Chef-prepared meals for busy professionals, seniors, offices, and families, plus in-home dinner parties and private dinners built for the occasion.
Chef Juan’s® personal chef service covers the Atlanta and North Georgia area, and it is built for anyone who wants restaurant-quality food without cooking it themselves: busy professionals, seniors and the families who look after them, offices that want to feed their teams well, and households tired of the weeknight scramble. There are three ways in: weekly meal prep cooked in Chef Juan’s kitchen and delivered to your home or office, in-home dinner parties built around a menu you choose, and private special-occasion dinners for anniversaries, proposals, and milestones. Every menu is custom and designed for the way you actually eat: allergies, dietary tracking, health goals, and kid-friendly plates alongside adult mains. Chef Juan brings more than thirty years of professional kitchen experience, ServSafe® certification, and a track record of about sixty percent repeat clientele to every client he cooks for.
Who Chef Juan Cooks For
Busy Professionals
Long days leave little time to cook. Weekly meal prep puts chef-made lunches and dinners in your fridge, macro-tracked if you train or follow a plan. When you want to host clients or friends at home, Chef Juan cooks and serves the dinner.
Seniors and Their Families
For seniors who no longer want to cook every day, and for adult children who want to know a parent is eating well, Chef Juan prepares weekly meals portioned for one or two, labeled, and ready to reheat. Dietary needs and the guidelines you share are built into every menu.
Offices and Teams
Chef-prepared meals delivered to your office on a schedule that suits your team, with menus that cover every dietary need in the room. For larger company events, Chef Juan’s corporate catering takes over.
Households and Families
Working parents, growing families, and anyone tired of deciding what is for dinner. Chef Juan cooks for the whole table, kid-friendly plates included.
Choose Your Personal Chef Service
Three tiers. One chef.
Weekly Meal Prep, Delivered
Chef Juan builds a menu around the people you are feeding, prepares the meals fresh in his kitchen, and delivers them to your home or office ready to reheat. $45–$65 per meal, groceries included. No minimum number of meals. Standard delivery is $40; extended service areas may require an additional delivery charge. Rush orders placed fewer than 5 days in advance are subject to a 20% rush fee, subject to availability. There is no separate 2.5% credit-card processing fee for meal prep; processing costs are included in the meal pricing.
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In-Home Dinner Parties
Multi-course dinners cooked, plated, and served in your Atlanta-area home, from family celebrations to client dinners. Two to thirty guests. Servers and bartending available.
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Private & Special-Occasion Dinners
An intimate plated dinner for an anniversary, a proposal, a date night, or a milestone. Menu built entirely around the occasion.
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Dietary Needs, Handled
Because “healthy” means different things to different people, Chef Juan cooks to the way you actually eat.
- Keto & low-carb
- Paleo & Whole30-style
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Vegan & vegetarian (Chef Juan spent years as Chef Manager at Cafe Sunflower, plant-based is not an afterthought here.)
- Macro-tracked meals
- Allergy accommodations
- Kid-friendly plates alongside adult mains
Professional Food-Safety Training
When Chef Juan prepares meals in your home or private event space, professional food handling remains part of the service. Chef Juan is ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certified, with certification current through July 30, 2027.
Meet Chef Juan
Chef Juan T. McAllister brings more than thirty years in professional kitchens, from Chef Manager at Cafe Sunflower to Franchise Owner of This Is It BBQ & Seafood to caterer for The Recording Academy, Atlanta Public Schools, and destination weddings up to 300 guests. He is a Johnson & Wales University graduate and a current ServSafe® Food Protection Manager. His personal cooking style he calls “the chef is the solution”, a promise that whatever you need, he will build a menu around it.
What Clients Say
“Chef Juan is a bit of a marvel, he can prepare anything, and does meal prep that’s second to none.”
– Trent Goss
“Chef Juan’s food is delicious and diverse. He is a skilled and thoughtful chef. As working parents with a toddler and newborn, he helped relieve the pressure of also figuring out dinner.”
– La Trina Jackson
“Chef Juan always does a great job. He listens and creates menus specific to your needs.”
– Christina Clarke
Start With a Conversation
Every personal chef engagement starts with a short conversation about who you are feeding, what you love, and what “handled” would feel like. Then Chef Juan builds the menu.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Chef Juan do as a personal chef?
Chef Juan cooks for busy professionals, seniors, offices, and families in the Atlanta and North Georgia area. Weekly meal prep is cooked in his kitchen and delivered to your home or office. Dinner parties and private special-occasion dinners are cooked in your kitchen.
How is this different from Chef Juan’s catering service?
Catering handles events such as weddings, corporate events, and holiday gatherings across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Personal chef service is ongoing or one-time cooking for individuals, families, seniors, and offices in the Atlanta and North Georgia area. Same Chef Juan, different format.
Can you cook for an office or team?
Yes. Weekly meal prep works for an office the same way it works at home: Chef Juan builds a menu around your team, cooks in his kitchen, and delivers the meals ready to serve. Share your headcount, how often you want meals, and any dietary needs on the discovery call.
Can I arrange meals for an aging parent?
Yes. Chef Juan can prepare weekly meals portioned for one or two, labeled and ready to reheat, and cook to any dietary needs or guidelines you share. A family member can set up and manage the order.
How does the weekly meal prep service work?
Chef Juan agrees a menu with you, cooks the meals in his kitchen, and delivers them ready to reheat. Quantity is customized to the people you are feeding.
What does weekly meal prep cost?
$45–$65 per meal, groceries included. No minimum number of meals. Standard delivery is $40; extended service areas may require an additional delivery charge. Rush orders placed fewer than 5 days in advance are subject to a 20% rush fee, subject to availability. There is no separate 2.5% credit-card processing fee for meal prep; processing costs are included in the meal pricing.
How do weekly scheduling and payment work?
Service is scheduled one week at a time with no long-term commitment. Advance payment by the invoice deadline confirms the upcoming service week. Clients may skip a week by notifying Chef Juan’s before payment is due. Unexpected changes after payment may be handled as a future service credit, less any nonrecoverable food or preparation costs already incurred.
What areas do you serve?
Anywhere in North Georgia and the Atlanta metropolitan area.
How much lead time do you need?
Five days is preferred for weekly meal prep. Dinner parties usually need about ten days.