Personal Chef To Go


Personal Chef To Go Reviews - Prepared Meal Delivery Reviews

We are always excited when we get a new shipment of prepared meals from a meal delivery service we haven't tried before. Nothing lets the wind out of your sails more than when the order has shipping problems as we experienced with our Personal Chef to Go order. The Cajun Jambalaya leaked all over the inside of the shipping carton, as you can see.

Most meal and diet meal delivery services will either vacuum or tightly seal their meal packaging. Mistakes happen, and we understand that, but after paying $12.50 a meal, it feels like our dinner was dropped on the floor and served to us anyway. Aside from the shipping issue, we were a little surprised with the lack of green vegetables that came with the meals as a side. We thought the meals might have been carb-heavy, but if you are not a healthy eater, you may not care.

We thought the food was good, which is why we gave the company three stars, but we thought other meal delivery services had more compelling menus with better options. We also thought the portion sizes were better than average.
Personal Chef to Go makes it easy and affordable to have your very own personal chef prepare your nutritionally balanced meals on a weekly basis to suit all of your needs. You can pick and choose what you want in your meals from week to week and know what you are getting ahead of time. There is no planning, calorie counting or visiting expensive restaurants to get exactly what you want every single week.

Personal Chef to Go reviews shows that the company does not deliver your meals in frozen packages. They are rush shipped in refrigerated containers on a weekly basis to allow you the best, freshest meal that is delivered directly to your home. Choose from a variety of foods that will always be fresh. There are many different options for delivered foods from specialty cut beef to side dishes. These foods are all prepared by a professional chef and are approved for you to eat. They are nutritionally balanced, and all of the products have nutritional information listed.
  • This company does not offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
  • Personal chef to go delivers nationwide.
  • Shipping fees vary greatly depending on the plan you have chosen. With their auto delivery plans, you can expect to pay significantly less than their regular plans.
  • Personal Chef to Go delivers all of their meals fresh.
  • They offer gift certificates that can be redeemed online.
  • While this is not an actual diet, Personal Chef to Go has auto delivery plans that deliver exactly what you want in a meal every week. There is no fee for canceling the plan as long as it is done before the order is shipped.

Our Personal Chef To Go Review of their Meal Delivery Service

Personal Chef to Go Prepared Meals We Would Order Again
Personal Chef to Go Prepared Meals We Would Not Reorder
Personal Chef To Go Reviews Chicken with Penne and Sauce and Salad - $12.50
Chicken with Penne and Sauce and Salad - $12.50

I thought only the salad was worth buying. I would guess there one small chicken breast cut up and tossed over a lot of pasta, and I mean a lot. There was hardly any sauce to cover the pasta too. It is easy to see in the close up picture. The salad was exceptionally crisp and fresh, except there wasn't much in the way of anything other than lettuce. The salad dressing, which wasn't labeled, was some kind of vinaigrette that was bland at best. The broccoli came out okay, but you can see in the picture how many florets you get per person.

-Morris Pelphner
Personal Chef To Go Review Pesto Chicken with Rice and Carrots - $12.50
Pesto Chicken with Rice and Carrots - $12.50

This was a much better meal. The chicken didn't seem to have much of a pesto sauce or any pesto flavor, but it was good. Two pieces of chicken breasts, even though they are small, is a bonus.

The rice is the same overcooked and dried out rice I had before, and the carrots were cooked perfectly. The roll was as hard as a rock. I would have liked to see a green vegetable instead of two carb sides, and again, the labels leave a lot to be desired trying to portion this out for people on nutritional meal plans.

-Nicole DiLayne
Personal Chef To Go Review BBQ Pork Chop with Mushrooms $12.50
BBQ Pork Chop with Mushrooms - $12.50

This is a center cut pork chop that was about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. Bonus points for that. It was perfectly grilled, and when heated in the microwave comes out like you had cooked it on your outside grill. The roasted mushrooms were right on, too. There were plenty of them as well! The red peppers added a nice crunchy texture.

I wouldn't order this meal again because the roll was hard as a rock and there was no green vegetable to make this a complete meal. The BBQ sauce was gross, and I had scraped it off my plate.
-Morris Pelphner
Personal Chef To Go Reviews Cajun Jambalaya and Spanish Rice $12.50
Cajun Jambalaya and Spanish Rice - $12.50

Cafeteria to Go might be more accurate. This would have been a meal I would have substituted given the opportunity. The Spanish Rice (and that is a considerable stretch calling it that) was painfully overcooked and dried out, the dinner roll was as hard as a rock, and there was hardly any sauce to moisten the meal.

I felt credit was deserved to perfectly reheated shrimp, sausage, and vegetables. But this was one of the meals that opened during shipping, so I don't know if there the recipe has no sauce, or the sauce all leaked out into the shipping box.
-Nicole DiLayne

Chef Piquanti's Review of Personal Chef to Go

Overall, I found the quality of food used by Personal Chef To Go to be above average compared to other meal delivery services I have tried. However, I found the menu of meal selections to be a little on the boring side, and lacking in creative skill and presentation. The rolls that came with all the meals were less than fresh, and difficult to eat. The quality of shipping was an issue for me. To have the microwave film peel off the trays and leak into the shipping box was very unpleasant. For a company that promotes itself as healthy, I am a little surprised at the lack of concern for how their food arrives at the customer's' home. However, I have to believe that this was a freakish, or isolated occurrence.

On some of the nutritional labels, the serving size was listed as "serves 2 to 3," which would be confusing for someone measuring calories or carbs, especially a person with diabetes. The Cajun Jambalaya was good. I would have preferred more Jambalaya and less rice. That is why I chose not to order it again. The Pasta and salad also didn't seem like much of a good value to me. The chicken and rice was good, and I loved the portion size, but again, I would expect a little more from a personal chef than chicken and rice. The pork tenderloin was great, and they didn't skimp on quality food for this meal. The Mushrooms were also very good, but I would like liked to see a green vegetable come with the meal. A la cart ordering would be nice, too.

Personal Chef to Go strives to bring fresh and not frozen restaurant quality food to their customers. They wish for all their customers to feel as though they have their own personal chef and dietitian on hand to plan and prepare healthy food. Meals are prepared by expert and award winning chefs in a kitchen that is fully licensed and inspected so that it more than meets standards. Our Personal Chef to Go Review shows that customers making testimonials are highly satisfied with both the quality and portion sizes provided in each meal. Customers love the convenience of simply heating these meals and being able to enjoy them. What is more, busy singles, couples and families all feel good about the nutrition packed in each meal. This meal service takes the work out of planning and preparing, giving more time back to the customer.
-Chef Piquanti

Personal Chef To Go Reviews from Consumers

Gold Medal Review
Tasted Like I HAD Hired a Personal Chef

Overall: Gold Medal
  • Website Ease of Ordering: Excellent
  • Reheating: Excellent
  • Customer Service: Excellent
  • Shipping: Excellent
  • Taste and Food Quality: Excellent
  • Value: Excellent
I don't like to cook and need to lose weight. I have tried a couple of weight programs but failed, as I don't like to cook (Weight Watchers) and could not stand the processed foods (Medifast). I priced out hiring a personal chef in my area, but the cost and variety of food each week were limited, as the chef would only be cooking for me. So I tried a few meal delivery services to compare the food before I committed to one (DineWise, Magic Kitchen, Personal Chef to Go).

Dinewise and Magic Kitchen meals tasted equal to or worse than airplane meals. But 'Personal Chef to Go' tasted like I HAD hired a personal chef. The meals were delicious, filling, visually appealing, and w/in my desired calorie count. Also, each week's menu fulfilled the craving for a variety of proteins and vegetables. I am so glad I found 'Personal Chef to Go'!! Note, I have not had any issues with delivery thus far, as noted in another review.
-Lulu, Minneapolis, MN

Gold Medal Review
No Contracts and So Far So Easy

Overall: Gold Medal
  • Website Ease of Ordering: Excellent
  • Reheating: Excellent
  • Customer Service: Excellent
  • Shipping: Excellent
  • Taste and Food Quality: Excellent
  • Value: Excellent
I've been on the program for 3 weeks and love the food not to mention the convenience. Just ordered my 2nd month to be delivered next week. I'm losing inches and pounds. My coworkers can already see the loss so that's really encouraging. It's definitely worth trying at least a month. No contracts and so far so easy.
-Debbie E, T

Silver Medal Review
Pretty Good

Overall: Silver Medal
  • Website Ease of Ordering: Good
  • Reheating: Excellent
  • Customer Service: Good
  • Shipping: Excellent
  • Taste and Food Quality: Good
  • Value: Good
I was looking to start the new year with a healthy jump start so I decided to get some of these meal plans. I really wasn't expecting much, but I thought the meals were pretty good. The salads actually turned out to be my favorite part of the meals and I can eat burger after burger all day long. I would like to see larger meal sizes, but that is about it.
-David D.

Bronze Medal Review
Appetizer Sized Portions

Overall: Bronze Medal
  • Website Ease of Ordering: Good
  • Reheating: Good
  • Customer Service: Good
  • Shipping: Good
  • Taste and Food Quality: Fair
  • Value: Fair
I also thought the size of the meals were pretty small for the money. They looked bigger when I saw them on TV. I periodically buy from another company and I thought their frozen meals were better than these fresh meals. But I did think they tasted good. If you can eat appetizer sized portions for dinner, than you should like this program.
-Joan C., VA

Silver Medal Review
The Portion Sizes Could be Larger

Overall: Silver Medal
  • Website Ease of Ordering: Excellent
  • Reheating: Excellent
  • Customer Service: Excellent
  • Shipping: Good
  • Taste and Food Quality: Excellent
  • Value: Excellent
I have a 13 year old daughter and myself. We were giving this as a gift when my husband passed away. We have continued placing orders since we found the staff, food and convenience wonderful. The sizes could be larger for two and we don't eat that much. Other than that, I have enjoyed not having to cook large meals for just the two of us.
-Debbie, Henrico VA

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