Personal Chef Examinations
Personal Chef Examination Information & Access
Anyone may purchase and utilize the Personal Chef Certificate examination series. Individuals who are
using the Personal Chef 1-2-3 training program
are strongly advised to finish their program studies first.
There are three separate examinations involved. There are 30 questions in each of
the three exams. These questions are True/False, Multiple Choice
or Write-In. (write-in answers will be one word answers)
Passing score is 80% on each exam.
Once an exam is started you will have 60 minutes to complete that exam. You cannot pause or stop an opened exam.
You may take these exams in any order, and you can take them back-to-back or over the period of days or weeks.
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Planning & Administration
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Organization & Operations
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Marketing & Selling
Use the link below to review examples of the questions and formats involved with the Personal Chef Examination Series.
The Personal Chef Certificate is an excellent marketing tool, indicating to your clients that you have approached this career seriously, and have demonstrated industry knowledge about properly operating a Personal Chef Service. Successful completion also gives you the satisfaction that you have fully understood the methods, concepts and operations as presented in the training materials. The information covered is the industry standard, responsible for thousands of successful Personal Chef Services across North America.
After purchasing the Personal Chef Certificate examination series, you will contacted via email with instructions on how to access the examination site,
along with a study guide (also available at the bottom of this page) to give you an overview of what subject matter will be covered on each exam.
Upon submitting the exam, you will be provided results via email. Upon completing the examination series
successfully, you will be notified via email, then promptly your Personal Chef Certificate will be
created and mailed.
These examinations are presented in English only.
There are no graphics, motion or sound associated, so even a slower dial-up Internet connection should
have no issues or negative impact.
There are multiple exams for each section. If an exam was failed and reset,
it is unlikely the same exam will appear again.
Success rates are high, but in the event of a failed examination, you will be contacted by us and arrangements will be made to
access another exam (the first reset for a particular exam is free - $15 will be charged if an exam is failed twice).
There are no "trick" questions. The examination series is a feedback mechanism to show you understand the proper
business procedures, marketing methods and day-to-day operations for a traditional Personal Chef Service.
Please note: The Personal Chef training program and examination series is endorsed by the United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA). This examination
series is used to substantiate an industry and business operations knowledge base, and is used by
professional associations as a membership requirement.
$50
If your Internet connection is lost during the exam, promptly re-connect and return to the
SAME EXAM as the one you were taking when your connection was lost. You will be returned
to that exam and can resume where you got disconnected.
If you have started an exam and experience a power outage which does not allow you to return to the exam within
your 60 minute time period, please contact us using the link below.
Please review prior to beginning an examination.
Once started you must finish whichever exam you opened.