We staff nationally
At Morgan & Mallet we place family cooks who make consistent, delicious meals for families.Â
We find candidates who cook what families want to eat, whether it’s just good food, meals for special diet plans, food high in certain nutrients or anything else the family wants.
Our co-founder Laurine Mallet trained at Ferrandi culinary school in Paris before working as a nanny in London. She knows the what families want from a cook and the demands of the role.
We only hire experienced proven family cooks who know how to work in private households.
10,000+
Placements
Since 2010
Over a decade of global household staffing experience across eight international offices.
Multilingual Recruiting
Team
Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Tagalog for sourcing candidates across global markets.
96%
Placement Success Rate
Industry-leading success rate in matching
families with compatible household staff globally.
Thoroughly vetted Candidates
We check candidates experience with past employers, criminal record check and verify any qualifications thoroughly.
What Families Hire a Cook rather than a Private Chef
Family cooks adapt to how the household works. They prepare backup options when plans change. They know the food you want to eat weekly or regularly and to always have ready.
A private chef can sometimes want to cook their vision of how a meal should be, but a family cook can often follow exactly what you want, often in a more traditional way.
Why Hire a Family Cook with Morgan & Mallet?
We look for candidates who have proven household experience, especially working with other staff.
The questions we ask in interviews try to pick out if the cook truly thinks of the needs of the Principal and what they want, or whether they are more interested in cooking what they themselves want to cook.
Family cooking can be more intimate, anticipating what the family might want to eat on a certain day. It could change because of what the family have been doing that day, the weather, or just the day of the week.
Why we clarify
Cook vs Chef
Rachel Dixon, one of our recruiters tells us about how families want other staff like butlers and maybe housekeepers to do light cooking sometimes. But a family cook is someone who will cook meals from scratch, and have a lot of experience doing it.
A private chef might have restaurant experience or be used to cooking for guests, or knows how to present food in a certain way.
A family cook can do all of the above too, but they really excel at just cooking good meals that the family wants to eat.
What Our 4,547 Cooks
Database Tracks
Our candidate database includes 4,547 private chefs and cooks combined. We filter specifically for family cooking experience and knowing how to prep meals daily whilst managing budgets.
Our custom Applicant Tracking System tracks household cooking experience, menu planning skills, understanding diets, budget management and ability to adapt to family preferences.
When you need a cook who’ll prepare healthy meals your children actually eat, while staying within grocery budgets, we find candidates who’ve already done exactly that.
Our Co-Founders Culinary
Background Shapes
Our Screening
Laurine Mallet trained at Ferrandi before working as a nanny. She reviews cook profiles understanding what families actually need versus what culinary schools teach.
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Restaurant cooking emphasizes technique, presentation, creativity. Family cooking emphasizes consistency, nutrition, flexibility. Laurine knows which candidates can make the switch and which can’t.
Morgan Richez our other founder worked as a butler coordinating household staff. He knows which cooks integrate smoothly with housekeepers, nannies, and house
managers.
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Our founders lived inside UHNW households before building M&M. They screen candidates through principals’ eyes, not recruiters’ eyes.
Family Cook Salaries
Entry-Level (2-5 years household cooking):
$45,000-$60,000 per year
Mid-Level (5-10 years family cooking):
$60,000-$75,000 per year
Senior Level (10+ years UHNW family experience):
$75,000-$100,000 per year
Our Three-Month
Quality Check
We monitor after 10 days, then every two weeks for three months.
Three-month guarantee.Â
Ready to Hire
a Family Cook?
We maintain relationships with 4,547 private chefs and cooks. We verify family cooking experience and only hire the very premium candidates for our clients premium households.