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Your Personal Chef in Manhattan Beach

A week of fresh, custom meals, cooked in your own kitchen.

A vetted chef from our Los Angeles team shops the morning of service, cooks everything from scratch in your home, then portions, labels and cleans up. You come home to a fridge full of meals built around how you eat.

From $450 / week · Free 30-minute consultation · Serving Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach · See sample menus
One-time trial to start · You approve every menu · Skip or reschedule with a week’s notice

Nicole Lee, founder of Eats by Nicole, plating a salad in a client's home kitchen
Founded by a Food Network Champion

What we cook for South Bay households

Every menu is built from scratch around your household, and you approve it before every cook day.

Families with busy weeks

Kid-friendly dinners alongside the adults’ meals, so school nights don’t mean takeout.

Training and high-protein plans

For surfers, runners and anyone training, portioned to your protein or macro targets. High-protein meal prep

Gluten-free and dairy-free weeks

One South Bay household we’ve cooked for gets breakfasts and entrées every other week, all gluten-free and dairy-free. Allergies and gluten-free

Dinner parties at home

We’ve cooked family-style dinner parties in Manhattan Beach for 8 guests. Birthdays, holidays and backyard dinners, family-style or plated, from $135 a guest. See dinner parties

One chef who learns your kitchen

We match you on cooking style, diet and schedule, and you keep the same chef every week, with a briefed backup if they’re ever away.

We cook across Manhattan Beach, from the Sand Section and the Tree Section to the Hill Section and East Manhattan Beach, and in nearby Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. Walk streets, alley garages and tight beach parking are a normal week, and we’ll ask where your chef should park before the first visit. Most clients aren’t home during service.

Meet our chefs →

  • Interviewed and evaluatedEvery chef is interviewed, evaluated, and held to the same standard before they take on a household.
  • Background-checkedBefore any chef enters your home. No exceptions.
  • Certified & insuredFood-safety certification and food liability insurance are required for service.
  • Your trial week is a checkpointWe review your first week together before anything becomes ongoing.

What it costs in Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach is priced the same as the rest of Los Angeles: chef service from $450 a week, plus groceries at exact cost.

Example week, all in

Essential plan: 12 meals for the week

Chef service$550
Groceries at exact cost (typical)$165–$225
Total for the week$715–$775

That’s about $60 to $65 a meal, cooked fresh in your kitchen. Groceries depend on your menu and are billed the day after service with an itemized receipt. Paying by bank transfer adds 0.8% (never more than $5); by card, 3%. Your first week is a one-time trial at $600 plus groceries. See every plan

What our Los Angeles clients say

“They have been able to adjust to our changing, and sometimes very strict, health needs while still making everything taste delicious. This service gives us so much time back in our day and our busy household really appreciates it.”

Elle B., Silver Lake★★★★★ Google review · 2026

“I tried meal prep delivery companies, I tried purchasing prepared meals from grocery stores, and tried ordering healthy options on Uber Eats. Eats by Nicole is by far the best option!”

Natalie E., Sherman Oaks★★★★★ Google review · 2025

Read all 30 reviews on Google

Manhattan Beach meal prep, answered

How much does a personal chef cost in Manhattan Beach?

Weekly chef service starts at $450 a week, plus groceries at exact cost. See every plan or our Los Angeles pricing guide.

Do you cook in Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach too?

Yes. We cook across the South Bay beach cities.

Can you cook around a training schedule?

Yes. Share your protein or macro targets and your chef portions every meal to them. Detailed per-meal macros are a $100 a week add-on.

Do I need to be home?

No. Most clients aren’t home during service. We’ll set up access before the first visit.

Do you also cook dinner parties?

Yes. Private dinners start at $135 per guest family-style or $160 plated, plus groceries at cost and a 20% gratuity on the chef service. See dinner parties

Your kitchen. Your menu. Your chef.

Tell us how you eat (two minutes) and we’ll show you the right plan before you ever book a call.

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