What services do you offer?

Craddock: "I offer weekly service where I prepare five meals. I also do dinner parties and brunches."

Barber: "I offer a weekly, biweekly or monthly service. I spend a day cooking about a week's worth of dinners."

Ortenzo: "I do personal chef service. I also teach cooking classes in my home and at a local wellness center."

How do you charge for your services, and what's the cost?

Craddock: "For the weekly, five-meal service, it's $350 plus the cost of groceries. If it's really specialized, it's $50 an hour."

Barber: "The 20-meal package is $395. That includes planning, cooking, containers and groceries for five meals with four servings each."

Ortenzo: "It depends on the item they order. Cost is based on ingredients and organic needs. The least expensive items are vegan."

Are there any types of food you won't prepare?

Craddock: "Indian isn't my specialty, and I would refer a friend in that case."

Barber: "I haven't come across anything I've said no to yet."

Ortenzo: "I don't do deep-fried, pan-fried or broiled. Broiled items have been shown to contain about the same free radicals as fried foods."

Do you have a dish you prepare that's the most popular with your clients?

Craddock: "They seem to like my pork tenderloin in an apple-bourbon barbecue sauce."

Barber: "Eggplant Parmesan and then a turkey corn chowder that seems to be a real favorite."

Ortenzo: "My chocolate cake is popular. I usually offer a raspberry sauce, and the sweetener is pure organic maple syrup."

Where do you prepare the meals?

Craddock: "In the client's home."

Barber: "I cook everything in the client's home."

Ortenzo: "I have a commercial kitchen. People pick up their meals."

Will you cater to people's dietary needs?

Craddock: "Absolutely. I have a vegan and a vegetarian right now. I'll bend over backwards for my clients."

Barber: "Yes. I had a client once that had a thyroid condition. She got a cookbook from her doctor; I cooked meals from that."

Ortenzo: "I cook for a couple of people who are diabetic, one lady is a renal patient. My goal is to provide balanced meals to people."

What's one spice or ingredient you couldn't live without and why?

Craddock: "Garlic. I love garlic."

Barber: "Canned diced tomatoes. They'll stretch a recipe."

Ortenzo: "The combination of whole beans and whole grains. It's healthy and flavorful."