Your Personal Chef on the Upper East Side
A week of fresh, custom meals, cooked in your own kitchen.
Your chef shops the morning of service, cooks everything from scratch in your apartment, then portions, labels and cleans up, so the week’s meals are waiting in your fridge.
What we cook for Upper East Side households
Every menu is built from scratch around your household, and you approve it before every cook day.
Families
One menu the whole family eats, with simpler versions for the kids and lunches for school.
Health and recovery
Meals that follow guidance from your doctor or dietitian, after surgery, during treatment or for a health condition. Recovery and health conditions
Busy professionals
Lunches and dinners for long workdays, so the week runs on real food instead of delivery.
Dinner parties at home
Family-style or plated, from $150 a guest. See dinner parties
Your chef, matched to you
We’re placing our first New York City chefs now, vetted to the same standard as our Los Angeles team: interviewed, referenced, background-checked, food-safety certified and insured. Book a consultation to reserve your start date, and we’ll introduce you to your chef by name before the first cook day.
We cook across the Upper East Side, from Lenox Hill and Carnegie Hill to Yorkville and Sutton Place. Doormen, service elevators and building rules are part of a normal week. If your building needs a certificate of insurance from vendors, tell us before the first visit.
- 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 the Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is priced the same as the rest of New York City: chef service from $525 a week, plus groceries at exact cost.
Essential plan: 12 meals for the week
That’s about $66 to $71 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 $675 plus groceries. See every plan
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Upper East Side meal prep, answered
How much does a personal chef cost on the Upper East Side?
Weekly chef service starts at $525 a week, plus groceries at exact cost. See our New York City pricing guide.
Can you cook in a small apartment kitchen?
Yes. Your chef brings their own knives and essentials and plans the menu around the space you have.
Does my building need anything from you?
Some buildings ask vendors for a certificate of insurance. Tell us your building’s requirements and we’ll send it before the first visit.
Do I need to be home?
No. In most buildings you can leave a key with the doorman. We’ll set up access before the first visit.
Do you cook dinner parties?
Yes. Private dinners in New York City start at $150 per guest, 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.
Luxury In-Home Chef Services
Serving: Los Angeles, Orange County, New Jersey, New York City
(424) 247‑5809
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