We are thrilled to share a wonderful opportunity to work with a truly lovely family in Palos Verdes! This household includes a couple and their two young boys. The family follows a gluten-free, healthy diet due to the father’s celiac disease, and they are seeking a reliable, skilled chef for a hybrid cooking role once a week.

The chef will cook and serve a fresh meal in the home, and will also prepare additional meals for the week that the family can easily enjoy later. This is a hands-on cooking day rather than a pure drop-off role.

To start, the family would like to commit to one month. It’s very likely they will continue afterward, but for now, the initial agreement will cover the first month so everyone can make sure the rhythm and fit feel just right.

The ideal candidate will prepare clean, simple, healthy meals that are flavorful, safe, and fully gluten-free. This is a wonderful opportunity to cook for a family who truly values nutritious, thoughtfully prepared food.

The ideal candidate is:
• Experienced in gluten-free cooking, ideally with celiac clients
• Warm, reliable, and highly organized
• Equipped with stellar references and a clear background
• Based in or near Palos Verdes

Compensation: Hourly, commensurate with experience

To Apply: Please send an updated resume and your hourly rate to help@thehelpcompany.com.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thoughtful family who appreciates consistency, quality, and a love of healthy, delicious food!

An amazing family is seeking a full-time experienced chef who can prepare healthy, balanced, and hearty meals — family-friendly but elevated.

Schedule: Thursday through Sunday, with a focus on lunch and dinner. The family occasionally hosts parties or gatherings, but will provide advance notice and arrange additional help for those events.

This is a fully staffed home:

• Lunch: typically for up to 4 adults
• Dinner: typically for 8 (2 adults, 2 teens, 2 children, 2 nannies)
• Morning: ideally, leave grab-and-go options such as fruit, yogurt, smoothies, etc.

If interested, please share your hourly rate!

We’re looking for a friendly, talented Chef to cook dinners for a fun Sherman Oaks family! They have three teenage boys and a busy household, so we’re hoping to find someone who can handle the dinner flow 3–4 days a week — shopping, cooking, serving, and leaving the kitchen spotless. They like to keep things simple: fresh, healthy, down-to-earth family meals – just good food made with care.
Hours are roughly 4–8 PM, and you’d be working with a really kind, easygoing family.
If this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you!

Please reach out to Lauren@thehelpcompany.com if you are interested!

The loveliest young family in Brentwood is looking for a 2 day a week part-time chef to make their busy lives a little yummier! They have a toddler and a newborn (not yet eating) and would love healthy, simple meals for the whole family.

The role is all about keeping life easy and delicious!

• Come in two days a week (ideally spread out) to cook dinners and wrap them by 5–6 pm.
• Prepare extra meals for the days in between so mom, dad, and toddler have nourishing food ready to go!
• Manage grocery shopping, pantry organization, and fridge maintenance to keep the kitchen stocked with fresh, wholesome ingredients.

We’re looking for someone with culinary training or classes, private home experience, glowing references, and a clean background check.

Please include your available days and hourly rate when applying!

Thank you!

Family of 3 (2 year old) in Anaheim is seeking a professional, experienced, creative, and detail-oriented full-time private chef. The weekly schedule for the position is five days per week, which includes a combination of weekdays and weekends. 2 days off per week may or may not be in sequence.Flexibility to work holidays and small events dinner parties is required for this position. Private chef is expected to prepare healthy, low-fat, and low-salt meals for family (as well as any guests visiting family) from scratch, for lunch and dinner. Ideal candidate has a culinary certificate or degree, 2 plus years of consistent and recent domestic experience as a full-time private chef, knowledgeable and experienced with clean and healthy cooking, experienced following specific allergies and dietary restrictions preferences, understands the importance of maintaining discretion, discreet and calm demeanor, comfortable working around children

QUALIFICATIONS:
● Highly organized, extremely neat and tidy, detail oriented, proactive, excellent time management, efficient, and service focused

● Efficiently communicate, attentively listen, accept directions, ask questions, work well with others, and demonstrate a desire to be part of a team.

● Positive attitude and ability to handle private chef responsibilities with ease and calm demeanor
● Proven record in high-end, nutrition-focused cooking.
● Clean and tidy kitchen. (eg, tidy station throughout the day, maintain non-work surface stainless in a polished condition, clean countertops, stove top, wipe down oven, sanitize kitchen sink, Empty trash bins end of day as needed, and floor mopped end of day).
● Ability to be discreet with respect for family’s privacy (confidentiality agreement (NDA) is required)

COMPENSATION:
● Gross annual salary (based on experience and qualifications)
● Discretionary annual bonus (performance evaluation required quarterly)

● Health insurance coverage

● 10 days vacation paid to coincide with family vacation
● Accrued sick days.

Benefits

● Health insurance
● Vision insurance
● Paid time off

Please read the job description carefully and kindly apply with your cover letter, resume, references (email address and phone number), letter(s) of recommendation, food portfolio or photos, and menu examples if you feel that you meet all of the requirements. We look forward to hearing from you.

claudia@thehelpcompany.com

A super lovely family in Brentwood is hoping to engage a talented chef to provide drop-off meals twice a month between now and mid-December. The days are flexible, and meals will typically be prepared for about six people.

In addition, the family is hosting a special sit-down dinner for 12–14 family members on October 18th. They would love a chef who can create a menu that feels beautiful, healthy, and celebratory — nothing overly formal or fussy, just delicious food! For this evening, they would also love it if you have someone who can assist with serving and clean-up.

The family will be away from mid-December through April but may wish to resume chef services upon their return.

This is a wonderful role for a chef who is between full-time positions or looking to pick up extra work with a warm and gracious household.

Because this is a short-term role that begins right away, we are only considering chefs who have already been interviewed and are currently in our system.

If you’re interested, please email your general availability and hourly rate to katie@thehelpcompany.com.

Thanks so much!