So, what exactly is auntieChef?

auntieChef is the online marketplace for folks to buy and sell homestyle food.  We came up with auntieChef when we realized that, while we craved real home cooking, we never had the time (and in my case, skills) to cook for ourselves. And honestly, there’s only so much frozen food or takeout that the body can take – we were hungry.  So we started a company.

How does auntieChef work?  Local cooks (e.g., caterers, personal chefs, bakers, other food entrepreneurs) open up auntieChef.com online “kitchens”, listing their dishes and prices.  Hungry folks can order meals from these cooks online.  The food is freshly made-to-order, and is delivered or picked up. Voila…home cooking without the hassle!

There – the secret’s out, and we hope you join us on our mission to make food personal again.  Drop us a line and let us know what you think, and if you know any great cooks in Boston, send them our way!

We really love home-cooked food, although (or perhaps because) our abilities to cook in the style of our families’ tradition are…eh, limited.  Let’s be clear – we can cook a mean omelet (our friends swear our home-made brunch is the best in the city).  But what’s the right masala to put in the shrimp curry?  How do you make hummus so smooth?  We sheepishly have no idea, despite our exasperated moms’ efforts to teach us.  And watching the crazy Chairman on Iron Chef isn’t helping.

But, like you, we know authentic when we taste it.  We long for a taste of home, especially when our crazy-busy lives lead us to nuked frozen burritos and greasy take-out menus.  (As a friendly side note, step away from the burritos!)

We’re time-pressed foodies on a mission to discover (and savor!) the authentic.

Is it even possible?  Convenient and authentic?  Delicious and easy?  Sounds like a recipe for amazing.  In the next few posts, we’ll marvel at the Power of Aunties (or is it auntiePower?), and continue to share random musings of our over-caffeinated start-up team.

Until then—eat well, be happy, subscribe to the RSS, and tell your friends!