Seasoned, not sauced
Every simplicity plate is protein, a measured starch, and two vegetables. Flavor comes from salt-free seasoning blends — never a sugary sauce or a butter finish.
Always wanted a private chef? Now you have one.
Chef-cooked dinners and lunches, delivered to your door in the Grand Rapids, Holland, and Muskegon areas. Seasoned, not sauced. 100% gluten-free. No subscription, ever.
from $8.33/mealMeal packs from $44.95 · No tips, no subscriptions
100% gluten-freeevery dish, every week
Nothing overlooked
Everything you want from a meal service. None of the fine print.
100% gluten-free food
The whole menu is gluten-free. Not a GF option. No asterisks. No exceptions.
Cooked by a sous chef
Your food is made by Tyler O’Neill, a professional sous chef and certified ServSafe Manager. Small batches. Same hands, every time.
Fresh first, then frozen
The first 4 meals of every drop arrive fresh. Everything after that arrives frozen. Dinner tonight, and backup dinners in the freezer.
Dinner and lunch, handled
Dinner packs for the week, plus Lunch 5 for the workday — five lunches in your Sunday drop, for work or home.
No subscription
A prepaid card, not a contract. Nothing renews, nothing auto-charges. When you want more, you buy another card.
Almost nothing goes to waste.
It happens in every kitchen. Vegetables go limp at the back of the crisper. Leftovers go unclaimed. Snacks go stale in the pantry. It’s not carelessness. Grocery shopping works that way: you buy for the week you hope you’ll have.
Whetstone works differently. Every meal is portioned for one dinner. Nothing extra to wilt, nothing left over to forget. And every meal beyond your first four arrives frozen, so it waits in your freezer instead of going bad in your fridge.
You’re already spending it. Whetstone just makes sure you eat it.
The grocery money that never gets eaten
- Limp vegetables. Bought with good intentions, buried by Friday.
- Forgotten leftovers. Saved for tomorrow, tossed next week.
- Stale pantry snacks. Opened, forgotten, gone soft.
With Whetstone: dinner arrives already portioned, and the frozen meals are ready whenever you are.
How it works
Three steps between you and dinner. That’s the whole system.
1
Get your card
Pick a card: Solo 7, Classic 14, Household 21, Exclusive Eats 14, Monthly 30 — or Lunch 5 for the workweek. One flat price, no tips, no subscription. Each card is a prepaid bundle, delivered in full to your door.
2
Cooked for Sunday
Your meals are cooked in small batches for your Sunday drop. The first 4 meals of every drop arrive fresh. Everything after that arrives frozen, in insulated packaging.
3
Dropped at your door
Sunday delivery across our delivery area. Reheat to 165°F and dinner is on the table. No cooking. No cleanup. No guesswork.
Pick your card
On the dinner packs, the per-meal price drops the more you buy. One flat price per card, plus 6% Michigan sales tax on food. No tips, no hidden fees, no subscription. Kids eat for $5 — smaller portions of the same dishes, as add-ons with any card pack, from our first public delivery.
Premium
Exclusive Eats 14
$12.50 /meal
$174.99 for 14 meals
Our premium pack. Every dish comes with double protein or hearty, your choice — and you taste new dishes before anyone else.
- Double protein or hearty — your choice, on every dish
- Early access: new menu items land with you first
- Two weekly drops of 7: 4 fresh for Mon–Thu, 3 frozen for Fri–Sun in each
New · Lunch, full time
Lunch 5 · Lunch for the week
$8.99 /meal
$44.95 for 5 lunches
Lunch, full time — for work or home. Five lighter plates in your Sunday drop, Monday to Friday. Same simplicity formula, sized for midday. Whole fruit rides with the fresh lunches.
Get Lunch 5Solo 7 · Try 7 meals
$10.71 /meal
$74.99 for 7 meals
The easy first step. One weekly drop of 7: 4 fresh for Mon–Thu, 3 frozen for Fri–Sun.
Start with Solo 7Classic 14
$10.00 /meal
$139.99 for 14 meals · ~7% less per meal than Solo
The regular card. Two weekly drops of 7: 4 fresh for Mon–Thu, 3 frozen for Fri–Sun in each. One person eating well most nights, or a couple splitting the week.
Get Classic 14Household 21
$9.52 /meal
$199.99 for 21 meals · ~11% less per meal than Solo
The family and freezer-stocker card. Three weekly drops of 7 on consecutive Sundays — 4 fresh for Mon–Thu, 3 frozen for Fri–Sun in each. About $38 for 4 dinners.
Get Household 21Best dinner value
Monthly 30
$8.33 /meal
$249.99 for 30 meals
The full month. One of every dish in the rotation, over four weekly Sunday drops. In each drop, the first 4 arrive fresh for Mon–Thu, the rest frozen for Fri–Sun. Buy it month by month — never a subscription.
Get Monthly 30The Business Card · For workplaces
$8.99 /meal
Business 10 · $89.90 / Business 20 · $179.80
Two fixed packs, sized at 5 meals per person. One Monday drop stocks the office fridge for the week.
- Monday delivery in one consolidated drop
- Staff pick their own meals by Thursday
- Prepaid in full by the employer
- No contract, ever
Every card includes
- Every bundle arrives complete. The first 4 meals of each drop arrive fresh. Everything after that arrives frozen — dinner tonight, and backup in the freezer.
- Sunday home delivery in the Grand Rapids, Holland, and Muskegon areas, in insulated packaging. Monday delivery for workplaces.
- Delivery is $9.99 per order. FREE on 2 or more cards. Mix and match any tiers. Everything counts.
- Whole fruit in every fresh drop. Apples, oranges, bananas — and a fresh fruit cup add-on for $3.49, fresh meals only.
- Pay with Venmo (preferred) or card through Stripe. Every pack is prepaid in full.
- 100% gluten-free food. Every dish, always.
- No subscription, no commitment. A card pack, not a contract.
- First-card guarantee. Love your first 7 meals or we refund the rest of your card.
What's coming next
Three things open after our founding drop on Sunday, December 6. No prices are shown until each one opens.
Whetstone Private
A private chef in your home: the Founder's Table for one household each week, or a dinner party for 2–12 guests.
Bookings open once insurance and health-department checks clear.
First Taste Box
Four servings from the rotation — try Whetstone before committing to a pack.
Opens after the founding drop.
Gift a Week
Give someone a week of dinners — a gift card for any Whetstone pack.
Opens after the founding drop.
Want first word when these open? Join the waitlist.
Join the waitlistWhat’s in the box
4 fresh
The first 4 meals of every drop arrive fresh. Eat them by the use-by date on each label.
The rest frozen
Everything after that arrives frozen — ready whenever you are, nothing wasted.
Whole fruit
Apples, oranges, or bananas ride with the fresh meals. A fresh fruit cup is available as a $3.49 add-on, fresh meals only.
Where we deliver
Delivery at launch covers these cities and zip codes:
- Grand Rapids core — Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kentwood: 49503, 49504, 49505, 49506, 49507, 49508, 49509, 49512, 49519, 49534, 49544, 49546, 49548
- West suburbs — Walker (in the core list above), Grandville 49418, Allendale 49401, Hudsonville 49426, Jenison 49428
- Holland / Zeeland — Holland 49422, 49423, 49424; Zeeland 49464
- Muskegon area — Muskegon, Norton Shores, Muskegon Heights: 49441, 49442, 49444, 49445
- Route corridors — Coopersville 49404 (I-96 toward Muskegon); West Olive 49460, Grand Haven 49417, Spring Lake 49456, Ferrysburg 49409, Fruitport 49415 (US-31 Holland-to-Muskegon corridor); Byron Center 49315 (south on US-131); Caledonia 49316 (southeast); Comstock Park 49321, Rockford 49341 (north on US-131)
The Whetstone pledge
No subscriptions. No commitment. Just dinner.
Meal services lock you in. We’d rather earn the next card. Your card never auto-renews. Never auto-charges. You pay once, dinner arrives in full, and your frozen meals just wait for you.
First-card guarantee
Love your first 7 meals, or tell us within 7 days of delivery and we’ll refund the rest of your card. One per household.
We’re new, and we know trust is earned. If the first seven meals don’t win you over, tell us within 7 days of delivery and we’ll refund the uneaten rest of your card. One guarantee per household.
Your week on the Classic 14
Here’s how a Classic 14 week plays out: one Sunday delivery of 7 meals covers the week — fresh meals Mon–Thu, frozen meals Fri–Sun.
Sunday
Drop day
7 meals arrive at your door: 4 fresh for Mon–Thu, 3 frozen for Fri–Sun. Your week is set.
Mon – Thu
Fresh dinners
The four fresh meals cover the weeknights. Sage chicken on Monday, Cajun pork on Tuesday — plates that taste like someone cooked, because someone did. Zero cooking.
Fri – Sun
Your call
Eat out, cook something, or pull a frozen plate. Nothing expires. Nothing goes to waste at the back of the fridge.
Weeks 2 – 3
The freezer provides
The frozen three cover Friday to Sunday — weekend dinners with no cooking.
Meet your cook
Tyler O’Neill
Founder & sous chef
Tyler O’Neill is a sous chef in West Michigan. He started Whetstone because the basics are harder than they should be.
Every Whetstone meal will be cooked by Tyler himself, in small batches. He cooks the way he’d cook for his own family. When your name is on the card, dinner is personal.
“I cook the way I’d cook for my own family. When your name is on the card, dinner is personal.” — Tyler
Professional sous chef
ServSafe Manager certified
West Michigan, born & raised
Get on the list
Create your Whetstone account — you’ll land on the waitlist, and we’ll email you when your invite is ready.
Create your accountOne email when your invite is ready. That’s it. No spam, ever.
Follow the build
We’re building Whetstone in the open — the food, the drops, and the business behind them, starting December 6. Follow along.