Guides — Notes from the Kitchen

Straight answers, with real prices, from a working private chef in Louisville, Kentucky. What things cost, how the formats differ, and how booking actually works — the same things I would tell you across the counter.

• What a Private Chef Costs in Louisville

  The honest price ladder, plainly: in-home dinners from $95 per person, plated $75, staffed buffet $45, drop-off $18 — and what actually drives the price.

• Catering for 50 Guests

  Feeding 50 people three ways — drop-off $900, staffed buffet $2,250, chef-led plated $3,750 — with a sample menu and honest advice on which format fits.

• Weekly Meal Prep in Louisville

  A chef cooks your week: 10 real meals, $299 a week for one, $449 for two, groceries at cost — and you can pause any week. No contract.

• Derby Week Private Chef

  In Louisville for Derby 2027? A chef at your rental house — Thurby dinner, Oaks brunch, Derby night handled. One or two groups only; inquiries open now.

• Holiday Catering in Louisville

  December without doing the cooking: drop-off from $18 per person, staffed buffets, plated dinners — and why the prime dates go first come, first served.