About the Role - A Singapore-based family is seeking a full-time, non-live-in private cook to prepare fresh, healthy, gluten-free meals daily. In addition, the cook will need to prepare satisfying vegetarian food alongside non-vegetarian dishes.
This is a home-cooking role where cleanliness, food safety, and wholesome everyday cooking matter far more than elaborate presentation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cook two fresh services a day from Monday to Friday — lunch (served 11:00am) and dinner (served 5:00pm)
- Working hours: Monday to Friday; 9am to 6.30pm
- Prepare and cook strictly gluten-free, vegetarian meals and non-vegetarian dishes for the family — managing parallel menus without cross-contamination
- Build balanced, nutritionally sound menus with adequate protein in vegetarian meals, and age-appropriate nutrition for children.
- Plan varied weekly menus around the family's dietary preferences and clean-eating standards
- Prepare child-friendly versions of meals that are still healthy and appealing.
- Use the midday window between services to batch-preparation and store meals efficiently
- Source and shop for groceries to the family's standards
- Maintain an immaculate kitchen: surfaces, equipment, fridge, and pantry organised and hygienic at all times
- Manage food storage, labelling, rotation, and waste responsibly
- Coordinate respectfully with other household staff
- Accommodate evolving preferences and feedback without friction
Job Requirements:
- Confident cooking vegetarian food and ability to build varied, satisfying, protein-adequate vegetarian meals, not just salads and sides
- Proven experience cooking healthy, wholesome food; gluten-free cooking experience strongly preferred
- Preferably someone with a nutrition background (a semi-nutritionist who understands balanced meals, not just recipes).
- Solid, demonstrable understanding of gluten cross-contamination and how to prevent it
- Strong food-hygiene knowledge with WSQ Food Safety certification
- Disciplined with high personal and kitchen hygiene standards
- Reliable, punctual, discreet, and trustworthy in a private home
- Able to plan menus and work independently
- Clear communicator; takes direction and feedback well
