CookUnity Surpasses $500 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue, up 90 Percent Year-Over-Year

March 17, 2025 at 09:00 AM EDT

The chef-crafted meal delivery platform is one of the fastest growing marketplaces globally

CookUnity, the only premium 100% chef-made meal delivery service redefining consumers’ at-home dining experience, today announced that it has surpassed $500 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), an increase of over 90% year-over-year. The company has reached profitability and will continue to invest in accelerating growth.

The company’s exceptional growth reflects a combination of category-leading quality and variety, a novel chef creator platform, and unrelenting consumer demand – driving powerful flywheel momentum.

CookUnity expects continued network effects as it invests in driving even more value, including:

Hundreds of SKUs that will increase over time as new chefs join the platform and attract more customers through improved variety, discovery, and personalization
100+ world-class chefs, including acclaimed chefs Cat Cora, Esther Choi, Jose Garces, Marc Forgione, Michael Schwartz, and more, with Rick Bayless coming in Q2 2025
Strong supply pipeline with a growing waitlist for new chefs and 100% chef retention
AI-powered recommendation engine, personalizing the consumer experience across 40 cuisine types and many diets including high protein, GLP-1 balanced meals, and more
Average annual consumer spend of $3,000 driven by impressive personalization, food quality, and benchmark variety that mitigates consumer boredom
Continued geographic expansion, bringing delightful consumer experiences and access to world-class chefs to CookUnity’s first international market in Toronto in mid-2025

CookUnity is a marketplace platform on which independent chef entrepreneurs can scale a meaningful business selling their food to CookUnity subscribers. This model is distinct from CookUnity’s competitors, and allows chefs to reach subscribers across 97% of the United States from seven regional commissary kitchens. The average CookUnity chef makes $750,000 annually with top performers earning upwards of $5 million in revenue on the platform. The company expanded its chef ecosystem further with the recent acquisition of Cookin, the leading home-chef enablement platform offering more opportunities for chefs and accelerating CookUnity’s flywheel.

“CookUnity was started to elevate mealtime by getting back to the basics of great food,” said CookUnity Founder and CEO, Mateo Marietti. “We believe working directly with real chefs is essential to scaling a business with the variety, quality, and convenience consumers have come to expect without compromising the craft or culinary artistry that makes food so enjoyable. The fact that we are currently delivering millions of meals per month is strong validation that our proposition resonates with consumers and is more relevant than ever.”

“Our mission has always been to make incredible, chef-crafted food more accessible while also empowering the inspiring creators who dedicate their lives to cooking for others. This is a win-win solution that no other company has been able to unlock,” Marietti added. “Life is too short to not eat well and the strong consumer demand we continue to see in 2025 indicates that the market agrees.”

Forward-Looking Statements

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About CookUnity

CookUnity is the first chef-to-consumer meal marketplace, redefining how people experience food at home. Unlike traditional prepared meal delivery services, CookUnity connects independent, award-winning chefs with food lovers nationwide. Our chefs craft restaurant-quality meals in local kitchens and deliver them fresh at a price that makes premium dining more accessible.

With a rotating menu of nearly 400 handcrafted dishes in New York City alone (and hundreds more across the country), CookUnity offers an unparalleled variety of cuisines, flavors, and dietary options. Every meal is made with high-quality, thoughtfully sourced ingredients at an exceptional value. By giving chefs a platform to share their culinary creativity, CookUnity brings the artistry of restaurant dining to an elevated at-home experience, making elevated meals more accessible, personal, and sustainable without the premium price tag.

Learn more at www.cookunity.com