Personal Chef in Cary, NC
Cary sits between Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, and a lot of the households here spend the day commuting to one or the other.
We already cook weekly for clients in Cary. Our chef comes to your kitchen, shops, cooks a week of meals to your plan, labels everything and cleans up.
The Travelling Cafe is a collective of personal and private chefs based in Chapel Hill and cooking across the Triangle and beyond.
Life in Cary
Cary takes its parks and its food seriously. There are more than 70 miles of greenway trails, the NC Symphony plays summer concerts at Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Symphony Lake, and the town has hundreds of places to eat, from La Farm Bakery to its craft breweries. WakeMed Soccer Park is home to the NC Courage and NC FC.
When you live somewhere this full of good food, the meals at home should keep up.
What we cook in Cary
Some of our Cary meals are arranged by a grown son or daughter who lives somewhere else and wants to know their parent is eating well. You handle the arrangements from wherever you are. Our chef handles the kitchen.
Weekly meal prep. Many Cary households set this up for an aging parent. A chef comes once a week, shops, cooks a week of meals to the plan, labels everything and cleans up. One all-in price. Groceries are included.
Dinner parties. For an anniversary or a family visit, we plan the menu with you, then cook, serve and clean up in your Cary home.
Private cooking classes. A lesson in your own kitchen, for you or for a parent who wants to keep cooking.
Special diets. We cook to the plan your clinician or dietitian set, for GLP-1, AIP, low-FODMAP, diabetic, paleo, keto, athletes and more. Every dietary need, same price. See all the special diets we cook.
Meet some of our chefs
Chef Lane is based right here in Cary. Leslie, who founded the collective in Chapel Hill, and Chef Crene from Raleigh cook here too. Every chef in the collective cooks all over the Triangle and beyond, so the chefs on this page are a few of the many who can cook for you. We match you with the one who fits your household.
Chef Lane Calaway
Based in Cary
A competitive cooking winner, Lane comes to the collective from the Triangle restaurant scene.
Leslie Chartier
Founder, based in Chapel Hill
Leslie founded The Travelling Cafe. Her gift is translating global cuisines into limiting diets, so anyone with food allergies or health conditions can still enjoy the food of the world.
Chef Crene Manishimwe
Based in Raleigh
Born in Tanzania to Burundian parents, Crene’s passion for food began in a small kitchen alongside both parents.
How it works
- Tell us how you eat. Fill out our food questionnaire: your plan, any restrictions, and what you love.
- Meet your chef. We match you with a chef from the collective.
- Open the fridge. Your chef shops, cooks in your kitchen, labels everything and cleans up.
Start with the food questionnaire
Frequently asked questions
Do you cook in Cary?
Yes. We cook for clients in Cary every week.
Can I arrange meals for a parent in Cary if I live out of state?
Yes. You can set everything up with us directly, and our chef cooks in your parent’s kitchen.
Can you cook to a doctor’s or dietitian’s plan?
Yes. We cook the plan their care team set. We don’t give medical advice.
How much does it cost?
Weekly meal prep is one all-in price with groceries included, and every dietary need is the same price. Fill out our food questionnaire and we will send the plan that fits your household.
We also cook in Raleigh, Apex, Wake Forest, Morrisville, Fuquay-Varina, Pittsboro, Durham, plus Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough.
Questions? Get in touch.
With you at the table.