Make More Money Cooking

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking we are celebrating episode 100 of our podcast. This has been an extremely fulfilling journey and we are just starting. In this episode we talk about the journey and our students successes. We want to thank everybody for taking the time out of their days to listen to us and allow us the opportunity to earn your time. Also, we are giving away a gift certificate to Chubo Knives in this episode. Support the show

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking Podcast, Chef Ryan Francis goes into how he charges for travel to and from an event. There are many reasons why we would do this and many reasons why you might not want to do this. We dive in and talk in depth of the pros and cons of charging for travel time. Support the show

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking, Chef Ryan Francis talks about the good and bad of starting a supper club through his experiences trying to start one! Supper Clubs can be a great way to get your name out there but are they a great way for you to sustain your business? Let's talk about it! Support the show

In this weeks episode,  Chef Ryan Francis talks about his experience with partnering with Airbnb hosts. There is a huge opportunity in the world today with people that rent out their homes for customers that are visiting their city. Within those confines, there is opportunity for chefs to partner with those hosts to make experiences that they can have inside their home. There is always an opportunity lurking and with the Make More Money Cooking Podcast, we exploit those opportunities to our listeners so they can learn how to monetize their passion for cooking. Support the show

In episode 96 of the Make More Money Cooking Podcast Chef Ryan Francis goes into why some chefs leave restaurants to become private chefs and why some private chefs end up becoming restaurant chefs. There are a lot of reasons why chefs change career paths but one that is become more and more popular is switching to the private sector. Chef Ryan Francis made the switch 8 years ago and is never turning back, he explains how his life changed and how yours can too if you are thinking about going into the private sector of cheffing. Please leave a review for us, we really appreciate it and want to continue to provide value to all of our listeners. Support the show

WE have been taking questions on the Facebook group from our students and on this series we are answering your questions on how to build a better personal or private chef business. On this weeks episode, we are talking about how important it is to build experiences that people want to be a part of and how research and development play a big role in the world of service based businesses. There is an infinite amount of ways that you can create superfans in this space and in this episode, we talk about them and how we think you can gain an advantage over your competitors. Support the show

We asked the Facebook community for some feedback and we wanted some opinions on podcast topics. Today- we talk about scaling your business. It can be daunting and sometimes defeating when you are trying to build up your business, especially with no help, let's dive in there and see if we can't get you all there sooner on this episode of the make more money cooking podcast. Support the show

Ryan Francis the owner of Gather and Forge talks about building a PREMIUM brand. Sub-par businesses create sub-par brands and that is because not all brands are the same. There are things that you must do in order to become the go-to brand, especially when you have competitors in your space. Does the website look and feel good? Does it work good? Let's dive in and talk about it!Support the show

Ryan Francis talks about how to reinvest in your business. When you are starting business, there are some very important things that you have to learn and one of those things is how to reinvest in your business. There are several ways that you can reinvest in your business and Ryan talks about how he does it with Gather and Forge. Support the show

Hosts Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about procrastination and how to deal with it. There are several reasons why people procrastinate and the reality of it is that by nature we all procrastinate. Is there a reason that we all do this or is this just something that we cannot stop? Procrastinating often times shows its head when projects are so large that completing it seems like an impossible feat but there is a way to get things done in chunks to make the project seems much smaller. Support the show

Hosts Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about the age old question 'What is your specialty". This gets tossed around a lot when you are a personal or private chef and we thought that it might be a great place to explore answers for the question while on a quick podcast. Support the show

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj dive into what culinary arts is forming into. We dive into what it is like to be an intern at some of the best restaurants in the world. There is a shift in the arts and we are seeing it change right in front of our eyes. Support the show

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about Artificial Intelligence and how it might be used in the personal and private chef business. ChatGTP is a language A.I. that will allow it's users to ask questions that will write copy for their businesses. A.I. is going to change the way we do our work and we dive in here to how it might do that. Either get on the boat or get left behind.Support the show

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking Podcast we dive into the age old question... How do I get more clients in my business? It is one thing to actually start your business but how do you get clients so that way you can stay in business? What are some ways that you are able to reach more potential clients and more ways that you are able to scale your business. This is super essential when you are starting and it is something that a lot of people really struggle with. Let's dive in and figure this out together! Support the show

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking, we talk about the difference between creating a side gig and a real business. A lot of people want to do this but don't know how to make it a real business. It is tough and we are are here to help you understand what a transition might look like for you. Entrepreneurship is hard and there is not a lot of education out there that talks about creating a business when it comes to personal or private cheffing. Support the show

In this episode of Make More Money Cooking, we talk about personal branding and how important it is. Personal branding is essential when it comes to any entrepreneurial journey. How do you go about branding and design? Why is it important to have a brand and what does it represent within your company? Let's dive in and talk about business and personal branding so that you can have a leg up on your competition. Support the show

Chef Ryan Francis who is the founder of Gather and Forge private chef services in Austin, Texas talks about what it takes to continually learn more about the craft of cooking. From staging to cookbooks and all the way through menu development he dives in to the world of expanding your horizon when it comes do cooking. There is infinite amounts of knowledge on how to learn more about your craft and all it takes is getting outside of your comfort zone and realizing that you have the brain power to do this, you just HAVE to GO AND DO IT!Support the show

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj founded Make More Money Cooking to help cooks and chefs around the world monetize their passion for cooking. There are so many ways that chefs can earn a living when it comes to cooking but what we have found is that there is not a lot of education out there when it comes to simply learning how. After 7 years of personally building a $1M private chef business, we have decided to educate out people on how to do this. It requires a lot of work but the world is endless when you figure out that there are people out there that are making a lot of money doing this and the best part of it is that they are also the creators of their time. Dive in with us so you too can learn how to make more money cooking. Support the show

It is Black Friday and we have lost out minds. We are dropping the price of the course to an unreal level. Go get them.Support the show

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj started Make More Money Cooking about 2 years ago. Today Ryan goes solo and apologizes for their lack of participation in podcasting. He also talks about social media trends having to do with TikTok and YouTube Ads. Get ready for a black Friday sale! Support the show

Ryan & Anthony discuss their reasoning behind taking Gather & Forge to Telluride. We also mention the potential for graduates of our online course to relocate to Austin and have a steady stream of recurring weekly clients to cook for. Support the show

After more than two years in the making, we're proud to share with you the course that we think will help change the lives of entrepreneurial chefs everywhere. https://makemoremoneycooking.mykajabi.com/mmmc-1Support the show

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about meal prepping or personal cheffing. There are a lot of ways that we can earn money in this industry and one of those ways is meal prepping. Meal prepping is when you go into a clients home and cook a weeks worth of meals for them. This is how Gather and Forge started and one of the main sources of income that most chefs will start with. Listen as we unpack this revenue stream. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMMC )

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj get a question from one of our listeners. There are a lot of things that need to be unpacked when starting to create a personal chef or private chef business and there is no real roadmap when it comes to this line of work. This listener asks us what kind of steps they can take in order to expedite success. Creating a personal or private chef business is no easy feat but there are things that you can do in that will fast track your success. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMMC )

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about the pros and cons of having a dialed in niche. There are so many ways that you can start a personal chef business or private chef business and some are better than others. What happens when you are so good at one thing that you want to make it a niche that you are known for? What steps do you think you should take take in order to ensure that you niche doesn't fail? Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMMC )

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about how to deal with clients that are sometimes not the best fit for the company. There is a fine line that we all flirt with in a personal or private chef business that divides what clients are great and what clients are not. Where is that line and how do you know how to spot that kind of client? What do you do when you are dealing with a client that has no reasoning for making accusations about your brand. We get down to the bottom of it here. Thank you all for listening to the Make More Money Cooking Podcast!Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMMC )

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj have a conversation about some of the stranger things they have encountered while being a personal chef or private chef. Being in this field means that you are going to experience strange request and you should know how to react when one of those "strange" requests surfaces. Being a personal or private chef means just that.. that you are privately cooking for an individual in their space and with that comes some very private requests. We dive in here on episode 74 of the Make More Money Cooking Podcast. 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about marketing and spending money on it. There is always something that can be worked on when it comes to marketing and advertising. It is tough to know when you need to spend money and when you need to bootstrap. We definitely have an opinion and we want to share them with you. When running a personal chef or private chef business there are a lot of moving parts and its always tough to know what to do. We chat unscripted about all the problems facing out business and we always want to share it with you! 

On this episode of Make More Money Cooking Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj are going to be talking about their experience with hiring out 3rd party people. Whether that be subcontractors or virtual assistants. What are the pros and cons of doing this, how has this effected our business and how it can help you or hurt you in the long run!

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj reflect on the latter half of 2021--the busiest and most profitable year yet for Gather and Forge. Anthony talks about a few lessons from working a huge event out in Mason, Texas along with another chef from the Gather & Forge team. Ryan and Anthony also flew out to New Mexico for a close friend's celebration of life. We're excited to update you on the progress of the Make More Money Cooking online course!

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about what the day to day looks like when you are actually working in the field. Becoming a personal chef or private chef is a daunting thing, especially when there are no blueprints for what you should be doing. We go through what our day to day looks like and also try to help you understand exactly what you are about to get yourself into when deciding to become a personal or private chef.

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about adapting in business, specifically about adapting into more systems and processes. There are a million ways that you can adapt but being willing to adapt is your greatest key to success. There is always room to grow and always new softwares that you can use to help move your business forward so that you can make more money cooking. 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj have a Facebook community that everybody needs to join! There are tons of people just like you out there and they have things that they want teach you, the good thing is they are full of experience and reachable in the Facebook group. Join us on Facebook at Make More Money Cooking. 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about the broken restaurant industry and how it fails their chefs in the kitchen. When looking at a restaurant business model, we have come to know the pay scale for chefs to be below the poverty line which is down right wrong. From the perspective of Ryan and Anthony, they talk about what is going wrong within the walls of restaurants around the world. 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about the viability of choosing to be a personal or private chef as your career option. Becoming a personal chef or private chef is a big step and Ryan and Anthony talk about what their experience has been like over the last 6 years in this business. 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about how they price their "elite" clients also known as "whales". In the private chef industry, there are many ways to work these deals and we go through most of those in this podcast. There is no real perfect equation for doing this so listen in and get some tips from two people that have worked these kinds of deals before. 

In this weeks episode Ryan and Anthony talk about how to differentiate yourself in a potential saturated market. We don't think that this business is saturated at all but we wanted to talk about how you can go above and beyond when it comes to your personal chef business.

Ryan and Anthony get an amazing question from a culinary school instructor! Not a lot of people know that this industry even exists. How does one go from cooking to becoming a personal chef? There is a lot of work to do but there is also a lot of return but the question remains- How does one get into this line of work? In this episode of Make More Money Cooking, we are going to get straight to the point! 

Ryan Francis and Anthony Nicaj talk about how to get the word out that you are in business. There are many ways in a personal chef business that you can let people know you are in business and none of them are hard but they do take work. Learn how to get more exposure by listening to this podcast about how to start a personal chef company.

Ryan and Anthony talk extensively about getting paid more and asking for what you are worth. There are many ways to price your services and there are many ways that you can ask for more money but how do you go about that and how to get your bottom line to explode.

Ryan and Anthony talk about promotion and how to get clients. This is a big question within the industry and one we get quite a lot of. How does a personal chef or private chef get their word out? In episode 59 we talk about it and go into detail about how we did it.

Ryan and Anthony talk about when its time to take the leap and go all in on your personal chef business. It can be daunting to look at the future when you are starting a business but there are clear cut signs that you are ready to go full time and that is what this episode is all about.

Ryan and Anthony talk about how to deal with a creative slump. As creatives and chefs, everybody faces burnout from time to time. It happens to everybody and we talk about it and how we deal with it.

On this episode of Make More Money Cooking, Ryan and Anthony talk about travel fees and how they have evolved over the years while operating Gather and Forge Private Chef Company.

It must be said, everybody needs to make money in order to survive and thrive in this world. We talk about the first few years of Gather and Forge Private Chef Business and break down some of the numbers that went along with those years. Each year we continue to grow and we wanted to chat about what the numbers look like for somebody that might just be starting out!

This is actually a question that many people have asked us and we want to make sure to be clear that you simply cannot start this business with nothing. That said, you can start this business with very little and create a massively successful business that can sustain and provide for many years to come!

Ryan and Anthony talk about what kind of softwares are used inside Gather and Forge Chef Services. We dive deep into the different kinds of softwares that we use and what we use them for. There are several different options out there but we think that this episode covers quite a bit, especially if you are just getting started with automating your business.

2021 is upon is and we are back in full swing with Make More Money Cooking! In this episode, we go over how to get hands on experience during the pandemic. As a listener of this podcast you can go to our website www.makemoremoneycooking.com and ask us any question that you might want to ask. Ryan and Anthony will go over the question in depth and talk about what we see fit having to do with your questions!

We just wanted to thank those of you that have tuned in to listen to our podcast. Please feel free to subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from and leave us a message or question at our website: makemoremoneycooking.com and we will pick up where we left off in the new year. We are halfway through the production of our online course but anticipate the release date by March 1st, 2021. Thanks you guys and let's make this new year the best one yet!!

Affluent people or well of people expect a different kind of service. They will be paying you quite a bit of money and you need to know what they expect for that price. Often times, people that are wealthy see the world in a different light and coming from experience, you need to know exactly what that is. We want to bring you inside what we think of this subject so you can be ready when you are ready to start cooking for your first very wealthy client.

Cooking for a lot of people can be daunting and we know that first hand. This is why we have come up with a sweet spot, a place that we feel comfortable planning and cooking for our clients. When starting a personal chef business, you need to go over this step so you can make sure to not crash and burn. Trust us, we have crashed and we have burned and it is not a good feeling.