Green Chef

Green Chef is a meal kit delivery service with meals designed for your diet – like Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegan, and Vegetarian.

Provides weekly meal kits designed to fit specialty diets (Paleo, Vegan, Gluten Free etc.).
Each meal plan only offers 3 recipes — so there is no flexibility.
Uses mostly organic and non-GMO ingredients and included higher quality protein than most of the other kits we reviewed.
Plans are more expensive than most of the other meal kits we reviewed
Portion size felt larger than most kits we reviewed, you won’t feel hungry when you’re done eating.

The ingredients are separated in plastic bags by color. You have to organize them yourself.

Typically, you need basic kitchen items like a pan and cutting board.

Green Chef Summary

Ordering
Sign Up	Straightforward, but you have to enter billing info before picking your menu.
Recipe Selection	There is one standard menu and 6 diet-specific speciality menus weekly. Each menu has 3 options, so there is no flexiblity in the meals.
Delivery Options	They only offer plans with 3 meals per week. You can skip any week you want, but you have until a week before your next shipment to do it.
Pricing	Omnivore (2 people) 3 meals/week: starting at $71.94 ($11.99/serving) Carnivore ($13.49/serving), Gluten-Free ($13.49/serving), and Paleo ($14.99/serving) plans are more expensive. Vegetarian (2 people) 3 meals/week: starting at $62.94 ($10.49/serving) Vegan ($11.99/serving) plan is more expensive
Cancellation	Cancel by emailing customer support.
Delivery
Speed	First shipment arrives within a week of signup, but you can delay if needed.
Packaging	Comes within a box of insulation and ice packs. Ingredients are labeled by color and recipe number. This requires more work to organize. Meat is kept separately at the bottom of the box
Ingredient Quality	🥕 High quality ingredients. They used mostly organic & non-GMO ingredients and higher quality protein like Mary’s Chicken.
Recipe Prep
Ingredient Prep	You will frequently need to chop ingredients.
Kitchen Gear	You’ll want a pan, baking sheet, knife, and other basic items. Nothing fancy needed (like a food processor or lemon zester).
Additional Ingredients	Have some cooking oil, salt, and pepper.
Cooking
Recipe Clarity	Recipe cards are helpful and easy to follow. They include a list of items to pull out of the pantry, as well as photos of each step.
Cook Time	Around 35-40 minutes, depending on the recipe.
Meal
Tastiness	Ordinary.
Portion Size	🐳 Above average (one recipe had leftovers).
Nutrition Info	Calories.
Miscellaneous
Cleanup	Usually a pan, baking sheet, knife, cutting board, and bowl.
Customer Service