Upload photos and a short video so neighbors can taste it with their eyes.
You set the plate price the diner sees. DineDash keeps 18% of that price; you keep 82%.
Pick the windows you'll be in the kitchen and how many plates you'll make.
Reviews from neighbors turn one-off orders into Sunday regulars.
Is this legal?
Cooking and selling food from your own home has a legal path in every US state. What changes state to state — and sometimes county to county — is which foods you're allowed to sell and which permit you need to sell them.
These exist in every state and cover shelf-stable items only — baked goods, jams, granola and similar. They do not cover hot cooked meals.
Newer laws — California's MEHKO, Utah's Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act and others — allow hot, made-to-order meals cooked at home. That's what DineDash is built for.
This is general information, not legal advice, and it isn't a statement that DineDash is licensed or permitted in your area. Eligibility is determined per cook — onboarding walks you through what your state and county require.
How is this different from DoorDash or Uber Eats?
DoorDash and Uber Eats connect customers to existing restaurants. They don't give you a way to list your own home-cooked food for sale. DineDash is the other side of that: you aren't delivering for someone else's restaurant — you're running your own kitchen, and DineDash handles discovery, ordering, and payment.
DineDash can still use courier partners for the delivery leg when you offer delivery, but you're the one who made the food, set the price, and gets paid for it.
Questions cooks ask
You cook in your own home kitchen, list the plate on DineDash with a price, a pickup or delivery option, and the window you'll be cooking. Neighbors order and pay through DineDash, and you hand off the food. You're the seller — DineDash handles discovery, ordering, and payment.
Usually yes, and what you need depends on where you live. Every US state has a legal path for selling food made at home, but the rules differ by state and sometimes by county. Cottage food laws exist everywhere and cover shelf-stable items like baked goods and jams; hot cooked meals generally require a home-based restaurant permit under newer laws such as California's MEHKO or Utah's Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act. Check your state and county requirements before you list.
DoorDash and Uber Eats connect customers to existing restaurants — they don't let you list your own home-cooked food for sale. On DineDash you're not delivering someone else's restaurant food; you're running your own kitchen. You made the food, you set the price, and you get paid for it.
That depends on your jurisdiction. Under cottage food rules you're limited to shelf-stable foods. Under home-based restaurant laws you can generally sell hot, made-to-order meals — which is what DineDash is built for. Your state and county determine which category applies to you.
ID verification, a food handler certification, and completion of DineDash's jurisdiction-aware onboarding, which walks you through what your state and county require before your kitchen goes live.
See exactly what you earn
Enter any plate price. DineDash's 18% platform fee comes out of your payout — payment processing is included, so nothing else is deducted.
Payment processing is included in the 18% — no separate Stripe fee comes out of your payout. Tips go 100% to you.