Let's Cook alternative · Barcelona
Looking for an alternative to Let's Cook?
Let's Cook is the best local meal-kit operator in Barcelona — locally sourced, properly sustainable, and the strongest replacement for HelloFresh since they exited Spain. HealthyFoodBCN does something different: we cook the meals for you.
Let's Cook has built something genuinely good. Two EADA founders, local sourcing from Barcelona-area farms, returnable glass jars, free city delivery, and a recipe rotation that has kept 6,000+ Instagram followers and 500+ five-star reviews engaged since 2018. When HelloFresh exited Spain in March 2026, Let's Cook became the natural next stop for anyone who wanted to keep cooking from a kit. So the comparison isn't whether Let's Cook is any good — it clearly is. The question is whether you still want to be the one doing the cooking. HealthyFoodBCN answers that with a different model: a private chef cooks each plan around you, and we deliver ready-to-eat meals twice a week.
At a glance
| Let's Cook | HealthyFoodBCN | |
|---|---|---|
| Per meal | €6–9 (ingredients only — cooking not included) | €7.50–15 |
| Who cooks it | You do — Let's Cook ships pre-portioned ingredients with recipe cards | Frank Diaz, ex-Can Roca, Madrid Fusión 2019 |
| Freshness | Weekly delivery (Tue/Wed in Barcelona), ingredients chilled in transit | Cooked fresh, delivered twice a week (Mon + Wed) |
| Control | Choose 3–5 recipes per week from a rotating catalog of 21+ | Plan built around your goals, allergies, family |
| Languages | Spanish, Catalan, English | English, Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian |
Where Let's Cook wins
- Local Barcelona founders sourcing from local farms — genuinely lower food miles than HelloFresh ever offered in Spain
- Free delivery across Barcelona and Madrid (and most peninsular Spain at €5–12)
- Mature recipe rotation — 21+ weekly options, vegan and vegetarian plans included
- Strong sustainability angle — returnable glass jars, minimal plastic, zero ingredient waste by design
Where HealthyFoodBCN wins
- We cook the meals. Let's Cook ships ingredients you still chop, cook, and clean up after — usually 30–45 minutes per recipe.
- Plans are built around you specifically (allergies, calories, training, family makeup), not picked from a fixed weekly catalog.
- Frank Diaz is a named chef with Madrid Fusión 2019 on his CV. Let's Cook is a kit operator — no chef face, no plating standard.
- Five languages including Russian and Ukrainian. Let's Cook covers three.
- Delivered ready-to-eat twice a week — Let's Cook is a single weekly drop that you then schedule cooking around.
HealthyFoodBCN is for someone in Barcelona who doesn't want to cook at all, or doesn't have the time. The reason a Let's Cook customer might switch isn't quality — Let's Cook's ingredients are fine — it's that life moved past having two hours a week for recipe cards. We're the version where Frank does the cooking and you get the meals ready, with a plan built around your goals, allergies and household rather than picked off a weekly menu.
The price math
Let's Cook's typical weekly box for 2 people, 3 recipes, lands around €40–50, roughly €6.50–8 per serving for ingredients only, and you still cook it: 30–45 minutes per recipe, so three dinners is about two hours of kitchen labour plus dishes. HealthyFoodBCN is roughly €20 per meal eaten, more per serving because Frank actually cooks the food and you get the cooking time back. The honest comparison: Let's Cook is much cheaper per plate if you want to cook, and the kit is the right pick if you enjoy the kitchen part. We cost more, but no one in your house spends those two hours cooking or cleaning up.
Best-fit recommendation
Stay with Let's Cook if you genuinely like cooking and want a sustainable, locally sourced kit. They're the best operator in Spain at what they do, and we're not trying to be them. Switch to HealthyFoodBCN if you want the cooking off your plate entirely, want the plan built around your real life (not picked from a list), and want a named chef rather than a kit brand.
Common questions
Is Let's Cook still operating after HelloFresh left Spain?
Yes. Let's Cook is a Barcelona-based local operator, not a subsidiary of HelloFresh, and they've actually benefited from HelloFresh's March 2026 exit — their Instagram and signups picked up through spring 2026. They deliver in Barcelona, Madrid, and most of peninsular Spain.
What's the real difference between Let's Cook and HealthyFoodBCN?
Let's Cook ships ingredients you cook yourself. HealthyFoodBCN delivers meals Frank already cooked. Same problem (eat well without grocery shopping) — opposite ends of the cooking-labour spectrum.
Is HealthyFoodBCN as sustainable as Let's Cook?
Different sustainability story. Let's Cook is strong on packaging (returnable glass jars, minimal plastic) and on cooking-from-zero (no shipped meal goes uneaten because portions match recipes exactly). We source whole fish and whole carcasses through Frank's restaurant relationships, which reduces processing waste, and we cook to plan so there's almost no overproduction. Neither is a perfect zero-waste service — both are meaningful improvements on supermarket plus delivery.
Can I switch from Let's Cook without committing long-term?
Yes. No contract, one week's notice, pause for travel. Several clients have run us alongside Let's Cook for a couple of weeks to compare before deciding.
Find the plan built for you
Different lives, different plans. Pick the one closest to yours and see how Frank designs the food.
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