Who we are
We’re a small, Connecticut-based team of obsessive cooks, product nerds, and e-commerce tinkerers. By day we run multiple successful online brands and the fulfillment center that powers them; by night you’ll find us stress-testing skillets, chiffonading parsley, brining chickens, perfecting sourdough hydration ratios - or just making chicken nuggets with the kids.
Why we started Chef Grade
After years of shipping hundreds of thousands of orders for other ventures, we noticed the same problem every time we shopped for our own kitchens: either pay boutique prices for questionable quality or sift through “good enough” gear that couldn’t survive daily use. We knew there was better - equipment trusted on professional lines - so we built a store that carries only that.
How we do it
- Direct relationships with pro-level manufacturers (Demeyere, Matfer, Zwilling, Vollrath).
- In-house fulfillment in our own warehouse - no third-party mystery delays.
- Chef-Grade Lifetime Guarantee on every tool we sell.
- Fast, careful shipping - most in-stock items arrive in 2-5 days, packed by teammates who also cook on this gear at home. We pride ourselves on a 0.01 % error rate and when errors happen, we make it right, quick.
What drives us
We believe great cooking shouldn’t be gated behind restaurant doors or buried under a mountain of ads and influencers contradicting each other. When you open a Chef Grade box you’re getting the same caliber of equipment we use on our test burners—ready to turn weeknight pasta and Taco Tuesday into something worth posting.
Thanks for being here. Let’s cook something amazing.
— The Chef Grade Team