Meal-preparation services can include businesses that assemble dinners for the customer to cook later (this includes personal chefs and take-and-bake stores that sell pre-assembled, uncooked food to go) and those that offer customers a place to assemble those dinners themselves.
One type of meal-preparation service is a personal chef. A personal chef is an individual who comes into his or her customer's home and assembles a set number of dinners. The chef will generally do the grocery shopping, food prep, assembly, packaging and cleanup. Dinners are stored in the refrigerator or freezer and are then cooked by the customer as needed. Packages range in number and size, from dinners for two to larger, family-friendly offerings and from one dinner to 10 (two-weeks' worth). The cost will generally be between 10 and 20 dollars a person per dinner.
Another type of meal-preparation service is a dinner-assembly store. This type of establishment provides the ingredients, instructions and equipment for customers to come in and assemble a set number of entrees, generally six to 12, during a scheduled session. The prep work and cleanup are taken care of by the staff, making it much quicker than cooking at home. The food is frozen by the customer and cooked when desired. The price is generally around four or five dollars per person, per dinner.
The SupperWorks in Toronto is a meal-preparation service that allows busy people to create quick, healthy food to go. For more information, call (905) 849-1550 or send an email to info@supperworks.com.