FAQ’s
Q: What does Baking By Bree do?A: Baking By Bree helps people and families with busy lives eat better, and most importantly, with ease and convenience. Chef Bree prepares high quality food in your home kitchen and stores the meals in the refrigerator or freezer based upon your lifestyle needs. Best of all, Chef Bree creates personalized menus just for you and unique to your dining preferences and dietary requirements.
Q: Who needs Baking By Bree?A: Putting high quality, healthful meals on the dinner table is still a priority even if you are too busy to cook or simply don’t want to cook. Hiring Baking By Bree is a great way to ensure that you and your family are eating well, while enabling you to save valuable and precious time. Here are a few examples of people whose lives would be improved by hiring Baking By Bree:
- Busy professionals
- Active families
- New parents
- People on special diets
- People with weight loss goals
- People recovering from injury or illness
- Anyone who does not know how to cook
Q: How does this service work?A: First, is the in-home client assessment where you will fill out a detailed food questionnaire so Chef Bree can understand your dining preferences, dietary needs, and lifestyle requirements. Then Chef Bree will research and create customized menus for your approval and will schedule a cook date. Next, Chef Bree will do all the grocery shopping and come to your home to prepare your meals. Your meals will be packaged and labeled with complete instructions on how to enjoy them. You will come home to a clean kitchen and food ready and waiting for you.
Q: What does the service cost?A: Pricing varies depending on the number of entrees and servings prepared. The cost of groceries and containers is not included in the service price allowing you to maximize control over the final costs of your menu plan. Please see the pricing page on this website or contact Chef Bree for a customized quote.
Q: What does the service price include?A: The price of service includes:
- In-home client consultation (food questionnaire and kitchen review)
- Personalized menu research and planning
- Grocery shopping
- Meal preparation, packaging, labeling, and storing
- Kitchen clean up
- Transportation
- Dry goods pantry (oils, vinegars, spices, baking staples)
*The cost of groceries is not included in the service price.*
Q: Do you cook in my kitchen?A: All meals are prepared in the safety of your home kitchen and with Chef Bree’s own tools and utensils. For dinner parties and special events food can be prepared either in your kitchen or off-site in a professional commercial kitchen and dropped off at your home. Contact Chef Bree for more details regarding drop off service.
Q: How long will you be in my kitchen?A: Typically, the service takes approximately four to seven hours from arrival to kitchen clean up. The length of time depends entirely on the quantity of meals prepared and the type of menu selected for the cook date.
Q: Do I have to be home when you come to cook?A: You do not have to be home on your scheduled cook date as long as appropriate arrangements are made in advance for Chef Bree to gain access to your kitchen.
Q: How is the food packaged?A: Packaging options will be discussed at the initial client assesment. Usually clients either choose Pyrex or Corningware containers that can go straight from the fridge to the oven. Re-usable plastic containers such as Gladware or Ziploc are another option.
Q: Are you insured?A: Baking By Bree, A Personal Chef & Baker Service is a fully insured business registered with New York State.
Q: What area does Baking By Bree service? A: Baking By Bree services New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. There is a travel surcharge for cook dates 25 miles or more, one way, from the New York City Metro area.
Q: How do I get started?A: Contact Chef Bree by phone or email to schedule an in-home consultation.