Respect for your time
If a recipe needs more than the window you gave us, it doesn't ship. We test for realism before flavor experiments.
About us
A small studio that takes weekly cooking seriously.
Chivrealjlix began in a shared Beverly Hills kitchen in 2019, when three friends — a pastry chef, a market gardener and a cookbook editor — realized most meal planning was either too rigid or too generic. We started writing menus the way we wished someone had written them for us: short, specific, and friendly to the way real weeknights actually unfold.
Today our planners build hundreds of weekly menus a month for households across California. Each plan is reviewed by a human, never auto-generated, and refined based on feedback you send back.
What guides us
Three quiet principles behind every plan we publish.
Seasonal first
We build around what's in season at California markets so produce tastes the way it should and costs less.
Plain writing
No mystery measurements, no buzzwords. Steps are written for someone cooking with one hand on a phone.
Our path
A short timeline.
2019
Founded as a small subscription service for friends and neighbors in Beverly Hills.
2021
Opened a tiny test kitchen on Wilshire Boulevard and welcomed our first full-time planner.
2023
Launched allergy-aware menu swaps and pantry-first weekly templates.
2025
Crossed our 50,000th plan and added quarterly tasting sessions for members.
Curious to try a plan?
Tell us how you eat and we'll send you a sample week, on the house.