Home Chef is a Chicago-based meal kit delivery company that provides pre-portioned ingredients and recipe cards for home cooking. The company operates a subscription-based meal delivery service and also sells meal solutions through retail locations in the Kroger family of stores.

Founded in 2013, Home Chef was acquired by Kroger in 2018 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2021, Home Chef reported more than $1 billion in annual sales.

Home Chef offers multiple meal formats, including traditional meal kits, oven-ready meals, fast-prep recipes, family-sized meal kits, and ready-to-heat meals. The company also offers customization options, add-ons, and menu plans tailored to dietary preferences and household size.

Home Chef is a meal delivery service that provides a box of pre-portioned fresh ingredients directly to consumers that are ready to cook. The company delivers to customers in the 48 contiguous United States and operates distribution facilities in Chicago, Atlanta (Lithia Springs, Georgia), Los Angeles (San Bernardino, California), and Baltimore. Home Chef employs more than 1,500 people.

Each meal kit comes with recyclable packaging, pre-portioned ingredients, and meal instructions. The rotating menu includes 35+ recipes to choose from, and the company also provides add-ons ("Extras") like snacks, lunches, breakfast, beverages, sides, and more.

Home Chef was founded in June 2013 by Patrick "Pat" Vihtelic.

In September 2016, the company raised $40 million in funding from L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity fund.

In May 2018, Kroger announced plans to acquire Home Chef for $200 million upfront, with up to $500 million in additional performance-based earn-outs. The acquisition closed in June 2018, and Home Chef became a wholly owned subsidiary of Kroger. Following the acquisition, Home Chef meal kits began rolling out in select Kroger stores nationwide.