How it Works - Tastefully Served

How it Works

With Tastefully Served, enjoying fresh, delicious meals is easy. 

Meal train with ready to eat meals delivered to your door step

No weekly obligation, no subscription, and no minimum order. Here's how it works:

1. Choose Your Meals: Browse this week’s menu, updated weekly with fresh, seasonal options.

2. Select Portions: Choose from individual servings, Double Taste (2 servings), or Tasty Trio (3 servings).

3. Place Your Order: Add your meals to the cart and check out by Thursday at midnight for delivery the following Tuesday.

4. Delivery or Pickup: 

  • Delivery: Meals arrive on Tuesdays between 9 AM and 5:30 PM. Leave a cooler outside if you won’t be home, or purchase an insulated bag for $5.
  • Pickup Options:
    • Burn Bootcamp North Raleigh: 4701 Atlantic Ave (4–7 PM).
    • Kitchen Archive: 3805 S. Wilmington St. (8 AM–12:30 PM).

5. Heat & Enjoy: Meals are packaged with reheating instructions and nutritional details. Just heat, serve, and enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions


1. Where is delivery available? 

We deliver to homes and offices in Raleigh, Cary, RTP, and parts of Apex (east of 540/Kelly Rd), Durham (east of Hwy 15), and Wake Forest (south of Hwy 98).


2. How much is the delivery fee?
Delivery costs range from $5.50 to $5.95, depending on your distance from Raleigh.


3. Do I have to order every week?
Nope! There’s no minimum or weekly commitment. Of course, we’d love for you to order weekly so you don’t miss out, but it’s entirely up to you.


4. When can I order, and when will meals be delivered?
You can order anytime! Just make sure to place your order by Thursday at midnight for delivery the following Tuesday.
We deliver to your home or office between 11 AM and 5 PM. After ordering, you’ll get a delivery reminder with details.


 

Prepared meals in the refrigerator ready to eat5. How do I reheat the food?
Meals come in microwave-ready packaging with simple instructions.

  • Microwave: Heat for 3–4 minutes on 50% power to keep proteins tender.

  • Oven: Transfer to an oven-safe dish and heat at 350°F for about 30 minutes.


6. What if I have food allergies?
If you have allergies, please contact us before ordering to discuss your needs. Keep in mind, we cook in a shared kitchen using ingredients like dairy, nuts, and eggs, so we may not be a fit if you need an allergen-free facility.


7. What is a serving size?
Our portions follow American Heart Association guidelines with a generous protein serving (5–6 oz).
Here’s a quick breakdown:

  • Grains: ½ cup cooked rice or pasta (size of ½ a baseball).

  • Vegetables: 1 cup raw greens or ½ cup cooked veggies.

  • Fruits: 1 medium fruit (about the size of a baseball).


8. How long do the meals stay fresh?
Meals stay fresh for up to 5 days in the fridge or 2 months in the freezer. If frozen, thaw in the fridge before reheating.


Family having dinner in Raleigh9. Where are the meals prepared?
Our meals are cooked at The Kitchen Space, a certified food production facility in downtown Raleigh. We’re there every Monday, prepping and cooking fresh meals for you.


10. Do you have a referral program?
Yes! When someone places their first order and adds your name in the “Additional Comments” section, you’ll get a $10 credit for your next order.


11. What if I have more questions?
We’d love to help! Just email us at info@tastefully-served.com, and we’ll get back to you.

 

What Raleigh Families Say About Tastefully Served | Customer Testimonials

See why Raleigh families love Tastefully Served! Read customer testimonials about our chef-prepared meals, convenient delivery, and how we make mealtime stress-free.

Grilled fish served over a bed of quinoa salad


 “I love this company! Have been a customer for years, ordering periodically. Lately I have been ordering and I’m so pleased with the updated menu items. The Southwestern Salad is wonderful, as well as the Chicken Noodle soup. The soup has a wonderful twist to it-not like our mom’s chicken soup, not that mom’s soup is bad. This one is just different and has a little spicy bite.” - Ann A.


Always fresh, tasty, and wonderful meals coming from Tastefully Served! I had occasionally ordered in the past, but just recently moved to weekly. I find I actually spend less money on food during the week cause I'm not wasting it on ingredients that I had intended to use that go bad. I highly recommend the salads and bowls, they are perfect for lunches. And air-frying the breakfast sandwiches is a great way to start the day!” - ML Hasty

Lasagna for dinner


Fantastic service, fantastic sauces, fantastic deal. My family and I have use Tastefully Served for a few years now, and they are a great alternative to DIY solutions like HelloFresh. Give them a try!” - Jedd P.

 

 

 

 

Meet The Chef

 

Chef Meredith Antunez

Hi there, and thanks for stopping by!

I'm Chef Meredith, and along with a small (but mighty) staff, I own and operate Tastefully Served.

People are always curious how I came to be a chef; it’s not a typical profession, especially for a woman.  I always say I didn’t have a choice.  I set out to earn some extra money bussing tables at a restaurant while I was in college and fell head over heels for the entire industry.  I begged my way into the kitchen, working for free, and as soon as I graduated I set off for culinary school and never looked back. 

I love every single thing about hospitality and my ultimate goal was to be an executive chef and someday open my own restaurant.  I traveled the country (and the world!) cooking incredible food in some amazing places and was as surprised as anyone when I felt the pull to come home to North Carolina to be closer to my family. 

After meeting my husband and having 2 kids, I realized that following that initial restaurant dream might not balance so well with raising a family, so I redirected my efforts and started Tastefully Served to bring chef-quality meals to people at home.  

When I started this business, I never could have imagined the people I would have the opportunity to serve- busy moms who get to take a night off (not just from cooking but from mom guilt!) knowing they are serving their families wholesome scratch-made meals.  People wanting to send a meal from across the country to a friend recovering from surgery or a colleague who just lost a parent.  Clients who have literally ordered our food weekly for years and tell me that our meals are the best part of their day. 

Food is personal and for me, cooking is personal, too.  At my culinary school graduation, the speaker told our class, "Love people. And feed them." That is what we do here at Tastefully Served.

I have enjoyed working with individual families as a personal chef for the last several years, as well as cooking for my own family- my husband, Frank, and my two young children.

A Few Highlights About Myself:

  • Culinary Arts Degree from The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park NY (2006)
  • Bachelors Degree in Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill (2004)
  • 10 Years Restaurant Experience, including work under 3 James Beard Award winning Chefs
  • Executive Chef of Vivace, Charlotte NC
  • Pastry Chef of Zink American Kitchen, Charlotte NC
  • 9 Years and counting creating meals for customers to enjoy at home

Contact me at Meredith@tastefully-served.com.