Pricing
Livin starts at about $26 a plate, groceries included. Your price depends on who's eating, how many dinners you want, and how often your chef comes. The builder below turns your household into a real number.
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Every household pays the same per plate, about $26, groceries included. Adults count as one plate a dinner, and every two kids count as one.
Your household
Allergies and foods you won’t eat are handled. No extra charge.
$312
per visit, for 12 plates
if you go every week · Skip any week. Pause anytime. No contract.
Adults count as one plate each. Every two kids count as one. 2 adults and 2 kids works out to 3 plates a dinner, across 4 dinners, so 12 plates a visit.
Every Livin chef is background-checked, insured, and vetted. We don’t play about who’s in your home.
$312 / visit
No contract
Livin prices per plate, with groceries, shopping, cooking, and cleanup inside that one number. You choose the meals, filtered to your household profile. Hiring your own chef is usually hourly or a flat fee with groceries billed separately. Meal delivery ships cooked food from a fixed menu, and meal kits ship ingredients you still cook and clean up after.
| What is being compared | Livin | Hiring your own chef | Meal delivery | Meal kits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price model | Per plate, groceries in | Hourly or flat fee, plus groceries | Per meal | Per serving |
| Shopping | Included | Varies | Not applicable | Ingredients shipped |
| Cooking | In your kitchen | Usually in-home | Off-site | You cook |
| Cleanup | Included | Usually | Not applicable | You clean |
| Personalization | Built on your household profile | Varies | Fixed menu | Limited |
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About $26 per plate with Livin, groceries included. The number moves with household size, dinners per visit, and how often the chef comes.
Private chef and personal chef get used for the same service. Livin's version is about $26 per plate, groceries included, with a chef cooking a week of dinners in your kitchen. A chef hired full time onto a household staff is a different arrangement, priced by salary rather than by plate.
Yes. The run and the groceries. Standard groceries sit in the base price, organic adjusts it, and custom requests can carry a premium service charge.
Livin is an ongoing service. Skip a week or pause when you need a break. Cancel by contacting Livin directly.
Depends what your week costs now. Add up groceries, delivery, takeout, and the hours you spend on the whole food job. The builder above does the math with your numbers.
Tell us who's eating and how often. You'll have a real price in about ten seconds.