So far so good. I've had excellent customer service as we've got started. Ryan at their customer service answered my every question and helped me understand the process. Chef Bruce has been a dream so far, I am happy to say. We're still getting our feet under us, in terms of what we really like and need, but that'll come along, I have no doubt. He made lovely dishes for us, talked with me about what we really like, as well as what we avoid (dairy, seafood, some other things we just don't like or prefer not to have in our food). We're setting up our second menu today. Chef Bruce came on time, was in touch about ingredients - he prefers to shop for himself, which makes sense to me, and it's worth the delivery cost to me to have him feel good about what he's cooking. This first time around, things were not as strongly seasoned as I hope the will be in the future, but I'm sure that will come. I'll post another review once we are in the groove. So affordable -- who knew a personal chef would be within reach? If you've ever said, If I hit the jackpot, I'd get a personal chef, check them out. The culinary jackpot may be waiting for you! read more

The chef we were assigned is a joy to work with and accommodating to our family's meal preferences. However, the salted chef platform and service is abysmal. Communication is horrific. Itemized documentation for charges does not exist. No one answers the phone. Email responses take days to receive. The program has potential, but it needs leadership, transparency, and accountability. Very disappointed in the customer service and feel terribly for the chef's who trust this program to have integrity and decent customer service. read more

I worked with Ryan at salted Chef for over six weeks on the menu that would accommodate all the food allergies in our 10 person family group who would be staying in Eden Utah over New Year's 2025. Ryan was very responsive. Barely a week before the meal was to be prepared, and after I had been told, the chef would be arriving at 1 PM on the day I was told that there was no chef. The chef had canceled and he could not reassign another chef. There was no recourse, we had already purchased some of the items for the meal. Do not work with this group, unless you have a commitment in writing with penalties if they cancel. read more

We scheduled two meals with Ryan at the salted chef. Checked and rechecked menus. Both nights menu's were approved and three days before our first dinner for 18 people, I got a text simply stating, there would be no chef coming.... for either night. I did not get a reason or an excuse, just 'thank you for understanding' which I did not. If you need to count on a chef, do not book The Salted Chef. read more

I have a really great experience with Salted Chef. I've been stressed about my diet lately and have lost the desire to cook (which I normally love!) and needed some help getting on track. I found Salted Chef and Ryan was communicative right away. I was able to be very specific with my dietary requests (weight loss, clean eating, no dairy or soy etc) and they sent a proposed menu. I was able to review and pick what I wanted and didn't and chef Dylan was available for my grocery shop questions. I chose to shop for myself but might have them do it next time. Chef Dylan arrived on time and was very polite. He kept my kitchen clean and did all the dishes. The food was delicious and I was very happy with the portions and flavors. Most importantly it was affordable, easy to work with them and made my Week stress-free when it came to my meals. Will definitely schedule again. read more

Salted Chef - Not the prettiest but this salmon and green beans was out if this world. Will 100% order this meal again - Personal Chefs Near Me

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Chef Tony was amazing. We were really happy with the service - he cooked delicious food that met our family's patchwork of dietary preferences and varying food allergy issues and left our kitchen sparkling clean. The price was really reasonable for the service provided. read more

As a salted chef employee I really enjoyed partnership with them.. my last Cilent really enjoyed my service. And really enjoyed the meals I prepared.. the clients wants me back as a permanent personal chef ‍ read more

Chef Justin prepared a beautiful, Romantic meal for me and my husband. Everything was so perfect and taste delicious. He himself was a delight to be around and even watch as he prepared everything. We will do this again. Thank you read more

My husband and I received a Salted Chef gift certificate for 3 different visits each which prepared servings for 4 of 3 main dishes and a side. If you live in the Bullhead AZ vicinity, you are in luck. CHOOSE Chef KLAUS! Klaus consulted with me in matching us to his specialties. He shopped organic as much as possible and used his connections with a local butcher to be sure that the salmon, steaks and chicken were top quality. Klaus arrived early so we could get to know him better. We learned that Klaus received culinary training at age 13 as a vocational choice in German schools. Then he received more training in Germany's Merchant Marines. His experiences in Australia, the Bahamas, the Marriott Hotels gave him experiences beyond the average chef. Klaus has perfect timing and comes prepared with the ingredients ready to go. He taught me as I asked questions and with all the extra ingredients left behind I am motivated to be a smarter cook. Our friends, my husband and I are looking forward to Klaus's next 2 visits. read more

The Salted Chef - a 10 Chef Jason came and did his magic!!! He quickly and artfully created 16 delicous, fresh, healthy meals for us. We refrigerated some and froze the rest. Chose from an amazing list of dietary options...gluten free, paleo, low carb, low fat, non dairy, traditional, low calorie. The fresh ingredients, Chef's knowledge, and recipes are the winning combination. Very excited for our next visit! read more

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We love our Chef Joseph. The food is amazing and it saves me a ton of work. I don't enjoy cooking so this service is really helpful. The only thing I'd like are the macros broken down so we know what we're eating per serving. They may have this somewhere already, but it should be on the menus. read more

I've been at my wit's end. Between doctoral work, my full-time job, my husband's job, his outside commitments, and the stress of life during the pandemic, we have EACH gained the COVID 50+. It's way past time to get back into healthy eating habits. I reached out to Ryan at the Salted Chef to try out a personal chef. I am so glad I did! Chef Robert prepared 32 delicious meals, completed prepped and ready to go. Not only was the food delicious (and per our dietary needs), but the amount of time I've saved has been invaluable. Chef Robert even cleaned the kitchen when he was done! I am a very happy customer, and look forward to many more delicious meals! read more

Great experience with the first chef visit and scheduled another. Very experienced chef. Reasonably priced and good communication, Ryan was responsive. Excited to have more delicious meals! read more

Used salted chef for a private home party. The entire experience was seamless and we could not be more satisfied with their service. Chef Alicia was fantastic from her charming personality to her amazing skills in the kitchen. Thank you thank you! read more

I decided to try Salted Chef after it was recommended by some of my friends. I have been using Hello Fresh, which we like, but you still have to prepare. I really wanted to try something that would already be prepared and ready for us to reheat. The chef came and worked independently. She was very professional. She made the three meals that I requested and left the receipt for the food she had purchased to make the meals. After a few hours, I had three delicious meals to enjoy with my family! I will definitely be using them again! read more

This is a personal cooking service. I tried it once and it went very well. Chef Jamie called me on the phone day before coming in and we confirmed all details with her, she also gave great nutrition suggestion. Food was yummy and Chef Jamie cleaned the kitchen after using it. read more

My family surprised me with a chef for my birthday! Chef Nadine was punctual and polite. Food was delicious! My only con was the portion size for the entree was too large. We had so much left overs that we asked for the food to be packaged up. Other than that I definitely recommend Salted Chef for your personal chef needs. They truly cater to your needs. We were in the Poconos, PA! read more

We had reserved to have Salted Chef do two nights for us for a big family vacation. For the first night we received a text from the chef that his flight was delayed and he would not make it. We rolled with it for the first night. Then on the next day, the chef texted again claiming same excuse that flight was canceled and couldn't make it. To make matters worse, the owner Ryan had no idea that the chef had canceled on us AND when one of us called, he said he would call back in 5 minutes, and he never called us back. read more

This service is great. I hate cooking and I'm very busy, so it was a real treat having someone come and cook delicious food in my own home. The chef was punctual, professional and the food was delicious and reasonably priced. I will definitely use this service again. read more

When I went back to work after maternity leave I wanted to find a way for us to continue to eat healthily without having to cook every night. I found Salted Chef and they paired me with Chefs Brian and Kristina (husband and wife). Our meals are delicious and nutritious and have been a lifesaver! read more

I have been working with Chef Ryan on developing a meal plan for my Mom and Dad. My family is getting older and my mom has always been the cook of the house. As she is getting older it's harder for her to make meals and my father does not like to cook. Ryan provides 5 meals a week for them and comes twice a week. The meals are very convenient and they are very happy that we finally got this figured out! read more

We booked this company for a dinner party for my birthday. We had a multi coarse meal planned for ten people. An hour before the chef was supposed to show up he called and cancelled stating he was never sent money from the company to buy groceries. He could have called earlier in the day. We were left with a house full of people and no food. Completely unprofessional, rude, and I would highly encourage you not to book them. read more

I am impressed with Salted Chef. I have medical issues and needed a specific diet plan. I wrote and spoke with Ryan with Salted Chef. We worked out a plan. The Chef came to meet us. He was on time and thorough! His name is Chef Colin. We had our first 4 entrees prepared along with dessert and an extra side salad. It is delicious! It was nice to smell food cooking throughout the house. Chef Colin is professional and a great communicator. Ryan responds to emails promptly and clear communication. Thanks Salted Chef! I will refer friends! read more

Service with Salted chef for my daughter's bachelorette party was amazing from beginning to end. Ryan was very easy to work with & Super quick responses. Being out of town in an air bnb in Nashville we had nothing great to work with in the kitchen. Chef Danny made it work! We didn't have to worry about a thing. They came up with a menu, shopped for everything, presented a beautiful display of food. We couldn't have been happier. Thanks again! read more

We're a busy family and I needed to take the pressure off of me to come up with recipes daily/weekly, grocery shop, and cook every night. Just not my strength. This cooking service was exactly what I needed. Ryan was super helpful and seems to work pretty hard. (He responded to my emails over the weekend.) Chef Francesca was great. She cooked, portioned the meals into containers, and cleaned up. The food was awesome. There's a minimum of 8 service visits so fingers' crossed this business relationship with Salted Chef and the chef keeps going well. read more

Food was awesome. Service was exceptional. And we will definitely use Salted Chef again and again! AND was less expensive than dinner out at restaurant for 5! Best dinner we've had in a long time! And no designated driver needed :) read more

Pretty disappointed.... our food was very cold. We waited about 20-30 minutes between courses. I almost felt like maybe they didn't buy enough groceries to feed all of us because we got the bare minimum on our plates. The chef was almost 1 1/2 hours late which made for a lot of hangry individuals. While we have called and emailed Ryan numerous times & as much as we don't want to pay due to the experience, we can't even get an invoice to see what we owe.... just extra frustrating as out of town guests who just wanted to experience the "private chef" route. read more

This is the first time using a personal chef. In the past we've always used a caterer but the caterer fell through so we called them last minute.I used Salted Chef to help with a family Christmas party. There was a total of 12 of us and we had a four-course meal. Everything was phenomenal. The presentation was excellent, the food tasted great and our Chef was very personable. The price worked out similar to a caterer and there was more customization than our experience in the past. read more

I contacted Salted Chef in a panic when a company I was originally working with cancelled on me less than a week before my event. I emailed them on a Sunday evening and had a response Monday morning. They quickly put together a menu for me to review and were so patient with my alteration requests to that menu. The front end business part of this transaction was seamless! The chef assigned to my event, Jaren, executed everything perfectly! He called and consulted with me a few days prior to the event to make sure we were on the same page with everything, he was on time and extremely kind and easy to work with. The food was AMAZING!!! I would definitely recommend Salted Chef and Jaren. If I ever need to use a private chef service again, I would go directly to them. read more

So disappointed! I was very interested in this service, but I couldn't even get to the phone call stage! I was planning a dinner for 6 ladies and contacted the company 4-5 weeks before the din er date. I got an email back the next day with instructions to call. The 800 number didn't work (odd). I emailed back to call me that day. No response. I got another email the following day with apologies. Ok. Ryan was going to call. Nope - it never happened. A few days later, I emailed again saying I didn't get my call back. Again, no response. I guess it's great to have so much work you can afford to turn a gig down and treat a potential client badly. read more

I was gifted a service from Salted Chef for Christmas. It was a delightful gift. We had some family friends come over and they catered a nice 3 course menu for us. The main dish was a surf and turf and it was cooked perfectly. For dessert we had a chocolate lava cake! So Yummy!! read more

Chef Julianna did a great job for my parents. I purchased a gift certificate for Christmas and I am glad I did. We will be using their services, and hopefully Chef Julianna again!! read more

I'm leaving this review as a chef who performed a catering recently for this company. This is my honest review and I think it's good for people to be honest. I was contacted by Ryan and he informed me I would be paid a agreed amount to execute this dinner, after I had some suspicions and felt slightly reluctant to do the catering I decided to do it anyway. Well when it came to getting paid I was NOT paid the agreed amount. My service was not the issue the client left fantastic reviews on my own Facebook page, and I've been doing this for more than half my life I know when I have a good night. So I emailed Ryan to ask him if there was just a mix up in pay roll, you would think someone who wants to act so professional would at least email me back but we are Days Inn and I haven't heard anything? Ryan why won't you email me back? What a joke, they use people to get there jobs done and then after the job is done good bye like a rotten case of chicken in the dumpster. they were emailing me back within minutes days before that party. Just think about that for a min, that's sloppy work if I've ever known it, money hungry punks, your better off finding a chef and hiring them yourself. Bon appétit thank you have a nice day... read more

I recently moved to the area for work and not really wanting to cook for myself I hired the services of salted chef. The communication was fine and since Ryan and Glenn both encouraged me to communicate with my Chef for menu development to suit my needs as well as scheduling there was never a problem. I read some of the other reviews and what they all lacked was communicating directly with the chef. When I transfer elsewhere for work I will use their service again. read more

No show at my house and no contact number for the chef was provided! Ryan took all my information, etc. He seemed nice on the phone but no one showed up. Truly frustrated. read more

I've been using the Salted Chef service for a little over a year. I hate to cook but love good food. Thank goodness for my Chef!!

We rented a house for a family get to together with my 4 adult children. Salted Chef help make this a very memorable experience. The food was great. Chef Nadine was very professional. Everything to prepared to our satisfaction. She paired 3 great wines with our meal, left the kitchen spotless and had a great personality. Would do this again. read more

We hired a chef for a corporate event through Salted Chef. First, she called to let us know she would be an hour and a half late because she got a late start and forgot ingredients at the grocery store. I got a call from her 30 minutes before dinner was supposed to be served to let me know she was having trouble finding the location. At the time dinner was to be served she called to let me know she was heading back and would not make it to our location. I called the company and they were unable to get in touch with her. Salted Chef never followed up to see how they could repair the situation or apologize. Super frustrating experience. read more

I had a similar experience to one of the other reviewers. Went back and forth over email with Ryan and he set up a preview call to get more info on diet etc. He said he would email me a menu and then I never heard from them. I emailed him 2 more times but never got a reply. Absolutely the worst customer service. I can't comment on the food because we never got to taste it! read more

I'm leaving this review as a chef who performed a catering recently for this company. This is my honest review and I think it's good for people to be honest. I've worked in the industry for a solid 23years from fine dinning to owning my own casual catering and food truck, I've built a good reputation, and I've shed way too many blood sweat and tears into my career and it's paid off enough that I feel like I have the right to speak up like this. I was contacted by Ryan and he informed me I would be paid a agreed amount to execute this dinner, after I had some suspicions and felt slightly reluctant to do the catering I decided to do it anyway. Well when it came to getting paid I was NOT paid the agreed amount. My service was not the issue the client left fantastic reviews on my own Facebook page, and I've been doing this for more than half my life I know when I have a good night. So I emailed Ryan to ask him if there was just a mix up in pay roll, you would think someone who wants to act so professional would at least email me back but we are Days Inn and I haven't heard anything? Ryan why won't you email me back? What a joke, they use people to get there jobs done and then after the job is done good bye like a rotten case of chicken in the dumpster. they were emailing me back within minutes days before that party. Just think about that for a min, that's sloppy work if I've ever known it, money hungry punks, your better off finding a chef and hiring them yourself. read more