From a new client to a finished cook day








No food cost. Groceries pass through to the client at cost. Your profit margins stay high.
No storefront, no staff. You cook in their kitchen. Gas and insurance are your main expenses.
Recurring by design. Weekly clients are a subscription — land a handful of good ones and your year is booked.




Startup Chef Membership
Founding member pricing — locked in as long as you stay. Cancel anytime. No contracts.
Platform to run your business
Private chef community
Listing on Local Chef to get you clients
1:1 support from Benjamin
Live group calls with Q&A
Useful guides, scripts, and resources
Proven sales process that isn't uncomfortable
A shot at monthly cooking giveaways
No. If you can cook food people love, you're our person. The whole point is teaching the business side — many of our members started as home cooks.
It's a target, not a promise. The model is built around recurring weekly clients and may vary based on the hours you want to work and your skill level. We show you exactly how the math works — and because groceries are billed directly to the client, your service fee is close to true take-home.
Absolutely. Plenty of members start as a side hustle around a day job and scale up as their client base grows. Part-time or full-time, the systems are the same.
Startup Chef is the community, training, and tools that teach you to build your business. Local Chef is the client-facing marketplace where members get listed and booked. They're separate brands that work together. Your clients only ever see the Local Chef brand.
Yes — no contracts, cancel in a couple of clicks. As a founding member, your lower rate stays locked in for as long as your membership is active.