Well Prepped Life — Service
Wheelchair-Accessible Cooking and Meal Prep in the Bay Area
What I cook for a wheelchair user is rarely the question. Where I cook it is. Most of the kitchens I work in were built for a standing chef — counters at 36 inches, ovens that drop down at exactly the wrong height, controls at the back of a hot cooktop, upper cabinets that no one in a chair will ever access without a grabber. The job is to figure out which of those constraints are fixable and which to design around. The [working guide on wheelchair-accessible cooking](/guides/wheelchair-accessible-cooking) covers the kitchen-spec details — counter heights, knee clearance, side-opening ovens, induction vs. gas. This page is for the service work that follows: weekly cooking in your kitchen as it is now, plus the in-between of "I want to cook some, and I want help with the rest." I'm Justine Sanidad, ServSafe-certified, based in Mountain View.
The Two-Track Service Model
Most clients want both, in different ratios. Track one is weekly cooking — I come, I cook eight fresh, portioned meals, I leave. Standard cooking visit, three to four hours, your kitchen, your dietary needs. Track two is hands-on cooking together — you stay in the kitchen, we cook a meal you want to make yourself, I do the steps that aren't safe or possible from a chair (lifting the Dutch oven, transferring the hot sheet pan), you do everything else. Some clients are 100% track-one because the chair plus their underlying condition (advanced ALS, severe spasticity) means cooking isn't realistic. Some are 50/50 — they cook three nights with me hands-off, I cook five nights solo. We adjust quarterly.
A Recent Fremont Client — ALS
59-year-old man, ALS diagnosis 14 months ago, in a power chair full-time, hand strength fading on the dominant side. Wife was working full-time and cooking every night, and he was watching his independence narrow week over week. The plan we built: I come twice a week and cook the dinners. He comes into the kitchen with me on Wednesdays for what he calls his "head chef" hour — he tastes, seasons, calls the menu, watches the cooking. The wife sometimes sits at the island with us. He's not cooking in the doing-it-with-his-hands sense, but he's still the person making the decisions about what his family eats, and the food still tastes the way he wants it to. He told me on month four that he hadn't expected to keep that part of himself this long. Diet-wise: high-calorie, soft-textured (early dysphagia developing), favoring foods that don't require complex chewing — braises, stews, slow-roasted proteins, well-cooked grain bowls.
Kitchen Accessibility Assessment
Many wheelchair users come to me with a kitchen they're already living in that wasn't built for them. The accessibility assessment is a separate one-time visit (60–90 minutes) that produces a written report: same-day fixes (clearing approach paths, moving daily-use items into reach zones), $200-or-less changes (induction hot plate, long-handled tongs, suction-base cutting boards), and contractor-priced changes (drop-down counter section at 32 inches with knee clearance, side-opening wall oven, lever faucet, pull-out drawer hardware in the lower cabinets). I tell you which to do, which to skip, and what order to spend in.
Pricing Reference
Weekly cooking fits the Foundation plan ($180/week, one visit). ALS/MS households where energy and texture both fluctuate usually want the Coordinated plan ($200/week), which adds a written weekly family report and a caregiver text channel. Hands-on cooking sessions are billed by the visit at the rough Foundation-visit equivalent. The accessibility assessment is a flat-fee project. See [pricing](/pricing) for the framework. Groceries at cost on top — about $22 to $25 a meal all in.
How to Book
Free consultation in your home — covers both the cooking-service question and a first read of accessibility. 30–45 minutes. Call (415) 971-3464 or book at wellpreppedlife.com. Service area: San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Fremont, San Francisco, Oakland, Sunnyvale, San Mateo, and the Peninsula and East Bay neighborhoods between.
Explore More
Related Services
Service Locations
What clients are saying
“Great- very adaptable!”
“Best food I've eaten in a long time, Justine really cares about catering to my family's needs”
Frequently Asked Questions
Medicare does not cover general in-home meal prep or personal chef services. Some Medicare Advantage plans cover short-term medically tailored meals after a hospital discharge. Most families spend less per month on Well Prepped Life than a single day in a skilled nursing facility.
Pricing depends on the service, schedule, and level of customization. Every client situation is different. Call (415) 971-3464 for a free 15-minute consultation — we'll give you direct pricing for your situation, no obligation.
We typically have availability within the week. Book a free 15-minute consultation and the first meal prep session is usually scheduled within 7–10 days.
Yes. Well Prepped Life carries full liability insurance and holds a current ServSafe Food Handler certification. Documentation is available on request.
The San Francisco Bay Area — Mountain View (home base), Palo Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Atherton, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, San Jose, Redwood City, San Mateo, Burlingame, Milpitas, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Walnut Creek, and Marin County.
Ready to Get Started?
Book your free consultation today. We’ll learn about your needs and show you exactly how our wheelchair-accessible cooking and meal prep in the bay area service can help. Call us at (415) 971-3464 or schedule online.
Book a free call15 min · no card · no pressureLove your first week or we re-cook it free.
Or call us directly at (415) 971-3464