Posts by Laprise

For many years I was in the rat race to BECOME!! Now at 41 years old, I am very happy to be a private chef for hire. I cook for dinner parties and give private cooking classes in people's home and LOVE every minute of it! CLients ask...

Anytime you start a new job, it's a time for you to find out if you like the work environment and for them to see if they like you and your work. The first 2 to 3 months should give you a pretty good idea. It's hard to see a menu and...

Google Analytics is the best to help you target your clients. check it out. I have set up my website with it, and now I get great reports and I rank highier. Most restaurant have website now, so if you know more about ranking it...

there is enough places in needs of cooks, you should not do it for free. You should never work for free by principal. If you get hurt, you need to be a normal employee to get insurance to cover you. When you say for free to an...

Follow your passion, but do understand that the schedule is way different and the money too. Lief is too short to be wanting a change a your life. Go for it NOW. Make sure to have a talk with your wife before hand as this change will...

Most employees accross America, when asked about what did would like to change about their job, the number one thing was not more money, but a better schedule. SO, to all the chefs and futute chefs keep this in mind, the schedule is a...

I would charge $35 an hour! Keep track of every hour you work on it! Once you are done look at the total and decide if you want to give this friend a break with a discount. But make sure your friend see how much time you did spend on...

I am a private chef and I have found that my website is the most important marketing tool for my company. The only issue is that people need to find my website or else it is absolutely useless! So my questions is this::D Does anyone...

Maybe in Las Vegas! Salary can very a fair bit from one area to another. BUT in general, fresh out of school cook don't make loads of money in our industry. Now, it is all relative, high money for you may not mean high money for...

I would like this thread to be used for learning : SO I will kick it off with this... It was proven scientificaly that chopped onions will caramelize faster if you had salt at the beggining.:smiles: Anyone else want to share...