Friend That Cooks Personal Chefs

Mason is God sent! We started with Friend that Cooks a little over a year ago and it was truly the best decision we have made in our household. With my husband and my crazy work schedules and wanting to spend as much time with our family as possible and not in the kitchen, this service has been such a game changer. Not only are Masons meals awesome, I am also saving money because I am not going to the grocery store every week, multiple times a week and making my same four things over and over again. Mason listens to what we are craving that week or I let him do his thing and he creates delicious meals. It is so nice to come home from work, heat up a delicious meal and have more time with our family at night. We love Friend that Cooks! Alexis R.

This review is for all the busy families trying to feed their family balanced and delicious meals. Last spring, I found our family turning to fast food and local restaurant carry-out when our kid spring activities started filling every evening. Unsustainable. I knew we needed to get a plan for nutritious, easy to prep meals. Enter our fabulous chef, Mason. He does all of the heavy lifting. He decides for us (so kids don't argue over what we're eating) based on the criteria we've given him and our feedback on past meals he has made for us. He shops in our refrigerator and our pantry first (which is so nice to have stuff we've already bought get used) and then gets whatever else he needs at the store. One example is we had very ripe bananas that needed used and he used them for brownies. Then he makes our house smell amazing By doing all of the effort of prepping and cooking and cleaning up. He puts each meal in a family style disposable pan that can go in the oven and it makes dinner time SO MUCH EASIER in every possible way. One other note is we spend much less on groceries overall. We literally buy milk, fruit and granola bars and Mason does all the other shopping. Keeping us out of the grocery store has significantly decreased our overall spend on unnecessary groceries or groceries that don't get used. I'm extremely thankful to have found this service and feel fortunate to have our chef, Mason, who listens to our needs and sure knows how to create delicious food consistently! Give them a try. You won't be disappointed.
-Erin W

Here is an update. My Friend That Cooks has consistently exceeded all my expectations for over a year!

This review covers what my Friend That Cooks, Chef Sarah Glenn, did for me for the week starting Thursday, February 27, 2020. I had a lot of terrific food in Kauai and in Oahu over the past three weeks or so. I had a great time as well. But it certainly is great to get back and to again enjoy the absolutely amazing (which is a standard deviation better than “terrific”) food prepared by Chef Sarah!

“Mess of southern boiled cabbage” with bacon spiced pork chops – Okay, the pork chops are way better than you could imagine. While in Oahu, I stayed at a hotel that included a free Asian breakfast buffet and I particularly liked the boiled cabbage that reminded me of my childhood in Alabama. So, I asked Chef Sarah to fix me up a mess of southern boiled cabbage and, of course, she did. But why dies chef Sarah’s taste better than Oahu and even my childhood memory. Well, the stuff on Oahu was good enough but not a challenge. But the Alabama recipe for boiled cabbage secretly includes a lot of sugar and a lot of butter and maybe some bacon grease, so what I remember is actually not something I would probably like at this point in my life because I now appreciate the superior flavors of healthy cooking. Chef Sarah came up with some incredible cabbage that has just the right hint of butter plus some amazing and unexpected Louisiana spices.

Shrimp and chicken sausage gumbo with jasmine rice – This a repeat of one of my favorites. Somehow, it gets better each time!

Zoodles with spring veggies and spinach pesto and seared chicken – I didn’t see this coming at all. Chef Sarah seems to enjoy doing that to me. Wonderful things can happen when you encourage a gifted artist to exercise creative freedom. This is an excellent example of that!

Turkey, avocado, and cheese sandwiches – My daughter requested this, and they are really great.

Avocado, egg, and turkey bacon wraps – Also mainly for my daughter, another of her special favorites!