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Your craft. Your schedule. We bring the table.

Private dinner parties and weekly meal-prep clients in your neighborhoods β€” without the agency runaround. You set your rate and your menu; we bring the demand, the payments, and the platform.

Founding
roster forming now β€” early chefs shape the platform
You
set your rate, menu & availability
DC
launching Dupont Β· Logan Β· Shaw Β· U St
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Why chefs join

Your food. Your clients. Our plumbing.

Built by restaurant-industry people who think chefs should keep the upside of their own craft.

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Real money, transparent

A flat 12.5% platform fee β€” no hidden cuts, no pay-to-play placement. Tips are 100% yours.

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Your schedule

Take one dinner a month or five meal-prep clients a week. You choose the gigs, always.

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Your neighborhoods

Serve only the zips you want. No hour-long schleps unless the booking is worth it to you.

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Recurring revenue

Meal-prep turns a great dinner party into a weekly client. Steady income between events.

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A vetted roster means prestige

Every chef is verified and tasted. Being on ProjectChef signals quality β€” and keeps standards (and prices) high.

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Run by industry people

We come from restaurants. We know what a Saturday service is worth β€” and what flaky clients cost you.

How joining works

Four steps from application to your first booking.

We personally vet every chef β€” it protects your reputation as much as ours.

1

Apply below

Tell us about your cooking β€” 5 minutes.

2

We talk

Quick call + references. Industry to industry.

3

Verify & taste

ID + food-safety cert verification, and a tasting.

4

Go live

Your profile goes up. Bookings come to you.

πŸ’° The math, plainly: a flat 12.5% platform fee β€” you keep 87.5% of the food & service total on every booking, and tips are 100% yours. No hidden cuts, no pay-to-play placement.

Chef application

This becomes your draft profile. We review every application personally and reply within 48 hours.

Every chef is personally vetted by our industry team β€” identity verification, reference checks, and a tasting β€” before going live. Applying costs nothing and doesn't commit you.
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Application received, chef. πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³
We review every application personally β€” expect to hear from us within 48 hours to set up a quick intro call. Next steps after that: references, verification, and a tasting we're already looking forward to.