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🔥 Home food, made simple

Sell home-cooked food.
Without the complexity.

Pickup Chef gives home cooks a beautifully simple online store — list dishes, manage orders, and schedule customer pickups, all in one place.

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🍛 Chicken Biryani — £11.50

Loved by home cooks across the UK
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🍛Chicken BiryaniHalal
🥘Lamb TagineGluten-free
🫕Jollof RiceVegan
🍜Beef RendangHalal
🥗Mutton BiryaniHalal
🍲Daal & RotiVegan
🥞KeleweleVegan
🍱Bento BoxGluten-free
🫔Shawarma WrapHalal
🥣Pho BrothGluten-free
🍢Suya SkewersHalal
🧆Falafel PlateVegan
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500+
Dishes Listed
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50+
Home Chefs
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£0
Setup Cost
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5 min
To go live
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How it works

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Step 01

Create your account

Sign up as a chef, set up your store profile with a logo, description, and pickup address.

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Step 02

Build your menu

Add dishes with photos, prices, and dietary tags. Group them into menus with availability windows.

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Step 03

Receive & manage orders

Customers order online. You prepare and mark orders ready — all tracked in your live dashboard.

What's included

Everything you need to run your food business

Menu builder

Create structured menus with categories, pickup windows, and availability scheduling.

Product catalogue

Add dishes with photos, dietary tags (vegan, halal, gluten-free), and stock limits.

Pickup scheduling

Customers choose from your available slots — no back-and-forth messages.

Order management

Track every order through Pending → Preparing → Ready in a live dashboard.

Simple checkout

Smooth checkout with dietary info, time selection, and order confirmation.

Revenue tracking

See daily revenue, order counts, and product performance at a glance.

For everyone

Your path in

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For Chefs

Set up your online store in minutes. Add your dishes, create menus with pickup schedules, and start accepting orders — no tech skills needed.

  • Product catalogue with photos & tags
  • Custom pickup time windows
  • Live order dashboard
  • Daily revenue summary
Create your store
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For Customers

Order home-cooked food from chefs in your community. Browse, pick a time, and collect fresh food — all paid online.

  • Full menu with dietary information
  • Choose your pickup time slot
  • Secure online payment
  • Order confirmation details
Sign in to order
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