Hi There...
I am a personal chef in upstate NY and I enjoy my work tremendously. It's NOT for everyone. You have to do everything from marketing, to schlepping heavy equipment to writing ad materials and menus to actually cooking the clients' food. Ask me some questions and I'll see what I can offer you in the way of advice. Meanwhile, at least read or join these boards:
http://www.pcnchef.org/cgi-bin/ultim...Prune=0&r=actu This organization seems to be very supportive and not too expensive. They will sell you common sense, which is simply printed out for you. There's a personal chef's book available from Amazon you may want to get, and save yourself several thousand bucks.
I do not recommend The American Personal Chef's Assoc. and definitely do NOT recommend any participation in The United States Personal Chef's Assoc. The latter I did purchase materials from. The former I got their materials free...second hand from a pal of mine who didn't want to be a PC as she'd thought. There are videos with this one. PM me and maybe I'd consider sharing these materials with you. For a discount, of course!