How to Become a Personal Chef for Bands
A private chef is hired by individuals, families and often celebrities to prepare in-home meals on a daily, weekly or semi-weekly basis. Getting hired to be a personal chef for a band can be a dream job, since it offers interesting perks such as travel and rubbing elbows with professionals in the music world.
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Instructions
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Become a top chef. Attend cooking school, study cookbooks written by master chefs and watch online cooking videos. Develop your own unique cooking style and recipes that will set you apart from other private chefs hoping to be hired by a band.
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Build up a regular clientele that will impress the band with your culinary skill and past experience working as a private chef.
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Contact the band's manager or agent. Let him know that you're seeking employment as a private chef with his band. Impress him with your private chef experience, cooking expertise and willingness to travel with the band while it's touring. Include positive testimonials from your private clients.
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Approach the band when they're performing in your area. Write a letter and present it to the lead band member, along with your résumé that lists your private chef experience. Let the band know the benefits they'd receive if they hire you as a private chef, such as healthy eating (if that's what the band is looking for) while they're on the road. Include sample menus, recipes and raves about your cooking from satisfied private clients.
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Place ads for your private chef service on websites and in magazines that band members read, such as Billboard, Spin and Rolling Stone.
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Tips & Warnings
Before becoming a personal chef, get a safe food-handling license from your local public health department.
