VIP Meal Prep
The Premium Tier of In-Home Weekly Meal Prep
VIP Meal Prep is the top tier of Chef Matts in-home meal program. Everything in the standard weekly meal prep service is included — then the rotation gets larger, the menu planning gets more personal, and your cooking day gets locked into the calendar ahead of general availability.
This is built for households that want a chef in the rotation permanently, not occasionally. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, sides, sauces, and snacks are planned together as one week of eating. Menus are logged and refined over time, so the program keeps getting closer to exactly how your household wants to eat.
Cooked entirely in your kitchen — never delivered. We serve South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, the Philadelphia Main Line, and Myrtle Beach.
What VIP Adds
VIP builds on the standard weekly program rather than replacing it. Here's what changes when you move up a tier.
Standard Weekly Meal Prep
- Four to six dinners plus a stretch of lunches
- Rotating seasonal menus
- Portioned, labeled, and stored in your kitchen
- Dietary accommodations built into every menu
- Cooked in your home, kitchen left clean
VIP Meal Prep
- Everything in the standard program, included
- A larger weekly rotation — breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and sides
- Extras built in: sauces, dressings, stocks, and snacks
- Deeper menu customization with a logged, evolving menu history
- Priority scheduling ahead of general availability
- Direct planning conversations with Chef Matt between cooking days
- Seasonal menu resets built around your feedback
Pricing & Logistics
Service fee. VIP engagements are quoted per cadence — weekly or monthly — because the rotation size, number of household members, and diet complexity all move the number. The standard program starts at $399 per week; VIP is quoted above that based on scope.
Groceries. Billed separately and reimbursed at cost. There is no New Jersey sales tax when groceries are reimbursed by the client. Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and other states collect applicable sales tax based on service location.
Travel. A $100 travel fee applies beyond 25 miles from 08094.
Trial period. Standing engagements begin with a two-week trial before cadence is locked in.
Meal prep is an in-home service. Gratuity is not applied to meal prep engagements.
Most households come to VIP after a few months on the standard weekly program. The pattern is consistent: the weekly dinners work, the household stops thinking about dinner, and then the question becomes why breakfast and lunch are still a scramble. VIP answers that by planning the whole week at once instead of a slice of it.
What a VIP Week Looks Like
One cooking day in your kitchen. Breakfasts that reheat without going rubbery, lunches that travel, dinners portioned for the household, plus the supporting cast most meal prep skips — a stock, two sauces, a dressing, cut vegetables, and something to snack on that isn't from a package. Everything is labeled with reheat instructions specific to the dish, not a generic sticker.
Menu History
VIP menus are logged. Dishes that land get rotated back in; dishes that don't come off the list permanently. Over a season, the rotation stops being a chef's menu and becomes your household's menu. That accumulated knowledge is the actual product — it's the part a meal kit or a rotating roster of chefs structurally cannot deliver.
Dietary Precision
Chef Matt lives with celiac disease, so gluten-free isn't an accommodation bolted onto a normal menu — it's a discipline he already runs on. Keto, dairy-free, paleo, Alpha-Gal, allergy-driven, athletic, and medical diets are all handled, including several at once inside the same household.
Ideal For
Full-Week Households
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner handled — not just a few dinners.
Demanding Schedules
Priority scheduling so your cooking day is locked in first.
Complex Dietary Needs
Multiple diets in one household, planned as one coherent week.
Performance & Macros
Portioned to targets and adjusted as your programming changes.
Multi-Person Families
Different plates for different people, cooked in one session.
Year-Round Standing Service
An ongoing relationship rather than a one-off booking.
How It Works
- 1
Apply & Consult
VIP starts with a longer consultation than the standard program — household size, every diet in the house, the kitchen and storage we're working with, and how you actually eat on a Tuesday versus a Saturday.
- 2
Build the Rotation
Chef Matt designs a full-week rotation covering breakfasts, lunches, dinners, sides, and extras, sized to your household and storage capacity.
- 3
Lock Your Cooking Day
VIP clients get priority scheduling — your recurring cooking day is reserved ahead of general availability.
- 4
Two-Week Trial
The first two weeks run as a trial so the rotation, portioning, and cadence can be adjusted before anything is locked in.
- 5
Cook, Portion, Label
Chef Matt shops, cooks everything on-site in your kitchen, portions and labels each dish with dish-specific reheat instructions, and leaves the kitchen clean.
- 6
Refine Every Season
Menus are logged and reviewed. Dishes that land come back; dishes that don't come off the list. The rotation gets more personal every month.
What Our Clients Say
"Every dish was fresh, perfectly prepared and beautifully presented, especially the pan seared sea scallops and the lemon risotto with asparagus. Chef Matt was professional and easy to work with."
Mary B.
via Yelp
"Chef Matt provided an amazing buffet for our Christmas party this year. We had 55+ people who were all raving about the delicious food. Matt was very easy to work with."
Dean R.
via Yelp
"The meal was excellent - the guys are still talking about it. In particular the salad and the dessert which was phenomenal. Chef Matt made it effortless for us."
D K
via Google
Meet Your Personal Chef
- 18+ years professional kitchen experience
- Executive Chef by age 22
- Academy of Culinary Arts graduate
- USPCA member
- Specialized in dietary-aware cooking
Chef Matt brings restaurant-quality dining directly to your home. Every meal is crafted around your preferences, dietary needs, and lifestyle — sourced with intention and cooked with precision.
Learn More About Chef MattWhere We Serve
VIP meal prep runs throughout South Jersey — Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Moorestown, Voorhees, and Collingswood — along the Jersey Shore, and across the Philadelphia Main Line.
Seasonal and year-round households in Myrtle Beach and along the Grand Strand are served as well. A $100 travel fee applies beyond 25 miles from 08094.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Book VIP Meal Prep With Chef Matts
Bringing a chef into your home should feel calm, considered, and personal — not transactional. Every booking with Chef Matts Culinary Creations starts with a real conversation about your household: how many people you're feeding, the dietary preferences and restrictions involved, the kitchen we'll be working in, and the kind of experience you want to create. From there, Chef Matt builds a custom menu and confirms every detail in writing well before the date.
The service itself is fully turnkey. We handle planning, seasonal sourcing, in-home cooking, plating or portioning, and a complete kitchen cleanup before we leave. With more than eighteen years in professional kitchens — including time as an executive chef by age twenty-two and ongoing membership in the United States Personal Chef Association — Chef Matt brings restaurant-level technique into homes across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, the Philadelphia Main Line, and South Carolina's Grand Strand.
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