What fees does Chefry charge chefs?

Menu pre-orders carry 0% commission for the chef; the customer pays a flat 5% service fee at checkout. Services like private chef bookings, catering, and meal prep carry a 15% standard commission, reduced to 0% in year one for Founding Chefs.

Why does Chefry charge fees at all?

Fees cover real costs: card processing on every payment, the servers and cloud storage that hold menus, photos, and order history, text and push notifications to customers, and building the platform itself.

Are ingredient and grocery reimbursements charged commission?

No. Grocery and ingredient reimbursements are a pass-through to the chef and are not charged platform commission.

Where Chefry Fees Actually Go (2026)

Most platforms bury their fees in a help center and hope you never do the math. We would rather show you the math. This page lists every fee on Chefry, who pays it, and what it actually covers.

The fees, in one list

Menu pre-orders: 0% commission for the chef. You set a menu price and you keep it. Your customer pays a flat 5% service fee at checkout, shown on their receipt.
Services (private chef, catering, meal prep): 15% standard commission. This comes out of the service price, and it is the number the founding program cuts. Founding Chefs pay 0% in year one, 5% in years two and three, then 10%.
Groceries and ingredients: 0%. Reimbursements pass straight through to the chef with no commission.
Tips: 100% to the chef. No platform fee on tips, ever.

Chefs who want a lower service rate without the founding program can also subscribe to a paid tier on the pricing page.

What the money pays for

Fees are not profit padding. Here is where they go, roughly in order of size:

Card processing. Every payment runs through Stripe, and the card networks take their cut of every single charge. This is the largest cost on most orders and it exists on every platform, whether they show it to you or not.
Servers and cloud storage. Your menus, food photos, order history, customer lists, and receipts live on infrastructure that runs every minute of every day. Storage and compute are billed to us monthly, and they grow with every chef who joins.
Texts, emails, and push notifications. Order confirmations, pickup reminders, and the messages that bring your customers back all cost real money per send.
Building the platform. Payout automation, prep lists, the marketplace, delivery options, and support. Everything left over goes back into tools for you.

Keep 100% of your menu price on pre-orders.

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The honest framing

We only make money when you do. There is no monthly fee to be on Chefry, no listing fee, and no charge to set up a profile. If you never sell, you never pay. That keeps the pressure where it belongs: on us to bring you customers and keep the platform worth your time. If you are comparing options, our platform comparison puts these numbers side by side with the alternatives.

Where Chefry's Fees Actually Go

The fees, in one list

What the money pays for

The honest framing

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