Home-cooked meals and desserts made with love
Real food products from a real kitchen. Fresh, seasonal, and full of flavour — delivered to your door*.
Who We Are...
We’re an Australian online marketplace that connects you with local mums, dads and talented home chefs offering fresh, home-cooked meals. Discover, order and enjoy delicious home cooking, conveniently delivered straight to your door. At Homeplates, we believe good food should be fresh, wholesome, affordable and made with care.
Our food is prepared fresh using carefully selected, high-quality ingredients. We work with a select group of talented home chefs, each chosen for their expertise in a particular dish or style of cooking. This means you get authentic, home-style food made by people who take pride in what they cook. And for those looking to make healthier choices, meet Nourish in Menu, our collection of wholesome, feel-good meals created for those who want to eat well without compromising on flavour. Fresh, balanced and deliciously satisfying, Nourish makes eating well something to look forward to.
Homeplates also gives stay-at-home mums, dads and passionate home cooks the chance to share their speciality dishes with a wider community and earn an honest income from their cooking.
Freshly prepared and delivered to your door, our meals offer the comfort and quality of home cooking without the restaurant price tag. Our food suppliers are carefully selected and required to meet our food preparation and safety standards, giving you confidence in every meal you order.
Why Choose Us?
Fresh, home-cooked food
Prepared fresh, not mass-produced.
Quality ingredients
Carefully selected raw materials and ingredients.
Specialist home chefs
Chefs chosen for their expertise in particular dishes.
Trusted food suppliers
Suppliers are required to meet our food preparation and safety standards.
Affordable meals
Enjoy quality home-style food at a fraction of the cost of many restaurant meals.
Convenient delivery
Fresh meals delivered directly to your doorstep for a nominal delivery fee.
Support local home cooks
Helping talented mums, dads and home chefs share their food and earn an honest income.
Your feedback matters
Customer reviews and ratings help us maintain quality and help our chefs continually improve.
Featured Dishes
Nihari
A rich, slow-cooked beef stew simmered overnight with warming spices — ginger, garlic, and a blend of aromatic herbs. Served with naan and garnished with fresh coriander, fried onions, and a squeeze of lemon.
Lasagne
Layers of silky pasta sheets, slow-simmered beef ragù, and a velvety béchamel baked until golden and bubbling. Each portion is built with care, using quality mince, ripe tomatoes, and a generous hand with the cheese. Hearty, comforting, and made entirely from scratch.
Panjiri
Slow-roasted whole wheat flour toasted in desi ghee until golden and nutty, then blended with raw sugar, crushed almonds, pistachios, melon seeds, and a whisper of cardamom and dried ginger. Panjiri is the kind of sweet that carries memory — made in big batches in winter kitchens, spooned out after prayers, and gifted to new mothers for strength. Rich, grainy, and warmly spiced — a little goes a long way.