Nancy and Ginger Livingston are a mother and daughter team who, with a passion for fine food, and a desire to spend as much time together as they can, decided to team up and start a Personal Chef Service almost two years ago.

As a child, Nancy grew up near New York City and starting eating at all the City’s finest restaurants at a very young age. And, a love of food began. Nancy’s Mother, Father, (who was also a fine cook) Step-Mother and Mother in Law all started teaching her to cook at age 18. Her mother -in-law is a traditional Southern cook. They taught her all of their culinary expertise with much patience. And, she in turn taught Ginger. Hence, the name “Just Like Mom’s”

Ginger started cooking family meals once a week at the age of 7. She made sure that there was something on the table that everyone would eat and made her grocery list accordingly. Nancy did the shopping and supervising. Ginger will be 24 years old this year and has a Residential degree in Interior Design and has just bought her first home.

Nancy married at a young age and also has another daughter (who does not like to cook at all!) She is a Photographer and is two years younger than Ginger.
Nancy stayed at home with the kids for 7 years then began a job with Public School System for 10 years as an Office Manager. She had a staff of 35 and did payroll for 135 teachers and kept all of the school records. Nancy prepared and helped to plan many school functions. Her principal used to always ask for her leftovers if she supplied the Tupperware. Several years ago, she left to spend more time with her parents and realized that the family as whole spent much time in the kitchen together! Before he passed away, Nancy and her father would watch the food channel during the day and plans meals together.

As far as their business goes, Ginger is currently in charge of Recipe Development and Nancy does most of the marketing and networking. Their website is actively marketed and in the past several months they have sold many out of state Gift Cards to local friends and family members of the callers. Nancy and Ginger each have their own Cheffing Kits and have their own weekly clients. When scheduling allows, they do enjoy cheffing together. They also offer Nationwide Recipe and Menu Consulting and Private Cooking Instruction in the client’s home. They hope to expand their business in the future by hiring other chefs.