“The clients are the best part, and the thing I do really enjoy the most.”Īlong with My Table and Thumbtack, here’s a look at five gig economy apps, and the opportunities they offer chefs. “I get to choose the clients, and I’m able to be very picky,” says Moss. Gig economy apps allow for an easy interface between chefs and clients, with a lot of information available on the app about both parties before a relationship is forged: what the chef’s style is, often with sample dishes, as well as the client’s interests for their event. “Oh absolutely, you can do whatever you want,” he says, in terms of offering private cooking classes, catering or group dinners, as well as what kind of schedule you adhere to. He especially echoes Kelly’s point about the element of freedom in the work. I knew starting my own private chef business right out of school was going to be a challenge and to have an app specifically for this purpose has truly helped me to learn and grow as a chef.”Ĭhef Russell Moss, a career changer, was recruited for a private chef app right out of culinary school and has built a full-time career out of work sourced this way, most recently working through Thumbtack. For someone like me who is not necessarily drawn to work in a restaurant setting, MyTable lets me cook comfortably in my own kitchen for my clients, make money and have a blast at the same time. ICE alum and MyTable chef Katy Ottomanelli (Health-Supportive, '20) agrees: “MyTable provides young culinary school graduates with the tools for success, right from the start. It offers so much freedom and choice which is important when you are beginning your career.” ICE alum Katy Ottomanelli “I think personal chef opportunities are excellent choices for culinary school graduates or even those who are still in their academic programs. Matt Kelly, founder and CEO of one such app called My Table, recognized a specific need to create freelance opportunities for chefs, along with his culinary school-trained business partner, citing the often intense atmosphere of full-time restaurant employment: “As My Table has grown it has become apparent that chefs have an even larger need for such a platform that provides a more rewarding and convenient career,” he says. Many of these apps offer specific opportunities to chefs, whether as full-time freelancers or in addition to permanent work. Over time this practice of workers seeking gigs over jobs, patching together a freelance or self-employed existence, has given rise to a number of websites and corresponding mobile apps aiming to connect freelancers and gig workers with opportunities for work. In a related interview on NPR, Freelancers Union Founder Sara Horowitz estimates that about a third of the American workforce operates in this way, including those in the food service industry.
With your smartphone, you can receive orders on the app from customers nearby & deliver orders to them.Ĭhefs' Without Limits is indeed the ideal platform.The term “ gig economy” was coined in 2009 by journalist Tina Brown to describe a growing economic shift, whereby many workers were opting out of full-time employment with a single employer, instead patching together a series of freelance projects or “gigs” to earn a living.
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