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A storefront for a home kitchen
Problem
Independent cooks had no simple way to show what they make to people nearby.
How we solved it
Cook profiles with dishes, ratings and a share link, surfaced to diners by distance.
Case study · 11Food Marketplace
HomEatz
Order dinner from the home cook down the street: a pickup-only marketplace for independent chefs and their neighbors.
- Client
- Home Eatz LLC
- Industry
- Food & Beverage · Marketplace
- Platform
- iOS · Android · Web
- Timeline
- Apr 2025 to Jul 2026
- Outcome
- Neighbors buying home cooking directly from local chefs
- 2Sides of the marketplace in one app
- 3Platforms: iOS, Android and web
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Overview
HomEatz lets people who cook at home sell to people nearby. Cooks publish dishes, take orders and receive payouts, and diners browse what's cooking close by, pay in the app and collect their food in person, with no couriers involved. We delivered the marketplace for iPhone, Android and web.
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The challenge
Delivery apps are designed for restaurants with kitchens, staff and drivers. A talented cook selling from home had no realistic storefront, and diners had almost no way to find genuine home cooking nearby. HomEatz set out to give both a direct, pickup-based connection.
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Our approach
We kept it to one app with two modes. The same account can browse as a diner or switch to cooking, which keeps the product simple and lets cooks order from each other.
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How we built it
4 steps, from architecture to launch.
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One account, eat or sell
One Flutter app swaps navigation and tools depending on whether the user is eating or selling.
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Built around location
Geolocation, Google Places and Maps power nearby search, address entry and directions to pickup.
- 03
Getting cooks paid
Stripe handles diner payments, and Stripe Connect onboards each cook for payouts and earnings.
- 04
Shareable kitchens
Each cook gets a deep link and a QR code that open their profile straight in the app.
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Problem → How we solved itTechnical challenges
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Pickup instead of delivery
Problem
Without drivers, diner and cook have to coordinate handover themselves.
How we solved it
Order status, in-app chat and map directions take the diner to the cook's door at the right time.
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Payouts for individuals
Problem
Paying out to private individuals needs identity checks and banking set-up.
How we solved it
Stripe Connect onboarding inside the app, with earnings visible on the cook dashboard.
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6 screensScreens
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5 featuresWhat we shipped
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Browse nearby
Find home-cooked dishes and cooks near you on a list or map, with filters.
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Order and collect
Customize a dish, pay in the app, follow the order and get directions for pickup.
- 03
Cook dashboard
Manage your kitchen profile, dishes, prices, options, orders, ratings and earnings.
- 04
Chat
Diners and cooks message each other about orders and pickup times.
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Share your kitchen
Links and QR codes that open a cook's profile directly.
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Tech stack
- Flutter
- Cross-platform diner and cook app
- Firebase
- Firestore data, storage and push messaging
- Stripe + Stripe Connect
- Checkout and chef payouts
- Google Maps + Places
- Location, search and pickup directions
- Deep links + QR
- Shareable chef profiles
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