Your cooking already feeds people. Now let it feed your block.
You already make food people ask you for. Silo turns it into a small, legal storefront in your own neighborhood. You set the prices, you keep almost all of it, and you only ever cook what someone already bought.
- Keep 90 to 95% of every order
- Only cook what sells
- We help you get permitted, free
You already know how to cook. Here is the part you are worried about.
Almost every good cook who hesitates is stuck on one of two fears. So we answer both before anything else, plainly.
"What if I cook and no one buys?"
You never cook on a guess. On Silo your neighbors reserve and pay before you turn on the stove, so you cook to the orders you already have in hand. No tray of food going cold, no money spent up front, no waste. If a drop does not sell, you simply do not cook it.
"What if it is not even legal?"
It is, with one permit. California law (AB 626) lets you sell meals made in your own kitchen once you hold a MEHKO permit, after a county health check. It protects you and your neighbors, and we walk you through getting it for free. That is the whole legal story.
You are not staff on someone's app. You are a cook with a storefront.
Silo is the shelf your food sits on, not the boss of your kitchen. Everything that makes it yours stays yours.
Your recipes
Cook what you cook. We never touch your menu or your methods.
Your prices
You set every price. We never discount your food to move it.
Your schedule
Drop when you want to cook. There is no quota and no penalty for rest.
Your neighbors
You cook for people on your own blocks, who come back by name.
You set the price. You keep almost all of it.
Silo takes a small service fee so there are no delivery cuts, no monthly charge, and no commission games. You keep 90 to 95 percent of every order, and payouts land in your bank through Stripe within about two business days.
The example beside this is the math on one small drop, not a promise of what you will earn. Your numbers are yours: your prices, your portions, your week.
See the honest math for both sidesIllustration only. You only cook these 12 plates because 12 were bought, so there is no cost for food that did not sell.
Less than you think. We help with the one hard part.
Food you make well
The dishes people already ask you for. You do not need a new menu or a culinary background, just cooking you are proud of.
A phone and a window
A phone to post a drop and a pickup window that fits your day. Neighbors walk over and pick up; there are no drivers and no delivery to manage.
A MEHKO permit
The one real requirement, and the one we help with most. It is what lets you sell legally and reassures your neighbors. We guide you through it for free. See the full permit guide
Four steps to your first drop.
It starts with one email. We do not hand you a manual and walk away, we get on the phone and help you through each step.
Start with one emailOne email. We learn what you cook and where, and answer your questions like a person, not a form.
We walk you through the MEHKO permit and the kitchen check, for free. This is the step most cooks dread, so it is the one we carry with you.
Snap a photo, name the dish, set the price and the pickup window. A live preview shows exactly what your neighbors will see.
Cook only the portions people reserved. Neighbors show a code at your window and take their meal hot. You get paid within about two business days.
The most convincing thing is a neighbor already doing it.
Our first cooks are getting their kitchens permitted right now. A real face, a real dish, and the real numbers from their week will live here, in their own words. We will never put words in a cook's mouth or invent a number to fill this space.
You are cooking. We are handling the rest.
Permit help, free
We guide you through MEHKO and the inspection at no cost. You are not figuring out the paperwork alone.
Payments handled
Neighbors pay in the app through Stripe. You never chase money or handle cash at the door.
Real safety tools
Only verified neighbors in your area can find you, and report and block are one tap away. Your address is never public.
People to ask
A real person answers cooks@silo.market. When something is off, you reach a human, not a queue.
No 30 to 40% cut
What delivery apps take, we do not. Our small service fee is the whole cost, and you keep the rest.
No false promises
We will not promise you crowds we cannot deliver. Silo is new in your neighborhood, and we will be honest with you about that.
Versus opening a restaurant or taking catering jobs.
Silo is not better at everything. It is far lower-risk to start, and that is the honest difference.
You are not selling to the internet. You are cooking for your block.
The people who reserve your food live near you. They learn your name, they come back for the dish they loved, and they tell the neighbor next door. That is the whole point of Silo: real food, between real neighbors.
The things cooks actually ask.
Do I really need a permit?
What about liability and food safety?
How much time does this take?
What can I cook and sell?
How and when do I get paid?
What about taxes?
You could actually do this. And it would be worth it.
Start with one email. We will help you get permitted, set up your first drop, and cook for your neighbors, the food you already make.
Questions first? Email cooks@silo.market.