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Recent Cooking reviews
Fab service!!! Lovely bloke, we’ll be using again.
Trampoline
£100
Great cooking. Lovely personality
Home dinner party chef to hire
£200
Great job, thank you Jay!
Reseal shower tray
£50
Food was great!! Gave us so many options and will look to use again
Meal prep x2 people
£30
Well done on your first job, some room for improvement but overall entertaining
Happy birthday
£60
Highly recommended!
Sealing shower Tray
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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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Top Cooking related questions
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 £54 - £100 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.
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£100
Belfast, County Antrim
9th Jan 2026
im looking for someone who can assist me with meal prep I am austitic and cannot cook effectively in large batches, looking for someone who can assist me with making meals things like cottage pie chicken and mash with peas and carrots Bangers and mash classic pub meals can pay for time and ingrediants
Weekly meal prep
£45
Manor House, Greater London, N4
7th Jan 2026
We want help with meal prep, so looking to hire a cook who is into Mediterranean diet (ideally spanish) who comes over, cooks for 2-3h and cleans the kitchen before leaving.
Help with meal prep / cooking
£50
Worcester Park, Greater London
7th Jan 2026
Meal prep and cooking for a 1 day
I need a 3 tier wedding cake iced & assembled using dowel rods.
£100
Pity Me, Durham
6th Jan 2026
3 tier cake for wedding needs icing. Bottom tier traditional spice / fruit cake, then two sponge tiers. Need uniform smooth finish so probably marzipan & fondant icing on bottom tier, just fondant on top two tiers. Cakes will be provided, only icing & construction needed.
Cake delivery
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Streatham Vale, Greater London
1st Jan 2026
Delivering a cake tomorrow morning - View all the details of this offer: https://www.airtasker.com/offers/01KDXSN75X2NQKCTMM4K8R8H12
Delivering a hand made decorated birthday cake
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Fulneck, West Yorkshire
27th Dec 2025
Delivering a homemade birthday cake from Pudsey to Manchester Example will be attached
Meal prep for the week
£45
Canary Wharf, Greater London
21st Dec 2025
Task Title: Weekly home style meal prep using Gousto meal kits (vegetarian & fish) Task Description: We’re looking for someone to help with weekly home-style meal prep using Gousto meal kits. This is not chef-level cooking. We’re after simple, homely food prepared efficiently by following the Gousto recipe cards provided. What the task involves • Cook 5 Gousto recipes in one session • Follow Gousto recipe cards exactly • All ingredients provided and pre-measured • Each recipe makes 4 portions (20 portions total) • Meals are for 2 people (lunches and dinners) • Mostly vegetarian • 1 fish recipe per week • Very occasional chicken • No red meat • Portion meals into containers (containers provided) • Load dishwasher as needed • Hand-wash items that don’t go in the dishwasher • Clean as you go and leave the kitchen tidy Time & location • Around 3–4 hours total • Once per week • Sundays preferred (timing flexible) • Location: Canary Wharf (E14) Who this suits • Someone comfortable with batch cooking or meal prep • Home cooks very welcome • Not looking for a professional chef • Happy following instructions • Organised, efficient, and hygienic • Comfortable using minimal oil and maintaining good kitchen hygiene Budget • £15 per hour • Expected total £45–£60 per session We’re ideally looking for someone who can help weekly on an ongoing basis. Example of recipes attached on this task.
Run a baking class for 24 kids aged 5 to 11
£80
Twydall, Kent
13th Dec 2025
We’ve just been cancelled on last minute and need someone to run the workshop
Meal preparing
£100
Hove, East Sussex
11th Dec 2025
I’m looking for a chef to come and do meal prep for 2 adults for the week or for a month. Just dinners and lunches. We both eat meat but don’t like to eat it every meal so plant based is good too.
Meal preparation
£150
Charlton, Greater London
5th Dec 2025
Weekly job : price is per hour of work . I need a cook to come to your home for 3-4 hours one day a week to prepare 4 days of dinners for 4 people. We need healthy clean meals that take each 30 minutes to prepare . The cook can cook at my place or in his own place
Meal preparation
£100
West Kensington, Greater London, W14
1st Dec 2025
Meal prepping fotr weekly food preparation to help me out
Hotel room birthday decoration
£80
Silvertown, Greater London
22nd Nov 2025
A birthday decoration in the hotel room with red roses and stuff look nice for her 22nd birthday
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£100
Ilford, Greater London, IG1
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1 st birthday boy decoration blue theme, we will provide the things wat u want we want today 20-11-2025 by 4:00pm
Help at a party to stretch, top and bake pizzas
£60
Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire
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Stretch already made dough, top and bake in a gas powered oven for a couple of hours.
Female cook needed to cook North Indian Vegetarian food
£15
Millwall, Greater London
13th Nov 2025
Female cook needed to cook North Indian Vegetarian food once or twice a week. Will pay hourly
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£15
Loxford, Greater London, IG1
8th Nov 2025
Need a Roti maker who can make 60 to 70 Roti maker per day
Cake decorating
£50
Kensal Rise, Greater London, NW6
7th Nov 2025
I will be baking and frosting the cake myself, I just need someone to do the piping. I am based in Kensal Rise, London and do not need the cake to be decorated at my home. I can drop off and collect. I would like to have it by 5pm on Friday 21st November.
Meal preperation
£250
Warrington, Buckinghamshire
2nd Nov 2025
We are a family of 5 looking for someone to prepare weekday lunches and some dinners each week in Olney
Home cooking
£100
Poplar, Greater London
28th Oct 2025
Bengali home made meals to be cooked
Cook food and meal prep
£50
Canning Town, Greater London, E16
27th Oct 2025
Need to do grocery and cook dinner for two people and clean kitchen afterwards. Will also have to pack the dinner for lunch next day. 2 days per week, task time: no more than 3 hours per day
