Become A Personal Chef

Become A Personal Chef
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 The personal chef life is wild, profitable, meaningful — and absolutely not for the faint of heart. Join Louie as he spills the truth about clients, confidence, pricing, lifestyle, and everything they never taught you in culinary school. Come for the stories… stay for the transformation. 

  1. 29 - If Talking About Price Makes You Uncomfortable, It’s Not Because You’re Bad at Sales — It’s Because No One Ever Taught You How Professionals Actually Sell.

    4H AGO

    29 - If Talking About Price Makes You Uncomfortable, It’s Not Because You’re Bad at Sales — It’s Because No One Ever Taught You How Professionals Actually Sell.

    If talking about price makes you tense, awkward, or hesitant—this episode is for you. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan reframes sales for chefs who don’t want to be pushy, persuasive, or “salesy,” but still want to book confidently and get paid well. Because the truth is:  most chefs don’t hate sales.  They hate who they think sales turns them into. You’ll learn: Why avoiding price conversations creates uncertainty, not kindnessHow real professionals sell without pressure or persuasionWhy clients aren’t afraid of your price—they’re afraid of choosing wrongHow asking the right questions sells more than explaining ever willWhy confidence in pricing is a form of service, not egoThis episode is for chefs who want sales conversations to feel calm, clear, and human—and who are ready to stop undercutting themselves out of discomfort. Because selling isn’t about pushing people forward.  It’s about leading them out of uncertainty. 🎧 Listen in—and learn why sales, done right, is service. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    26 min
  2. 28 - Why Too Many Choices Feels Like Bad Service — How Menus Quietly Sell for You

    6D AGO

    28 - Why Too Many Choices Feels Like Bad Service — How Menus Quietly Sell for You

    Chefs think choices are generous.  Clients experience them as stress. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan breaks down why oversized menus slow approvals, create confusion, and quietly drain both you and your clients—and how simple menu structure does the opposite. You’ll learn: Why too many options feels like homework, not luxuryHow menu templates create calm and faster approvalsWhy structure builds trust without limiting creativityHow written menus reduce revisions, texts, and chaosWhy better guidance sells your service for youThis episode is for chefs who want smoother weeks, calmer clients, and menus that support the business instead of complicating it. Because great service isn’t about more choices.  It’s about better guidance. 🎧 Listen in—and let your menus do the heavy lifting. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    10 min
  3. 27 - Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor — It’s a Warning Light

    MAY 11

    27 - Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor — It’s a Warning Light

    If cooking feels heavier than it used to… this episode is for you. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan talks honestly about burnout—why it hits personal chefs differently, how it creeps in quietly, and what it’s really trying to tell you. Because personal chef burnout isn’t loud chaos.  It’s being always on. Always thinking. Always carrying it alone. You’ll learn: Why freedom without structure leads to exhaustionThe early signs of burnout chefs tend to ignoreHow boundaries protect your nervous systemWhy systems, routines, and community are forms of self-careHow calm, not hustle, is what keeps you in this career long-termThis episode isn’t about pushing harder.  It’s about staying in the work without losing yourself. Because burnout isn’t proof you’re committed.  It’s a signal that something needs to change. 🎧 Listen in—and put yourself back on the menu. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    30 min
  4. 26 - Before You Cook, You Scout — The Kitchen Walkthrough That Saves Your Sanity

    MAY 4

    26 - Before You Cook, You Scout — The Kitchen Walkthrough That Saves Your Sanity

    Surprises don’t make you better.  They make you reactive—and reactive kills calm. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan explains why the kitchen walkthrough is one of the most overlooked professional habits in personal cheffing, and how five minutes of scouting can save hours of stress. You’ll learn: Why personal chefs can’t afford to “cook blind”How walkthroughs protect your mental bandwidthWhat to scan for before you unpack your knivesHow the kitchen environment shapes timing, menus, and confidenceThis isn’t about judging someone’s home.  It’s about preparing yourself to cook with clarity instead of chaos. Because calm doesn’t come from improvising.  It comes from knowing your environment. 🎧 Listen in—and scout before you cook. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    10 min
  5. 25 - Client Red Flags: The Ones Who Don’t Deserve Your Apron

    APR 27

    25 - Client Red Flags: The Ones Who Don’t Deserve Your Apron

    Not every client deserves a personal chef.  And not every client deserves you. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan walks through the client red flags every chef eventually meets—the polite energy drains, the boundary blurriers, and the situations that quietly cost you time, money, and sanity. With humor, honesty, and hard-earned perspective, you’ll learn: Why “I’m not picky” is often the biggest warning signHow emotional clients can turn cook days into exhaustionWhen friendliness masks boundary problemsWhy payment hesitation is never a small thingHow to trust your gut before burnout shows upThis episode isn’t about judging clients.  It’s about protecting your energy, your craft, and your future. Because your apron is sacred—and you get to choose where it belongs. 🎧 Listen in and learn to spot the red flags early. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    13 min
  6. 24 - Why Great Food Fails in the Fridge

    APR 20

    24 - Why Great Food Fails in the Fridge

    Here’s a hard truth most personal chefs don’t want to admit:  your food isn’t judged on cook day. It’s judged three days later—standing in front of the fridge, tired, hungry, and reheating it the wrong way. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan breaks down why great food loses trust in leftovers, how reheating failures quietly damage client confidence, and why storage and reheat instructions are part of the service—not an extra. You’ll learn: Why clients don’t separate cooking from reheatingHow one bad reheat outweighs a perfect cook dayWhy containers, labels, and guidance matter more than you thinkHow calm, confident reheat instructions build trust and retentionBecause your responsibility doesn’t end when the food cools.  It lives on in the fridge. 🎧 Listen in—and give your food the second life it deserves. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    9 min
  7. 23 - The Personal Chef’s Mindset: Calm in the Chaos

    APR 13

    23 - The Personal Chef’s Mindset: Calm in the Chaos

    This episode isn’t about pricing, niches, or marketing.  It’s about who you become when things go sideways. In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan explores the mindset that separates chefs who burn out from chefs who last—calm, kindness, boundaries, and craftsmanship. Because personal cheffing isn’t loud chaos.  It’s quiet pressure. You’ll learn: Why intensity doesn’t work in someone else’s homeHow calm becomes leadership under pressureThe difference between kindness and people-pleasingWhy boundaries protect both you and your clientsHow craftsmanship creates confidence—and confidence creates calmThis episode is for chefs who love the craft but feel drained by the work, and who want to stay excellent without losing themselves in the process. Because calm isn’t weakness.  It’s mastery. 🎧 Listen in—and learn how to lower the temperature without lowering the standard. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    12 min
  8. 22 - Signature Services: How Personal Chefs Stop Selling Meals and Start Selling Meaning

    APR 6

    22 - Signature Services: How Personal Chefs Stop Selling Meals and Start Selling Meaning

    If someone asked your last client why they hired you, what would they say? “Great menu”…  or  “They understood exactly what we needed”? In this episode of The Become A Personal Chef Podcast, Louie Montan breaks down the shift that separates busy, underpaid chefs from the ones who are remembered, referred, and booked without price fights. Because the problem isn’t your food.  It’s not your marketing.  It’s your positioning. You’ll learn: Why people don’t hire chefs because they’re hungryHow selling experiences creates pricing powerWhy generalists get compared and specialists get rememberedWhat a real signature service actually is (and isn’t)How meaning—not calories—is what clients pay forThis episode is for chefs who are done explaining their value and ready to design experiences clients talk about long after the plates are cleared. Because the highest-paid chefs aren’t the busiest.  They’re the most remembered. 🎧 Listen in—and start selling meaning, not meals. 🌟 RESOURCES, LINKS & NEXT STEPS 🌟 Looking to grow your personal chef business? Start here ⬇️ 👉 BecomeAPersonalChef.com — Explore our brand-new bookstore & resources 👉 PersonalChefFinder.com — Working chefs: claim your listing and get discovered 📚 Books to Build, Grow & Niche Your Personal Chef Business ➡️How To Run A Successful Personal Chef Service The step-by-step guide to turning your passion for cooking into a profitable business https://amzn.to/4owVJST ➡️The Personal Chef Sales Manual Close clients, communicate like a pro, and build trust in any kitchen https://amzn.to/4oELsUO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Special Diets Specialize, stand out, and scale with confidence https://amzn.to/3KDQ8MN ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Signature Services Design, price, and deliver high-value experiences that set you apart https://amzn.to/48RLHqO ➡️Niche Up Your Personal Chef Service with Teaching & Classes Turn your cooking skills into income, influence, and independence https://a...

    28 min
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 The personal chef life is wild, profitable, meaningful — and absolutely not for the faint of heart. Join Louie as he spills the truth about clients, confidence, pricing, lifestyle, and everything they never taught you in culinary school. Come for the stories… stay for the transformation. 

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  • Creator
    Become A Personal Chef
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
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    © 2026 Become A Personal Chef
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