a private chef needs a business license to take out food. To do take-out at home and apply for a business license, you need a store hygiene certificate for formal catering services. It is necessary to provide a business license that meets the requirements of national laws and regulations, including but not limited to business license, catering service license or food circulation license. According to the relevant laws, citizens who have the ability to operate are registered by the administrative department for industry and commerce and engaged in industrial and commercial operations, which are individual industrial and commercial households. Individual industrial and commercial households can operate individually or at home. The legitimate rights and interests of individual industrial and commercial households are protected by law, and no unit or individual may infringe upon them.

article 8 of the regulations on individual industrial and commercial households

to apply for registration as an individual industrial and commercial household, an applicant shall apply for registration with the registration authority where the business premises are located. The applicant shall submit an application for registration, identity certificate and proof of business premises.

the registered items of individual industrial and commercial households include the operator's name and domicile, composition, business scope and business premises. Individual industrial and commercial households use the name, the name as a registered item.