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The Monday Kitchen
Private chef · Northern Brisbane to The Sunshine Coast

A full fridge,
a clean kitchen,
and your Sunday back.

A personal in-home chef for busy people who want real food without the mental load. I walk in, cook from real ingredients, fill the fridge, label everything, and leave the kitchen cleaner than I found it. You don't have to think about dinner again.

Kara cooking in a client's home kitchen
The service

Here's what I do.

A short call

Fifteen minutes. I learn the household, the diets, the picky eater, the nutritionist's plan. No forms. Just a conversation.

I cook in your kitchen

Usually four to six hours. You don't need to be home. I'll text when I arrive and when I'm done.

Everything labelled, fridge full

Every container labelled — who made it, what's in it, who can eat it. Kitchen cleaner than I found it. Note on the bench.

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What makes it different

Not a meal kit. Not takeaway. Real food, made fresh in your home — without the post take-out regret.

Your menu, your household

Built around your family's actual needs — not a template. Allergies, picky eaters, nutritionist plans — all handled.

Your chef is your chef

Same person, every week. You build a relationship, not a roster. No agency, no strangers.

A professional in your kitchen

Fifteen years of cooking across five continents. You don't have to settle for good enough.

Your Sundays back

No planning, no shopping, no cooking on the weekend. Just a full fridge and a clean kitchen when you need it.

Kara and her daughter sharing food outdoors
About Kara

Fifteen years of cooking. No ego. Just very good food.

I've cooked in restaurant kitchens across Poland, Morocco, Japan, France, Fiji, Germany and Australia. I've run my own businesses since I was 20. I know what I'm doing — and I don't need a kitchen full of props to prove it.

The Monday Kitchen is the thing I've been building towards for a long time. A small number of families, fed really well, every week. The fridge full of real food that you look forward to coming home to each day.

What families say

Quiet relief, every week.

I genuinely do not think about dinner any more. It used to be this constant thing — what are we having, is there anything in the fridge — and now it just... isn't. That's not a small thing.
Sarah M.Newport
We work with a nutritionist and Kara cooks to the plan exactly. She reads the brief, asks the right questions, and the food is genuinely delicious. Our kids eat it, which says everything.
David & Claire R.Scarborough
So Sundays are yours to enjoy.

I take on a small number of families each term. Spots go quickly.

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