What does a home chef cost in Islamabad?

A full-time cook for daily family meals is Rs 35,000 to Rs 70,000 a month depending on hours, household size and whether they live in. An event chef for ten to twenty-five guests is Rs 12,000 to Rs 30,000 plus ingredients, or Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 per head with ingredients included.

How many guests can one home chef handle?

Comfortably up to twenty-five in a normal home kitchen. Above thirty you need a helper and outdoor cooking arrangements, and past fifty a caterer is usually cheaper and better equipped than a chef plus hired hands. Tell us the guest count on the request so the quote reflects the right setup.

How do I vet a cook for a monthly placement?

Ask for a police-verified CNIC, references from two previous households you can actually call, and run a paid trial week before committing. Confirm the cuisine specialisation too, since desi, continental and BBQ cooks are rarely interchangeable, and a mismatch shows up on the second day rather than the first.

Home Chefs in Pakistan

Prices for home chefs in Pakistan are quoted, not published: per visit rates move with the city, the date and the scope. Our indicative guide is dinner party chef from Rs 12,000. 7 cities list home services below — pick yours, or send one brief and verified providers come back with real numbers.

per visit
dinner party chef from Rs 12,000, monthly cook from Rs 35,000
7 cities
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Home chef preparing a meal in a kitchen in Islamabad

What it costs

dinner party chef from Rs 12,000, monthly cook from Rs 35,000

That is an indicative guide, not a fixed rate, and it comes from our deepest market — Islamabad and Rawalpindi. per visit pricing moves with the city, the season, the day of the week and exactly what you ask for. Send one request and providers quote your real number, usually within the hour.

Home Services by city

Home Chefs is quoted through our home services desk in each city. Open a city for its local providers, areas and prices — the nightly figure is that city's hotel floor, useful if you are travelling in for the booking.

7 cities

Cities where home servicescan be booked, with province, hotel price floor and this month's season.
City	Province	Hotels from	This month
Faisalabad — home services in Faisalabad	Punjab	Rs 6,000 a night — hotels in Faisalabad	Open
Islamabad — home services in Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	Rs 8,000 a night — hotels in Islamabad	Open
Karachi — home services in Karachi	Sindh	Rs 7,000 a night — hotels in Karachi	Off-peak
Lahore — home services in Lahore	Punjab	Rs 7,000 a night — hotels in Lahore	Open
Multan — home services in Multan	Punjab	Rs 6,000 a night — hotels in Multan	Off-peak
Peshawar — home services in Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Rs 6,000 a night — hotels in Peshawar	Off-peak
Rawalpindi — home services in Rawalpindi	Punjab	Rs 6,000 a night — hotels in Rawalpindi	Open

Before you book

Fix the date and timing firstper visit rates change with the day, the season and how long you need — a firm date gets you a firm price.
Name your city and areaTravel, setup and availability all depend on where you are. The same brief in two different cities rarely gets the same quote.
Ask what is includedInclusions vary between providers far more than headline prices do. Confirm what is in the number before you commit.

Home market

Home Chefsin Islamabad & Rawalpindi

This desk started in Islamabad, so this is where our data runs deepest. Everything below is written for Islamabad and Rawalpindi specifically — other cities are covered, in less detail.

Two different arrangements sit under this heading. A full-time cook for daily family meals costs Rs 35,000 to Rs 70,000 a month depending on household size, hours and whether the cook lives in. An event chef for a dinner party of ten to twenty-five guests is Rs 12,000 to Rs 30,000 plus ingredients, or Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 per head all-inclusive.

For a dinner at home in F-8, E-11 or DHA Phase 2, the chef arrives four to five hours before service, cooks in your kitchen, plates the meal and cleans down. Larger functions above thirty guests need a second pair of hands and outdoor cooking arrangements, at which point a caterer usually costs less than a home chef plus helpers.

Agree the menu and who buys the ingredients before the day. Ask about the chef's specialisation, since desi, continental and BBQ cooks are rarely the same person. For monthly placements, insist on police-verified CNIC and references from two previous households, and run a paid trial week before committing to a long arrangement.

Sectors and towns we cover here

We match home chefs requests in the capital with providers covering these sectors and towns.

F-6
F-7
F-8
F-10
F-11
E-11
G-9
G-10
G-11
G-13
I-8
I-10
Blue Area
DHA Islamabad
Bahria Town
PWD
Rawalpindi
Saddar
Murree
Bhurban
Nathia Gali
Khanpur
Taxila