Healthy Performance Chef for Athletes

Los Angeles, CA and across the US

Elevated Eats is looking for a highly motivated Personal Chef to help us serve our high performing, professional athlete clients with weekly meals and snacks prepared in each client’s home. We are growing quickly in new markets across the US. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to expand their passion for cooking healthy food while supporting the world’s top performers.

The right candidate will:

  • Live in or around one of the following cities: Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco

  • Work with our Founder and Head Chef, Amanda, on customizing menus for clients

  • Make shopping lists and shop at multiple grocery stores once per week

  • Cook 7+ meals and additional snacks once per week in each clients home

  • Keep a clean and organized kitchen and assure high health, hygiene, sanitation, safety, and food storage standards.

  • Have access to specific non-toxic cooking and baking tools to be approved by our team.

  • Strive to continue to improve your recipe development and cooking skills.

  • Represent and demonstrate our company values, brand, and mission.

Top traits for a successful Performance Chef:

  • Must have a broad knowledge of different cooking styles and cuisines to create appropriate variety.

  • Must value and LIVE a healthy lifestyle.

  • Should be able to accommodate different dietary needs and preferences including but not limited to specialty diets such as– paleo, keto, whole30, AIP, etc, without skimping on flavor.

  • Must be comfortable working with alternative ingredients: all meals are gluten free, refined sugar-free, mostly grain-free and mostly dairy-free.

  • Will be able to consistently work on Sundays, Mondays and/or Tuesdays yet also be flexible with hours, understanding schedule needs may change on a regular basis.

  • Reliable, organized and possess strong time management skills.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication with a positive attitude.

  • Self-motivated with the ability to be creative in the kitchen and open to feedback.

  • Prior cooking experience, ideally with experience cooking in client’s homes.

  • Degree/certificate in Culinary Nutrition or some aspect of functional/holistic nutrition.

  • Must have a reliable vehicle, chef liability insurance, and manager level Safe Serve certificate.

  • Must have access to a computer and be able use email, word, excel and dropbox.

  • Should be discreet and respect the clients need for privacy.

About Elevated Eats

Founded in 2019, Elevated Eats is a leading high performance chef company creating customized weekly meals for the world’s top professional athletes and celebrities. All menus are customized based on dietary preferences, goals, blood work and genetic testing. Meals and snacks are prepared with the healthiest ingredients possible with a particular focus on performance, recovery and longevity.

Next steps:

  1. Please include a resume with relevant work experience and professional references.

  2. Send an EMAIL message stating why you want to be a part of the Elevated Eats team and why you feel you would be a good fit.

  3. In your email please include 5 photos of food you’ve recently made

Salary range is $50-$150/hr

Kaila Colbin