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Shef

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Personal Chef

Location
San Francisco
Work arrangement
On-site

About the role

Posted Aug 28, 2025

About Us
Shef is a modern-day shared personal chef service where we connect busy individuals & families who are seeking high quality, homemade food with local, talented chefs in their area. Shef handles delivery, customer service, platform logistics, & more, so you can focus on what you love to do.

Our subscription service is currently offered in the New York and San Francisco Bay Area regions.

Job Description
If selected, you’ll be brought on to cook for our Weekly Shef Service where customers subscribe to meals delivered to their door each week offering a more steady & consistent income. The service is available for 4 days of the week, but there is flexibility to pick the days you’d like to participate.

Compensation is based on number of dishes/orders sold. Shef’s culinary specialist works closely with you to strategize on menu planning & pricing in order to be successful in front of customers viewing the service.

You have
  • 1+ years of catering, private chef, or professional kitchen experience
  • Culinary School degree and/or experience in restaurant kitchens
  • Your food handler's or food manager's certificate (or are willing to obtain one)

You are
  • A talented & skilled chef
  • Passionate about your craft & creating high quality meals
  • Precise with food safety measures & cleanliness
  • Reliable
  • Interested in running your own business (or already do)

To Apply
If you’re interested in applying, please directly fill out our application here for an expedited process: https://o.shef.com/apply-today. We’ll reach out if we think it’s a good fit!

Note: if you’re searching for a traditional restaurant job, this isn’t the right role for you. If interested in our role, but have questions, please add your questions to the the form above in the last question “Is there anything we should know about you?”

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Location
San Francisco
Workplace
On-site
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The company

Shef

Shef

Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Series B51–200 employeesConsumer
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