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National Personal Chef Day

National Day Calendar’s current record states that National Personal Chef Day is celebrated each July 16 and attributes its creation in 1991 to the United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA).

Date / rule16 July
ScopeUnited States / personal-chef professional appreciation observance
VerificationObservance Registrar Association Origin Verified
PortabilityFixed Annual
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-10
Target-year policyReuse Fixed
Next date this engine can safely resolveFriday, July 16, 2027See everything on July 16 →
Authority summary

What is National Personal Chef Day?

National Day Calendar’s current record states that National Personal Chef Day is celebrated each July 16 and attributes its creation in 1991 to the United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA).

Date and recurrence

16 July

This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / personal-chef professional appreciation observance. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

National Personal Chef Day

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. National Day Calendar — National Personal Chef DayObservance Registrar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is National Personal Chef Day?

16 July The stored recurrence guidance is: 16 July each year for the USPCA-backed National Personal Chef Day tradition..

Does National Personal Chef Day fall on the same date every year?

The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.

Is National Personal Chef Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / personal-chef professional appreciation observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes National Personal Chef Day?

The stored designation basis is: National Day Calendar’s current record states that National Personal Chef Day is celebrated each July 16 and attributes its creation in 1991 to the United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA).. Supporting provenance includes National Day Calendar — National Personal Chef Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is National Personal Chef Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / personal-chef professional appreciation observance.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-10.

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