Jade House

Private Chef
Staffing Protocol

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Placing across the United States now. Taking briefs worldwide.

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Reach

Where you live Your current city When you can begin Earliest availability for a placement Notice you owe your current employer So a household’s start date can be checked against it

Role to fill The position you are hiring for When the chef should begin Your preferred start window A number for the call If you would rather speak than write

Terms

Your salary range Gross annual base salary, in the currency you are paid in. Live-in roles include housing on top of salary. Years in private service At estates or principal households

A reference we may speak to

Estate manager, family office, or agency. Phone or email, at least one. We contact them only with your consent, when we present you to a family.

Name Phone Email

Compensation offered Annual base salary. If housing is provided, it is in addition to this figure. Will you ask the chef to sign a confidentiality agreement? Chefs are told only whether to expect one What the chef must observe Social media, guests, photos, anything else How many chefs you need Number of placements required

Profile

How private the role should be Level of confidentiality you prefer How you work under pressure Whichever sounds most like you A line that describes your cooking In your own voice

How you like to work

Six quick choices, all optional. We match on how people work together as well as on skill, and never turn anyone away for an answer here.

The household you are happiest in How formal the home is Your place in the home How much you are part of daily life Who plans the menus The way you like to work How often you check in with the family About the menu, the week, the kitchen The week you do your best work in Routine or variety Feedback you work best with How you like to hear what to change

Primary residence City or region Other residences or vessels Secondary homes, yachts, aircraft Security level How the household is staffed and accessed

How your home runs

Six quick choices, all optional. We match on how people work together as well as on skill, and never turn anyone away for an answer here.

Day-to-day style at home How formal day-to-day life is How present the chef is How much they are part of daily life Who plans the menus The way you like it to work How often the chef checks in with you About the menu, the week, the kitchen A typical week in your home Guests, travel, last-minute changes How feedback is given in your home When something should change

Review

Read each answer once more before it is sent. Anything can still be changed.

Dossier

Awaiting dossier.

A filet, plated and set on a dining table beside a glass of wine and garden flowers.

A precise fit

A gifted chef in the wrong room is wasted talent. We pursue the rarer thing: a chef attuned to the rhythm of a home, and a home worthy of the chef’s craft.

Jade House is a referral agency and private personnel service.

“The most abundant tables in the West share a secret.
It’s not on the menu.”

Dylan BlissFounder