WhichMealKitBlue Apron vs Green Chef
Three dinners for two: Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up; Green Chef sells 3 recipes for 2 and shows box prices after you enter a ZIP code. Blue Apron does not publish fixed box sizes.
Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop; Green Chef shows box prices after a ZIP code.
Blue Apron
Box sizes are shown on its site
Priced dish by dish $9.99 shipping per order Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up.
Green Chef
3 recipes for 2 · 6 portions
Price after ZIP code Green Chef shows box prices after you enter a ZIP code.
Choose by what you need
Choose Blue Apron if
You want to order once, or pick dishes one at a time with no fixed box.
Choose Green Chef if
You want a regular box for 2, 4 or 6 people, with the option of deliveries every other week or monthly.
Side by side
| Fact | Blue Apron | Green Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price for three dinners for two | Priced dish by dish Blue Apron prices each dish in its shop, so there is no box total to add up. | Price after ZIP code Green Chef shows box prices after you enter a ZIP code. |
| Your box | Chosen on its site | 3 recipes for 2: 6 portions |
| Format | Kits + prepared options | Meal kits |
| Cooking | You cook | You cook |
| Smallest box | Not published | 3 recipes for 2 (6 portions) |
| Order once | Yes | No, weekly plan |
| Breaks | No pause; skip as often as you like, or cancel and re-enroll | Skip up to four weeks ahead |
| Cutoff | The date shown below each scheduled delivery; an order already processing or shipped cannot be cancelled | 11:59 PM Pacific, five days before delivery |
| After the cutoff | Canceling autoship does not stop an order that has already entered processing. | The upcoming order cannot be changed once the service cutoff passes. |
| Menu labels | Not confirmed: check the weekly menu | Vegetarian choices, Plant-based / vegan choices |
| Order minimum | None published | None published |
| Delivers to | Check your ZIP code | Check your ZIP code |
| Next step | Blue Apron details See Blue Apron’s menu | Green Chef details See Green Chef’s menu |
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