Personal Chef To Go Review

Over a decade ago, Chef Gene Castelluccio and Chef Blair Grossman decided to start a business together and make restaurant-quality meals available for household consumption. That is how Personal Chef To Go was born.

At first, they focused on flavor and used a bunch of ingredients that are known to guarantee excellent taste but are not too great for your health, such as butter, cream, and a lot of sugar and salt. That is what their restaurant experience taught them. However, they soon changed their minds. They noticed there was a lack of meal delivery services that offered meals that are both tasty and healthy, so they kept their dedication to flavor but threw away all of the unhealthy ingredients and came up with the concept they are known for today: Live Smart, Eat Healthy. In the following sections of this Personal Chef To Go review, we will explore the details of the company’s offer, including the variety of meals, ordering flexibility, and pricing.

How Personal Chef To Go Works

Ordering from Personal Chef To Go is simple. You only need to choose a meal plan that works best for you and select a delivery date that perfectly suits your daily and weekly schedule and the company’s staff does the rest. Once you have placed your order, the chefs select all the fine ingredients necessary to make the dishes so delectable. Once the cooking is done, the meals are placed in refrigerated containers that keep them fresh and delish and they are handed over to Federal Express Ground or Second Day Express, depending on the delivery location. In a day or two, the meals reach the homes of customers all over the country.

The company’s menu includes 11-12 dishes every week and you can choose 5, 8 or 10 you like the most. If you do not want to choose the meals yourself or you do not make your choice before the weekly cutoff, you receive meals handpicked by the company’s chefs.

With Personal Chef To Go, there is no minimum subscription length. You get to choose when you want to receive or skip a delivery, you can modify your subscription at any time, and you can easily cancel if you no longer need its fresh, chef-prepared meals. However, it is important to note that if you want to skip a week or modify or cancel your subscription, you need to make the desired changes before the weekly deadline, which is on Monday at 11:45 am EST.

What Makes Personal Chef To Go Different

Personal Chef To Go wants you to know that opting for its services is a smart decision. Here is what its creators mean by that. The food the company ships is never frozen but always fresh and ready-to-eat. The dishes on the menus are primarily inspired by the Mediterranean cuisine, which is known not only for being amazingly tasty but also good for your heart. Another reason why its food is good for you is the fact that it does not contain any preservatives or additives.

Personal Chef To Go makes sure you never get bored with its food. The chefs have designed a rotating menu that changes every week for 9 weeks in a row and there is always a dozen of delicious options available. Apart from Mediterranean-inspired dishes, the menu features meals inspired by cuisines all over the planet. Therefore, this service takes you on a culinary tour around the world every week, which makes ordering food from Personal Chef To Go all the more exciting.

If you want to get to know the people who are in charge of providing you with healthy, delicious meals every week, check out the About Us section on the Personal Chef To Go website and learn more about the experience and attitudes of Chef Gene and Chef Blair. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, all of which they use to keep you up to date with their plans and special offers.

If you are looking for a nice gourmet gift for a foodie friend, you can opt for Personal Chef To Go gift cards. They come in two forms – physical, sent via snail mail, and digital, sent via email. The gift options include single orders containing 5, 8 or 10 meals. Ground shipping costs are included in the price of the gift cards. All gift cards are non-refundable.

Meals and Recipes

So far in this Personal Chef To Go review, we have mentioned that the weekly menu includes 11-12 items, all suitable for lunch or dinner. The meals are available within 3 meal plans – 5-meal, 8-meal, and 10-meal plan. You can opt for either Chef’s Choice – the chefs choose your meals for you – or Your Choice – you handpick the meals in your order or you can set your preferences and have the meals selected for you based on your taste and needs. If you handpick the meals yourself, you can order multiple servings of the same dish and share the meals with family and friends.

All meals are designed with omnivores in mind. There are no vegetarian or vegan options. However, you can rule out the ingredients you wish to avoid. You can opt for meals free from fish, gluten, pork, shellfish, beef, soy, dairy, tree nuts or any combination of those.

Nutrition Facts

With Personal Chef To Go, the average calorie count per serving is normally below 400 calories. Each meal contains a single serving of 12-13 ounces. The meals usually have up to 10 grams of fat, between 10 and 40 grams of carbs, and between 26 and 53 grams of proteins. The company allows you to view weekly menus 9 weeks in advance, so you can easily decide which weeks you want to skip if the meals on the menu do not suit your taste.

Heating And Storage Tips

If you opt for Personal Chef To Go, you get fresh, never frozen meals that can last as many as 10-12 days in your fridge. Since the meals are designed to be enjoyed fresh and they can patiently wait for you to eat them for more than a week, you should not freeze them unless it is really necessary. In case you decide to pop some of the meals into your freezer, you should preferably consume them within a month.

The meals are always fully cooked and microwave-ready. When you are ready to eat, just heat the desired meal in a microwave for 3 minutes, grab a fork, and enjoy.

Pricing

Personal Chef To Go has perfectly straightforward pricing. The meals are not priced individually, but the price of your meals depends on how many meals per week you order. If you opt for the 5-meal plan, you pay $78 per week, which amounts to $15.60 per meal. The 8 meal plan costs $118 per week, that is, $14.75 per meal. Finally, the 10 meal plan comes at the price of $138 per week, which means that a single meal with this plan costs $13.80.

Shipping is free of charge in the eastern half of the US. For other locations, all deliveries come with a shipping fee that normally amounts to $45 per delivery.

Delivery Areas

Personal Chef To Go delivers anywhere in the US and allows you to shop for yourself or place an order for someone else. The meals are shipped on Thursday every week and they should reach your home on Friday or Saturday, depending on your location. The company also has a commercial kitchen in Mechanicsville, VA, where it showcases its products, so you can sample the goods or purchase the same menu items as the ones shipped.

Personal Chef To Go Pros And Cons

To make sure Personal Chef To Go meets all your standards and expectations, it is important to know its biggest advantages and disadvantages. With a short overview of its pros and cons, you can easily decide if Personal Chef To Go is the right meal delivery service for you.

Sample Dishes

With Personal Chef To Go, you get delicious meals prepared by pro chefs at affordable prices. To find out what kinds of delights you will receive in your delivery, we have chosen a couple of sample dishes that accurately represents its offer and can help you decide if it is the right service for you.