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Key Takeaways CookUnity is a meal delivery platform that did $750 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025.
Chefs on the platform earn an average of $850,000 a year, with top creators nearing $10 million.
Chefs are paid through a revenue-sharing system tied to ratings and demand.
A decade ago, Mateo Marietti moved to New York from Argentina with one vision — to create a food delivery service that democratized food and gave customers healthful, quality options.
The result? CookUnity, a platform that did $750 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025. It’s on track to do $1 billion in annual recurring revenue this year, Marietti disclosed in a new interview with Entrepreneur.
CookUnity positions itself as a hybrid between home cooking, grocery and restaurant delivery — “an intermediate solution” that fits modern lifestyles, Marietti explains. Customers share their flavor preferences, diets and health goals “almost as if you’re talking with a personal chef,” and CookUnity then routes those preferences into its network of independent chefs cooking in centralized kitchens. Meals are prepared in small batches, fully cooked, never frozen and shipped once or twice a week.
On the consumer side, the promise is restaurant-level flavor at near-home-cooking prices. Meals range from about $8.99 to $22, with an average ticket of $12 to $13, a fraction of what the same dish might cost in a fine dining restaurant. “You can have convenience, and you don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen,” Marietti says.
Mateo Marietti. Credit: CookUnity
CookUnity’s origins
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