About me examples for chefs

I am [first name], a chef in [your town]. I cook private dining, pop-ups and menu consulting. Tell me the date, the number and any allergies, and I will send a sample menu.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

I am a chef, and the part of the work I care most about is describing the food instead of a philosophy about food. I am trained and certified, and my clients are mostly someone booking dinner for people they want to impress, in their own home.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is describing the food instead of a philosophy about food. I am trained and certified.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

Right now I am mostly doing private dining, for someone booking dinner for people they want to impress, in their own home. I am trained and certified. If you want to talk about pop-ups, tell me the date, the number and any allergies, and I will send a sample menu.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

I am [first name] — a chef in [your town], trained and certified. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do private dining and pop-ups.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

If you are someone booking dinner for people they want to impress, in their own home, you are in the right place. I am [first name], a chef, and what I do about paying a lot for dinner in their own home and having it feel like a catering job is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

I am trained and certified. Professionally trained, with the kitchens worked in named and food-safety certification current. Beyond the paperwork: I work on private dining, pop-ups and menu consulting, and you get a sample menu before anything is agreed.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

I do one thing: private dining. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am trained and certified. If that is what you need, tell me the date, the number and any allergies, and I will send a sample menu.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Chef in [your town], trained and certified. Private dining and pop-ups. Request a menu.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

I am [first name]. I have been a chef for [number] years, working for someone booking dinner for people they want to impress, in their own home. I am trained and certified. If it would help to talk, tell me the date, the number and any allergies, and I will send a sample menu — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.