Private Chef, NYC
Private chefs in New York City.
Your menu, your kitchen, one flat $1 fee.
A real chef in your kitchen, cooking the anniversary dinner you don’t feel like making, the Sunday prep that saves your whole week, or the birthday you’d rather host than cater. That’s what Bobby is building. You pick the menu, the chef shops and cooks in your home, and you see the price upfront with a flat $1 fee, never a percentage. The chef sets the rate and keeps every dollar of it.
A flat $1 fee, whichever side you are on.
Here is how dinner for six works on Bobby, for the customer and for the chef. Drag the price to see it at any job size. Same flat fee, no percentage cut, ever.
If you book it (customer)
The chef keeps 100% of their price. Bobby's fee is a flat $1, never a percentage. Standard card processing is billed at cost, and your full total is shown before you confirm.
If you provide it (chef)
A typical 25% app would take $65 of this job. On Bobby, all $260 stays yours.
What you keep as a chef, side by side
You keep all $260. No percentage, ever. The flat $1 fee is the customer's, added on top.
They take $65 out of this one job. You keep just three quarters of your own work.
Example only, not a quote. Chefs set their own price; the flat $1 fee is what stays fixed.
Everything, one flat fee.
- Background-checked private chefs at launch
- Upfront pricing, and never a percentage cut
- Dinner parties, weekly meal prep, one-off events
- Menus built around your diet and your kitchen
- In-app chat and secure card payment
Three steps.
- Tell Bobby what you’re hungry for
The occasion, the headcount, the allergies and diets. You see the price before you commit to anything.
- Get matched with a chef
A chef nearby, background-checked before their first job, takes it and works out the menu with you in chat.
- They cook, you sit down
The chef shops, cooks in your kitchen, and cleans up after. Pay by card in the app. The chef keeps 100%, and Bobby keeps a flat $1.
Private chefs in your borough.
Bobby is launching private chef borough by borough. Find yours:
Why New Yorkers are choosing Bobby.
A private chef sounds like a splurge, and the booking sites make sure it stays one. They tack 15% to 30% onto the bill, so the better the chef you want, the more they skim off the top. Bobby charges a flat $1 per booking, never a percentage. The chef keeps their full rate, you see the total before you commit, and a home-cooked dinner party stops feeling like something only other people get to do. Fair for the people eating, fair for the people cooking.
Private Chef FAQ
How much will a private chef cost on Bobby?
Can I get a chef for weekly meal prep, not just a dinner?
Are Bobby’s chefs vetted?
Is Bobby available yet?
What private chef costs, and how the fees compare
Real New York prices, and how the big apps’ cuts stack up against Bobby’s flat fee.
Ardi Shita Founder & CEO, Bobby
Ardi founded Bobby to fix the gig economy in his own city. With a background in investment banking, M&A and company building, he leads the New York team building one trusted app for everyday services — on a flat $1 fee, with not a cent skimmed off the people doing the work.
Built for New York. Launching by the book.
Bobby is preparing for launch and is finalizing all required business registrations, insurance, and provider vetting. Every provider will be identity-verified and background-checked before their first job.
Our platform is being built with compliance at its core. Services requiring regulatory authorization will not be offered or made available until all applicable licenses, permits, and registrations have been issued.
In the meantime, we invite you to join our waitlist to be among the first to experience Bobby when we officially launch.