Cookie Policy
Last updated: July 3, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how OpenKitchen.Food uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit or interact with the Platform. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. OpenKitchen is a directory only and is not responsible for the tracking practices of any Cook or third party.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser when you visit a website. They allow websites to remember your actions and preferences (such as login state) over a period of time.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly necessary cookies — required for authentication, session management, security, and load balancing. The Platform will not function without them.
- Functional cookies — remember preferences such as your last selected cuisine filters, cart contents, and geolocation permission.
- Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors interact with the Platform in aggregate so we can improve performance and features.
- Third-party cookies — set by service providers such as Stripe (fraud prevention) and, if enabled, our analytics vendors.
3. Local Storage and Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use browser local storage, session storage, and similar technologies (for example, to cache your approximate location or to persist your cart between visits). These technologies are governed by this Cookie Policy.
4. Managing Cookies
Most browsers let you view, manage, delete, and block cookies. Please consult your browser's help documentation. Blocking strictly-necessary cookies will impair your ability to use the Platform (including sign-in and checkout).
5. Do Not Track
The Platform does not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals in a differentiated way, because there is no industry standard for interpreting them. We honor the rights described in our Privacy Policy regardless.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Continued use of the Platform after any change constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.
Directory-Only Platform · Hold Harmless · Assumption of Risk
OpenKitchen.Food ("OpenKitchen," "we," "us," or the "Platform") operates solely as an online directory and technology platform that connects independent home cooks, personal chefs, caterers, and food businesses ("Cooks") with end users ("Customers"). OpenKitchen is not a restaurant, ghost kitchen, commissary, food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or seller of food.OpenKitchen does not prepare, handle, package, store, transport, deliver, inspect, test, or warrant any food, ingredient, allergen disclosure, licensing status, health permit, insurance status, or regulatory compliance of any Cook.
All food safety, licensing, permitting, insurance, cottage-food compliance, labeling, allergen disclosure, sanitation, temperature control, and regulatory compliance are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Cook. Customer expressly acknowledges and assumes all risk arising from ordering, receiving, consuming, or otherwise interacting with any food, beverage, service, or item offered by any Cook through the Platform, including without limitation the risk of foodborne illness, allergic reaction, cross-contamination, injury, illness, or property damage.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Customer agrees to release, waive, discharge, indemnify, defend, and hold harmlessOpenKitchen.Food, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, damages, judgments, losses, liabilities, illnesses, injuries, allergic reactions, foodborne illness, wrongful death, personal injury, property damage, costs, and expenses of any kind or nature (including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising out of or in any way related to (a) any food, beverage, service, catering, or item offered, sold, prepared, or delivered by any Cook; (b) any interaction between Customer and any Cook; (c) any information posted by any Cook; (d) Customer's use of or inability to use the Platform; or (e) any breach of these terms by Customer.
The Released Parties make no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the quality, safety, wholesomeness, freshness, ingredients, preparation, nutritional content, allergen content, legality, licensure, or regulatory compliance of any food or Cook, and disclaim all such warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Contact
Legal notices: legal@openkitchen.food · General: hello@openkitchen.food