Your personal chef in Nashville
Chef Mollie cooks for a small number of Nashville families as their personal chef. She learns what each household loves, avoids and needs, designs a new menu around it every week, and drops the meals off fresh, labeled and ready to reheat. It is not a meal-prep subscription with a fixed menu: every dish is written for your family.
She is accepting one or two more families this season.
Start with a phone callHow Chef Mollie works as your family's personal chef
She gets to know your household
A short preference form covers dietary needs, allergies, family size and the flavors you like, then a conversation fills in the rest.
She writes your menu each week
Menus rotate weekly around local, seasonal Middle Tennessee ingredients, cooked from scratch, and adjust as she learns what your family reaches for.
She cooks off-site and drops off your meals
Deliveries are usually Sunday evening, Thursday evening, or both, and other days can be arranged. Everything arrives in glass containers, labeled with the dish and reheating instructions, and last week's containers go back with her.
What a personal chef learns about your family
The difference between a personal chef and a meal service is that the menu is about your family, and it keeps fitting better the longer she cooks for you. Chef Mollie learns each household's tastes, dietary needs and routines, and builds every week's menu around them: how much breakfast, lunch and dinner, which snacks and sweets. Most families get two meals a day plus snacks and sweets.
Dietary needs and kids' meals
Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan, keto and allergy-aware menus are routine for her. Her "Little Chef" kids' menu is kid-approved and made with quality ingredients, and many dishes hide vegetables in the sauce.
Personal chef, meal-prep company or private chef: which fits
| Personal chef (Chef Mollie) | Typical meal-prep company | Full-time private chef | Private dining with Chef Mollie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu | Written for your household every week | Pick from a set menu | Written for your household every week | Designed for one dinner or event |
| Who it's for | Families who want home cooking without the cooking | Individuals who want convenient portions | One household, exclusively; often travels with the family | A dinner party, celebration or event |
| How often | Weekly, ongoing | Weekly | Most days, often daily | One occasion |
| Adapts over time | Yes, as she learns your family | No | Yes, as they learn your family | Built around your guests and the occasion |
| Cost | Shared: one of a small book of families | Per-meal pricing | Highest: you pay for exclusivity | $75 to $200 per person, quoted after a consultation |
Planning a dinner party or celebration instead? See private dining with Chef Mollie.
Personal chef pricing in Nashville
A personal chef plan with Chef Mollie is a weekly service fee plus groceries.
- One cook day a week: typically from $450 a week plus groceries, usually about four days of meals.
- Two cook days a week: typically from $800 a week plus groceries, usually about a full week of meals.
Your exact plan is set on a phone call with Chef Mollie, around how many people she cooks for and what your family eats. There is no contract.
Where Chef Mollie works as a personal chef
Nashville and about 30 miles around downtown, including Belle Meade, Green Hills, East Nashville, Germantown, 12 South, The Gulch, Sylvan Park and Brentwood.
Personal chef questions
What does a personal chef do?
A personal chef cooks for the same household week after week, plans a menu around the family's tastes and dietary needs, and delivers the meals ready to eat. Chef Mollie does the menu planning, grocery shopping and cooking.
What is the difference between a personal chef and a private chef?
A private chef traditionally works for one family exclusively, cooking most days and often traveling with them, and that exclusivity is reflected in the cost. A personal chef brings the same bespoke, personal cooking to a small number of families, so her time and cost are shared. Chef Mollie works as a personal chef for a few Nashville families, and cooks for dinner parties and events through her private dining service.
How much does a personal chef cost in Nashville?
With Chef Mollie, typically from $450 a week for one cook day (about four days of meals) or from $800 a week for two cook days (about a week of meals), plus groceries. Plans are tailored on a phone call.
Does she cook in my kitchen?
No. She cooks off-site and delivers, usually Sunday and/or Thursday evening (other days can be arranged), so your kitchen stays yours.
Is there a contract?
No. Pause, skip a week when you travel, or stop any time.
How soon can we start?
Reach out about a week ahead so she can plan your first menu and shop for it. She is accepting one or two more families this season.
Can she cook for allergies and special diets?
Yes. Gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan, keto and allergy-aware menus are routine for her, built into the menu from the start.
Do you cook for kids?
Yes. Her "Little Chef" kids' menu is kid-approved and made with quality ingredients, and many dishes hide vegetables in the sauce.
Is this the same as meal prep?
It covers what people look for in meal prep, cooked fresh each week, but the menu is personal to your family instead of a set menu for everyone.