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by dawhizkid 3059 days ago
Not really. I mean this would be more like Top Chef on demand with no fixed menu. There's an inventory of non-perishable/perishable ingredients available in a commercial kitchen. If a lot of people want to order some meal then that gets made with some scheduled delivery time.

Surprised no one's attempted the "Uber for whatever meal your heart desires prepped by a personal chef." It'd be expensive, yes, but I could see that being a luxury food delivery option that would be appealing to someone with money but no personal chef.
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chx 3059 days ago
It simply can't be done on demand. I have first hand experience: I work with a chef who spends a day to create a week's worth of meals for me but smaller chunks are not feasible as you need to prep, cook etc and it takes hours -- even if some of the work can be done in parallel while one dish is cooking the other can be prepared etc but still you just can't have a meal ready in 45 minutes after you click order. Quite a few meals actually need to be started the previous day so the dish or parts of it can marinade / simmer / slow cook / set / etc overnight. (I think you meant private chef -- those are employed by the super rich, a personal chef works for multiple clients.)

Also anyone like him will strive to have his schedule full for a few weeks ahead.

So no, this is not Uberable. But, if you are in Vancouver and want good food, drop me an email I will connect you with Michael :)

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erikpukinskis 3059 days ago
It can be done if you don’t let the client choose the meal or the delivery moment. If the menu is chefs choice and designed for ease of production and you deliver daily at a scheduled time, it can be done affordably.

There can be no “I’d like pad Thai in an hour and can you make it gluten free?”

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chx 3059 days ago
But GP said

> Surprised no one's attempted the "Uber for whatever meal your heart desires prepped by a personal chef."

Where I presumed "Uber" meant "on demand right now".

Yes, daily at a scheduled time might work.

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prostoalex 3059 days ago
Like https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/bbb?query=personal+chef ?

I don’t know how that would work in Uber-like environment. The chef in question simply might not have the ingredients on hand (especially expensive ones, like truffles or caviar), whatever my heart desires might require significant prep lead time (roasted suckling pig) or not very suitable for delivery (seafood towers, tartars, sorbets).

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