Four dishes and one soup charge 68 yuan on behalf of the chef
The rise of door-to-door cooking services in many places has different charging standards
Recently, a woman in Hunan came to cook for young people and charged 68 yuan for four dishes, which caused heated discussions.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that there are netizens in Chongqing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places who provide door-to-door cooking services, but the charging standards are different.
Some experts in the home service industry have reminded that home-cooking is currently a transaction between the employer and the cooking staff. Unlike traditional domestic service companies that buy insurance, the employer may have to bear the risk if something goes wrong or a dispute arises. .
A home cook can earn three or four thousand a month
Recently, Ms. Zhang, a 39-year-old from Xiangxiang, Hunan, came to cook for young people and charged 68 yuan for four dishes and one soup, which caused heated discussions.
Many netizens feel that this new service is very cost-effective, and they have expressed that they also have a demand for a substitute chef.
On October 26, Ms. Zhang told a reporter from Beiqing Daily that she has been a home cook since October 9 this year. She charges 68 yuan for four dishes and one soup, 88 yuan for 6 dishes, and 8 dishes for 8 dishes. 108 yuan, 128 yuan for 10 dishes and 148 yuan for 12 dishes.
Usually, the ingredients can be prepared by the employer or she can help to buy them for free. If she needs to buy food, she will pay the employer to buy the food in advance.
She usually chooses regular supermarkets to buy groceries and saves the receipts.
After cooking, she would pick up the trash.
If she needs to wash the dishes, an additional 10 yuan will be charged.
"Xiangxiang is a small city. It's very convenient for me to go out and ride an electric bike. If the employer is in the city, there is no transportation fee for the door. If it is outside the city, it is tentatively set to charge 20 yuan within 10 kilometers."
Ms. Zhang introduced that her job was not stable before because she had to take care of the children.
"I have worked many times in express companies, factories, housekeeping companies, etc. Later, I felt that my cooking was not bad, so I thought of providing the service of cooking for others."
Every time she receives an order, Ms. Zhang will discuss with her employer the choice of dishes and taste preferences.
Ms. Zhang told the Beiqing Daily reporter that she is currently working as a full-time home-cooking chef. She can take one or two orders a day and earn more than 100 yuan. In a month, she can earn 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.
"If you work part-time, you won't be able to earn so much."
Multiple on-site chefs can customize recipes
There are many people like Ms. Zhang who provide door-to-door cooking services. Xiao Feng, a girl born in the 1995s in Chengdu, quit her job to start her own business after working on the project cost for more than 4 years.
Unlike Ms. Zhang, who charges for each meal, she provides a monthly subscription service for on-site cooks. Based on one meal per working day, the monthly fee is 1,600 to 1,800 yuan.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily searched social platforms and found that in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hefei and other places, netizens posted online to provide door-to-door cooking services, and some even developed from individual part-time jobs to a multi-person cooking team.
Generally, the labor cost for a four-course cook varies from 66 yuan to 88 yuan, the labor cost for 6 dishes ranges from 88 yuan to 188 yuan, and the labor cost for 10 dishes ranges from 99 yuan to 248 yuan.
If you need to wash dishes, there will be an additional charge of 10 to 30 yuan.
The door-to-door transportation fee is also charged according to the distance. Generally, there is no charge within 5 kilometers. If the distance is more than 5 kilometers, the charge is 20 yuan or 35 yuan.
The chefs usually ask customers to place orders in advance and inform the meal time, customize recipes for customers through communication, and come to the door to cook an hour or two in advance. Generally, customers are required to prepare their own ingredients, and some are willing to buy them on their behalf.
An agent chef said that her original intention of becoming a home cook is not just to make money, but mainly to exercise her social skills, to go out and run more, and to share the skills she is good at.
"This is a very interesting process, and I'm very satisfied to try to take the first step." At present, the netizen has done home-cooking service 3 times, and each time he records and shares it on social platforms.
Women form a team of chefs in two months
As a door-to-door cook, 26-year-old Ms. Zhang started working as a part-time job and built a team of cooks in two months.
Seeing someone on the Internet offering home-cooking services, Ms. Zhang was inspired and thought she could try it too.
On August 17 this year, she tried to post on social platforms to find employers who needed a substitute chef, but she did not expect to receive her first order that day.
"I went to buy vegetables during the lunch break at noon, and drove half an hour to my employer's house to cook after get off work. I made three dishes and one soup and charged 66 yuan. The customer was very satisfied that day and kept encouraging me."
After the first successful visit to the kitchen, the number of orders Ms. Zhang received gradually increased.
Because she was too busy, she found a friend to come to cook with her.
Later, she realized that this was a huge market and came up with the idea of setting up a team of chefs.
Through social platform recruitment and on-site assessment, Ms. Zhang's team of substitute chefs now has forty or fifty substitute chefs.
Most of the people in the team are part-time cooks to make extra money.
The team's chef, Xiao Zhang, said: "I can only take orders on weekends, and I can earn about 150 yuan a day. If I work well with customers, I can take three orders a day and earn 1,200 yuan a month. This income is very good for me. Satisfied.” Another substitute chef, A Bing (pseudonym), said that he only takes one order a day and needs to work at other times.
Ms. Zhang said that customers can order meals according to their own requirements, and they will customize recipes for them after communicating with customers according to their needs. Home-cooked dishes and banquet packages have corresponding charging standards, and grocery shopping and cleaning services are charged separately.
"Before we also charged transportation fees, but later we felt that the cost of this project was not transparent, so we cancelled it. Our prices are open and transparent, and there will be no additional fees other than the prices indicated on the list."
"We have a lot of repeat customers." Ms. Zhang said that their team also provides monthly service, and the monthly fee ranges from 1,800 yuan to 3,500 yuan.
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Industry yet to be regulated, employers may do so at their own risk
In the interview, when it comes to food safety issues, Ms. Zhang said that her team has not had any food safety issues at present. "There were two customers who reported that some dishes tasted a little salty. Since then, we have provided on-site chefs with equipment. We have prepared special bowls, chopsticks and spoons, so that after they have tasted the taste of their own dishes, they feel delicious before serving them to customers.” The reporter from Beiqing Daily learned that the chefs of Ms. Zhang’s team have all applied for health certificates and will meet Wear a mask and hold a nucleic acid negative certificate within 48 hours to come to the kitchen.
Regarding the safety of the on-site service of the kitchen staff, Ms. Zhang said that they will initially determine whether there are safety hazards in the process of communicating with customers in the early stage. In addition, the team will also conduct relevant safety training for the kitchen staff, and will also control The timing of entry and exit of the kitchen staff into and out of the employer's home, and to maintain contact with them.
Regarding the regulation of the emerging service of home-cooking, an expert in the home service industry told the Beiqing Daily reporter that home-cooking also belongs to the home service industry.
In the traditional housekeeping industry, housekeepers need to hold a pre-job training certificate, and housekeeping companies will also purchase insurance. If there is a problem or the housekeeper causes losses to the employer, the insurance company can make claims.
At present, this kind of on-site kitchen staff who personally take orders and the employer is generally a transactional relationship of your own accord. Once a problem or loss occurs, the kitchen staff may not have the ability to compensate. It is difficult for the employer to protect their rights and may have to bear their own risks. .
The expert said that at present, they are also working to promote legislation in the home service industry, hoping to make the industry more standardized and better protect the rights and interests of employers and service providers.
This group of articles / our reporter Dai Youqing
Intern Ji Chenyuan
(Beijing Youth Daily)