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Seattle Personal Chef Pricing

Down to Earth Cuisine uses a simple, transparent pricing model. We have different pricing for weekly meal prep and private dinners. If you have any questions or special requests, give us a call and we’ll be happy to help.

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Weekly Meal Prep

How Much is a Personal Chef in Seattle?

Most personal chefs charge by the hour. In Seattle the typical range is $75–125 per hour. At Down to Earth Cuisine, our flat rate is $95 per hour.

Meal Preparation: 3.5–6.5 hours

Depending on the number of meals, complexity, and number of people we’re cooking for.

Menu Design & Shopping: 1–1.5 hours

Time to plan your menu, source ingredients, and travel to your home.

Ingredients: $60–$130

Total cost of ingredients per week, depending on protein choices, organic produce, and grocery store.

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Private Dinners

Private Dinner Service Pricing

You can hire a chef for a private dinner party or special event in the Seattle area. The service includes menu design, planning, shopping for ingredients, in-home preparation of every course, plated or buffet service, and cleanup.

Our starting price is $175 per guest for a 3-course meal with an 8-guest minimum. Additional courses available at $25 per guest.

Is It Worth It?

Hiring a personal chef pays back in four ways

When you weigh hiring a chef against the time, energy, and cost of feeding yourself well, the math usually surprises people.

1

Convenient food

Healthy meals waiting in your fridge, ready to enjoy. No grocery runs, no last-minute scramble, no “what’s for dinner?”

2

Time saver

Most clients save 6–10 hours a week. That’s time back for family, work, exercise, or just quiet evenings.

3

Dietary needs

Cooking for restrictions or specific goals is hard. Your chef builds menus around what you actually need to eat.

4

Quality of meals

Restaurant-grade technique with home-grade ingredients. The result tastes like a meal you’d order out, but with food you’d cook for yourself.

Experience Something New

Are you tired of eating the same things?

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

We have caught up to the realization that food doesn’t need to be repetitive or boring. Every day can be a new experience . incredible flavors and textures . if you have the right people in your kitchen. It might just change how you feel about food itself.

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