How it Works

How it Works

What would you do with an extra hour or two each night?

Sta­tis­tics Canada esti­mates that the aver­age Cana­dian spends about 8.5 hours a week cook­ing, wash­ing up and prepar­ing meals. A Per­sonal Chef can free you to spend that time work­ing, exer­cis­ing, enjoy­ing your favourite hob­bies or sim­ply spend­ing more time with the ones you love.

Pic­ture this. You come home after a long, exhaust­ing day at work. You’re tired of eat­ing take-out and restau­rant food. But you just don’t have the time or energy to even think about what to make for din­ner, let alone to start cooking.

Sound famil­iar? Then Cook­ing Jour­neys may be the answer you’re look­ing for.

How does it work?

Pro­fes­sional per­sonal Chef Luisa Rios will:

  1. Meet with you for a no cost, no oblig­a­tion con­sul­ta­tion: First, I will meet with you to assess your needs and taste pref­er­ences, and dis­cuss any dietary require­ments, food aller­gies or other health con­cerns you may have. We will dis­cuss the dif­fer­ent ser­vice plans avail­able, and choose the one that works best for you – weekly, biweekly, once a month or once in a blue moon. I will also take a few min­utes to get acquainted with your kitchen, since that’s where all the cook­ing will be done!
  2. Plan all your menus: If you decide that my ser­vice is a good fit, we will sched­ule a cook­ing day when I will come and pre­pare your meals. A few days in advance, I will send you sev­eral menu options to choose from based on your likes and dis­likes. I will require a deposit to cover the cost of the food and con­tain­ers, and the remain­der of the pay­ment for your first ser­vice will be due on your cook­ing date.
  3. Do all the shop­ping: On the sched­uled cook­ing date, I will shop for the fresh­est ingre­di­ents avail­able and bring every­thing I need with me to your home. If you have a favourite gro­cer, I can shop there, or I can sug­gest gro­cers that I know offer a great vari­ety of local, healthy foods. Because I shop just before arriv­ing at your home, I am also happy to pick up any inci­den­tal items you may need, such as milk, bread, dia­pers, pet food, etc.
  4. Pre­pare, cook and stock your fridge with healthy, deli­cious meals: Because of health depart­ment reg­u­la­tions, I do all of the prep­ping and cook­ing in your home. I bring my cook­ing kit and all the equip­ment required to thought­fully and care­fully pre­pare your selec­tions. All I need is the use of a work­ing stove, run­ning water and a cleared counter space.
  5. Label every­thing with easy heat­ing instruc­tions: Your cus­tomized meals will then be stored in your fridge or freezer, in exactly the size and num­ber of serv­ings you need – sin­gle or dou­ble por­tions or family-style meals. Each con­tainer will be clearly labeled with com­plete, easy-to-follow han­dling and heat­ing instructions.
  6. Leave your kitchen spot­less: Last but not least, I will thor­oughly clean your kitchen and leave it as spot­less as the moment I arrived. The only thing you’ll notice is the aroma of freshly cooked food when you walk through the door, the deli­cious meals wait­ing for you to enjoy – and the extra time you’ll have to spend with friends, fam­ily or doing the things you love.

Ready to find out more? Con­tact us to sched­ule your free, no-obligation consultation.