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Issue No. 001 · Est. 2024 · Hyperlocal Food Marketplace

The Grub Next Door.

Skip the chain restaurant. Your neighbor makes the best jerk chicken on the block — and now they're open for business. Real food. Real people. Real neighborhoods.

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12,400+ meals delivered this week 🍜 Auntie Rosa's Pozole — 4.9 stars · 3 orders left 80% of every sale goes to the Chef 🌶 Chef Marcus just dropped a jerk chicken special New city: Nashville, TN now live 🥘 Fatima's Kitchen opening dine-in this Saturday 3,200+ verified home kitchens nationwide 📍 Find food within 2 miles of you 12,400+ meals delivered this week 🍜 Auntie Rosa's Pozole — 4.9 stars · 3 orders left 80% of every sale goes to the Chef 🌶 Chef Marcus just dropped a jerk chicken special New city: Nashville, TN now live 🥘 Fatima's Kitchen opening dine-in this Saturday 3,200+ verified home kitchens nationwide 📍 Find food within 2 miles of you

— How It Works

Ridiculously
simple.

Browse kitchens near you

Open the app or site. See verified home kitchens in your zip code — with menus, photos, reviews, and real-time availability. No gatekeeping.

Order dine-in, carry-out, or delivery

Pick your meal. Choose how you want it. Schedule pickup or book a table at the chef's home kitchen for a proper community meal.

Eat like a local

Authentic food you actually feel good about eating. Leave a review, tip your chef, and become a regular. That's the whole idea.

Apply in under 10 minutes

Submit your info, pass our background check and kitchen inspection, and you're in. We verify everything so your customers trust you from day one.

Set your menu, hours & prices

You're the boss. Cook what you love, charge what it's worth, and open whenever works for you. No minimum hours, no required days.

Get paid. Keep 85%.

Every transaction, you keep 85% of the sale price. We handle payments, logistics, and customer support so you can just cook.

— Featured Kitchens

Your next
favorite
restaurant
is a house.

Browse All Kitchens →

🍱Dine-In★ 4.9

Auntie Rosa's Table

Chef Rosa · Atlanta, GA

MexicanComfort Foodfrom $14

🍜Carry-Out★ 5.0

Mele's Noodle House

Chef Mele · Houston, TX

VietnameseNoodlesfrom $11

🍗Delivery★ 4.8

Marcus's Jerk Shack

Chef Marcus · Brooklyn, NY

CaribbeanBBQfrom $16

🍕Dine-In★ 4.9

Priya's Spice Garden

Chef Priya · Chicago, IL

IndianVegetarianfrom $13

🥟Carry-Out★ 4.7

Mei's Dumpling Den

Chef Mei · Los Angeles, CA

ChineseDumplingsfrom $10

🥘Delivery★ 4.8

Fatima's Kitchen

Chef Fatima · Detroit, MI

EthiopianHalalfrom $12

— The Math

$2,640

Estimated monthly earnings

Hours per week15 hrs

Avg meal price$16

Orders per hour3/hr

— For Chefs

Your kitchen.
Your rules.
Your income.

You've always cooked for people. Now cook for yourself — literally. Set your hours, your menu, your prices. GoChef handles the payments and logistics while you focus on what you actually love.

85%

You keep

15%

Platform

Apply to Cook →

— Testimonies

Real people.
Real meals.
Real stories.

Verified GoChef users
Chefs & Foodies nationwide

Being away from home, GoChef is a great opportunity to eat homemade meals without being at home.

Using GoChef allows me the flexibility to be a full-time student, meet new friends and earn a full-time income preparing meals for other students in my dorm!

I HATE to cook because I don't have the time. GoChef completely opens my dining options from chefs in my neighborhood so I don't even have to think about cooking anymore.

🍳Chef life

🥗Community meal

🍱Carry-out ready

🍜Dine-in night

🤝Neighbor to neighbor

— Campus Program

GoChef
University
Tour.

Activating campus communities · one kitchen at a time

🎓 Now On Campus

📍 5 Active Universities

🍽️ Dorm · Off-Campus · Greek Life

University Tour '24 Flagship

Howard University · DC

Campus launch

Dorm kitchen · Atlanta

Community building

🦁

Howard University

Washington, D.C.

240+

Active Foodies

● Live

🐝

Georgia Tech

Atlanta, GA

180+

Active Foodies

● Live

🤘

UT Austin

Austin, TX

310+

Active Foodies

● Live

🏀

Hampton University

Hampton, VA

120+

Active Foodies

● Live

⭐

Your Campus

Nationwide Expansion

Soon

Launching 2026

◌ Coming Soon

Cook in your dorm. Earn a full-time income.

Student chefs on GoChef set their own hours around class schedules, cooking for classmates who are sick of dining-hall monotony. Part-time effort, full-time results.

No boss. Work when you want.

Midterms? Close the kitchen. Spring break? Take it off. GoChef fits into student life — not the other way around. Your kitchen, your schedule, full stop.

We connect you with Foodies on campus.

GoChef handles marketing, payments, and logistics. You just cook. We'll put your kitchen in front of the students who are already looking for exactly what you make.

Is GoChef coming
to your campus?

Nominate your school or apply to be a campus chef ambassador.

Nominate My Campus Apply as Chef

— Trust & Safety

Everyone
checks out.
Literally.

We know "trust me, bro" isn't a food safety standard. Every chef on GoChef is background-checked, kitchen-inspected, and locally certified before their first order.

🪪

Government ID + Background Check

Verified via Checkr — the same service used by Uber, DoorDash, and Lyft.

🧹

Kitchen Inspection

Every kitchen reviewed for cleanliness, equipment, and local health code compliance.

🍽️

Food Safety Standards

Chefs complete a food handler certification before going live on the platform.

🚩

Community Reporting

Flag any concern in-app. Our trust team responds within 2 hours.

🛡️

Transaction Insurance

Every order is covered. If something goes wrong, GoChef makes it right.

100%

Chefs Verified

24h

Avg. Approval

2hr

Report Response

99.9%

Issue Resolution

Cost to Chefs

— Get The App

Food is
waiting.

The full GoChef experience — kitchen map, live menus, real-time ordering, and community dining — lives in your pocket. Free to download.

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Kitchens near you · Brooklyn, NY

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🍗

Marcus's Jerk Shack

★ 4.8 · 0.4 mi · from $16 · Delivery

🥟

Mei's Dumpling Den

★ 4.7 · 1.1 mi · from $10 · Carry-Out

🍜

Priya's Spice Garden

★ 4.9 · 1.6 mi · from $13 · Dine-In

The Grub Next Door.

Ridiculouslysimple.

Your nextfavoriterestaurantis a house.

Your kitchen.Your rules.Your income.

Real people.Real meals.Real stories.

GoChefUniversityTour.

Everyonechecks out.Literally.

Food iswaiting.

Ridiculously
simple.

Your next
favorite
restaurant
is a house.

Your kitchen.
Your rules.
Your income.

Real people.
Real meals.
Real stories.

GoChef
University
Tour.

Everyone
checks out.
Literally.

Food is
waiting.