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Go to the bottom of the page -- er, not this one, back one to the page that lists all of the posts -- see, at the bottom, there are 13 pages of posts in this forum -- scroll through and you'll find the info you want on income, etc. -- or check through the archived posts.
Yes, the business can succeed in a small town. You need two factors for success, though -- one is the extra income/lack of time, the other is the willingness to pay other people to do basic household activities. For example, I have plenty of relatives who could afford and use a service like mine, but they find the idea of a housecleaner absurd and frivolous (who can't keep their own house clean? Me, for starters!) and the idea of a chef even more ludicrous.
So -- if your town is supporting housecleaners, businesses that do yard work, nannies, dogwalkers, etc. -- other services that people with no time and extra cash tend to engage, you'll do just fine. If not, you still may be okay, but you may have to be very flexible, willing to do catering, augment your personal chef business with other activities, etc.
While the traditional personal chef cooks for a family who eats the meals for dinner most nights -- you may need to be more flexible and market cooking for parties, stocking client's freezers with soups, stews, casseroles, focusing on special needs/medical needs clients, etc.
Meredith
Whisk For Hire
Kensington, MD
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