Top Ten Reasons Why You Might Need a Personal Chef

10. The pizza delivery guy refers to you as "Double Sausage, No Peppers."

9. You can't figure out which wine goes best with Chef Boy-ar-Dee.

8. Your best knife is also a screwdriver, letter opener and pry bar for the stuck kitchen drawer.

7. A local restaurant has named a special after you.

6. Turning on the oven requires the relocation of your pots and pans - and a bag of pretzels.

5. The kids no longer fall for the "pancakes are a perfectly good dinner" speech.

4. Chips, salsa and a half pint of ice cream account for only 3 food groups.

3. The vegetable crisper smells like a swamp.

2. The silverware is buried under mounds of chopsticks, soy sauce and duck sauce packets.

And the number one reason why you might need a Personal Chef...

1. The kids have nicknamed The Food Network "The Magic Channel."

Courtesy of Lisa Henning and Personal Chef Magazine, July 2005.