Frequently Asked Questions

Very simple really! cooked-at-home.com is the world's first directory dedicated to listings of home based chefs.

So we have those who love to cook at home (Pakaos) - they register with us to get a Listing page.

Then we have those who love and want home cooked food (Khaos) who browse through the Listings of home chefs from their city registered with us.

Uniting those who love home cooked food ....with those who love to cook at home - that's what we do!

No.

At present, we have no arrangement for delivery services between transacting Khaos and Pakaos. Home chefs and their customers have to mutually decide on pick-up or delivery.

Think of us like a directory or yellow pages, just dedicated to home cooked food. Just as your listing in yellow pages does not imply any services by the directory service provider; similarly registering on a city node of cooked-at-home does not imply any commitment for delivery.

We don't know.

Orders are placed directly with the Pakaos, who accept, prepare and fulfill those orders. The scope of our service is to put KHAOs in touch with PAKAOs. Beyond that point, the home chef (Pakao) takes over.

If your city is not on the Directory page, then it means we do not have listings for said city - yet. Do keep visiting us at intervals, as we are sure your town will find its place into our Directory, sooner or later.

If you happen to be a home chef in a city that isn't yet in our directory, do fill in our registration form to sign up for a Listing and be the first in your city to do so!

To register as a Pakao and get your own Listing page you need to

a) send us your information to admin@cooked-at-home.com
b) pay the New Listing fee
c) email your menu and photos, along with testimonials and faqs if any, to admin at cooked-at-home.com). Details of what to send are:

1. Two large photos, minimum 1920 pixels wide or larger. One of these will be used on the right hand side of your Listing. This can be one of you in your kitchen or with your dishes. It can also be a photo of your speciality or best selling item. (If you do not have one of these, please don't worry. We will add an appropriate one from free image sharing sites)
2. A close-up of your face, for your contact card profile picture. Your face should be clearly visible and recognisable.
3. 4-8 pictures of your dishes, with your home made items clearly visible. Please use the name of your dish as the name of the image file. For example, a photo of your home cooked chicken biryani should be called chicken-biryani.jpg so that it can be labelled correctly.
4. Image of your logo, if you happen to use one.
5. Please send only .jpg or .png files for all of the above.
6. A list of your menu items for the Menu & Pricing table in the Cooking Info section of your Listing page. Please mention the name, price and quantity of each of the dishes on your menu.
7. If you like, you can include upto 3 commonly asked questions, and their answers, about your home made goodies, for the F.A.Q.s section of your Listing.
8. You may also include 3 testimonials, with full names and ratings between 1 to 5 stars.
9. If you have online press coverage for your home cooking, please include these links as well.
10. All the text and images should be included in one single email.

Once we have received all your information and images/ menu, we can create your searchable, shareable Listing page.

Anytime you want to make changes to the information or images in your Listing page, please drop an email to admin at cooked-at-home.com.

Please allow 15-20 days for your Listing to reflect the changes.

It can take a few days, even upto 2 weeks after your Listing page goes online, for it to reflect in the search results. Please wait a while, and your Listing will soon show up in the search results.

For Pakaos, there is a charge of Rs 1000/- for a New Listing fee as well as a Listing Update fee. Khaos however can browse through and select their Pakaos at no charge.