Personal Chef Guide

How to Automate Client Follow-Up Emails as a Personal Chef

You wrap up a long cook day at the Goldbergs', hands still smelling of garlic and rosemary. You know you need to email next week's menu and bill the Riveras for their extra dinner party, but you're too wiped out to type on your phone. These follow-ups get pushed to Sunday, which slows down approvals.

The Current Reality

The Manual Way

Opening Notes to find dietary restrictions, copying them into Gmail, attaching receipts by hand, and tracking menu approvals in a spreadsheet.

45 minutes per client batch
  1. Open Notes to find the Patel family's dairy-free restrictions.
  2. Switch to Gmail and write a menu approval email from scratch.
  3. Hunt down the scanned receipt PDF in Files to attach to the invoice.
  4. Manually figure out the Rivera's extra $120 charge for the dinner party.
  5. Send emails and update a separate spreadsheet to track replies.

With Christine AI

The Christine Way

Text or voice-note your tasks while wiping down the counter. Christine drafts the emails with the right dietary details, attaches split receipts, and sends them right away.

You

Voice note: 'Send the Patels next week's menu. Remember the kids are dairy-free, so no cream in the tikka masala.'

Christine

Christine drafts an email with the specific menu, noting the dairy-free swap for the kids, ready for you to send with one tap.

You

Text: 'Invoice the Riveras. Base rate plus $120 for the 8-person dinner party last Tuesday.'

Christine

Christine builds the invoice with the right line items and totals, pulling the base rate from your history.

You

Photo of the $340 Whole Foods receipt with text: 'Split this between Goldberg, Chen, and Patel based on their lists.'

Christine

Christine reads the receipt, splits costs across each client's sheet, and attaches the right parts to their individual invoices.

Time Saved Per Week

3.5 hours per week

Back in your pocket every single week — just for this one task.

Real Example

See it in iMessage

Just text Christine like you would a friend.

9:41

Christine

AI Secretary

Hey, just finished at the Goldbergs. Can you send them next week's menu? Monday is lamb shank, Wed is roasted chicken, Fri is veggie pasta.
9:41 AM
Got it. I see Mrs. Goldberg is still doing Whole30. Should I swap the Friday pasta for zucchini noodles and ask for approval?
9:41 AM
Yes good catch. Also invoice the Chens for last week, they skipped Tuesday so deduct that meal.
9:42 AM
Understood. I've drafted the menu email to the Goldbergs with the Whole30 swap and prepared the Chen invoice with the Tuesday credit. Both are ready in your drafts folder for review.
9:42 AM
Perfect. Send them both now.
9:43 AM
Sent. I'll ping you if they don't approve the menu by Thursday afternoon.
9:43 AM
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