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Terms of Use

Last updated: July 31, 2026

These are the rules for using chefnfood.com and for receiving our email. Using the site means you accept them.

Two things are worth knowing before you read the rest.

Our recipes are editorial content, not professional food-safety instruction. We publish internal cooking temperatures, we don't label allergens, and we publish no nutrition figures at all. Our Disclaimer explains all of that, and it is part of these terms. Read it before you cook from this site.

We make money from advertising. Some links here earn us a commission. Some pages are paid placements. And some of the email we send is advertising — occasionally an entire message is an ad. We label it when it is. Our recipes themselves are not for sale.

1. Accepting these terms

By using chefnfood.com, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

ChefnFood is operated by Kyber Direct "We" and "us" mean that operator. "You" means anyone using the site.

2. Who can use the site

You must be old enough to enter a binding agreement where you live. If you are under that age, use the site only with a parent or guardian's involvement.

Cooking involves heat, sharp tools, and equipment that can cause injury. Adult supervision is required for anyone cooking who is not an adult.

3. Our content, and what you can do with it

The recipes, photographs, text, layout, and design on this site belong to us or to the people we license them from.

You may:

  • Cook our recipes, as many times as you like, for yourself, your family, or your guests
  • Print a recipe for your own kitchen
  • Share a link to any page
  • Quote a short excerpt with clear credit and a link back

You may not, without our written permission:

  • Republish a full recipe, including its written method, on another website, in an app, in a video description, or in print
  • Use our photographs anywhere
  • Copy the site's design, structure, or code
  • Use our content to train a machine learning model or to build a competing recipe database
  • Use automated tools to scrape or bulk-download the site

A recipe's list of ingredients is generally not protected by copyright. Our written instructions, headnotes, expert notes, and photographs are.

To ask about permission, email yeschef@e.chefnfood.com.

4. Cooking is your responsibility

Our recipes are published as editorial content for home cooks. They are not professional food-safety instruction, and they are not personalized dietary, medical, or nutritional advice.

You are responsible for cooking safely: for verifying doneness yourself, for knowing what you and the people you feed can safely eat, and for handling equipment properly. Our Disclaimer sets this out in full, and it is part of these terms. Read it before you cook from this site.

5. Email subscriptions

What we send. Our email includes recipes and cooking content, and it includes advertising. Some messages carry advertising alongside editorial content; some messages are advertisements in full. Where a message is an advertisement, we identify it as one.

Why you're receiving it. You either subscribed on this site, or you gave your address to another company and agreed to hear from its partners. Our Privacy Policy explains what we hold about that signup and how to see your own record.

Leaving. Every message has an unsubscribe link. One click, and we stop.

Advertising is not our recommendation. An advertisement in our email is the advertiser's claim, not ours. We don't verify advertiser claims, we don't stand behind their products, and dealing with them is between you and them. See Section 7 and our Disclaimer.

We may stop sending, change what we send, or close a subscriber account — for example, if an address bounces repeatedly or is used abusively.

6. Acceptable use

Do not use the site to break the law, to interfere with how it runs, to attempt unauthorized access, to send automated traffic that burdens our servers, or to harass anyone.

We link to retailers, suppliers, and other publications. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, their products, their prices, or their privacy practices. A link is not an endorsement of everything on the other end of it.

8. Commercial relationships

Some links on this site earn us a commission, and some pages are paid placements from advertisers. Paid pages are labeled. Our editorial recipes are not for sale. See the Affiliate Disclosure for how this works.

9. No warranty

The site and everything on it is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not promise the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any recipe will produce a particular result in your kitchen. We disclaim all warranties to the fullest extent the law allows, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the site or of any recipe on it.

11. Indemnification

You agree to cover our reasonable costs if a claim arises from your misuse of the site or your breach of these terms.

12. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows when. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

13. Governing Law and Disputes

13.1 Governing Law. These Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or your use of the Site will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

13.2 Agreement to Arbitrate. You and [Company Name] agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or the recipes, content, or services offered on the Site (a "Dispute") will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis, rather than in court, except as set forth below. This agreement to arbitrate is intended to be broadly interpreted and includes claims based on contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, and claims that arose before the existence of this or any prior version of these Terms.

13.3 Arbitration Procedures. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect. The arbitration will be conducted in San Diego County, California, or, if you prefer, via telephone, video conference, or based on written submissions. The arbitrator, not any court, has exclusive authority to resolve any dispute about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, including any claim that all or part of it is void or voidable.

13.4 Exceptions. Notwithstanding Section 13.2, either party may bring an individual action in small claims court, and either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to prevent actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property rights pending arbitration.

13.5 Class Action and Jury Trial Waiver. YOU AND [COMPANY NAME] AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Unless both parties agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. You and [Company Name] each waive any right to a jury trial.

13.6 Public Injunctive Relief Carve-Out. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section limits your right, if any, under applicable California law to seek public injunctive relief in court, as this right cannot be waived under California law (McGill v. Citibank, N.A., 2 Cal. 5th 945 (2017)). If a court determines that this carve-out renders the arbitration agreement unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will proceed in court, and all other claims will remain subject to arbitration.

13.7 Opt-Out Right. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to [email/mailing address] within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and both parties consent to personal jurisdiction there.

13.8 Venue for Non-Arbitrable Claims. For any Dispute not subject to arbitration (including any excluded under Sections 13.4 or 13.6), the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in San Diego County, California.

How Disputes Work (Plain-Language Summary)

This is a summary to help you understand your rights. The full legal terms below control in the event of any conflict.

  • We use arbitration, not court, for most disputes. If you have a disagreement with us that we can't resolve informally, it will be decided by a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury.
  • You give up the right to sue in court or join a class action. You can still bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies.
  • You can opt out. If you don't want this arbitration agreement to apply to you, you can opt out within 30 days of first using the Site by sending us written notice — see Section 13.7 for details.
  • Your California public injunctive relief rights aren't affected. If California law gives you the right to seek an order stopping harmful practices that affect the public (not just you), that right stays with you in court, as required by California law.
  • We aim to resolve things informally first. Before starting arbitration, we encourage you to contact us at yeschef@e.chefnfood.com so we can try to work it out directly.

14. If part of this doesn't hold up

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.

15. Contact

ChefnFood 555 Saturn Blvd., Suite B807 San Diego, CA 92154 yeschef@e.chefnfood.com