How to Order

We deliver to: NYC (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx), Rockland County and Westchester County.

How to Order

It is EASY!

Select the items that you want, add them to your cart and select a delivery date at checkout. We don't deliver to every area ever day and spots are limited each day so if a day isn't available please select the next available date.  


WHAT IS CHEF COLLECTIVE?

We are a small artisan supplier of fine foods working directly with small farmers. Before COVID-19, we supplied NYC’s top restaurants. We now offer our products to everyone with contactless home delivery.

We are inspected and licensed by FDA & NY Department of Agriculture and Markets. We have taken extreme measure to ensure the health of us and you.

We deliver to NYC (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx), Rockland County, Westchester County

THE CHEF COLLECTIVE DIFFERENCE

The question we hear most is, why should I buy from Chef Collective?

Well, 250+ of the Best Restaurants in NYC can’t be wrong! We are proud of the amazing reputation we have built with NYC’s best chefs the past 6 years. It was a massive amount of work but the formula was simple: bend over backwards for customers, seek to educate rather than sell and hold flavor and quality above all else.  We take the same approach for every home delivery that we do, and everyone is loving it. 

Why is everything from Chef Collective more delicious?

It sounds ironic but what makes us unique is our  direct supply chain, it would be easier to work with distributors and middlemen, farmers are better at farming than they are at scheduling trucks and when something happens on the farm it takes precedence, but middle men only offer convenience and comes at a cost in terms of quality and connection.  By working directly with producers and having very quick turnarounds for our products we are able to ask our producers to send us things when they are truly ripe rather than when they will have 2 weeks(or more) of warehouse life! Shelf life is great, but it doesn’t taste great, flavor happens in the field not a warehouse and losing the connection to the producer means we are getting our information filtered through someone else with their own needs and motivations. The quality that comes from being the only pair of hands touching our products on the way from producer to chef is worth every early morning and late night and you can taste the difference!

Radical flavor and transparency. When we share the fruits of a producer’s labor be it a farmstead cheese, heirloom vegetables, or locally pastured meat our commitment is that it tastes as good as it would on the farm. But why does it taste so good, the farmer knows and it is our job to pass on the story from our farmers as if you were hearing it from them. That is the benefit of radical transparency from farm to fork! 

Work like a Farmer/Chef

We work as hard on our customer education, forecasting, logistics and storage as our farmers chefs do in the field and kitchen.  

A Radical Approach to Sourcing

The traditional food system is broken, so we work outside of it, it just takes more work but by allowing us to be the only pair of hands touching our products that isn’t making them or cooking them the end result is so much tastier!  In the standard model you have producers hiring food brokers who negotiate with master distributors who then sell to regional distributors, they sell to local wholesalers before the food you eat even makes it to your neighborhood grocery. This is a problem, not only does it take money from the farmer to pay all the middlemen, it raises the price for the consumer while lowering the quality. When all these parties take a financial cut they are also adding a few days or weeks to the supply chain which means products have to be developed for their ability to withstand shipping and longer term storage, food that ships well and lasts forever rarely tastes amazing. So we work directly and communicate constantly with our producers. We have to know what is happening on their farms and in their fields, because just like their connection to the land affects the quality of food they produce and the way they do it, our connection to them affects the quality of food we deliver!  This direct connection is the key ingredient in our not so secret formula that makes our food taste so good!

Value and Quality

For our farmers to succeed we have to get their food into the hands of as many people as possible, but we also have to change the way people eat.  By eating what is in season you get the most flavor, nutrition and value. That is why we offer not only individual items like in a traditional grocery store but also tons of csa style boxes, kits and packs, because by giving up a little control you can support more farmers and we can offer even more value. When you work with a purveyor like us, you may pay the same amount as in a regular grocery store(you may even pay more), but the quality is on a different level.  So how do we evaluate quality? Flavor is the first test, is it ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS? If YES, then we look holistically at the producer as a whole: what is the farmer doing for their community, the environment, and their team. When we find something that passes these tests we buy it and bring it to you. Chefs have always trusted our palates and the direct link we provide between them and our farmers has ensured that trust is never broken. The quality, freshness and depth of flavor that connection allows speaks for itself.  We are so happy to be able to support our farmers and the community by now bringing that quality to everyone. 


Delivery Minimums and Schedule

Monday - Friday NEXT DAY delivery to: 

 

Brooklyn ($75 min)       
Manhattan - below 125th st ($75 min)   
Queens - west of Flushing Meadow Park ($75 min)

Thursday Delivery to:

 

Manhattan - north of 125th street ($150 min) 
Bronx ($150 min)   
South Westchester - below I 287 ($150 min) 
North Westchester ($250 min) 
Rockland County ($150 min)

Friday Delivery to:

 

Queens - east of Flushing Meadow Park ($150 min)

 

What if I Don't Hit the Delivery Minimum?
If you don't manage to hit our delivery minimums, unfortunately, we charge a fee. It is on a sliding scale - if you are more than halfway there, we charge a lesser fee than if you're not close at all. That being said, our minimums are low so we'd much rather prefer that you get some good food than pay a fee!

Why order from us?

Safety
We are a small team with strict health guidelines — we have / are taking extreme caution!
Local
We are a small company — we are working with small farmers and teaming up with neighborhood shops to bring you everything you need during this crisis. Supporting us keeps our team and their families employed. It supports your local community and ensures that small producers / farmers will be able to survive this crisis.
Quality / Price
We only carry the best and we are offering it at wholesale prices! You are being affected during this time too. We want you to save money so you can protect your family and livelihood.

Donations

We are committed to helping everyone as much as we can. If you or someone you know needs food and cannot get it, click here to submit your info and we will reach out as soon as we can.


Returns / Exchanges / Refunds

Due to the current health crisis we cannot accept any returns or exchanges.  If you have an issue with an order - take pictures of the entire order in its original box as it was delivered and submit to via response to the confirmation email you received.