My parents have a private chef and here are some pictures of “vegetarian meals” she makes. She also claims she used to own several restaurants and turned down working for Naomi Campbell to work for my parents. Who thinks she’s legit? (Btw apparently the first photo is egg fried rice…with bread)
by communistgamerchic
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That shit is more like rice fried egg and I can smell how overcooked that egg is from here.
More proof that more money does not make people more smart
Depends on how much your parents are paying
It certainly doesn’t look very professional. But if your parents like it and that’s what they want, why not?
Maybe they wanted food “just like at home.”
We don’t know the agreement and we don’t know the price.
(Do your parents pay much better then Naomi Campbell….?)
I’m Bar/FOH, have cooked fried rice exactly once in my entire life, and that looks like absolute dog shit compared to what I’d made.
You know they’re getting ripped off, but if they’re happy with it, they’ll have too much pride in “choosing the best chef” to take your advice.
Need more details regarding how much they pay or how the chef advertises their services to determine if scamming is happening.
the uncooked/unmarinated tempeh is diabolical
This vaporized my imposter syndrome
Do they like it, and do they think it’s worth whatever they’re paying?
Those are the only two things that matter. If the answer to either one is “no”, then they should probably talk with her or find someone else.
Who’s eating/serving that asparagus with a spoon?
Damn and here I am with imposter syndrome thinking I can’t do private gigs. This is what people pay for?
That first picture says way more than I could tell you
Egg fried rice?
That’s a rice omelet, my friend.
I look at this two ways. The first more pessimistic viewpoint is that the way the food looks alone your “chef” far from professional. The first image is the lost damning, regardless of what it’s trying to be it is clearly not an example of good cooking or having standards (look at how that tortilla broke from being folded over). The slides convey a sort of “a cook was tired of being corrected by chef every day so now they are a self employed private chef”
The less pessimistic viewpoint is to ask your parents. Do they consistently like the food? Do they think the compensation is appropriate for the level of cooking/meals they’re receiving? If they are happy about what they’re eating and the price is fair in their eyes, it’s only a scam to people whose opinions are not of particular value here.
With that in mind, unless the “chef” is very cheap and this is a discounted experiential exchange for the chef then your parents hired someone very inexperienced who certainly was not considered to be a private chef for Campbell.
Depends on what they are paying.
Your parents like the food?
Well, now you know why she *used to own* several restaurants.
This is a side point, but are those asparagus spears, with a spoon offered as the utensil?
That looks like the kind of tasteless slop they serve at the IKEA chow line, no offense.
Egg fried rice with bread??? What the fucking HECK!
“turned down naomi campbell to work for your parents”
If it’s not enough of a red flag, the granite counters tells me she’s not doing this for a 6 figure salary with benefits, which is like
Yeah, i don’t think she’s the one who turned that down
Naomi would have been throwing phones at this lady if she was working for her no doubt
Damn I think I could be a private chef based on this.
The chef:
https://preview.redd.it/a7amjk62yydg1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=661fcb1443ae11a85bcaef25dab56fc73e98b5d0
>the first photo is egg fried rice
No the fuck it is not
If there wasn’t supposed to be egg in this dish they cross contaminated, either way eggshells in food is a rookie mistake
https://preview.redd.it/lfi7eqbdyydg1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=906cd58b45f97d1961ea01c8e398909e12dd8a06
As someone who temporarily has a private chef, (I’m disabled for a bit after foot surgery) they’re ABSOLUTELY getting scammed.
Unless the chef is 3 toddlers in a trench coat, then it’s pretty good.
Edit for more info: the chef comes 1x per week, makes 4 mains, 3 sides, rice, cleans it all up and does the whole thing in 3.5 hours. The food is amazing. Some of the tastiest shit I’ve ever had. We pay her $375 and we buy all the groceries.
It sounds like she’s a fraud with some caveats .
Personal and private chefs normally work through an agency. Are you sure she’s a private chef and not a personal chef?
She did not turn down working for Naomi Campbell to work for your parents… so she a liar.
That said what are they paying her and what is the food budget?
I’m a chef of decades BTW
Presentation alone is a hot mess
yes. they’re getting insanely scammed. fire immediately my gosh
Bruh she can’t even spread butter evenly on a piece of bread 💀
I’ve seen enough to never respect someone on the basis of the private chef title alone. The best part of these plates are the plates themselves
They’re being scammed. Be careful with how you approach. She knows where the house is and where the food is. She could poison them if she likes.
Genuinely looks terrible. Vegetarian meals do not have to be bland slop.
Yikes. I was a private chef for a short time in my early 20s and my worst dish looked better than this. I guess it really depends on how much they’re paying and if they’re happy with it. To me, this doesn’t look like what I’d expect out of anyone who calls themselves a private chef.
Vegetarian here for over 50 years. Vegetarian caterer for 10 years. This looks terrible.
…..I could cook way better than this following instructions from a cookbook instead of this “private chef”
They’re not a private chef, they’re a private line cook.
https://preview.redd.it/7kiwsky55zdg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a655c39d374e148a11288fb6cb153d5dcf2dc55
I’ll just leave this here
This “chef” is a con artist. This looks pathetic and almost inedible.
Are your parents idiots?
That first photo is an orzo omelette with a tortilla standing by.
Anyway what’s this job pay? I suck but I think I could improve on this.
Doesn’t look like a professional chef. It looks more like a home cooking hobbyist who knows how to make a few things but hasn’t refined their knowledge or techniques.
If a friend served me this stuff, I’d be perfectly fine with all of it (though, I’d probably laugh internally at that weird egg tortilla thing). At a random diner? Eh, as long as it tastes good. At a nicer restaurant? I’d be disappointed.
Are your parents getting ripped off? I guess it depends on what your parents are paying and what their expectations are. The only thing that seems really fishy to me is that this “chef” is name dropping a celebrity. There is no way that this stuff would meet the standards of a high profile client.
Is that plastic on the tofu???
https://preview.redd.it/kupcxu2ltzdg1.jpeg?width=868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=562f6d9c06d7383fa7cfee1a4aa23ac3c1223d66
Your parents wanted a private chef but couldn’t afford a good one. They could, However, afford a bad one
Not a chef but I am a vegetarian who cooks all of my own meals. These meals do not look like they are nutritionally sound or tasty .