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Adam did an incredible job making some custom cookies for me exactly as I needed. Taste great too

Bake 50 small cookies with frosting

$200

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Buy a few Roses & Candle and take to Morris Jones

$45

Megan picked up a beautiful cake for me and delivery it just like I requested. She’s reliable and easy to chat with. Will definitely go back to her.

Birthday cake pay, pickup and delivery

$80

Nina was the perfect Tasker! I absolutely loved my Egyptian cooking lesson with her. She was organised, kind, friendly, everything was planned so well. I would highly recommend booking Nina!

Cooking lesson (Turkish, Persian, Egyptian or other)

$90

The cake is so cute and yummy!!! Cas is also easy to talk! Thank u for tge beautiful cake

Looking for a baker who can make a MIFFY Cake theme

$150

Amazing! Couldn’t not recommend enough. So professional and did everything perfectly

Decorate a room for a birthday

$200

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Cooking is one of those skills that takes a moment to learn but a lifetime to master. Those who choose to master it over a lifetime are generally highly sought after, and for good reason.

Whether you’re a catering company who needs a chef to help serve up food at a gala event, a restaurant who requires the short term assistance of a chef while they search for a long term staffer, or perhaps even a hopeless romantic who wants to engage the services of a private chef to make an anniversary particularly special, you can now gain access to a huge amount of talent, and all at the click of a button.

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Professional cooks usually have previous kitchen experience or qualifications. They’re paid to prepare food, either in a commercial environment, in people’s homes as a personal cook, or they may work from their own kitchen at home.

Yes. Most cooks specialise in a particular type of cooking, like baking, seafood, gluten-free, vegan, steaming, frying, or even a particular cuisine.

A professional cook doesn’t necessarily need any set qualifications, but it’s common for professional chefs to hold a certificate or have some work experience in a professional kitchen.

Professional cooks can give you a restaurant quality meal but in the comfort (and convenience) of your own home. If you’re hosting a dinner party, it means you can spend more time with your guests and minimise the clean up afterwards.

This will depend on whether your cook is assembling the meal at your place or at theirs. Generally, private catering chefs will bring all the ingredients, along with any specific appliances they need. However, they may use your basic utensils and servingware.

The price for a professional or personal cook is usually between $70-$200 when you hire through Airtasker. It could be more or less than this, depending on how many people they need to cater for, the cost of ingredients, and the time it’ll take them to prepare the meal.


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What do cooking services include?

You can hire a cook to provide food for a range of meals and occasions, from home cooking and meal prep to specialty cooking and even dinner party catering. You can arrange cooking services to happen in your own kitchen or your cook can bring the food ready-prepared. Your chef will take care of everything from buying ingredients to cleaning up. Here’s what you can expect depending on your cooking service:

Home cooking
Want fresh meals in your home? Your home chef can either offer regular home cooking services where they cook multiple nights per week, or provide a one-off meal if you just need occasional help. Your private chef will ask if you have any food preferences or intolerances, how many people they need to cook for, and what appliances and equipment they can use. They’ll usually plan the meals ahead of time, purchase the ingredients, and freshly cook the meals in your kitchen, and then clean up before they go.

Baking
Want to impress your best friend with an amazing cake for her birthday party? Or perhaps it’s your turn to bring some baking to work for morning tea? Hire a pastry chef or professional baker to create a cake, biscuits, muffins, or something else tasty. They’ll ask you how many people you’re baking for, any flavour preferences, and any special decorations you’d like. Your baker will bake at their place and deliver the finished product to your home or office once it’s ready.

Dinner party chef
If you’re planning a dinner party with friends, why not hire a dinner party chef to help take all the stress out of hosting? Your professional cook will contact you to confirm the number of guests, what courses/canapes you’d like, and whether the event is formal or informal. They’ll usually prepare most of the food where the event is being held (whether at your home or at a venue) and clean up the kitchen after they’re done.

Specialty cooking
Cooking paleo, vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free can be a challenge, whether it’s for yourself, a family member, or for an event you’re catering. Fortunately, many cooks are experienced with a range of different food requirements, including food intolerances, special diets, and allergies. When you hire a cook, they’ll choose recipes and ingredients that are suitable, confirming any dietary requirements before they get started. They’ll be careful to avoid cross-contamination if they’re preparing alternative meals for certain members of your family or party.

Meal preparation & planning
If you struggle to come up with meal ideas and always find yourself short of time throughout the week, why not hire a cook to prep your meals for the week? Your personal cook will confirm how many meals you’d like, the number of people, and if you have any preferences. They’ll choose meals that keep well and are easy to store, and taste great fresh or reheated. They’ll either prepare the food in your kitchen (cleaning up afterwards) or drop your freshly prepared meals off when they’re done, packaged and ready for the fridge or freezer.

Recent Cooking tasks

Cake (Climbing theme)

$150

Mount Waverley VIC, Australia

12th Aug 2025

Rock climbing first birthday theme cake Key Elements – Climbing wall, ropes, mountains, harnesses, colorful holds. Two tiers – bottom tier as a grey climbing wall with colorful holds and ropes, top tier as a mountain peak with a small climber figurine. Colors: pink, purple, teal, yellow.

Catering Wednesday

$195

Burwood NSW, Australia

12th Aug 2025

Catering Wednesday from Burwood - View all the details of this offer: https://www.airtasker.com/offers/01K2E35CW5HRNKKVBBYN6G4P01

Chef for Dinner and degustation 5 course for 6-8 people

$600

Caulfield North VIC 3161, Australia

12th Aug 2025

full chefs kitchen avalible , course

Cook my meal prep

$100

Karawatha QLD 4117, Australia

12th Aug 2025

I’ll provide the recipes and ingredients. I just need someone to meal prep all my food It will be 20 plates of simple meal prep - all new cooking equipment will be provided

Housekeeper and meal prep

$120

Queens Park NSW, Australia

11th Aug 2025

Looking for a reliable, organised person to help with: - Laundry (wash, hang/dry, fold, put away) - Tidying - Basic meal prep (dinners, salads/soups, school lunches & snacks) - other general household tasks as needed Potential ongoing weekly role on Monday afternoons in Queens Park. Looking for someone who is trustworthy, proactive and independent. Please share your experience, availability and hourly rate.

Help with cleaning small house and meal prep.

$150

Neutral Bay, New South Wales

11th Aug 2025

Mum who needs some extra help with housekeeping and meal prep for family.

Meal Preparation

$80

Richmond VIC 3121, Australia

11th Aug 2025

Prepare some simple meals / snacks for our freezer. This will help our family get through our busy schedules. Cooked & Frozen - egg & vegetable breakfast tarts x 6 - egg & bacon & veg breakfast tarts x 6 - capsicum & onion sauce x 6 portions - wilted greens x 4 serves - chicken & veg soup - 6 serves Frozen Uncooked - Chicken & veg burgers x 6 We will supply the recipes. You supply the ingredients, cook and deliver to us in Richmond on Friday, or Blairgowrie on Weekend. But needs to be organic vegetables, high quality free range eggs and meat - we can reimburse the value of your receipts. The choice of ingredients is important to us. This suits someone with attention to detail, food hygiene, and timeliness. If it goes well, this will be a fortnightly repeat job. Price excludes ingredients, will reimburse you for the cost of these on top of the task price.

Connie was awesome. Clear communication, punctual, clean and asked questions when the details of the task weren't clear. Best of all our meals tasted great. 100% would hire again!

Weekly Household Support – Meal Prep, Laundry & Light Tidying

$30

Altona North VIC 3025, Australia

11th Aug 2025

We’re a busy family looking for a reliable and friendly person to help us keep on top of household tasks each week. Tasks include: Meal prep for 4 family dinners (recipes & groceries provided) Laundry (wash, dry, fold, and put away) Change and wash kids’ bed sheets fortnightly Light tidying and organisation around the house (kids’ spaces, kitchen, living areas, etc.) Details: Located in Altona North Approx. 5 hours per week (can be done in 1 -2 visits) All cleaning/laundry supplies and groceries for meal prep provided Must have similar previous experience and be comfortable working in a family home and must have your own transport. Must be OK with friendly dogs Happy to conduct a police check if required We’re looking for someone trustworthy, organised, and efficient who can help us maintain a smooth household routine while keeping our spaces tidy and functional. When: Flexible start – ideally within the next 2 weeks. Rate is hourly and non negotiable and does not include any additional benefits. If this sounds like you, please get in touch with a bit about yourself and your relevant experience.

Mud kitchen

$75

Morley WA 6062, Australia

27th Jul 2025

Mud kitchen pickup 5pm. Pickup doubleview. Drop off embelton/morley - View all the details of this offer: https://www.airtasker.com/offers/01K15Y8GGG1R6Z5RN596ZDXBS5

Thanks Tre. Legend. Did the job as requested. Great communication and very reliable. Will book again. Highly recommend

Barbie decorated birthday cupcakes

$5

Banks ACT 2906, Australia

23rd Jul 2025

Need approximately 8 large sized cupcakes, with Barbie decorations

Annette has such an attention to detail, pleasure to work with, I'd highly recommend!

Looking for a Cook/Meal Planner – Weekly Help

$150

Applecross WA 6153, Australia

16th Jul 2025

Hi! I'm trialing the idea of having someone come in once a week to help with meals and general kitchen upkeep. The main goal is to ensure I have access to good food and a well-stocked, functional kitchen. Here’s what I’m looking for: * Plan and prepare a meal based on what’s available in the kitchen * Use my phone and Uber to order groceries if needed, pick them up, and put them away * Refresh fruit supplies and toss out anything expired * Help maintain a stocked and organized fridge * Gradually reorganize the kitchen over time to make it more user-friendly There’s a friendly dog on the property—she might hang around, but if she’s in the way, we can keep her out of the kitchen during your visit. This is a flexible role and a bit of an experiment, so I’d love to hear from you if you’re open-minded, reliable, and enjoy helping create calm, functional spaces. Thanks!

Exceptionally quick and professional service.

Weekly Meal Prep (Family of 3 ) Healthy & Dairy-Free

$100

Altona VIC, Australia

16th Jul 2025

We’re looking for a reliable, experienced home cook or chef to prepare a week’s worth of healthy meals for our family (2 adults + 1 toddler) in our home in Altona on a Wednesday. What we need: * 4 x family dinners (cooked in double portions to last 2 nights each) e.g. curry, stir fry, pasta dish etc. * 1 x lunch meal prepped in bulk (for 2 adults, 5 days e.g. chicken rice veg) * 2 x baked healthy snacks (e.g. muffins, oat bars) * All meals must be dairy-free and made with natural ingredients * Access to slow cooker, rice cooker, food blender. We’ll provide: * Grocery ingredients (we do the shop). * All cooking equipment + kitchen access * Optional - we have a 4 weekly rotation of recipes (we have a Trello board of simple, family-friendly dishes.) Open to you creating your own menus though. You’ll provide: * Meal prep and cooking in our home * Efficient kitchen use and portioning of meals into containers * Cleaning up after yourself Time Required: Approx. 3 hours weekly on Wednesday Experience: * Home cooks or chefs with family-style cooking experience * Familiar with batch cooking, portion control, and simple recipes * Must be clean, organised, and comfortable working in a family home Budget: Please quote for your time (ingredients provided). We’d love someone friendly, practical, and reliable who can help lighten our mental load and keep our family nourished each week!

Wow! Riya has been my ray of sunshine today hard at work in my kitchen cooking a week’s worth (+!) of family meals and lunches. So warm, friendly. Absolutely loved having her here and so grateful for the help. Massaman Beef Curry tonight was 10/10 and the banana bread went down a treat! Highly recommend.

Deliver a Cake - Annandale to Gosford

$90

Annandale NSW, Australia

26th Jun 2025

Pick up a kid’s birthday cake (one layer, decorated but nothing crazy) from baker in Annandale after 10am and deliver to Gosford

Job done quickly, lots of communication, I never had to worry about

Chadstone

$45

North Melbourne VIC, Australia

24th Jun 2025

Caneles French Baked Cakes - View all the details of this offer: https://www.airtasker.com/offers/01JYGJGRGFYG1YREHFMTFNNP6Y

Arrived right on time very punctual and professional. The delivery was smooth, handled with care and efficiency. Highly recommend!

Weekly meal prep

$100

Coburg VIC 3058, Australia

14th Jun 2025

Weekly meal prep for drop off in Coburg

Adam was very nice but the food was over salted and desert was a pretzel in yogurt. Appreciate the effort but will not use again.

Meal Prep

$100

Coorparoo QLD, Australia

10th Jun 2025

5 X meals for lunch (I lunch at 11:30) 5 afternoon snacks - (for 2pm) Not too heavy as gym/exercise most days afterwork Dinners - Perhaps 2 Freezer friendly dinners at a later stage depending but can discuss later on. Have you provided this service before? What meals/snacks would you offer? What would you charge? Thanks

Top communicator through and through. A slight delay but just because log gets in the way sometimes. You’d be inhuman to hold that against anyone. Will happily work with Raennon again

I need a private chef for a dinner for two (vegetarian)

$400

Berwick VIC 3806, Australia

8th Jun 2025

I’m organizing a little date night for myself and my husband. He’s a vegetarian and I’m not but I’m also happy to have vegetarian if it makes the meal easier… I’m looking for at least 3-4 course fine dining meal by an experienced chef, I’m open to most cuisines!!

Above and beyond is an understatement!! Janet is a wonderful cook

Looking for afternoon help (now till July) with housework + meal prep

$110

Rose Bay, New South Wales

2nd Jun 2025

We’re a relaxed, loving family based in the Eastern Suburbs. Our home is lively and full of energy, with young children, a baby, and two parents who work and juggle a lot! We value kindness, clear communication, and people who enjoy being part of a warm, respectful household. We’re looking for someone who’s comfortable with the rhythm of family life, happy to lend a hand with tidying, cooking simple meals, and keeping things running smoothly in the afternoons. You’ll be appreciated, trusted, and treated as part of the team.

Great! Highly recommend

Home cooking help req. Joondalup Weekly

$90

Joondalup WA 6027, Australia

31st May 2025

Hello! I’m a 30 yo woman looking for home cooking assistance at my place in Joondalup for 2-3 hours weekly… on Sundays ideally, but I’m flexible! It will mostly be chopping/ slicing/ dicing so good knife skills and experience in the kitchen is essential. The pay will be hourly so please let me know your rate for 2 hours + Airtasker fee 👇 Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you!

thanks for your help!

Indian cooking and meal prep (ongoing weekly $30/hr)

$5

Croydon Hills VIC 3136, Australia

30th May 2025

Indian cooking and meal prep weekly for a family of 4 people. 2 adults and 2 kids (1 and 5 yrs old). Ideally would like it regularly 1 day per week, so that cooking, packing and freezing can be done for a week. Also cleaning/tidying the kitchen after cooking will be preferred. Will to pay $30/hour and of course can work out different payment pattern once a routine and relationship is built.

Jill was great throughout. Will definitely recommend 👍