A few points to consider when thinking about private cooking. You are literally brought into another family's life, witness to the good , bad and ugly. It can be uncomfortable. Possible seasonal relocating(I relocate to the cape every summer, while my wife and 2 babies stay(she's a personal assistant for another family). The ability to be extremely flexible when putting out the food, a phone call can stop the meal for any length, they have plans to go out but don't inform you till dinner time, or they need to eat much earlier, again only informing you at that moment. Guest, extended family members are invited for dinner, you find out at eating time. And the waste...... You'll also find the adage "money doesn't denote class or taste" to be true, their personal tastes and preferences can be deflating. Throw in the constant "new diets" that last days or weeks, you start to get the idea. And thats just describing them. As for the chef, you'll need depth of experience to maintain freshness of meals, meaning knowing multiple ways of preparing ingredients and technical skill to pull it off, unlike a restaurant theres no standard menue to fall back on when you can't think of what to prepare, be willing to take criticisms from children as well as the adults,remember its not about you, and then dealing with other household staff who don't answer to you. These are just a sample of some of the realities of private cooking, I didn't mention the positives, there's many, because thats all you usually hear anyway.
