Los Angeles

Home Cooked.Hand Delivered.

Real Chefs, cooking from their own kitchens.

Next delivery — Thursday.

A note from us.

By 6pm on a Wednesday you have two real choices.

One is heat-and-eat — Factor, CookUnity, Green Chef, etc. The meal is fine. It costs $12-15 a person, arrived in dry ice four days ago, was cooked for thousands of people in a kitchen you'll never see by a chef who doesn't know your name, and then refrigerated, packed, trucked, delivered, and left on the porch for an three hours before you opened it.

The other is DoorDash. By the time tax, service fee, delivery fee and tip have all settled in your lucky to spend less than $100. It's hot, it's fast, and tomorrow night you'll do it again.

Both have something in common. Neither was cooked for your house. Neither knows your kid won't eat onions. Both use wasteful packaging and expensive delivery.

What's missing -- a real meal, cooked today, by someone who knows your family enough to leave the onions out. For roughly the cost of the groceries. No subscription, no shipping, no BS.

— Friendly Foods

What a typical week can look like.

Add or skip meals. Only pay for what you eat. Confirm up to 12 hours before delivery.

Sun
Menu sent
Mon
Meals delivered
Tue
Menu sent
Wed
Meals delivered
Thu
Menu sent
Fri
Meals delivered

This week

What your chef is cooking.

Butter Chicken Bowls

Tender chicken and fresh vegetables simmered in a rich, spiced coconut-tomato sauce, served with fragrant jasmine rice and fresh coriander.

Roasted Chickpea & Edamame Nourish Bowl

Vibrant roasted sweet potatoes, spiced chickpeas, and edamame over lemon-dressed arugula, finished with creamy hummus, fresh avocado, and juicy pomegranate arils.

Chicken Parm Smash Tacos with Bright Chili Pesto

Crispy corn tortillas smashed with seasoned ground chicken, baked with marinara, mozzarella, and parmesan, served with a bright lemon-basil chili pesto.

Tuna Avocado Crispy Rice Salad

A fresh, Japanese-inspired salad featuring golden oven-crisped brown rice topped with protein-rich tuna, creamy avocado, edamame, and a savory sesame-soy drizzle.

Salted Date Caramel Yogurt

Naturally sweetened date-caramel Greek yogurt, no refined sugar. Salty-sweet companion to the Breakfast Cookies.

V1 Breakfast Cookies

Reduced-sugar breakfast cookies packed with oats, almond butter, seeds, and dried fruit. Vegan, gluten-free, and lightly sweetened with maple syrup.

The average cost.

$6.25

a portion.

Same ingredients. Same cooking. Different bill.

	Heat-and-eat	Us
Ingredients	$3–4	$3–4
Cooking	$2–3	$2–3
Packaging & ice	$2–3	—
Refrigerated transit	$3–4	—
Corporate overhead	$2–3	—
Per portion	$12–17	$6.25

Pay for what you eat.

No subscriptions. Ever.

No shipping fees. No minimum. No tip. No subscription you have to remember to cancel.

Be the first to know.

Drop your email and ZIP. We'll write the moment we're cooking in your neighbourhood.

One email when we launch. No spam, no subscription.

Common questions

Subscription?: No, ever.
Out of town?: Nothing arrives.
Picky kids?: Your chef will know.
Allergies?: Tell your chef. They cook it themselves.
Where?: A few neighbourhoods in Los Angeles. Adding more.
Just dinner? Just breakfast?: Whichever you and the chef settle on.
How do I start?: Drop your email and ZIP. We'll let you know when we're cooking near you.