Dej, what I did all the years I worked and had a big family to feed was to shop with DH if possible, and on the weekends or while watching TV in the Kitchen at night, just sit and prepare lots of large portion meals for the 6 of us.

Then shove it all in the oven, two at a time. DH would take it out of the oven because I toss things. Lol

I never fried food. I made everything in the oven, even meatballs.

I cut all of it up into smaller portions for individuals, labeled and froze it all. I made bread, deserts, cookies, cakes, casseroles, stews, soups, fish, meats, you name it. With the food in the house it was easy to toss together and make meals for at least a week.

If someone came home on a different shift, or school time, they just nuked it or used the toaster oven, or even the regular oven when old enough.

It worked great for me. We could pull out tray of lasagna and eat together too. No waste, and cheaper than store bought. I still do this.

Buy it all, cook it all, freeze and eat it all. Great if company dropped by too.

For the two of you it would be easy. Would that work for you?

Truth? Personal chef does sound indulgent, unless you are not able to cook like this. Then you need some help.