"Pete Romfh" > wrote in
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>
> A personal chef service (PCS) isn't for everyone. But for those who
> don't care to cook, it can be an alternative to frequent restaurant
> meals. There are a few basic variations of PCS:
>
> 1. The chef comes to your home having shopped and prepped
> everything.
>
> 2. The chef prepares meals in their kitchen from menus you have
> planned and delivers the food to your kitchen ready to serve.
>
> 3. The chef prepares dishes in their kitchen from a series of menus
> you select.
>
> 4. Clients come to the chef's kitchen where they are guided through
> the preparation of several dishes which they take home to fix at a
> future date.
>
> You can often find recreational cooking classes presented in your
> community as well.
>
> I'm currently discussing doing a series of diabetic cooking classes
> (demo format) with the leaders of a local DM support group sponsored
> by a local hospital. If it gets off the should it should be a fun
> project.
>

Thanks for the listing of types of "personal chefs". My daughter-in-
law has been going to one of those places where you fix your own meals
and take them home to cook. I've looked at them myself and they're too
carb heavy for me! I didn't see any low-carb options and you're pretty
much stuck with what their menu offering is for the week (there have
been weeks she's skipped because she didn't like what they offered).
Of course, you're spending a couple of hours a week there putting
everything together and then cooking it when you get home (plus the
need for storage space in the freezer, which I don't have). The *big*
advantage is no shopping and no clean-up.

I remember years ago there were "diabetic" restaurants where we lived
that served healthy lower fat and well balanced meals. Funny they
didn't last - the food wasn't really that appetizing! They tasted pre-
prepared!

Sherry