Chef’d Review – Worth Trying?

Chef’d is a company that send all of the recipes and ingredients needed for dinner to the front door, leaving consumers to prepare a meal that is fresh. This is our review.

What is Chef’d?

When you have a lot of obligations, finding a way to balance meals for your family often becomes a low priority. You may have work obligations and extracurricular activities with your kids, so finding the time to actually go to the grocery store is almost unheard of. However, if you want to eliminate the stress and pressure of going grocery shopping, then Chef’d is a perfect solution for you.

Chef’d is a company that sends you all of the ingredients that you need to make a wide variety of meals. You don’t have to do weeks and weeks of planning before you choose; your shipment usually arrives within about two days, shipping on Tuesdays through Saturdays.

In every single box, you get:

• Complete instructions for the meal, including step-by-step pictures to help you make sure you’re creating the dish correctly
• Suggestions for the best wine and beer pairing for the dishes
• “Kitchen 411,” which has different hints and tricks for techniques that you can apply to the specific dish and other meals
• A meal description, along with the amount of time estimated that it will take you to complete the dish with a specific skill level
• A list of all of the included ingredients
• A list of the different utensils you should use to make the meal

Basically, Chef’d can solve all your grocery shopping and meal-selection problems with a few clicks of your mouse.

How Chef’d Works

When you get to the website, you can shop through every single one of the meals offered to determine the ones you want to make for yourself. The main way that Chef’d separates itself from other food preparation websites is that you do not need a subscription to enjoy these products. In fact, there is no subscription option at all. Basically, this means you are in complete control of how much you are charged, what foods you get (instead of random selection), and when it arrives.

Since the boxes come with everything you need, you don’t need to worry about anything else. Just follow the directions on the meal card to determine how you need to prepare the ingredients. Everything is pre-measured, giving you exactly the amount you need for your recipe.

In the event that you lose the meal card, Chef’d already has you covered. When you receive your confirmation email, you are also sent downloadable versions of the recipes, which means you have both a hard copy and an electronic copy available for each recipe.

Chef’d Meal Plans

If you want to regularly get a specific type of food in your mailbox, you can choose from one of the predetermined meal plans offered on the website. The options include a meal for:

• Weight Watchers
• The New York Times Cooking
• Tone It Up Fresh

Continue on to read more about each of these meal plan options.

Weight Watchers

Many consumers are familiar with the Weight Watchers program. However, the main issue with many of these followers is that they are unprepared for cooking healthy foods at home that maintain their point limits. Chef’d has a designated partnership with Weight Watchers to make sure the ingredients they offer use are able to create the recipes that follow along.

All of the recipes show exactly how many points are in the recipe, which makes it easy to follow along, rather than relying on frozen meals and lackluster homemade dishes. The meals range from $6 to $17 per serving, which is about what you would pay for the quality you expect in restaurant but from your own kitchen.

Some of the popular recipes that are SmartPoints friendly include:

• Spicy Chicken Soft Tacos
• Flank Steak with Corn, Black Beans, and Avocado
• Rigatoni with Sausage and Kale
• Miso Glazed Cod

The New York Times Cooking

Right now, the New York Times Cooking meal plan is not yet available. If you want to be notified when it becomes available, you will have to sign up for additional details. For that reason, there are no recipes currently listed for this meal plan.

Tone It Up Fresh

The Tone It Up Fresh meal plan is about finding recipes that contain a high amount of superfoods. Superfoods are known for rich amounts of nutrients, and they often contain a high amount of antioxidants. Finding these recipes on your own can be overwhelming, especially when you don’t know where to begin.

This meal plan is especially for consumers that want to get a healthier lifestyle. However, making a plan for your fitness and body is not always easy to fit into your schedule, which is where Chef’d comes in. Meals from this plan start at about $13 per serving.

Some of the recipes you can find with the Chef’d Fresh program include:

• Portebello Mushroom Pick Me Up
• Chili Lime Shrimp Tacos
• Ginger Agave Salmon
• Chicken Stir-Fry

Pricing for Chef’d

The pricing of the different meals varies, depending on the quality of the dish. The pricing may change when the company has promotions for their inventor. However, here are the prices of some of the most recent meals available, giving you a better idea of what you are paying for:

• Father's Day Meat Lasagna (Serves 6 people for $59)
• Father's Day Grilled New York Steak & Jumbo Pancetta Shrimp with Roasted Smashed Potatoes (Serves 2 people for $49)
• Father's Day Pizza Pork Chops with Polenta (Serves 2 people for $29)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Chili Mango Chicken (Serves 2 people for $27)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Green Chili Turkey and Cilantro Rice Bowl (Serves 2 people for $35)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Seared Ahi Tuna with Miso Tahini Slaw and Spiced Charred Green Beans (Serves 2 people for $40)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Roasted Suya Chicken Breast with Herbed Couscous (Serves 2 people for $27)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Kale, Quinoa, and Dried Cherry Salad (Serves 2 people for $29)
• The Legend of Tarzan's Coconut Curry with Black Forbidden Rice (Serves 2 people for $29)
• Mushroom, Broccolini, & Jack Cheese Custard Tart (Serves 2 people for $27)

At this time, Chef’d ships to any zip code that is in the continental United States. You can determine on the My Account page how often you want to ship your meals.

Contacting Chef’d

With so many meals to choose from, you may still have questions about a potential subscription or other parts of the program. You can submit your inquiry in multiple ways.

The easiest way to reach someone at the company is by calling the customer service department directly at 844-552-4333. However, there are no hours of operation posted to tell you when the best time is to call.

If you are unable to reach a representative at this number, you can send a message with your inquiry to [email protected].

Conclusion

The Chef’d program is perfect for you, if you have the time to cook, but don’t have the time to invest in meal planning and grocery shopping. With everything delivered fresh to your door, you can enjoy all the benefits of a well-balanced meal, but without leaving your home.