The "lazy economy" has given birth to new types of housekeeping jobs, and "door-to-door cooking" has become a new format

Nanning, 3 Mar (ZXS) -- Topic: "Lazy Economy" has given birth to new types of housekeeping work, and "door-to-door cooking" has become a new form of business

Written by Wei Jiaxiu

"Spicy chicken, braised fish, green onion, ginger crab... 7 dishes, the taste is spicy, a total of 108 yuan (RMB, the same below). After determining the dishes with the customer in advance and agreeing on the door-to-door time, Meng Meili, a "post-95" Guangxi boy, walked into the customer's kitchen and began his substitute kitchen work.

Meng Meili, a major in administrative management, held the mentality of trying and published posts on major online platforms about door-to-door cooking: 2 yuan within 4 dishes, 68 yuan within 6 dishes, and 88 yuan within 8 dishes.

Since 2022, the phenomenon of "door-to-door cooking" has emerged in many places, and many related self-recommendation posts have emerged on social platforms. Customers can order their own food or choose from the recipes provided by the private chef, and the ingredients can be brought or bought on their own.

Since posting, Meng Meili has received more than 70 orders. He said that there are orders almost every day, and there will be more orders on weekends than on weekdays. On average, the daily income is more than 200 yuan.

After more than a month of trying, Meng Meili has a lot of experience in doing a good job in service. "The first thing is to maintain personal hygiene while getting the meals done." He said that considering that the kitchen utensils in the customer's home are not necessarily complete, he will bring his own shoe covers, aprons, blanching spoons and peelers before each visit.

Meng Meili said that because the meal time is relatively fixed, the substitute chef cannot arrange the home time as flexibly as traditional housekeeping. Therefore, door-to-door cooking needs to develop into a team. At present, the door-to-door cooking team initiated by him has 18 people, and the members will share resources among themselves, and the service area has covered six major areas in Nanning, Guangxi.

Speaking about door-to-door visits and food safety, Meng Meili said that he and his team members all have health certificates and will show them to customers before visiting; If customers have the need to buy ingredients, they will buy fresh ingredients; The cooking process is fully public, and customers can supervise the whole process or install video surveillance themselves.

According to Meituan's data from October to December 2022, the search volume of "home cooking" increased by 10% month-on-month. "Based on the current demand, this industry is still very promising." Meng Meili said.

In recent years, due to the acceleration of the pace of life and the improvement of living standards, more and more people tend to spend money on "buying services" to improve the happiness index of life, so the "lazy economy" has entered the public's field of vision, and "door-to-door cooking" has become a new format. In addition, new professions such as organizers, home manicurists, and pet companions are constantly emerging.

Chen Yingxin, a 28-year-old health manager, usually uses her spare time to feed cats part-time. "Clean up the cat litter, feed food and water, play with you, and set aside 15 minutes to observe the physical condition of your pet." She said that a pet's service charges 30 yuan, and she earned more than 900 yuan during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday this year.

The "lazy economy" has given rise to a variety of new types of domestic work. Liu Tao, the head of a housekeeping company from Qingdao, Shandong Province, said that taking cleaning as an example, in addition to providing daily housework cleaning, it has also added services such as storage and sorting, soft decoration mite removal, refrigerator and other household appliances disinfection and cleaning.

Different types of work have their corresponding skill requirements, which requires the professionalism of employees more and more. It is understood that in order to cultivate the new force of standardization in the housekeeping industry, Guangxi Health Vocational and Technical College opened a modern housekeeping service and management major in 2019, and the number of students enrolled from the first to the second batch increased by 10 times; Founded in 2021, Shenzhen Qingxi Vocational Skills Training School independently developed a domestic service training course system, which has cultivated more than 2,<> professional talents. The refinement and specialization of the housekeeping industry has become the future development trend. (End)