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UpChef is built for chefs who want more control over their calendar, pricing, menus, and client relationships.
No rent. No kitchen overhead. Your cooking, your terms.
Most platforms are built for the customer and treat the chef as a commodity. UpChef is built for the chef first.
Your price is yours. Your schedule is yours. Your reputation is yours. Joining UpChef means building your own private-chef business.
Built by chefs, for chefs
The hours can be brutal and the pay rarely matches the craft. UpChef gives chefs a cleaner way to work directly with clients.
UpChef commission for chefs is 0%. Because you are the one who cooked it.
commission, always
More control, clearer bookings, and fairer terms.
Set your prices and build menus on terms that work for your business.
Open and close availability whenever you want.
Every completed booking and review strengthens your profile.
Bookings use a clear payment flow so chefs and clients know what to expect.
Manage bookings, messages, menus, and customer communication in one place.
Reach customers planning dinners, events, family gatherings, and more.
Simple requirements — applications are usually reviewed within 24 hours.
Restaurant, hotel, catering, or professional private cooking experience.
Identity, food-safety, and country-specific documents where required.
A commitment to reliable, high-quality private dining experiences.
From signup to your first booking.
Sign up as a chef through the UpChef app.
Add your photos, specialties, menus, and dishes.
Applications are usually reviewed within 24 hours.
Once your profile is active, clients can discover and message you.
Many chef platforms charge chef commission. UpChef commission for chefs is 0%.
Become a private chef
UpChef is the marketplace where talented chefs in your city build a private-chef business on their own terms. Whether you're a restaurant professional looking for a side income, a caterer ready to scale, or a home cook turning your passion into a career, UpChef gives you the platform, the clients, and the tools — without taking a cut of your work.
There are no application fees and UpChef charges chefs 0% commission. You set your menus, your prices, and your schedule. Clients across your city find you, book you, and pay securely through the app. The only thing we ask is that you cook food people remember.
Your income is yours to shape. Private chefs on UpChef set their own per-guest or per-event pricing, so the value of each booking depends on the menu, market, guest count, and repeat demand — and UpChef charges chefs 0% commission. Build a roster of regular clients and repeat bookings, and private cheffing in your city becomes a real, sustainable business rather than an occasional gig.
UpChef chefs in your city come from every corner of the food world. What they share is craft, reliability, and a love of cooking for real people in real homes.
Searching for private chef jobs in your city? UpChef isn't an employer and these aren't shift jobs — it's better. You work for yourself, choose which bookings to accept, and earn directly from clients with no commission taken out. It's the flexibility of freelance private-chef work with a steady stream of real bookings, in whichever areas of your city you want to cook.
Most platforms take 15–30% of everything you make. UpChef charges chefs 0% commission — ever. We believe the person who planned the menu, sourced the ingredients, cooked the meal, and cleaned the kitchen should not lose an UpChef commission on that work. That choice isn't a promotion or a trial; it's how UpChef works in your city and everywhere we operate.
Every completed booking earns you verified reviews and a public chef profile clients can share. Your page on UpChef becomes your portfolio — your menus, your signature dishes, your ratings — working for you around the clock to attract higher-value bookings across your city.
Chef FAQ
Everything you want to know before you start cooking on UpChef.
UpChef commission for chefs is 0%.
No. Private chefs usually cook in the client’s kitchen or an agreed event kitchen.
Yes. You control your availability.
Applications are usually reviewed within 24 hours.
UpChef supports 15 countries in the current public scope.
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