A vetted personal chef collaborates on your menu, shops at your favorite store, cooks in your kitchen, and cleans up. Book one for weekly meal prep, a special occasion dinner, or both. Available in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas — including most surrounding neighborhoods.
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A personal chef collaborates with you to make a menu you'll love, shops for groceries at your favorite store, cooks for you in your kitchen, and leaves it cleaner than they found it.
For busy families who want home-cooked meals without the time cost.
Your chef comes to your home once a week, cooks 4 dinners (about 16 servings — enough for a family of 4), and leaves your kitchen cleaner than they found it.
For groups celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, bachelorette parties, dinner parties.
A chef comes to your home, prepares a 3-course meal for 8 guests, and handles everything from menu to cleanup.
Most of our customers told us they never imagined hiring a personal chef. Here's what they say now.
“My nanny who made meals for us quit and Chef Maurice was an absolute lifesaver.”
After the baby, dinner becomes the part of the day no one has bandwidth for. A chef who knows your family takes it off the list.
“I got a fridge full of mix-and-match dishes and I've been eating like a queen for less than it would have cost to DoorDash McDonald's 8 times.”
A fridge full of meat, veggies, sides, and sauces — built around what you actually like to eat. A weekly chef often costs about what your delivery habit already does.
“She's just been nailing it every single time. I think she just really knows us a lot more now.”
Whole foods, ingredients you can name, and menus that get more dialed in every week.
“5 courses, including one of the best risottos I've ever had. From the personalized menu to the wine pairings to the highest quality of ingredients, everything was perfect.”
A chef brings the restaurant to your home for the night that has to be perfect.
When Craig's son Caiden was born, friends sent delivery gift cards. They came in handy — for the first few days. By week three, the family had eaten enough takeout to last a year, and Craig kept thinking the same thing:
“When Caiden was born, everyone was gifting me DoorDash. But I never needed a home-cooked meal more.”
So he and his cofounder Justin (pictured with his son, Max) built Sous: a way to find a vetted personal chef who comes to your kitchen, cooks the week of dinners you don't have time to cook, and leaves your kitchen cleaner than they found it.
See who's available in your area, browse their work experience and sample menus, and read what their clients say.
Message the chefs you like, talk through your tastes, diet, and kitchen, and build a menu together.
They shop, cook, plate, and leave your kitchen cleaner than they found it.
Every chef on Sous is vetted, ServSafe-certified, and background-checked. They all bring high-end restaurant kitchen backgrounds — we find the best chefs in your area, the ones who pair great food with great hospitality.
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“I was laying in bed one day trying to think of a way to make things better for our life and randomly decided to google how much a personal chef would be. Sous came up — a chef coming to our home to meal prep once a week. My mind was completely blown.”
Your menu, your hours, and your chef all shape what you pay. Below are platform averages — run a search to see instant quotes in your city.
Groceries billed separately as a reimbursement. Your price varies with hours and your chef's rate.
4 dinners Mon–Thurs · family of 4 · 1hr menu planning + 1hr grocery shopping + 4hr in-home cooking & cleanup
Groceries billed separately as a reimbursement. Your price varies with guests, courses, and your chef's rate.
Estimate based on 8 guests · 3 courses · private dining at home
“Pricing works out to what we would pay if we eat out — but our healthy meals are prepared right in our kitchen to our liking.”— Graham S · Read on Google →
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