Book a personal cook matched to your suburb and cuisine.
HandyCook helps busy households bring warm, fresh meals back home. Save favourite cuisines, add favourite dishes, rebook the cooks you trust, and schedule recurring cooking sessions from $25/hr with no conveyance fees.
Perfect for weeknight meal prep, family dinners, cultural comfort food, and households that want a familiar cook back.
Example booking
Sunday family meal prep
Cuisine
Indian
Favourite dishes
Butter chicken · Jeera rice · Garlic naan
Booking window
4 hours at home, with the same address auto-filled next time
Estimated price
$25/hr
Cooks that fit your taste
Choose up to three cuisines on your profile, then book from those saved preferences so every request starts from food your household actually loves.
Cook at your place
HandyCook is built for attended cooking at your address, with your kitchen, your ingredients, and your home routine in mind.
Easy to make it a habit
Loved the last cook? Rebook them directly, or set a recurring series for up to 30 days and lock the whole plan in one acceptance.
1-8 hrs
Flexible in-home cooking sessions
1-30 days
Recurring booking window
Up to 3
Favourite cuisines saved per profile
$25/hr
Starting hourly rate before platform fees
How HandyCook works
A smoother path from craving to cooked meal, built for real households.
Save your tastes
Customers choose 1 to 3 favourite cuisines during registration and can keep favourite dishes on file for faster repeat bookings.
Book at home
Choose the home address, one saved cuisine for the booking, the cooking hours, and an optional recurring schedule for up to 30 days.
Match by suburb + cuisine
Only verified cooks whose service suburbs and cuisine specialties fit the request will receive the booking.
Book the same cook again
Loved a previous session? Start with that cook first, and if they are unavailable you can create a fresh request for the platform to rematch.
Simple pricing
$25
per hour
HandyCook keeps pricing clear. Customers pay after acceptance, and cooks receive payout credit after the configured 5% platform fee is deducted from each paid booking.
What households can expect
Flexible sessions
Book a cook from 1 hour up to 8 hours for a single in-home cooking session.
Recurring support
Recurring bookings can run daily or weekly for up to 30 days and are charged in full once the cook accepts.
Payment timing
Customers complete payment after acceptance, and at least 2 hours before the booking start time for ad hoc sessions.
Popular questions
Everything important, before you book.
We built HandyCook for real homes, so the common questions are usually about safety, repeat bookings, and how matching works.
How does HandyCook choose which cooks see my booking?
HandyCook matches bookings using the suburb and cuisine preferences saved by both the customer and the cook, so the request goes to cooks who are actually relevant.
Can I book the same cook again if my family loved the meal?
Yes. Previous bookings include a direct rebooking path so you can offer the next session to that specific cook first before creating a fresh open request.
What makes HandyCook safer than arranging a cook informally?
Every cook goes through identity verification before going live, and HandyCook is designed for attended in-home cooking, meaning customers stay home during the booked cooking hours.
Safety-first cooking at home
HandyCook verifies every cook before they go live. For extra safety, we ask customers not to leave the house with the cook and to stay present during the cooking hours. The platform is designed for attended in-home cooking only.
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