1.   He cooked for himself and for others, eventually branching out to jobs as a wine clerk and private chef.

2.   A few years ago, Greenhouse also arranged a job for Franklin Becker as a private chef for Ronald O. Perelman, the chairman of Revlon.

3.   A private chef generally is hired to serve as the cook for one family.

4.   But as people are discovering all over again, there is more, much more, to having a private chef do it for you.

5.   Four years later, exhausted by her success, Madison left Greens to be private chef for the director at the American Academy in Rome.

6.   For the Dades, who live in Amherst, Mass., having a private chef is a luxury without drawbacks.

7.   Guests will be attended to by a personal butler and a private chef.

8.   He is scheduled to teach a cooking workshop at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y., next fall, and has received offers to be a private chef.

9.   James Rafferty left a position as the chef at Boughalem in Greenwich Village to become a private chef for a magazine publisher in New York City.

10.   Most private chefs interviewed for this article said they were earning at least twice what they made in restaurants and were working about a third fewer hours.