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It is the mission of Friend That Cooks to greatly improve the quality of life for our clients AND our employees by providing superior in-home meal prep service and a superior career.
Friend That Cooks fulfills our mission to our clients by creating a work environment for our chefs they can't find anywhere in the food service industry. We attract talented chefs who are used to being overworked and underpaid, and we pay them more than they can make cooking at a restaurant or in a food delivery company. We offer our employees benefits they won't find elsewhere in the food service industry, including but not limited to paid maternity/paternity leave for both full and part time women and men, and retirement contributions for both full and part time employees.
Friend That Cooks fulfills our mission to our clients by creating a work environment for our chefs they can't find anywhere in the food service industry. We attract talented chefs who are used to being overworked and underpaid, and we pay them more than they can make cooking at a restaurant or in a food delivery company. We offer our employees benefits they won't find elsewhere in the food service industry, including but not limited to paid maternity/paternity leave for both full and part time women and men, and retirement contributions for both full and part time employees.
Our Story:
Friend That Cooks Personal Chef Service began offering weekly meal prep service in Wichita, KS in August of 2007 (now in 18 metros and growing). It started with one personal chef, founder Brandon O'Dell, as part time work to keep him busy between food service consulting projects. Within a few weeks, Friend That Cooks weekly meal prep was such a hit, it grew to much more than a part time job.
Through years of experience in the restaurant and food service industry, Brandon knew the sacrifices cooks and chefs have to make to have a career. He believed there was a better way, and dedicated himself to creating a work environment where talented cooks and chefs could have a career without sacrificing their personal lives working the 60 hour weeks common in the restaurant industry.
Friend That Cooks Personal Chef Service began offering weekly meal prep service in Wichita, KS in August of 2007 (now in 18 metros and growing). It started with one personal chef, founder Brandon O'Dell, as part time work to keep him busy between food service consulting projects. Within a few weeks, Friend That Cooks weekly meal prep was such a hit, it grew to much more than a part time job.
Through years of experience in the restaurant and food service industry, Brandon knew the sacrifices cooks and chefs have to make to have a career. He believed there was a better way, and dedicated himself to creating a work environment where talented cooks and chefs could have a career without sacrificing their personal lives working the 60 hour weeks common in the restaurant industry.
