Boston, MA · For Chefs
Find paid private dinner parties, ticketed suppahs, and weekly meal prep bookings across Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and the South Shore. You're not our employee — you're an independent chef using Suppah Social to find verified clients, set your own rates, and get paid weekly through Stripe.
Suppah Social is a private dining marketplace, not a catering company or an employer. We don't hire chefs — we verify them, list them, and connect them with paying members. The Boston roster is hand-curated and small by design: restaurant veterans moonlighting on weekends, executive chefs going independent, caterers tired of doing their own admin, culinary-school grads building a clientele.
You don't need a brick-and-mortar restaurant. You don't need a website. You need to be insurable, food-safe certified, willing to be background-checked, and able to cook for 6–30 people in a private kitchen.
Private dinner parties— A member hires you to cook in their home, a host's loft, or a vetted Boston space. Multi-course menu, 6–14 guests, $80–$250 per head. You design the menu, set the price, and keep 95% (5% platform fee).
Ticketed dining events— Build your following. List a suppah on the public calendar (8–30 seats, $40–$200 per ticket), members buy in, you cook. 70% to chef / 25% to host / 5% platform. Great for testing menus, building reviews, and stacking weeknight income.
Weekly meal prep— Publish a rotating weekly menu. Members subscribe. You cook once or twice a week, they pick up or you deliver. $14–$24 per meal, 95% to chef, recurring revenue every Monday.
You set the rates. Not a hiring manager. Not a catering company taking 60%. You price each menu, each booking, each meal-prep slot.
Verified clients only. Every guest is ID-verified through Stripe Identity and background-screened before they can book. No no-shows. No chargebacks. No sketchy Craigslist DMs.
Weekly Stripe payouts. Deposits charged at booking. Balance auto-charged 48 hours before the event. Your share lands in your bank account within days of cooking. No invoicing. No chasing.
You own the relationships.Members who book you can rebook you directly. We're a club, not a black-box marketplace that hides your name.
Realistic ranges from active Boston chefs on the platform:
· One private dinner / week (10 guests at $150/head, 95% to chef): ~$1,425/event · ~$5,700/month
· One ticketed event / month (16 seats at $90/ticket, 70% to chef): ~$1,000/event
· Meal prep, 8 subscribers (5 meals/week at $20, 95% to chef): ~$760/week · ~$3,000/month
A chef running all three formats part-time can clear $6,000–$9,000/month. Full-time chefs running tight ops have cleared more. These are gross marketplace earnings — you're a 1099 independent contractor, so plan for self-employment tax accordingly.
The four-credential verification you complete before going live:
ServSafe / state food-handler certificate · Allergen-awareness certificate (state-required if cooking commercially in MA) · Business license or sole-proprietor registration · General liability insurance ($1M minimum, naming Suppah Social as additional insured for events on our calendar) · Government ID verification (Stripe Identity, 60 seconds) · Background check (national, one-time, we cover the cost)
We prioritize chefs with service-area overlap in member-dense neighborhoods, but we don't cap the roster — if you can cook within a 25-mile radius of Boston, apply.
Allston · Back Bay · Beacon Hill · Brighton · Cambridge (Inman, Central, Harvard, Porter) · Charlestown · Dorchester · East Boston · Fenway · Hyde Park · Jamaica Plain · Mission Hill · Newton · North End · Quincy · Roslindale · Roxbury · Seaport · Somerville (Davis, Union, Ball Square) · South Boston · South End · Watertown · West Roxbury · Brookline · Medford · Malden · Arlington · Waltham
Application takes ~10 minutes. We review weekly. If you're a fit, you'll be cooking your first booking within 30 days.
Weekly payouts via Stripe. No invoicing, no chasing.
Pick your nights. No mandatory shifts.
Verified members only. No no-shows.