Mission Impastable
should be available this fall. In that book, Alli, and her friend and business
partner, Gina, start a personal chef business. A bold and brave move they take
while seeking their goals of self-worth, independence, and financial security.
Gina has always been the professional worker, while Alli has pasted together a
series of temporary subsistence-level jobs.
However, Alli and Gina are quite naïve when it comes to
starting a personal chef business, or any business, for that matter. Gina has
worked for others, admittedly in a supervisory capacity. Still . . . But, Alli? Well, you know Alli. She’s
sort of like Maria in The Sound of Music
(“a flibbertijibbet, a will-of-the-wisp, a clown”). Bright and shiny things
draw her attention so she has a hard time staying focused on details,
especially if she thinks they’re boring. She says that Gina makes things happen
but Alli is the one conceptualizing the happenings.
In preparation for writing this book, I read about personal
chefs, I checked out some of the official personal chef associations websites, I
looked for requirements, and finally I talked with a personal chef who also
writes mysteries and romance books with recipes. Carolyn Hughey was a great
help.
However.
By the time Carolyn got her hands on me, Mission Impastable was off to the editor
for publication in a couple of months. Think, think, think!
Ah, ha! Got it! I know how to fix all the errors they are
making in book one of the “Dinner is Served” series.
Things are not going well with the PC biz in book two, Prime Rib and Punishment, so they take
on a teaching job at the local culinary institute. While there, they teach a
couple of courses on how to run a PC business. Doing the research for that (and
meeting a PC in the region) helps them figure out what they need to do to fix
the reasons they aren’t successful. They acknowledge what they did wrong and
then rectify their mistakes. Business picks up, life looks good! This takes re-working
the first part of book two, but that is relatively easy at this stage.
Just like in real life, if things don’t go the way they are
supposed to, step back and analyze the options. Yanking the book back and
re-writing it was NOT a good option. I think editors lose patience if you don’t
know what you’re doing. In this case I can have my personal chefs learn, just
like all of us do in reality.
In case you are interested in how personal chef-ing works, try
these resources:
1. American Personal & Private Chef Institute & Association ...
www.personalchef.com/
American Personal & Private Chef Association
excels in Personal Chef Training, Certification, Personal Chef Support,
Conferences & Personal Chef
Association ...
2. United States Personal Chef Association - Personal Chef Training ...
www.uspca.com/
Personal Chef Education and Personal Chef
Membership: United States Personal
Chef Association (USPCA)
3. The Personal Chef Association
www.uspca.com/association/
With this in mind, the United States Personal Chef Association
was able to allow this new career field to flourish while maintaining and
regulating the manner in ...
4. Personal Chef Certification (CPC)
www.uspca.com/association/certification/
Personal Chef Certification (CPC). CPC -
Certified Personal Chef. In 1996 the United States Personal Chef Association
created a certification program with a ...
5. Personal Chef Association - Hangin' With People Who Love Food
www.personalchefassociation.com/
Social Networking site for foodies, personal chefs, culinarians,
and other folks who simply love to prepare and eat glorious food.
6. Find and Hire a Personal Chef - Personal Chef Search.Com ...
www.personalchefsearch.com/
Find and hire a personal chef, the American Personal
Chef Registry invites you enjoy the ...
Hire a Personal ChefAmerican Personal & Private Chef Association.
7. 2013 Personal & Private Chef Summit in Baltimore at Stratford ...
www.personalchefsummit.com/
The American Personal & Private Chef Association
(APPCA), based in San Diego, promotes the “business of doing business” as a
personal or private chef ...
8. the American Personal & Private Chef Association's Discussion ...
personalchefforum.com/eve
American Personal Chef Association the Industry
Leader in Personal Chef Training, Certification, Support, Annual Conferences
& Networking. Find and hire a ...
9. American Personal & Private Chef Association Forums
personalchefforum.com/
American Personal Chef Association the Industry
Leader in Personal Chef Training, Certification, Support, Annual Conferences
& Networking. Find and hire a ...
10. Personal chef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_chef
Various training programs are also offered by
the United States Personal Chef
Association and the American Personal & Private Chef Association.
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I absolutely agree, Humphrey. I've had fun learning more about the profession for my culinary mystery protagonist.
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