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Have gourmet food delivered to you in Rochester, NY

Having gourmet food delivered to your doorstep may sound like a dream. It's reality at The Kitchen Direct. Based in Rochester, NY, we provide gourmet meal kit deliveries to make tonight's dinner special. You'll choose from cooked, prepped and fresh ingredient options.

Cooked meal kits are ideal for when you want gourmet at home, with none of the work. Items in this category are completely prepared, plated and delivered to you ready to eat.

Think you can cook like Chef? Give it a shot with prepped meal options. Items in this category are restaurant prepared and ready for you to try your hand at. You can even share them on social media using #justlikechef.

The level of difficulty will be provided for each ranging from:

Prep cook

perfect for beginners

Line cook

requiring a bit of skill

Sous chef

requiring a significant amount of skill

Executive chef

ideal for culinary experts

Fresh ingredient options are made for foodies. We offer all of our high-end specialty items that are tough to find at wholesale prices. If you loved the cheese in your last kit or want to impress your wife with your own pheasant recipe, we've got your back. Browse our gourmet menu today.

Taking dinner to the next level

There's a cooked, prepped and fresh option for nearly every dish. You can get the details on them from our gourmet menu below. Each dish is $35.99.

Braised Short Rib

Cooked: Local short ribs braised in a red wine demi-glace accompanied by parsnip and celeriac puree, white bean and kale casserole as well as tomato jam

Prepped: Sous chef difficulty level

Fresh: Local short ribs available

Veal Milanese (Contains Nuts)

Cooked: Tender center-cut pecan-panko-crusted veal chop with a mushroom fricassee, aged balsamic demi-glace and cracked parmigiano reggiano over wilted greens

Prepped: Line cook difficulty level

Fresh: Veal chops, chanterelle mushrooms, parmigiano reggiano cheese and aged balsamic available

Cornish Game Hen (Contains Nuts)

Cooked: Lemon pepper-crusted game hen with pomme frites and blackened brussels sprouts with yellow raisins and walnuts

Prepped: Prep cook difficulty level

Fresh: Hens available

Fra Diavolo

Cooked: Roasted red pepper fresh linguini with a medley of seafood (varies based on market availability - typically including lobster, shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams) in a fresh fra diavolo and basil tomato sauce

Prepped: Sous chef difficulty level

Fresh: Roasted red pepper fresh linguini available

Beef Wellington

Cooked: Local prime tenderloin in the classic Wellington style with mushroom duxelles, hollandaise sauce with asparagus bundles and potato hash

Prepped: Executive chef difficulty level

Fresh: Prime tenderloin available

Vegetable Wellington (Vegetarian)

Cooked: A mixture of portabella mushrooms with roasted peppers, spinach and boursin cheese in the classic Wellington style with mushroom duxelles, hollandaise sauce with asparagus bundles and potato hash

Prepped: Sous chef difficulty level

Roasted Acorn Squash (Vegetarian)

*when seasonally available

Cooked: Locally sourced acorn squash roasted with our brown sugar butter and finished with crispy sweet potato carrot fritters and broccoli cranberry slaw

Prepped: Prep cook difficulty level