Friends of the Chef — Restaurant in Hawthorne

Oh boy, hold onto your forks, folks, because I just had the most mind-boggling experience with the Friends Of The Chef weight loss meal prep program! I mean, seriously, my taste buds are in shock while my scale did a whole celebration.

First off, let's talk about the weight loss wizardry that happened here. I signed up for delivery on Friday for Sunday, started chowing down on these remixes of my childhood favorites, and BAM! In just four days, I've dropped 4.4 lbs.! I'm over here calculating whether I've actually lost weight or my bathroom scale is just pranking me. Is this sorcery or just some culinary version of a magic show?

Now, let's chat about these remixes, shall we? It's like the chef took my beloved comfort foods from back in the day and gave them a snazzy makeover. I'm talking about food glow-ups that would make Cinderella jealous. Tres golpes? Transformed into a low-calorie sensation that tastes like a symphony of flavor explosions. La bandera? It's like the chicken went to culinary school and graduated with honors in being healthier but still lip-smackingly delicious.

And the taste, oh dear taste buds, they're doing a conga line of joy! It's like a flavor party in my mouth and everyone's invited. I'm tempted to put on some dancing shoes and do the cha-cha just to express my taste bud's enthusiasm. The taste is so spot-on, I'm half-convinced my abuela must've been secretly hired as a consultant because it's like a teleportation device to my childhood dinner table. It's like they bottled up the nostalgia and sprinkled it on every dish. Seriously, if a meal can induce time-travel-like nostalgia, this is it.

But wait, there's more! I'm practically counting the seconds till I can place my order for next week's meals. I'm on the edge of my seat like it's a cliffhanger episode of my favorite TV show. Who needs suspenseful dramas when you've got meal prep excitement?

So there you have it, folks. Friends Of The Chef's weight loss meal prep program is the real deal – a journey of flavors, weight loss surprises, and an abuela-approved trip down memory lane. If you're into losing weight while feeling like you're being serenaded by a taste symphony that's straight out of your childhood dreams, this is the meal plan for you. Just remember, this isn't just a meal plan; it's a culinary carnival for your taste buds and a scale shrinker...

I was very excited to try these meals since I just recently started counting macros to lose some body fat and thought that a meal prepping service could be ideal for what I was looking for. Don’t get me wrong it is affordable and the food has a pretty good taste, but they really need to reevaluate their calories and food choices at least for their weight loss plan. Note that I tried it for 2 weeks before making this review because I really wanted to give it a chance. I also consider myself an active person, I go to the gym at least 2-3 times a week and also do Pilates 2-3 a week so I was at least expecting to see a pound or 2 difference or something. Their meals for the weight loss program in my opinion have too much carbohydrates, lots of fat and too much sodium which in turn makes you if anything retain water maybe why I haven’t seen a difference these two weeks. They also don’t have much of a protein variety. Most of their selection is chicken, maybe that’s why it’s on the cheaper end of most companies. The meals just surpassed the amount of calories that I was supposed to take in a day and in turn I couldn’t even have a snack in between meals. Most of their meals including breakfast were close to 500 calories. They should allow people to select the meals that they want or not even maybe write ahead of time the calories each meal provides, because I don’t know how people are losing weight on this plan. I would maybe recommend to others that are trying to maintain their weight I feel like maybe that’s what is good for, but I do suggest that they revise their weight loss plan. I think they have the right concept and most of the food did remain fresh. I like that they even use biodegradable containers. So yeah just an honest review maybe if they get better in the future I would be open to...

I placed an order for detox juices on May 18. The only option for delivery date on their website was the same day. I did not expect the delivery the same day, but that was the only option. A few days passed and I did not get my delivery. This company was recommended to me by a friend and she told me to message them on Instagram, as she had a lot of luck messaging them there. No response. She told me to text them. No response. I called their number on their website and it went straight to voicemail and the voice box was full. Finally, I emailed them and they told me that I did not order in time to be delivered that day. Again, I did not expect a delivery the same day and that was not my concern. My concern was that there’s no tracking number on these deliveries and again, the delivery date was determined by their own website. Finally, they told me that it would be delivered a week after my order date. The date came and went, and I messaged them that I still have not received it. No response. I gave them a few more days, and after two weeks of the order date, I told them I wanted a refund. No response. I emailed them four times that I wanted a refund and no response. Finally I just reported it to my credit card and I was able to...