468: Breaking into the Private Chef Industry and Sharing What You’re in Pursuit of with Celebrity Chef Kenneth Temple
Becoming a private chef, prioritizing projects, and sharing your aspirations with others with Kenneth Temple.
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Welcome to episode 468 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews celebrity chef and food blogger Kenneth Temple.
Breaking into the Private Chef Industry and Sharing What You’re in Pursuit of with Celebrity Chef Kenneth TempleKenneth Temple started his food blog in 2017 and has been a private chef since 2009 so he’s got a lot of great insights to share with us in this interview. He now finds himself cooking for NFL, MLB, NBA players, and Grammy artists. On the blog side, he qualified for Mediavine in November of 2023—a huge milestone!
In this interview, Kenneth and Bjork discuss how he broke into the private chef industry, landed his first celebrity client, and why he chose to go down this route over working in a restaurant. They also talk about the importance of putting yourself out there and sharing your aspirations with others and the power of word-of-mouth marketing. They also chat about what blogging as a chef looks like and how he had to adjust his strategy after learning about SEO and searchability.
Even if your goal isn’t to pursue a career as a private chef, we find Kenneth’s advice on managing your time and promoting yourself extremely valuable and think you will too. We hope you enjoy the episode!
In this episode, you’ll learn:- Kenneth’s background as a private chef and why he chose this path over working in a restaurant.
- How he was able to land a private chef gig with an NBA player from the New Orleans Hornets.
- How he went about pricing his work.
- How he prioritizes his time due to the seasonality of his work and what his day-to-day looks like now.
- How he maintains a professional relationship with his clients.
- Tips for those looking to break into the private chef industry.
- How he grew his network by sharing what he was in pursuit of (and why you should do the same!).
- How he used his knowledge as a private chef to create a 21-day meal prep challenge to help his clients with weight loss.
- How he got into food blogging in 2017 and blogged as a chef (and what that means exactly!).
- How he learned about searchability and adjusted his blogging strategy.
- What his experience was like as he grew his site and got accepted to Mediavine.
- The pros and cons of working in realms that were 1:1 and 1:infinite.
- How he saves time and stays productive by batching recipes.
- How he chose to de-prioritize certain projects because he realized they weren’t solving problems for his audience.
- How he’s now looking for pursuits that will allow him to solve problems.
Resources:
- Kenneth Temple
- Meiko and the Dish
- Mediavine
- Grandbaby Cakes
- Follow Kenneth on Instagram and Other platform - facebook, youtube, tiktok, whatever seems most important for them
- Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group
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