Green Chef Reviews | Cost & Pricing + Promo Discounts
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Green Chef Dietary Options
Green Chef’s meal plan boasts USDA-certified organic ingredients and wholesome recipes that make maintaining a well-balanced diet easier than ever. Instead of navigating crowded grocery store aisles after work, you can head straight home, where everything you need to whip up a tasty, nutritious dinner in under 30 minutes awaits your arrival. This organic meal delivery service offers two basic types of plans: the 2-person plan and family plan. Recipes also cater to dietary restrictions, including omnivore, carnivore, gluten-free, vegan, paleo, vegetarian, and keto meals, making this one of the most comprehensive meal delivery services on the market.
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How much does Green Chef cost?
Pricing varies by the type of plan chosen. Plant-Powered is $11.99/meal ($9.99/meal if ordering 2-3 boxes), Balanced Living is $11.99/meal, Paleo is $12.99/meal, Keto is $12.99/meal, and the Family Plan is $10.99/meal.
| Plan | Price/meal | 1-Box | 2-Box |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-Powered | $11.99/$9.99 | $71.94 | $119.88 |
| Balanced Living | $11.99 | $71.94 | $143.88 |
| Paleo | $12.99 | $77.94 | $155.88 |
| Keto | $12.99 | $77.94 | $155.88 |
| Family Plan | $10.99 | $87.92 | n/a |
How many calories are in the typical Green Chef meal?
The calories per meal vary depending on the meal plan that you choose:
- Keto Plan: 400-600 calories/serving
- Paleo and Family Plans: 400-700 calories/serving
- Balance Living and Plant-Powered Plans: 400-900 calories/serving
How long does it take to cook a Green Chef meal?
Most Green Chef recipes are designed to take about 30 minutes from start-to-table.
When are Green Chef meals delivered?
Between 8:00am - 9:00pm on your scheduled delivery day. You can choose the day your box is delivered (Monday-Saturday), depending on where you live. Note, if delivery is to a commercial address, the driver will attempt drop-off before 5:00 pm (so you can take your box home from work with you that day!).
How much does shipping cost?
Shipping and handling is a flat rate of $7.99 per box.
Where does Green Chef deliver?
Green Chef delivers everywhere in the contiguous U.S., except for parts of Louisiana.
How do you skip a week of Green Chef meals?
Must select to skip by 12pm ET, 7 days before your scheduled delivery day. To do so, log-in and go to "Your Plan," then click on the week you want to skip. Then just edit the order and click "Skip Order." It's that easy!
How do you cancel Green Chef?
Canceling your Green Chef account is easy! Log-in to your account and navigate to "Account Info." Then click the "Cancel Subscription" button and answer a few simple questions about your Green Chef experience. You'll receive an email confirming your account cancellation.
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$9.99 $6.99 per serving
Plant-powered, paleo, & keto meals to choose from
Changed Service to Lose Functionality
I subscribed to Green Chef in 2020 and it quite literally taught me how to cook. I want to be clear that there is real potential here. With time however they began to remove customization features that allowed you to truly plan your month in advance. I quit my subscription in the summer of 2021 as a result. I recently decided to return to the service because I missed the convenience. Unfortunately in the half year since then they had removed waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more features, such as no longer allowing subscribers to easily pick between different menus each week (it used to be if you weren’t feeling any of the meat dishes you would just ask to view vegetarian dishes for that week, however now you can pick one type of menu and one only and don’t seem to have any ability to switch between them), making the service a shell of its former self.
High quality
Excellent high quality food, delicious and easy to prepare! We love it!
LOTTERY... EITHER YOU GET A BOX OF GOOD FOOD, A BOX OF ROTTEN FOOD, OR NO BOX AT ALL. BEST OF LUCK
GOOD FOOD AND RECIPES… IF THEY ARRIVE. HAVE HAD MULTIPLE BOXES NOT ARRIVE. I EVEN HAD ONE ARRIVE WITH ROTTING FOOD INSIDE. THE FED EX GUY EVEN WROTE ON THE BOX “STINKS”
Great taste! Not great price. 🙁
The four stars is because we love the flavors and the recipes. I just feel that even with a special deal price, it is pretty expensive. I understand that delivery costs money but had the idea to share a delivery with a neighbor. When I checked, two boxes cost the same per meal as only one. It seems that if you are ordering more meals, you should get a reduced price. I can not afford the service at the price per serving, but I wish we could because as I said, we have enjoyed it.
Green Chef is starting to become greedy
I loved this company with their unique choices of recipes. I thought they were tasty fulfilling meals that were healthy and a comparable choice to other delivery services. I had been promoting them to my friends. When I first got started with the deliveries, I initially thought $8.99 shipping was pricey but I just included it in the cost of convenience that I would not have to shop or come up with my own plan. But now they are charging $17.98 delivery service for a family of four! That to me is a deal breaker. $8.99 felt like too much and it honestly was cheaper just to go through a drive thru, but I wanted to be healthier with my family, so I justified the cost. What I fear is the company will realize that they are losing customers with the shipping charge and start skimping on ingredients. This is just setting up for a downfall for Green Chef and it makes me sad.
Unfortunately, I am lost as a customer. One $18 shipping charge was just too much for me. Further down the road, I don’t want to find out that they are still charging $12 for a meal if it isn’t satisfying bellies because they are skimping on ingredients. I would like to see Green Chef come back with their ethics intact.
Deliciously Interesting Meals
I have been getting boxes for a month now. I think the food is delicious and a nice variety for what they come up with for Keto meals– things I wouldn’t know how to prepare on my own (and I know how to cook). There are usually 6 Keto meals to choose from (I get 4 a week) and I sometimes have a hard time deciding which meals to get because they all look so good. I did get one box a day late and they credited me the full amount for an order two weeks out. The produce is usually fresh- sometimes I am eating meals 6 or 7 days after they arrived so I would think that is to be expected- but I have never had to throw anything out. It is helping with my weight loss (I lost 10 pounds!) and I like not having to go to the grocery store to shop for dinner. I use the My Fitness Pal app and most of the meals are already on there which is a huge time saver. I would highly recommend.
Terrible customer service!!!! Not so tasty meals either.
Worst delivery service. It’s just sitting in a warehouse waiting to be delivered for two days now.never again. I suggest you don’t waste your time
Scam
We had the same issues as J Slater. We went online to ensure it was in fact cancelled and it automatically reactivated our accout and charged us. This is the biggest scam. Terrible company and I would never recommend them.
1000% HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE idiot delivery driver just dropped the box off at my front door in 100 degree summer heat and didn’t ring the doorbell. I work from home, was home all day, and I go out for the mail and find a hot box of spoiled food that had been sitting there for God knows how long. And this was my FIRST ORDER! So I’m more than sure it would happen again. They were quick to refund my money and cancel my subscription but ZERO acknowledgment that they messed this up or any interest in changing things to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Just cut their losses and ran.
I was really excited about this….I’m a mom, I work full time, I’m in grad school…time to cook is difficult and really thought this could turn around my weight increases but its completely USELESS if they don’t use delivery people trained to ring the damn bell or have a automated phone call or SOMETHING to tell u its delivered! Completely miss on their part and I can’t imagine they will do well for long if they don’t put a safety measure in place. Super disappointing.
3 out of 9 meals missing ingredients...
We have done 3 weeks of meals with Green Chef. Ill say this…cooking instructions need to be thoroughly gone over by your editors and you need to have better quality control with the meal items. 3 of the 9 meals we ordered were missing either the main ingredient (like the pasta in a pasta dish) or part of the main dish ingredients. After the 3rd meal missing ingredients I have to wonder if they know what they are doing. The meals are good just be prepared to have a backup for when they leave out one of the ingredients in your bag.
Worst Food Delivery Service Out There!!!!!
Wish I could give them zero stars. Food was blah, most orders had incorrect ingredient & the veggies were often not fresh. I gave them a shot for a few weeks and then tried to cancel online two times. After I continued to get orders I finally took the 30 minutes out of my day this evening, that I do not have, to call customer service. The first CS Rep was BEYOND RUDE!! When I found my cancellation email confirmation I called back and got someone who was much nicer. However, they claim I reactivated my account after I canceled it online and will offer no refund. WHAT??? I literally have food rotting in my refrigerator because I had neither the time not desire to cook it. There is no way in the world I would have reactivated. And if I got a confirmation of cancellation would I not have gotten an email of reactivating? Have used multiple meal delivery services over the years and this one is BY FAR inferior in every single way! I realize I should have CALLED sooner but have a multitude of reasons a 30 minute phone call has not been feasible over the past many weeks. Regardless, I should have been able to cancel online without issue. I have NEVER had a company essentially call me a liar, until now. This is the first review I have EVER written on a company but I want to warn others, in my opinion, Green Chef is a complete scam!!!! And now I’ve wasted another 20 minutes of my day with this review… Super disappointed!!!!
Not Cold upon arrival
I’ve been subscribed for three weeks as of 8/26/2020. The menu diverse with many options available for different diets. The meals are easy to prepare and the portions are reasonable. The meals are delicious! BUT the meals are not cold on arrival. UPS delivers between 4-5PM and I am concerned with the quality freshness and that meals aren’t borderline spoiled! I may be cancelling, no other recourse
Love it
I’ve been using Green Chef for over a year – have switched up from vegetarian, balanced living and even keto. The weekly options for meals are great; food has always been high quality and delicious!
Human Kindness
This meal service is incredible. Helped me make things I never would have and taught me new ways of cooking. Unfortunately, I cant afford it with everything going on and was still charged for a box when I wasn’t expecting it. I called the customer support and they were able to fully refund me even though the box was arriving at my old house today. To actually get to speak to a human and have them listen to my predicament is a miracle in itself let alone them being so understanding. When I am fabulously rich in the future I will use this service because I did thoroughly enjoy it. Thank you again Greenchef.
I used to be a big fan for Green Chef, but recently their quality of food choices have gone downhill. I primarily bought it cause the organic ingredients it used. Before they would send grass-fed beef, wild caught seafood etc. Now they send regular beef with farm-raised seafood. They have messed up my orders recently. I will be taking my business elsewhere.
Do not buy unless you like throwing money away
I’m so angry about this meal company and I’m going to make sure as many people know about it as possible. I ordered the Paleo meal and it was delivered last Friday. I got the Paleo meal plan, and ALL 3 of the 3 meals I received were missing KEY ingredients, not to mention the vegetables were wilted and seemed old, the spices were wilted and it just looked really trashy. In the Red Curry Chicken Stir Fry, the Red curry paste & lime juice was missing. (Not sure how to make something Red curry without that,) the Southwest Beef stuffed peppers was missing the Garlic-lime aïoli with cilantro, and the Sweet and Smokey Southern Chicken is missing Dairy-free lemon aïoli and the Ancho-cumin spice blend. I emailed customer support and they didn’t care. They were like, sorry you decided to cancel, no refunds.
Sad reliability
For the past two months Green Chef service and reliability have gone downhill. Missing ingredients, shipping delays, and no recipe cards have turned an enjoyable cooking experience into a big disappointment and aggravation. This has occurred every week. For a premium product, they do not live up to the price charged. I’ve wrote and called but the problems remain.
So many meal services available! I’m trying a few others
Love Green Chef
We have tried other delivered meals and Green Chef has been by far the best. Every night a meal is cooked my husband is very complimentary about the flavors that are used. Portion size is perfect. During this time of Covid-19 it’s nice not to have to worry about shopping for 3 meals a week. We are very happy with Green Chef!
The plastic waste for transporting these goods far outweighs the ease of making “chef quality” meals. Make the service much more sustainable and the review will improve.
Green Chef Personnel Do Not Read Your Preferences.
I checked off what I wanted online and was sent food I didn’t want and can’t eat. I’m not happy.
Green chef is an amazing company! I loved all the different flavors and foods I got to try when I was using their meal plan. Definitely worth the cost! Their customer service was also exceptional. 5 stars all the way
Disappointed and overcharged.
Canceled after one shipment, not enough variety for a vegan diet. However, it’s taken weeks to get a refunds, even after canceling the order, I was charged. Not worth it, not the best in customer service, enjoyed Hello Fresh a lot more.
I’ve tried all of the popular meal delivery kits the past few years and can confidently say that Green Chef is my favorite. I’ve now been with Green Chef since June 2017 and feel that their recipes have just gotten better, especially with the Keto plan. While there have been some quality issues (leaky meat in packaging, a vegetable may have expired), Green Chef has done an outstanding job responding back and making up for it. The meals take about 30 – 45 minutes to cook and have saved me a lot of money from buying food at the grocery store and letting them go to waste because I either didn’t get a chance to cook it or only needed a portion of the ingredients. There’s something about these meal kits that make you feel obligated to cook. Also, I’ve lost a lot of weight sticking to the Keto diet. Overall, I highly recommend Green Chef, it’s worth the premium price in my opinion.
Excellent Vegan Choices
I have used Home Chef, Sunbasket and now Green Chef. My son and I are vegan and this meal plan has the most consistently unique, great tasting, easy to prepare meals of the three. I kept skipping weeks with the other plans because the vegetarian options were always the same and not great and the vegan options (when they had them) were not yummy. Green Chef is by far the best, we are very happy.
Too expensive
was offered the “deal” which I never received after my first box. Skipped a few then cancelled. Too expensive and the few meals I received were ok but nothing to rave about.
hard pass
No app, not great food, AND you have to call to cancel! HARD PASS!
Missing ingredients + not-so-good tastes
3 weeks, 4 meals missing ingredients, and most meals not fully eaten or eaten at all. No short meal options, some ingredient waste. Some meals were ok, no response when notified about missing ingredients, you have to call to cancel.
Amazing food
Absolutely amazing food. Its not as inexpensive as I would like, but the food is absolutely delicious. This company knows what they are doing. Thank you green chef!
Terrible Service.
I wanted to try out Green Chef so I placed an order. I received my 1st box yesterday and 1 of the meals was missing the chicken. I reached out to customer support and they told me they would not send out the chicken that was supposed to be in the box. They would only give me a credit for next weeks box. After this I am not going to chance ordering and not receiving the food that is supposed to be there so I have cancelled my subscription.
Call to cancel required and minimum 10 min wait
Not good. Not flexible with delivery. They make you CALL to cancel and then they leave you on hold for MINIMUM 5 minutes.
Very nice skeeze tactic, you guys. Gross. I plan on telling everyone that green chef is NOT a good company for meal delivery because they clearly don’t care about the customer.
Dishonest and wasteful
Mediocre food, and they placed two more orders without my consent – had to dispute it with my bank. They did not notify me of the orders, I had not selected meals, and I did not want them. Thankfully I ran into the delivery guy in my yard to be able to refuse the order and called and that’s how I found out they had placed another order as well – I was charged twice in four days for food I did not order and did not want
Also, I’ve never seen such wasteful packaging in my life – easily 10-12 pounds of trash for six small meals.
Don’t like fish, give us another choice.
First week : First week of getting the food, it says enough food for two people, it is not. The food needs at least one third more food. They don’t give you a choice of foods on the Keto meal plan, and both of did not like the cod dinner, the pork and chicken dinners are probably the two best dinners we have ever had, the combination of the spices and food are beyond tasty. George and I do not like fish, and it doesn’t seem like there is anyway to inform the company to not send fish. Of course if we continue to get fish we will cancel the dinners.
Needs To Bette Organize The Meals In Separate Bags!
I received my Green Chef package as a Mother’s Day Gift from my girls. I love the food, there’s quite a bit for two and it’s very tasty…but… they didn’t bother to sort out the ingredients per meal. I spent a long time going through all the stuff that was thrown into the box so I’d know what went with what. I have to say I’m disappointed with this lack of organization. Should a paying client have to sort through all the ingredients that should have been organized before being delivered? The answer is a resounding NO! It’s not good business practice to expect the client to do their work? Hello Fresh in Canada does it right, each meal is put in a paper bag and a tag is stuck on to tell you which meal it is. I think this is just common sense. So as much as I love the meals I don’t love the work I have to do to get the meal organized, I mean isn’t this supposed to be convenient???
Excellent Delivery Meal Service
I had no trouble cancelling. The food is fabulous, exquisite tastes…tonight’s dinner was
Egyptian! I re-subscribed recently. We get the Paleo. I’ve loved every meal. I tried Blue Apron, not so good. I’m very happy with Green Chef????????
Green Chef is the Healthy Gourmet Choice
I’ve tried Home Chef, Blue Apron, and Green Chef. Green Chef is by far the best in terms of quality, variety, nutrition, and portion size. They offer so many more ingredients and flavors mixed together in ways that would be more expensive to build from scratch. And they aren’t tricking you with fatty “flavors” by drowning simple ingredients in cheap cheeses and creams. I tried Green Chef because they are the only self-cooking service with a gourmet vegan option that delivers to my zip code. I’m so glad, because the competitors now seem boring and overpriced in terms of quality/serving size. Yes, Green Chef is a little pricier per serving than the competitors, but take the time to research their ingredients versus the others. And they do nice things like pre-dice the onions. Whoever said their packaging is worse, it’s so not. It’s mostly biodegradable and color-coded. Plus when I cook I can say, “Hey honey, tonight we’re having pineapple tofu kabobs dipped in teriyaki sauce over a bed of black Thai rice noodles, cashews, garlic, mushrooms, bok choy, onions and garlic, carrots, and cabbage topped with a pineapple Sriracha dressing.” He’s nearly a carnivore, but now says “I love tempeh!” and looks forward to Green Chef as much as I do. I feel like a gourmet chef, and my cooking skills have excelled. Thank you, Green Chef!
Rip Off
As others have posted it is extremely difficult to turn off the shipments when you want to stop. They say there are two locations on the web site to unsubscribe. I was unable to find then after a great deal of time spent on two different occasions. When, I finally managed to cancel by contacting them through a feedback button on the website, they did cancel my account, but not before sending one more shipment. Then to add insult to injury (knowing what a rip off that is) they offered to credit my account $25.00 after charging me an additional $80.94 for an order I didn’t want and they previously told me was cancelled.
Don’t sign up unless you can spend time monitoring your calendar and can be very diligent about cancelling shipments and service otherwise you will waste a great deal of money and food.
Dirty, scheming company
What an absolute rip off. I tried to cancel my subscription immediately after receiving a free trial because the food was clearly extremely overpriced but still boring. The recipe I received (chicken salad and rice) was very bland. Honestly, for the price I could get more meals that tasted better cooked for me at a restaurant, so why wouldn’t I just do that? Anyway, I tried to cancel, but there is no simple way to do that. You literally have to email them, which I did. But then they charged me again! $80 for 6 tiny servings. What a joke. That’s over $13 a serving! I disputed it with my bank so the charge will be removed, but I’m still angry I got charged at all. And I’ve moved since the last purchase, so if they do send the food, it won’t even go to the right address. What an unscrupulous company.
Great food and service.
Just started on the gluten free option. Thirty minutes box to table. Fresh produce, well done instructions and pictures and it tasted great. See picture! Customer service has been excellent and it is easy to “skip a week”, just need to do it a week ahead of time. Packaging is not that bad and the box is recyclable. I am switching to the paleo in a couple of weeks because it is also gluten free and has fewer carbs. I have been pleased thus far.
All round not good
Too much packaging! I’ve tried a few different boxed meals and Green Chef probably had more plastic than two or three others put together.
Food was average. Meal options were poor: two salads and a flatbread, not exactly ‘three dinners.’
Wouldn’t recommend.
Green Chef-- bypass!
Not real happy with Green Chef. I did a trial. The chicken dish I prepared was tough. The beef dish was the same thing. Supposed to be good organic meat but not nearly the quality of other competitors. Organic produce as far below competitors– browning kale, bruised apples. Then, i thought I cancelled bit got stuck with another weeks worth of the stuff.
Try other services instead!
Paleo-friendly and Easy to Prepare!
While Green Chef is one of the pricier meal delivery services, it’s worth every penny! Not only did the meals we try cater to our Paleo diet, but all were organic, healthy, and delicious. Plus, Green Chef meals took less time to prepare than Blue Apron. Would definitely recommend!!