Hire a part-time cook in Bangalore
A part-time cook comes once or twice a day for a fixed set of meals. It is the most common cooking arrangement in Bengaluru, and the timings are what you are really negotiating.
Hire a part-time cook in Bangalore
Most Bengaluru households do not need a cook all day. They need breakfast and packed lunches before the office run, or dinner made fresh in the evening — an hour, maybe ninety minutes, at a time that has to be reliable.
That reliability is the whole thing. A part-time cook is working a round, and the seven-thirty slot is either free or it is not. Be specific about meals, timings and cuisine when you post, because a cook who cannot do your hours would rather know on day one than on day thirty.
What a part-time cook usually does
How to hire, in four honest steps
Post your cook job
Share the role, your locality in Bangalore, timings and budget. It takes about two minutes.
Review verified applicants
Compare experience, skills and ID verification at a glance — you always know who you are talking to.
Chat & agree on terms
Settle salary, hours, weekly off and duties over secure in-app chat. You decide the terms.
Sign a digital agreement
What you both agreed is recorded in a simple digital work agreement — clear for both sides.
What sets the rate
How many meals, how many people, which cuisine, and whether prep and clean-up are included. Cooking for four is not cooking for two with extra rice, and two meals a day is two visits, not one.
We do not publish a salary table for Bangalore, and that is deliberate. No independent source measures home-help pay reliably below city level, and an invented number would only anchor you to something with nothing behind it. Work it out from the job in front of you and agree it directly — Sevetu takes no commission either way.
How to get a police verification in Bangalore
Sevetu runs an identity (KYC) check — Aadhaar or government ID. That confirms a person is who they say they are. It is not a police or criminal-background check, and we will never describe it as one. What we do and do not check →
If you want a police check as well — and for live-in roles, childcare and drivers it is worth it — you arrange it yourself, and in Bangalore there is an official route. Karnataka State Police handles it through the Police Verification Certificate for domestic servants and housekeeping. Karnataka runs this as a fully online service — you apply with an OTP, upload the documents, and the digitally signed certificate is delivered by email. It is also available through Seva Sindhu and KarnatakaOne. Karnataka State Police — official portal →
Government processes change. Check the official Karnataka State Police site for the current form, fee and documents before you apply. Sevetu is not affiliated with any police department.
Part-time cooks by neighbourhood
Each Bangalore area has its own page with the roles households there hire most, and the areas next to it.
Koramangala · Indiranagar · Marathahalli · Sarjapur Road · Electronic City · Bellandur · JP Nagar · Jayanagar · BTM Layout · Hebbal · HSR Layout · Whitefield
Where Sevetu is in Bangalore right now
Sevetu is newest in Bangalore — we started in Bengaluru and are opening city by city. Posting a job is free and takes about two minutes, and verified helpers in your area apply to it. If nobody suitable applies, you have lost nothing but the two minutes. We would rather tell you that than pretend to a roster we do not yet have.
Why hire through Sevetu
ID-verified profiles
Every profile can carry a Verified badge from an identity (KYC) check — Aadhaar / government-ID — so you know who you are letting into your home. (It is an identity check, not a police background check.) How verification works →
Safe, in-app chat
Talk before you decide. Your phone number stays private and every conversation stays on record.
No commission, agreed in writing
You pay the worker directly — Sevetu never takes a cut. Salary, hours, weekly off, leave and notice are documented in a digital work agreement both sides accept.
Frequently asked questions
Usually one or two a day. The common patterns in Bengaluru are morning only (breakfast plus packed lunch), evening only (dinner), or both as two separate visits.
Yes, and it is one of the most requested arrangements here. Say which meal and what time when you post — a cook with a free evening slot and no free morning will see immediately whether it fits.
Sometimes, and it needs saying out loud. Many cooks clean only what they used; others do all the dishes for an agreed amount more. Settle it in chat before the first day rather than discovering the difference in week two.
Normally the household. Some cooks will shop as well for an added amount. Agree it, and agree who keeps the accounts, before anyone starts.
Yes — applicants list what they actually cook, and in Bangalore that is usually South Indian and Karnataka cooking, North Indian, Andhra, Bengali or Jain and pure-veg. Be specific up front. Looking for a female cook? →
We do not publish a rate card, on purpose. It depends on meals, people, cuisine and how far the cook travels — and it settles neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Decide what the work is worth in your own area and agree it directly.
A full-time cook is in your kitchen for most of the day and handles all meals plus prep. Part-time is a fixed slot for fixed meals. Compare full-time →
Yes — almost everyone who is happy a year later did. One paid trial meal tells you more than any conversation about cuisine, and it is fair to the cook to pay for it.
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