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Home Chef: plans, prices and cutoff

Three dinners for two: Home Chef’s box, 3 recipes for 2, is the second-lowest price a portion of the 6 priced meal kits that fit. The lowest is EveryPlate’s, from $41.94 before shipping (checked 5 Oct 2026).

Meal kits, oven-ready options and prepared formats in one service family.

Plan details checked 5 Oct 2026 · price checked 8 Oct 2026

Price
$47.94–$59.94 for the food Home Chef’s stated $7.99–$9.99 a serving × 6, before shipping and tax; $7.99 is its lowest advertised dinner price, and its help page puts Standard meals from $9.99; its $50.95 minimum order includes shipping, so you pay at least that · checked 8 Oct 2026 Order minimum $50.95 including shipping.
Your box
3 recipes for 2 = 6 portions Standard · Meal kits; 20 kit sizes in all
Cooking
You cook
Ordering
Weekly plan · skip any week
Cutoff
12:00 PM Central on Friday for the upcoming menu
Cancel
Online, for future deliveries
Delivers to
Check your ZIP code on its site
Company
Kroger (since 2018) From Wikipedia, read 8 Oct 2026

2 people × 3 dinners · you cook: a starting example. Pick another box size to change it.

3 recipes for 2 = 6 portions

Menu

Servings per recipe (rows) × recipes (columns). Each square shows the portions.

Servings23456
2 servings
4 servings
6 servings
6 dinners planned
See this week’s Home Chef menu ↗

Opens homechef.com. Your address stays on its site.

Choose Home Chef if

You want to switch between cooking from scratch, quicker recipes and oven-ready trays, or you cook for eight on the Family menu.

Look elsewhere if

You want to order once without a subscription (Blue Apron), or a box price you can add up before checkout (Dinnerly and Marley Spoon publish theirs).

Check before you order

Home Chef’s homepage says meal kits start at $7.99 a serving; its help page says standard meals start at $9.99. The weekly minimum is $50.95 including shipping. Standard and Family are separate menus, and you order from one of them each week.

How much Home Chef costs

For three dinners for two: $47.94–$59.94 for the food, $7.99–$9.99 a serving (Home Chef’s stated $7.99–$9.99 a serving × 6, before shipping and tax; $7.99 is its lowest advertised dinner price, and its help page puts Standard meals from $9.99; its $50.95 minimum order includes shipping, so you pay at least that).

Home Chef at its stated rate, before shipping and tax
BoxPortionsFromA portion
2 recipes for 24$31.96–$39.96$7.99–$9.99
3 recipes for 26$47.94–$59.94$7.99–$9.99
4 recipes for 28$63.92–$79.92$7.99–$9.99
5 recipes for 210$79.90–$99.90$7.99–$9.99
6 recipes for 212$95.88–$119.88$7.99–$9.99
2 recipes for 48$63.92–$79.92$7.99–$9.99
3 recipes for 412$95.88–$119.88$7.99–$9.99
4 recipes for 416$127.84–$159.84$7.99–$9.99
5 recipes for 420$159.80–$199.80$7.99–$9.99
6 recipes for 424$191.76–$239.76$7.99–$9.99
2 recipes for 612$95.88–$119.88$7.99–$9.99
3 recipes for 618$143.82–$179.82$7.99–$9.99
4 recipes for 624$191.76–$239.76$7.99–$9.99
5 recipes for 630$239.70–$299.70$7.99–$9.99
6 recipes for 636$287.64–$359.64$7.99–$9.99

Checked 8 Oct 2026 on Home Chef’s own page. First-box deals are not included.

The first-box deal is a separate, lower number that applies only at the start. Work out your own cart after the deal.

How Home Chef works

Meal kits plus oven-ready and prepared formats in the same service family.

MenuWhat you doSizes
Standard · Meal kitsYou cook. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.2, 4, 6 servings × 2–6 recipes
Standard · ExpressQuick cooking. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.2, 4, 6 servings × 2–6 recipes
Standard · Oven ReadyAssemble and bake. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.2, 4, 6 servings × 2–6 recipes
Standard · Fast & FreshMinimal prep. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.2, 4, 6 servings × 2–6 recipes
Family · Meal kitsYou cook. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.4, 8 servings × 2–6 recipes
Family · Oven ReadyAssemble and bake. Preparation types are choices on the weekly menu. Standard and Family cannot be combined in one week’s order.4, 8 servings × 2–6 recipes

Standard: boxes for 2, 4 or 6 people. Family: 4 or 8. Both: 2 to 6 recipes a week. You can change the servings on most single recipes, but that does not make a new box size.

Heat & Eat add-ons: Single meals to heat, added one at a time to a Standard or Family order.

Tempo, a separate menu: Tempo is Home Chef’s separate prepared-meal service, with plans of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 or 20 single meals. It is not part of the Home Chef boxes here.

What each kind of preparation asks of your kitchen.

Home Chef labels vegetarian, pescatarian choices on its menu. Preference and customization labels do not establish allergen safety.

See this week’s Home Chef menu

What a menu label can and cannot tell you.

Skip, pause or cancel Home Chef

  1. Edit, skip or pauseAny time before the cutoff
  2. Cutoff12:00 PM Central on Friday for the upcoming menu
  3. LockedThe upcoming order is fixed after the menu closes.
  4. DeliveredThe locked box arrives

Change, skip or pause by 12 PM Central on the Friday before your delivery week. Home Chef writes 12 PM CST on the Friday before your delivery week; your upcoming order shows the exact time. Why some times are approximate.

To skip or change a box:

  1. Log in and open Your Upcoming Orders.
  2. Scroll to the week you do not want and click Manage Delivery.
  3. Choose Skip This Week’s Delivery. A confirmation email follows, and the week is marked as skipped.

To cancel:

  1. Log in, click Account at the top right and open the Account Settings tab.
  2. At the bottom of the tabs on the left, choose to pause your subscription: Home Chef calls cancelling “pausing”. In the app: Account, My Settings, then Pause My Account.
  3. Give a reason and carry on until the cancellation confirmation screen. A confirmation email follows.

Home Chef’s own help page

  • Skip a delivery: yes, before the cutoff.
  • Longer break: pause, which cancels, with an optional restart date.
  • Cancel: online, for future deliveries.

Miss the cutoff once and the box ships and is charged: $47.94–$59.94 for three dinners for two, plus shipping.

How to skip, pause or cancel Home Chef, step by step
Find your Home Chef cutoff and set a reminder

Compare Home Chef

Compare Home Chef with any other service for your household.

Questions about Home Chef

How much does Home Chef cost?

For three dinners for two, Home Chef states $7.99–$9.99 a serving; 3 recipes for 2 comes to $47.94–$59.94 (Home Chef’s stated $7.99–$9.99 a serving × 6, before shipping and tax; $7.99 is its lowest advertised dinner price, and its help page puts Standard meals from $9.99; its $50.95 minimum order includes shipping, so you pay at least that), checked 8 Oct 2026. The first-box deal is lower and applies only at the start.

Can you order Home Chef without a subscription?

No. Home Chef runs as a recurring plan; you can skip deliveries or pause and cancel online.

When is the Home Chef cutoff?

12:00 PM Central on Friday for the upcoming menu. The upcoming order is fixed after the menu closes. Your account shows the exact time for each delivery.

Can you pause Home Chef?

Pause, which cancels, with an optional restart date. You can also skip single deliveries before the cutoff.

The maker’s own pages we read (13)