Option A - Personal Chef Home Study Program
This Home Study program gives you the knowledge and systems essential to start your successful Personal Chef service business AND keep it thriving.
This package includes your 1st year of membership to the APPCA and continues for active members, "The Professional Personal Chef" Training Manual, APPCA Recipe collection in PCO, APPCA's Files Download Vault, and "A Day in the Life of a Personal Chef" training streaming video that walks you through all the steps of successfully completing the steps necessary to sell and perform a client cooking session. Now includes Personal Chef Office software with FREE access to our new online business tools and recipe/menu software for their personal chef business operations. Price includes 2-3 day Priority Mail shipping.
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Not everyone can pick up and travel for a two-day live seminar. This Option A program includes the Industry's only Personal Chef Video Seminar Library (streaming). You will see an entire seminar (3 videos) filmed at the San Diego Culinary Institute with detailed explanations, discussions, anecdotes, and attendee questions and expert answers.
That's why the APPCA developed the Seminar Video Series - a collection filmed during an actual Live Seminar that allow you to review the process as often as you like in the comfort of your own home on your desktop, laptop, or tablet.
You will watch the entire seminar, including:
• detailed explanations
• discussions
• anecdotal stories
• tons of valuable time and money saving tips
• member questions and answers!
This is the ONLY video collection of its kind available in the entire Personal Chef industry! Total of 10 training videos!
You will also receive 6 (six) Personal Chef Special Skills videos:
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39 min. | This is the newly edited release of the industry-original "Day in the Life of a Personal Chef" video. There is MORE hands-on information that makes this video a valuble learning tool for new aspiring personal chefs as well as experienced personal chefs. |
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2 hr 37 min. | Opening session: |
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3 hr 19 min. | Session 2. Not everyone can make it to a Live Seminar. This collection of three videotapes is like being there! Sit back and watch the entire 2 day Live Seminar - "The Business of Doing Business as a Personal Chef". View the Seminar in your 'jamies over and over again! |
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2 hr 39 min. | Final session. Not everyone can make it to a Live Seminar. This collection of three videotapes is like being there! Sit back and watch the entire 2 day Live Seminar - "The Business of Doing Business as a Personal Chef". View the Seminar in your 'jamies over and over again! |
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1 hr 12 min. | So the money's rolling in and you're heading for easy street - or are you? This detailed explanation shows how you can simply control and monitor your finances and revenues to make sure you are maximizing your profitability. Streamlined accounting methods for optimizing your Personal Chef service for profit. Hosted by Personal Chef Meredith Eriksen ( APPCA Personal Chef of the Year 2004) (approx. 71 minutes). |
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1 hr 17 min. | Personal Chef Dane Mechlin, CEC ( APPCA Personal Chef of the Year 2003) shares his experiences with the extra requirements of servicing upscale personal chef clients. |
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13 minutes | Personal Chef Dane Mechlin, CEC ( APPCA Personal Chef of the Year 2003) shares his experiences with low fat "mother" sauces, light salad dressings, and other tips for personal chefs. |
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39 min. | Clients with special dietary needs? Don't worry, here are some easy tips on accommodating the special diet market. Professional Personal Chef Host Dennis Nosko & Personal Chef Christine Robinson discusses planning and cooking for clients with special dietary needs. Experience how simple sauces can be modified to easily accommodate a variety of special dietary considerations, an important aspect of personalizing and broadening your culinary services. Dennis & Christine are APPCA's 2013 Chefs of the Year |
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1 hr 14 min. | This video discusses the details of properly selecting and packaging your beautiful meals for clients to enjoy as though they were just made. Make sure you are providing the very best to your clients! The food looks great and tastes great. Here are some strategies to keep it that way for the client. A great instructional video for beginning personal chefs. Tricks and tips offered Personal Chefs Candy Wallace and Jim Davis. |
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23 minutes | Although it's a heavy utensil to pack around, the pressure cooker can be worth its weight in gold when it comes to helping a Personal Chef prepare meals for their clients. See how the pressure cooker can be one of your best friends in your portable kitchen kit. |
NOTE: All fees are non-refundable and non-returnable. The APPCI Manual and Training Materials are for educational purposes only. You are not purchasing a business plan, franchise, or distributorship. As an independent business owner you may operate your business the way you wish and earn as much money as your efforts and drive to be successful returns to you. APPCI cannot guarantee any specific earnings as a result of purchasing the APPCI Training Manual and Materials. Under U.S. Copyright and Trademark Law it is illegal for these materials to be copied, reproduced or otherwise used as anything other than an educational manual for the use of the purchaser ALONE. Any infringement will be disputed with legal action. By completing this order, I affirm that I understand and accept the above terms
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