HelloFresh is a meal-kit and food-delivery company that plans meals and delivers portioned ingredients with chef-created recipes for customers to cook at home. Founded in 2011 as a small project packing recipe ingredients for its community, the company says its service now spans 18 countries and has delivered more than one billion meals.
Home ChefHome Chef, operated by Relish Labs LLC, is a meal-kit delivery service that sends customers fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and chef-designed recipes for home cooking. Its weekly menus include traditional kits, family meals, oven-ready options, and prepared heat-and-eat meals; the company says it has delivered more than 320 million meals.BALTIMORE, MD
CookUnityCookUnity is a chef-to-consumer meal marketplace that connects award-winning chefs with eaters through fresh, fully cooked meals prepared in local kitchens and delivered weekly. Founded in 2018 with six chefs in a small Brooklyn kitchen, it now operates eight kitchens and brings together more than 150 chefs, giving culinary entrepreneurs a way to reach customers well beyond their own neighborhoods. Meals arrive chilled rather than frozen and are ready to heat and plate in minutes.BROOKLYN, NY
GobbleGobble is a meal-kit and prepared-food company whose chefs pre-prepare ingredients and meals for home delivery. Its dinner kits are designed to become homemade meals in about 15 minutes, and its menu also includes microwave-ready Prepared & Ready meals and other rotating foods. The site describes Gobble as woman-founded and identifies Ooshma Garg as its CEO.LANCASTER, PA
Redefine MealsFounded in 2016 by Matthew Riss and Mark Ciaburri, Long Island-based Redefine Meals prepares fresh, chef-cooked meals that are ready to heat and eat in two to three minutes. Its 65-plus-meal menu is available through home delivery and a network of more than 25 grab-and-go locations across Long Island, New York City, and Westchester. Redefine also uses advance ordering to minimize food waste and recyclable packaging, including #5 plastic containers and boxes made from recycled cardboard.RONKONKOMA, NY