For private chefs
The best AI receptionist
for private chefs.
Event bookings need same-day quotes.
A Saturday morning, told straight
A dinner party host is choosing a private chef for next Saturday. The first one to reply books it.
It's Wednesday evening. Someone is hosting a 14-person dinner at their house on Saturday and has decided they want a private chef instead of cooking themselves. They've found three chefs on Instagram and are messaging or calling each.
You're plating a six-course tasting menu for tonight's client. Phone in your jacket on a hook. By the time service finishes at midnight, two other chefs have replied with menus, prices, and confirmed availability. Saturday is booked. You've missed a £1,200 evening.
Foan picks up in two seconds. Sounds friendly and professional. Asks the right questions: how many guests, when, what kind of meal (intimate dinner, celebration, holiday, dietary needs), do they want you to shop or do they have everything, do they need service staff. Books a brief follow-up call so you can talk through the menu in person.
Private chef bookings are 'first thoughtful reply wins'. Hosts who decide today want it confirmed tonight. Foan is the chef who replies tonight, even when you're in the middle of a service.
Same pattern works for dinner parties, corporate lunches, holiday meals, and weekly meal-prep contracts.
The maths for a private chef
Capture three missed calls a month at £2k and you've recovered £63k a year.
Average ticket for private chefs: £500 to £3k. Foan costs less than one missed call a year.
Avg ticket
£2k
Per month
£5k
Per year
£63k
When the phone rings, you can't answer.
You're cooking dinner for one client. The next event slot is on the line.
Foan answers every line at once.
Unlimited simultaneous calls. Ten callers at the same time, ten conversations. Your number is never busy.
What Foan does on a typical private chef call
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Picks up on the first ring, even when you're with another customer.
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Captures their name, phone number, and exactly what they're calling about, read back to confirm.
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Texts you a summary the second the call ends — or emails it, your pick. Call back while they're still warm.
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Books appointments straight into your calendar (Calendly or Google Calendar).
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Sounds like a real receptionist, not a robot. Trained on your website, your services, your prices.
Works with the software private chefs already run on
Speaks private chefs' language. Plugs into your stack.
Foan reads your live diary, books straight in, and writes the outcome back. No spreadsheets in the middle, no tabs left open at the end of the day.
Connect the rest of your stack
Foan plugs into the systems you already run on. The agent reads your live data, books, and writes the result back. No spreadsheets in the middle.
Private chef + Calendly
Suggest open Calendly slots and book bookings during the call. Confirms email letter-by-letter before sending the invite.
Private chef + Google Calendar
Charlie checks your calendar in real time and books meetings on the call. Invite goes out the moment the caller agrees.
Private chef + Stripe
Take payments on the call. Send a Stripe link, check invoice status, handle billing questions.
Private chef + HubSpot
Sync calls and contacts to your CRM. Auto-create deals from qualified leads, attach the transcript + summary to each contact.
Run the numbers
Curious what missed calls actually cost you?
Plug your average ticket and missed-call rate into the calculator. Most private chefs pay for Foan with the first three captured calls of the month.
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Tier 3: high-frequency, high-margin