Performance Chef in Silicon Valley: Meal Prep for Athletes, Executives and Founders
The short answer
Elevated Eats is a performance chef and meal prep service in Silicon Valley. A trained local chef cooks meals designed for you by a nutritionist, using 100% organic ingredients and no seed oils, and delivers them fully cooked in glass each week. Elevated Eats serves professional athletes, executives, founders, investors and their families across Silicon Valley, San Jose and the Peninsula, including Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Los Altos.
For executives, founders and investors in Silicon Valley and San Jose
Silicon Valley has one of the highest concentrations of founders and investors in the world, and most of them treat their own performance as something to be measured. Sleep is tracked, blood work is run and training is scheduled. Food is usually the part left to chance: a catered lunch, a late dinner, whatever is delivered.
Elevated Eats closes that gap. A nutritionist designs your menu around your goals and, if you choose, your lab results. A performance chef cooks it fresh each week with 100% organic ingredients and no seed oils, and delivers it in glass to Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Los Altos or Los Gatos. You do not hire, schedule or manage anyone.
Meal prep for professional athletes in Silicon Valley and San Jose
Silicon Valley is a sports market too. The 49ers are headquartered and play in Santa Clara, the Sharks and Earthquakes play in San Jose, and Stanford runs one of the most successful college athletic programs in the country. Players and coaches live in the same towns as the founders: Los Gatos, Saratoga, Los Altos and Menlo Park.
Elevated Eats was built for professional athletes, and has cooked for 400+ of them. Athletes on the Peninsula and in the South Bay get that same service: menus planned around the schedule, road support, and functional ingredients built into meals and snacks.
Where Elevated Eats delivers in Silicon Valley and San Jose
Elevated Eats delivers across Silicon Valley, San Jose and the Peninsula. Towns covered include:
Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Los Altos, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Belmont, San Mateo, Burlingame and Half Moon Bay.
Farther out, Elevated Eats also reaches Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos and Campbell. Delivery to towns farther from a chef may carry a distance-based delivery fee.
These are not the only places covered. Elevated Eats confirms coverage by zip code.
Limited places in Silicon Valley
Elevated Eats holds capacity per city, and every menu is designed from scratch, so plan on a 2 to 3 week lead time.
Your place in Silicon Valley is held the day you commit.
How Elevated Eats works in Silicon Valley and San Jose
- You complete a 30 question intake. Favorite meals and cuisines, allergies, goals, training and travel, and the details most services never ask about.
- A nutritionist designs your menu. Menus are built a month at a time from a library of 800+ recipes, and sent to you to review before anything is cooked.
- A performance chef in Silicon Valley and San Jose cooks it fresh. Your meals and snacks are delivered each week, fully cooked, in glass, with reheating instructions. Your chef swaps the empty containers at the next delivery.
- A client success team stays on it. You text them to change a menu, adjust portions or plan around travel, and they handle it with your chef.
- Lab testing is available. Blood, micronutrient and gut testing with a consult from a naturopathic doctor, after which your menu is customized to your results.
A private chef in Silicon Valley and San Jose vs. Elevated Eats
Most people who find Elevated Eats in Silicon Valley and San Jose are weighing it against hiring a private chef. The food can be excellent either way. The difference is what stands behind the chef.
| A private chef | Elevated Eats | |
|---|---|---|
| Who cooks | One chef you find, hire and manage yourself. | A vetted, trained performance chef in Silicon Valley and San Jose, managed by Elevated Eats. |
| Who designs the menu | The chef, or you. | A nutritionist, around your goals, schedule and preferences, from a library of 800+ recipes. |
| Who else is involved | No one. A private chef is one person. | A chef manager, a naturopathic doctor for optional lab testing, a client success team and an ingredient sourcing team. |
| Ingredients | Depends on the chef and on what you ask for. | 100% organic, grass-fed and pasture-raised proteins, wild-caught seafood, no seed oils, delivered in glass. |
| Feedback and changes | You give it to the chef directly. | You text the client success team, and they handle it with the chef. |
| What you pay for | The chef's time, with groceries usually billed on top. | One all-in price: the chef, every ingredient, the nutrition team and the glassware. |
For the full comparison, including delivery apps and standard meal prep services, read the real cost of your food.
The Elevated Eats standard
- 100% organic. Gluten-free, soy-free and free of refined sugar, by default.
- No seed oils. Elevated Eats cooks with avocado oil, coconut oil, grass-fed ghee and butter, and tallow.
- Grass-fed, grass-finished, pasture-raised protein. Seafood is wild-caught. An ingredient sourcing team vets every supplier.
- No plastic. No plastic containers or cutting boards, and no Teflon or aluminum cookware. Every meal arrives in glass.
- Built for performance. Meals and snacks include functional ingredients, including NSF Certified for Sport supplements, chosen for your goals.
400+ professional athletes cooked for | 50+ cities with Elevated Eats performance chefs | 800+ recipes in the Elevated Eats library |
Elevated Eats has been featured on ESPN, NHL Network and The Hollywood Reporter.
Questions about Elevated Eats in Silicon Valley and San Jose
Does Elevated Eats deliver to Palo Alto, Atherton and Los Gatos?
Yes. Elevated Eats covers Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Los Altos, Mountain View, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, San Jose and Santa Clara, and runs up the Peninsula through Redwood City and San Mateo to Burlingame. Delivery to towns farther from a chef, such as Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Gatos, may carry a distance-based delivery fee.
Is Elevated Eats a private chef service in Silicon Valley?
Elevated Eats is a performance chef service. A trained local chef cooks your meals fresh each week and delivers them fully cooked in glass. Behind that chef is a nutritionist who designs your menu, a chef manager, a naturopathic doctor for optional lab testing, a client success team and an ingredient sourcing team. With a private chef you hire and manage one person. With Elevated Eats the team is managed for you.
How much does a performance chef cost in Silicon Valley?
Elevated Eats charges one all-in monthly price that covers the chef, every ingredient, the nutrition team and the glassware. The price depends on how much food you want each week and how many people you are feeding.
How soon can I start with Elevated Eats in Silicon Valley?
Plan on 2 to 3 weeks from the day you commit to your first delivery. Every menu is designed from scratch, and Elevated Eats holds a limited number of client places in each city. Coverage is confirmed by zip code.
What food standards does Elevated Eats cook to?
100% organic ingredients. Gluten-free, soy-free and free of refined sugar. Grass-fed, grass-finished and pasture-raised proteins, and wild-caught seafood. No seed oils: Elevated Eats cooks with avocado oil, coconut oil, grass-fed ghee and butter, and tallow. No plastic containers: every meal is delivered in glass.
Can Elevated Eats cook for my whole household?
Yes. Plans are sized by how much food your household needs each week, from one person to a family.
What happens when I travel?
Menus are planned a month at a time around your schedule, with more food when you are home and less when you are away. Elevated Eats has performance chefs in 50+ cities across the United States and Canada.
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Performance nutrition in Silicon Valley
A performance chef in Silicon Valley,
with a full team behind them.
Elevated Eats accepts a limited number of new clients per city.
Every application is reviewed individually.
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