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Fab service!!! Lovely bloke, we’ll be using again.

Trampoline

£100

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£200

Great job, thank you Jay!

Reseal shower tray

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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!

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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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Weekly Healthy Meal Prep (Batch Cooking) - 5 Days of Meals

£600

Westminster, Greater London, SW1A

31st Jan 2026

I am looking for a home cook to come to my apartment once a week (e.g., Saturday or Sunday) to batch cook lunch and dinner for the week Please provide two weekly quotes: 1) Labor-only (if I have groceries ready), and 2) All-inclusive (if you shop + cook) Weekly 150 pounds for shopping + cooking 60 pounds for cooking The Deal: You cook, package the meals into containers, and clean the kitchen. Cuisine: Healthy, high-protein, 'clean' eating.

Meal prep

£50

Brixton, Greater London, SW9

31st Jan 2026

Cook food for me weekly in my home. Bonus if you can make healthy simple food - vegetables leafy greens simple grains. Inspired by tcm

Baker for a Food production business

£500

North Southwark, Greater London

28th Jan 2026

I am looking for a talented baker who can help create a line of sweet cakes and biscuits to sell to our customers

Indian home cook for vegan, low‑gluten meals in E20

£45

Maryland, Greater London

27th Jan 2026

I’m looking for a vegan Indian home cook who can come to my flat in E20 (Stratford- 2 mins walk from tube station) once or twice a week to cook simple, home‑style meals. The kind of food I like: Sabjis like aloo bhindi, aloo gobi, bhindi fry, mixed veg, etc. (all vegan) Simple daals (e.g., moong/toor/masoor with tadka) Soya/tofu dishes in Indian style (e.g., tofu bhurji, soya/veg curries) Gluten free rotis – ragi, jowar, bajra etc. (I can provide flour and would love someone confident making these) Occasional rice, pulao, khichdi, salad, chutneys, etc. (all vegan) Dietary needs: Fully vegan – no ghee, butter, paneer, cream or yoghurt Gluten free rotis preferred (ragi/jowar/bajra), otherwise naturally gluten free dishes Low‑oil and not very spicy, proper “ghar ka khana” style What I’d like from you: Come to my home 1–2 times per week (timing flexible – evenings or weekends) Cook 2–3 dishes per visit (for example: 1 sabji + 1 daal + a batch of gluten free rotis) that I can eat fresh and also store for another day Use my kitchen and utensils Clean up the cooking area afterwards I will provide: Groceries, spices and gluten free flours (ragi/jowar/bajra etc.) Ideal person: Experienced with vegan Indian home cooking Confident making gluten free rotis from millet flours (or willing to learn and practice) Reliable, hygienic, and happy to cook with less oil and lower spice Please reply with: A short intro about your cooking background Examples of vegan dishes and gluten free rotis you can make Your preferred hourly or per‑visit rate Which days/times you’re usually free This is for ongoing help, not a one‑off dinner party.

Indian home cook: need someone to come home & cook vegetarian food

£20

Fryerns, Essex

27th Jan 2026

Need someone to help and make Indian vegetarian food everyday. lunch and dinner.

Meal prep weekly

£100

Farnborough Green, Hampshire

26th Jan 2026

Meal prep weekly at home Can provide groceries where needed

Weekly meal prep delivered

£200

Lenham, Kent

25th Jan 2026

6 meals prepped weekly for Monday-Saturday with good macros (at least 100g protein per meal), fitting my preferences as a bit of a picky eater.

Batch cooking - healthy meal prep

£60

Manor House, Greater London, N4

22nd Jan 2026

We are looking for a chef that is versed in Mediterranean cuisine (we are in Spanish) and can help our family of three with batch cooking and meal prep for three hours every Monday (starting mid Feb). Our max. Budget is 60 pounds.

Help with weekly home cooking for a family of 4

£60

Bounds Green, Greater London, N11

21st Jan 2026

Home cooking for several meals for a family of 4 and we could keep in the fridge and use as dinners mainly. 1 vegetarian and like different cuisines, 1 meat eater and prefer Asian dishes, 2 children just need to eat healthy, balanced and no salt. Currently thinking 4 kids dinners, 4 vegetarian dinners, 4 mixed eater dinners (veg + meat). Clean up kitchen after cooking. We have dish washer, but the some pans and pots need to be hand washed.

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£35

Battle Field, Tyne and Wear

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Baby boy cake 1st birthday

Meal Prep and batch cook for the week for a family of 4 Weekly

£150

Sands End, Greater London, SW6

20th Jan 2026

I’m looking for a chef or a cook to meal prep for my family of 4 (two adults and two children aged 9 and 7). It would enough for: 4 proteins, 4 grains, 8 veggie sides, 2-3 salads 2-3 soups that can be frozen 2 casseroles and 2 slow cooker meals (frozen) or 2 frozen ready to cook meals, Sourdough bread? savory and sweet snacks (some for the kids to take to school which can not contain nuts and some for after school and on weekends that can have nuts), Diet: No allergies. Everything should be lower in carbs and sugar and higher in protein and fibre with healthy fats. My son is quite small for his age and we are trying to get him to eat more protein, folate and zinc etc. My daughter and husband both get cavities so we try to avoid too much sugar and in general, we are all trying to avoid ultra processed foods and not too much sodium Preferences: We all like salad, we appreciate crunch and good flavor combinations. Love seeds and nuts in salads. We like well marinated proteins but not too strong. We all love fish, prawns, chicken (if it is seasoned properly) lamb, steak, turkey meatballs, meatballs etc. We love Italian, Greek, Japanese, Mexican and Middle Eastern cuisine. What we have: A large fridge and freezer 2 ovens and 2 microwave/mini ovens 1 air fryer Kettle Boiling hot water tap please note our budget does not include purchase of food. We can discuss this further with you if you prefer to get the food.

Indian Vegetarian Gujarati cook needed Monday to Friday lunch & dinner

£37

Fryerns, Essex

20th Jan 2026

Require an indian home cook for preparing pure vegetarian indian / gujarati food including lunch and dinner monday to friday and clean up the kitchen after cooking. We need the cook for 2-3 hours a day and willing to pay £12.50 per hour. Thats £37.50 a day for upto 3 hours work maximum.

Meal prepare

£100

Strand On The Green, Greater London

20th Jan 2026

I need meals prepared for the week , it consists of 12-15 meals all which I’ve written out

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£300

Finchley, Greater London

19th Jan 2026

Looking for a chef who can teach me how to meal prep healthy, organic meals for a couple with a weaning baby.

Meal prep/cooking

£100

Lisson Grove, Greater London

16th Jan 2026

Please just meal prep for lunch and dinner, healthy foods to get all the food groups etc. around 8-10 meals for like 4-5 days of the week

Weekly meal prep

£60

Furzedown, Greater London, SW17

15th Jan 2026

I get a weekly meal-kit delivery from Planthood (https://planthood.co.uk/). I'm looking for someone to cook the meals after they've arrived

Home Cooking

£20

Bayswater, Greater London, W2

15th Jan 2026

Home cooking for a few hours a week preferably with knowledge of healthy indian cooking. £17-£20 pounds an hours depending on experience

Weekly Meal Prep

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Bermondsey, Greater London, SE1

13th Jan 2026

Hi, need someone to help with weekly meal prep, healthy meals that are storage friendly or easy to cook/assemble when required. Would require about 5 portions of 5-6 dishes. Please let me know if you could help with this, and if possible what dishes you have experience with/plan on prepping Thanks Kitchen place and groceries will be provided

Meal Prep (Indian Food)

£15

Bermondsey, Greater London, SE1

12th Jan 2026

Hi, I need someone to help me with Meal Prep, things like - Marinating chicken Making boiled potato mix (For parathas and sandwiches) Etc. or whatever help you can provide as I dont know much about cooking and can no longer live on takeouts, so I was hoping someone could help me sort out my meals for like a week or few days. Thanks Kitchen and groceries will be provided.

Meal prep service

£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