You Know How to Cook.
I'll Teach You How to Get Paid.
Private dinner business training built by an active chef. Pricing, clients, systems, growth. No fluff. No cooking lessons. Just the business side.
Private Dinners Are the Highest-Margin Work a Chef Can Do. So Why Are You Still Guessing?
Most personal chefs undercharge by 30 to 50 percent. They say yes to everything—meal prep, cooking classes, catering—and never build the one service that makes real money: private dinners.
The problem is not your cooking. It is your pricing. Your client pipeline. Your systems. Nobody taught you this part because nobody teaches it.
Chef Business Training is the only platform built for chefs who want to specialize in private dinners. Not meal prep. Not catering. Not cooking classes. Private dinners, where chefs charge $75 to $300+ per person and build six-figure businesses doing work they actually love.
Three Ways to Build Your Private Dinner Business
Private Dinner Launch Kit
For chefs ready to book their first paying dinner. A self-paced digital course covering pricing, first clients, menus, contracts, and event execution. Everything you need to go from idea to income.
Dinner Business Accelerator
For chefs doing dinners but undercharging and overwhelmed. An 8-week live group coaching cohort. Fix your pricing, build your systems, get a client pipeline that does not depend on word-of-mouth alone.
1:1 Private Dinner Strategy Coaching
For established chefs ready to scale without burning out. Personalized strategy, custom pricing models, and direct access to me. 4 calls per month, a custom growth roadmap, and async support between sessions.
I Did Not Read About This in a Book. I Built It.
I run an active private dinner business at chefbenkelly.com. Every strategy I teach comes from real events, real clients, and real revenue. Red Seal certified. 25+ years in professional kitchens. Two published cookbooks. 100+ television appearances. But the credential that matters most? I still do this work every week.
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Find Out What You Should Actually Charge
Download the Private Dinner Pricing Guide. It walks you through food cost percentages, labor calculations, per-person pricing tiers, and gives you a fill-in-the-blank worksheet for your next event. Most chefs are surprised by the number.