For years, I paid someone $150 a month to batch-cook meals for my busy family of 4
A working mother shares her experience of hiring a local chef to batch-cook meals for her family to save time. This outsourcing strategy helped her manage the demands of a dual-career household while ensuring healthier meal options.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing trend of middle-class families outsourcing domestic labor to balance professional and personal responsibilities.
Outsourcing some of the cooking meant my husband and I could spend more time with our kids and have delicious meals ready to reheat on our busiest days. Elizabeth Wong After our second child, my husband and I were struggling to balance our jobs and household admin. To outsource some of the cooking, I found a local chef to batch-cook meals for us once a month. Having a freezer packed with homemade meals saved us time, and I learned a lot from the chef. When I returned to work after my second maternity leave , our family of four found ourselves very short on free time. Back then, my husband and I had jobs in finance in London. We were working long hours, with video calls stretching from seven in the morning to nine at night.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in