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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 in Darwin

2 dozen cake pops for birthday this Saturday 2/12/2023

$100

Wanguri NT, Australia

28th Nov 2023

2 dozen cake pops - small round iced cakes on sticks like lollipops. (See sallysbakingaddictions.com - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, 2 December 2023

I need it to be a exbestfriend cake

$30

Moulden NT 0830, Australia

9th Mar 2022

need to be ex bestfriend cake should have a flower and promise ring - Due date: Flexible

Weekly Meal prep

$120

Darwin NT, Australia

22nd Oct 2021

Looking for someone to do meal prep weekly 5 lunch’s 5 dinners, healthy and ideally plant based but I’m easy either way.

Deliver a birthday cake

$40

Darwin NT, Australia

12th Jul 2021

I need a cake delivered from Parap, Darwin to Club Tropical on Lee point road for a birthday please!!!

Super easy, no muck around, would highly recommend Pamela!

I need cake delivery services

$100

Darwin NT, Australia

22nd May 2021

Located on base. RAAF. Would probably need base access. Basic chocolate birthday cake.

Need Pure vegetarian indian food

$20

Darwin City NT 0800, Australia

9th Apr 2021

I need pure vegetarian home cooked indian tiffin (roti 5-6, sabji, dal/ chana/rajma, rice etc) 2 set X 2 times a week. Initially i will take one tiffin to try so i put $20.00 here. Can pick up. It has to be pure vegeterian

I need a quality home cooked dinner delivered.

$100

Darwin NT, Australia

29th Apr 2020

I need someone to cook and home deliver a meal to a friend in central Darwin for 2 adults and 2 children. I think she's in Stuart Park