Performance Chef in St. Louis: Meal Prep for Athletes, Executives and Founders

September 30, 2026•7 min read

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The short answer

Elevated Eats is a performance chef and meal prep service in St. Louis. 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 St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Metro East, including St. Louis, Chesterfield, Ballwin, Fenton and St. Charles.

Meal prep for professional athletes in St. Louis

St. Louis is a baseball town first: the Cardinals have won 11 World Series, the most of any National League team. The Cardinals, Blues and St. Louis City SC all play downtown, in a sports district that links their venues. The Blues practice in Maryland Heights, a suburb in St. Louis County.

Elevated Eats covers St. Louis and the county, including Chesterfield and Ballwin, west to St. Charles, O'Fallon and St. Albans, and across the river to Edwardsville and Belleville in Illinois.

For executives, founders and investors in St. Louis

St. Louis has deep roots in healthcare, agricultural science, financial services and aerospace. Some executives and founders have outgrown cooking for themselves but do not want to hire and manage a private chef. Elevated Eats provides the chef and the team behind the chef: a nutritionist, a chef manager, a naturopathic doctor, client success and ingredient sourcing.

Where Elevated Eats delivers in St. Louis

Elevated Eats delivers across St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Metro East. Towns covered include:

Missouri

St. Louis, Chesterfield, Ballwin, Fenton, St. Charles, O'Fallon and St. Albans.

Illinois

Edwardsville, Belleville and O'Fallon.

These are not the only places covered. Elevated Eats confirms coverage by zip code.

Limited places in St. Louis

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 St. Louis is held the day you commit.

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How Elevated Eats works in St. Louis

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 near St. Louis 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 St. Louis vs. Elevated Eats

Most people who look at Elevated Eats in St. Louis 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 St. Louis, 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 often 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 St. Louis

Does Elevated Eats deliver to Chesterfield and St. Charles?

Yes. Elevated Eats covers St. Louis, Chesterfield, Ballwin, Fenton, St. Charles, O'Fallon and St. Albans in Missouri, and Edwardsville, Belleville and O'Fallon in Illinois.

Is Elevated Eats a private chef service in St. Louis?

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 St. Louis?

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 St. Louis?

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.

Sources

Every local fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Claims about Elevated Eats come from Elevated Eats.

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