Called: Certified Personal Chef (CPC), Personal Chef, Private Chef

Certificate After High School

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$27,140

Entry Salary

Below Average

Job outlook

What Cooks, Private Household do

Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.

  • Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions.
  • Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils.
  • Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating.
Industry Areas:

Hospitality

Training Program Areas:

Culinary Arts • OCT-Only Hospitality

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Work Context

  • Spend Time Standing
  • Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  • Structured versus Unstructured Work
  • Electronic Mail
  • Freedom to Make Decisions

Tools

  • Domestic knives
  • Domestic kitchen or food thermometers
  • Domestic kitchen spatulas
  • Domestic serving utensils
  • Domestic forks

Technology

Accounting software
Cost tracking software
Intuit QuickBooks
Video creation and editing software
YouTube
Data base user interface and query software
APPCA Personal Chef Office
Cooking e-books

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Service Orientation
  • Management of Material Resources
  • Active Learning
  • Active Listening

Knowledge

Business
customer service
sales and marketing
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
food production
Arts and Humanities
English language

Education

  • 33% Post-secondary certificate
  • 29% High school diploma or equivalent
  • 17% Some college, no degree

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Bakers

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

 Job Training Match

Cooks, Private Household Currently Selected

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

 Job Training Match

Chefs & Head Cooks

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

 Job Training Match

Biological Technicians

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

  • Earle C. Clements - Job Corps

    Morganfield, Kentucky

  • Exeter - Job Corps

    Exeter, Rhode Island

ACT & College

  • Academy of Careers and Technology

    Beckley, WV

  • Acadiana Technical College-Lafayette Campus

    Lafayette, LA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Artistic (Creator)
    • Conventional (Organizer)
    • Realistic (Doer)

Work Styles

  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Independence
  • Cooperation
  • Concern for Others

Values

  • Independence
  • Achievement
  • Relationships

Abilities

  • Hand and Finger Use
  • Ideas and Logic
  • Verbal

This is what Cooks, Private Household across the country typically make.

$13.05 / hour
$27,140 /year

Entry Level

$20.48 / hour
$42,590 /year

Median Level

$42.02 / hour
$87,410 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Below Average

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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