Gesgourmet alternative · Barcelona
Looking for an alternative to Gesgourmet?
Gesgourmet is a serious national operation — five distribution centres, 250+ dishes, nutritionist-designed menus, strong in the elderly-care and medical-diet niche. HealthyFoodBCN runs a different model: one chef, your plan, fresh twice a week.
Gesgourmet has built something most healthy-food brands don't bother with — a properly run national cook-chill operation with a genuine clinical layer underneath. Their menus are designed by registered dietitians, they handle diabetic, low-salt, low-fat and easy-to-chew adaptations, and they've become a real option for elderly households who can't shop and cook for themselves. That's a niche worth respecting. The trade-off is on the kitchen side: like most national operators, dishes are batch-cooked centrally and vacuum-sealed for logistics. HealthyFoodBCN solves the same surface problem (eat well without cooking) with the opposite approach — one chef, your plan, fresh twice a week.
At a glance
| Gesgourmet | HealthyFoodBCN | |
|---|---|---|
| Per meal | €3.50–7 | €7.50–15 |
| Who cooks it | Gesgourmet's central kitchens — menus designed by nutritionists and dietitians | Frank Diaz, ex-Can Roca, Madrid Fusión 2019 |
| Freshness | Cook-and-chill, vacuum-sealed, weekly delivery from regional distribution centres | Cooked fresh, delivered twice a week (Mon + Wed) |
| Control | Build your own weekly menu from a 250+ dish catalog | Plan built around your goals, allergies, family |
| Languages | Spanish | English, Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian |
Where Gesgourmet wins
- Far lower price per meal: €3.50–7 vs HFB's roughly €20–22
- National footprint with five distribution centres (Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Toledo, Segovia) and free peninsular delivery
- Genuinely large catalog — 250+ rotating dishes with adaptations for diabetic, low-salt, low-fat, easy-to-chew
- Strong fit for elderly care and medical-diet households — a niche most premium services don't address
Where HealthyFoodBCN wins
- A named chef cooks every plate — Frank Diaz, ex-restaurant, Madrid Fusión 2019. Gesgourmet runs central kitchens with no chef face.
- Plans are built around you individually — calories, training, family makeup — not assembled by ticking boxes against a shared catalog.
- Cooked fresh, delivered twice a week. Gesgourmet is cook-chill, vacuum-sealed, one weekly drop.
- Five languages including Catalan, English, Russian and Ukrainian. Gesgourmet operates in Spanish only.
- Restaurant-grade plating and ingredient sourcing — whole fish, whole carcasses via Frank's supplier relationships, not commodity-spec inputs designed for cook-chill at scale.
HealthyFoodBCN is for someone in Barcelona who wants their plan built around them specifically by one chef who knows their household — not assembled by ticking dietary boxes against a 250-dish catalog. We charge more per meal because Frank cooks each plan individually and we deliver fresh twice a week. If your priority is a medical diet at scale, Gesgourmet does it better. If it's having a chef relationship and restaurant-grade food, we do.
The price math
Gesgourmet's weekly lunch + dinner menu lands around €32–63/week depending on plan, roughly €3.50–7 per dish across 10 meals. HealthyFoodBCN's full day runs about €60/day, roughly €300 across a 5-day week, about €20 per eating occasion. So Gesgourmet is several times cheaper per plate. The gap is the model: they batch-cook a 250-dish catalog you assemble from, whereas Frank cooks each plan individually around your macros, allergies and dislikes. The honest read: if your need is medically structured meals at the lowest sustainable price, Gesgourmet is the right pick; if you want a chef cooking your actual plan, that's the premium.
Best-fit recommendation
Stay with Gesgourmet if you need a clinically structured menu (diabetic, low-salt, post-surgery, elderly nutrition) or you're optimising for price across multiple Spanish cities. Try us if you want one chef cooking your full day around your goals, allergies and family — not a 250-dish catalog to navigate.
Common questions
Is Gesgourmet a private chef marketplace?
No — that's a common misunderstanding from the brand name. Gesgourmet is a national cook-chill meal delivery service with central kitchens and nutritionist-designed menus. No individual chef relationship. If you want an actual private chef cooking for your household in Barcelona, HealthyFoodBCN is closer to that model — Frank cooks each plan personally.
Can Gesgourmet do diabetic or low-salt menus?
Yes — that's one of their strongest niches. They run dedicated diabetic, low-salt, low-fat, low-sugar and easy-to-chew lines, designed by registered dietitians. HealthyFoodBCN handles these too on a per-household basis, but if your need is a single well-defined clinical protocol at the lowest price, Gesgourmet is the more efficient option.
Does Gesgourmet cook fresh?
Gesgourmet uses a cook-and-chill model — meals are cooked in their central kitchens, vacuum-sealed, and shipped chilled from regional distribution centres. They're fine and shelf-stable for the week, but they've been cooked some days before they arrive. HealthyFoodBCN cooks the day before each delivery, two deliveries a week.
Can I switch from Gesgourmet without a long commitment?
Yes. No contract, one week's notice, pause for travel. Several clients have run us alongside an existing subscription for a couple of weeks to compare before deciding.
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