Real homemade food from permitted kitchens in your neighborhood.
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Pick your dishes, pay securely in-app. Just a small service fee.
Get a text when ready. Walk, bike, or drive — always nearby.
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The easiest way to start a home kitchen business. We'll walk you through it and auto-fill your County of San Diego application. What is a MEHKO?
A Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation lets you legally sell food cooked in your home. Here's the plain-English version.
Required by San Diego County. About $69.95 and takes a few hours online. Upload your certificate here when you've passed.
Find an approved course →This populates your listing and the County application.
List 3–5 dishes. For each, name the main ingredients and flag common allergens (dairy, nuts, eggs, wheat, soy, shellfish).
We'll turn your answers into a Standard Operating Procedures document that goes with your application.
These fill the rest of the County of San Diego MEHKO application. $673 fee is paid when you submit.
Generate your pre-filled PDFs. Review them, print or save, then submit to the County along with your fee.
Bring or mail your packet + $673 fee to the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality.
Open County portal →