Tempo is a prepared meal delivery subscription that serves up fast, feel-good, single-serving meals. Customers receive fresh, chef-designed, ready-to-heat meals crafted to be microwaved in just 2 minutes. Our seasoned chefs create new recipes each week for you to choose from — fresh ingredients are sourced for each menu and help support a healthy lifestyle.
Tempo by Home Chef (tempomeals.com) has 43 customer reviews on Consumer Courier, with an average rating of 1.3 out of 5.
Also known as
tempomeals.com
Website
tempomeals.com
Category
Lunch & Catering
Listed on Consumer Courier
2026
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The meals are delicious, the nutritional value questionable
The meals are delicious and easy and quick to prepare. The fat and carbohydrate content of most of them is off the charts-- more in one meal than I normally eat in a week. The worst thing though, in my opinion, is the horrific amount of packaging material required for the 6 small boxes. I can't order again for this reason alone. Would like to have liked it better than I did!
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Maya T.
Posted
Insane and illegal
Insane and illegal, sending me food I am allergic to, although have specifically selected not to receive pork nor beef..Since they were out of 90% of their week's selection, kept pushing to send me food that can kill me! Moreover, company has refused to address the issue, where the agents conveyed a total nonsense in their email responses.
Finally, had stated 4 times that I do not wish to receive food I had oroginally selected stating " do not send me these", as I am highly allergic to those!
How are they in business with such unethical standards, ignoring what customer selected in their app!
Maya T., MBA
Response from Tempo by Home Chef· Jun 30, 2026
Hi there - we definitely understand your frustration. However, as stated in the sign up process, once you request your first order it is scheduled and finalized for delivery. Once an order has finalized, we are unable to cancel this request. This is why our menu is available to browse before signing up or restarting our service, at homechef.com/menu. Please contact our support team at [email protected] for more assistance.
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Amamda M.
Posted
No sustainable or healthy
First, I signed up for a week with Groupon for $31. If I hadn't canceled immediately, I would have been charged $91 a week, starting BEFORE my first delivery arrived. Secondly, if you care about our environment or your body, this is probably not a good fit. I ordered four meals that came in a huge box with padded paper all around the box, plus two huge cooling bags, which I don't think can be disposed of sustainably. They are filled with gel. Plus, the meals are in plastic containers with no PBA warning. (I put mine on a plate to heat up) Lastly, one meal had an expiration date the same day it was delivered, and another expired the next day. I guess I know which meal I am required eat each day. The taste was good, but definitely not worth $91 a week, plus your house will be filled with tons of garbage with their wasteful packaging. Also, the meals should AT LEAST have 48 hours of shelf life when delivered.
Response from Tempo by Home Chef· Jun 30, 2026
Hi there - this doesn't sound like a typical experience. We'd be happy to take a look into this and help further. Please contact our team at [email protected].
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Jordan W.
Posted
Got our meals and three out of the nine…
Got our meals and three out of the nine are best by on the day of delivery
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Karen F.
Posted
horrible service
horrible service
ordered food following a major surgery. Tracking service is unavailable. delivery chat is not helpful
tempo chat disconnected me from live agent twice.
Finally got tracking info and my delivery should come before 10pm!!!
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Christine
Posted
Awful service when you need flexibility…
Awful service when you need flexibility to pause or skip. They interchange those verb in their very seldom communication and website. If you email them for support, they do not respond which can cost you lots of $. A follow up email with a detailed explanation stating you would like to give their service another chance does not seem to sway them.
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Elden M.
Posted
THIS COMPANY SCAMS PEOPLE - STAY AWAY
Wish I read reviews prior to my order. I just went through the same thing as most of the rest of the negative reviews.
I placed an order for May 6th delivery. Received and email stating meals were enroute for delivery on May 7th.
May 7th I receive an email stating meals will now arrive on May 8th, May 8th I receive another email stating food will be delivered on May 11th.
Not sure if anyone knows how food stays fresh during shipment but it doesnt last that long.
I immediatley reached out to the only form of customer support via their ChatBot. I specifically requested a FULL REFUND to my CC acct and was advised to throw away the box as the food would not be any good upon delivery.
Fast forward a week, I check my bank to verify my refund and nothing. This time I message the company again and get an email thread started. I am now being told that the money was credited to my Tempo acct not my card and wouldnt you know, without any email update telling me another order is being processed the guy emailing me tells me that my acct credit was used and another shipment is due to arrive on May 20th.
Kicker to this is I was on military orders out of state and the address on file was my hotel. So they are now sending me a box to a hotel I am no longer at. I requested my refund again and this time I was told it was too late because the credit had already been used for this box without my knowledge. After about 6 emails back and forth I get a toll free number for customer support to call.
Now I finally get ahold of a customer service rep and she proceeds to advise me that I was credited and the credit was used and it is too late to give me a refund.
Absolutley poor customer service where a company drops the ball and blames shipping and the customer for their screw up.
They said first its not their fault its shipping then they said its my fault because the initial advisor response advised me it was a credit to my acct, then its my fault again for not logging into my acct and stopping the shipment that I never received any sort of email for.
ALL I WANT IS MY MONEY BACK FOR GOODS I NEVER RECEIVED, NOT a CREDIT!
This company is a SCAM!!!!
Do not use this company unless you never want to receive what you paid for, have to play email/chat tag with customer service and then be blamed for their mistakes and not get anything for the money you spent.
Sad part is I never even got to try the food to review, only the piss poor customer service and business practice of this company.
1 Star review is being generous at this point.
If anyone from the company reads this, just do the right thing and refund your customers for your mistakes and quit passing the blame.
Its really simple math:
Customer Orders + Customer Receives Nothing = REFUND YOUR CUSTOMER
I will advise all my friends and family to avoid your company at all costs.
I hope your company tanks.
MAKE IT RIGHT and DO BETTER!
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Greg G.
Posted
Tempo is known for not honoring…
Tempo is known for not honoring canceled requests. Their food sucks. Bad quality . I would not recommend them to anyone