Comstock’s Magazine: Startup of the Month: Foodom
In the spring of 2020, as restaurants and cafes were shutting down due to COVID-19, Foodom was heating up. The Folsom-based startup launched in March 2020 to bring experienced cooks into the homes of busy families.
“Stress levels among working parents increased even more during the pandemic, and we are helping them take one large task off their plate,” says Reneta Jenik, Foodom’s founder and CEO.
Foodom is an online marketplace where customers can find personal chefs, who come to their homes and prepare healthy meals weekly. Customers pay for the service, placing a minimum order of $100, by choosing meals on the platform. Foodom receives 20 percent of the service cost and the chefs receive the rest and 100 percent of the tips. Customers can provide the ingredients or, for an extra fee, have the chef buy the groceries before coming to the house.