Weekly Meal Prep
Fresh, Chef-Prepared Meals Tailored to Your Diet — Cooked in Your Home Every Week
Tired of spending your Sunday afternoons in the kitchen — or relying on overpriced meal services that taste like reheated cafeteria food? Chef Matts weekly meal prep service brings a professional, personally trained chef into your home to cook fresh, restaurant-quality meals tailored to your exact dietary needs, health goals, and family preferences.
Unlike generic meal kit subscriptions, every dish is made from scratch in your own kitchen using hand-selected ingredients. When you eat the same chef's food every week, precision matters. Chef Matt lives with celiac disease — he doesn't just accommodate restrictions, he builds meals around them. Whether your household needs gluten-free, keto, dairy-free, paleo, or any combination, your meals are portioned, labeled, and stored in your fridge or freezer, ready to reheat and enjoy all week.
We serve families across South Jersey, the Jersey Shore, and the Philadelphia Main Line. Looking for something more special? Explore our private dinner parties or cooking classes.
Chef Matts Meal Prep Services
Serving NJ & PA
Choose between two service levels based on your needs. Both options include premium ingredients, custom menus, and chef-level execution in your home kitchen.
Standard Weekly Meal Prep
$399/weekRestaurant-quality meals prepared fresh in your kitchen. The perfect solution for busy families and professionals who want dinner done right.
- Chef on-site for up to 5 hours
- 5 Proteins, 4 Sides, 1 Dessert!
- Each protein with sides offers about 3-4 portions
- We shop, cook, pack, and clean — you just reheat and enjoy
- Gluten-free, dairy-free, and dietary accommodations available
- Serving South Jersey & the Greater Philadelphia area
Perfect for: Families, couples, or professionals who want dinner done right.
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Limited weekly availability
VIP Private Chef Services
Chef Matt on-site for up to 8 hours cooking multiple meals fresh in your kitchen. Concierge-level food service for those who expect the best.
Choose your structure:
- • Breakfast + Lunch
- • Lunch + Dinner
- • Full-Day Meal Coverage (+$250)
- Exclusive menu planning with Chef Matt
- Grocery sourcing (billed separately, plus tax)
- 3+ meals, snacks, sauces, and sides
- Served on-demand or packaged & labeled
- Supports macro tracking, clean eating, or dietary goals
Perfect for: Affluent families, high-performance individuals, public figures, or anyone seeking concierge-level food service.
Limited availability — advance booking required
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Limited weekly availability
How It Works
Choose Menu
Select from our menu options and confirm your weekly selections
We Handle Shopping
Grocery shopping handled by us (billed separately, plus tax)
Chef Arrives
Chef Matt arrives with all tools and ingredients
Meals Prepared
Meals cooked, portioned, labeled, and stored
Cleanup Included
Kitchen left spotless — you just reheat and enjoy
Travel Fee
$75 for 25+ miles outside 08094
Each dinner includes: Protein, starch, vegetable, and sauce.
Meals can be made 100% gluten-free or tailored to dietary needs.
Weekly meal prep is the most-booked private chef service across the practice. A typical engagement covers four to six dinners and a stretch of lunches, prepared in the client's home on a recurring cooking day, packaged for the week with reheat-specific labeling, and rotated through seasonal menus that adapt over time. It's the service that takes the daily question of "what's for dinner" off the household entirely.
Chef Matts Culinary Creations runs weekly meal prep engagements for households across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
How Weekly Meal Prep Works
The structure is consistent and built around recurrence:
Consultation. Working conversation about the household — preferences, restrictions, allergies, dishes that get requested again and again, dishes that don't land. Cadence (weekly, twice-weekly, every other week) and cooking day set.
Calibration weeks. The first two weeks dial in the menu rotation. Feedback adjusts.
Standing service. Cooking day arrives. Chef shops or accepts a sourcing delivery, cooks on-site, packages the week's meals, labels each container with reheat guidance specific to that dish, and leaves the kitchen clean.
Ongoing adjustment. Menus rotate seasonally. Repeat dishes appear when requested, not by default. The rotation evolves as the household changes through the year.
What's Included in a Standard Week
A typical weekly meal prep delivery includes:
- Four to six dinner entrées with appropriate sides
- Lunch components — composed salads, grain bowls, sandwiches, or portioned proteins built for assembly
- Soup or braise when seasonally appropriate
- One or two breakfast or snack items if the household uses them
The exact mix is set by the household. Some clients want only dinners; some want primarily lunch components for travel; some run a balanced split. The rotation is built to the household.
Sample Weekly Rotation
- Monday: Sheet-pan roast salmon with miso glaze, jasmine rice, blistered green beans
- Tuesday: Hand-cut pasta with tomato-braised short rib, parmesan, fresh herb
- Wednesday: Roast chicken with crispy potatoes, lemon-dressed greens
- Thursday: Lentil and vegetable stew with crusty bread
- Friday: Composed grain bowl — grilled tenderloin tips, farro, roasted vegetables, tahini
Lunches: composed Cobb salad, chicken salad on country bread, miso-roasted vegetable bowl, soup of the week.
This is one example. Menus rotate. Seasons shift the rotation.
Reheat Labeling
Each container is labeled with reheat guidance specific to that dish — because reheating a seared duck breast is not the same as reheating a braise. Standard labels include: dish name, date prepared, reheat method (oven temp + time, stovetop, microwave acceptable yes/no), and any final-touch instructions (add fresh herb, drizzle dressing, slice and plate).
Special Diets and Multi-Diet Households
Weekly meal prep routinely handles:
- Allergies and intolerances
- Vegetarian and pescatarian
- Gluten-free, dairy-free, low-FODMAP
- Athletic protocols (macros-aware meal planning when requested)
- Medical diets — post-surgical, cardiology-protocol, diabetic
- Multi-diet households — different plates for different members, prepared from the same cooking day
Service Areas
Weekly meal prep is offered across:
- New Jersey — South Jersey is the primary operating base. See private chef in NJ.
- Pennsylvania — Philadelphia and the Main Line. See private chef in Philadelphia.
- South Carolina — extended-stay clients only, by arrangement.
Ideal For
Busy Professionals
Healthy dinners ready when you get home — no cooking, no cleanup.
Dietary Restrictions
Celiac, keto, dairy-free, paleo — Chef Matt cooks for every need.
Athletes & Macro Trackers
Performance-driven meals portioned to your exact nutritional goals.
Postpartum Families
Nourishing meals during the weeks when cooking feels impossible.
Elderly Parents
Nutritious, easy-to-eat meals prepared with care for aging loved ones.
Families Who Want Weeknights Back
Dinner is done — just reheat and sit down together.
How It Works
- 1
Share Your Preferences
Tell Chef Matt about your household's dietary needs, allergies, flavor preferences, and health goals. Whether you're gluten-free, keto, paleo, or just want balanced home cooking, every detail shapes your custom menu.
- 2
Custom Menu Planning
Chef Matt designs a weekly menu around your preferences — proteins, sides, sauces, and desserts — using seasonal ingredients and restaurant-quality technique. You'll approve the menu before he shops.
- 3
Ingredient Shopping
Chef Matt hand-selects fresh, high-quality ingredients from trusted local suppliers and grocery sources. Groceries are billed separately at cost with receipts provided.
- 4
Cooking Day in Your Kitchen
Chef Matt arrives at your home, cooks your entire weekly menu from scratch, portions and labels each meal, and stores everything in your fridge or freezer — ready to reheat all week.
- 5
Enjoy & Repeat
Simply reheat and enjoy chef-quality dinners every night. No cooking, no cleanup, no decision fatigue. Most clients book recurring weekly service for consistent, stress-free meals.
What Our Clients Say
"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
"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
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
Chef Matt provides weekly meal prep service throughout South Jersey — including Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Moorestown, Marlton, Voorhees, and Medford. Whether you're a busy family in Burlington County or a professional in Camden County, we bring the kitchen to you.
During summer and vacation season, we also serve the entire Jersey Shore from Long Beach Island to Cape May, including Avalon, Stone Harbor, Ocean City, and Margate. Across the bridge, our Main Line service area covers Ardmore, Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Villanova, and surrounding communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Book Weekly 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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