CookinGenie

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CookinGenie is an American booking service where a vetted chef arrives with the shopping already done and cooks in the client's kitchen. Menus are picked online before the visit, the price is quoted per person rather than per hour, and the chef cleans the work surface before leaving. It runs in a long list of metro areas, from Dallas and Houston to Chicago, Miami and the Bay Area, with the company itself based in Ohio.

For meal prep the usual pattern is one longer session that fills the fridge for several days, with dishes portioned into containers. It suits households that want a fixed number on the invoice and no grocery run of their own. People who like to hand over a very specific macro plan or an unusual regional cuisine may find the set menu structure limiting, and coverage thins out fast outside big cities.