The Food

If you are what you eat, you are what your food eats.  We believe good nourishment starts with good ingredients, so we don't use food that's been abused, whether it's chemically, genetically or physically. 

We make thoughtful prepared meals, based around seasonal ingredients because it makes sense to eat fresh vegetables grown down the road and picked yesterday, rather than produce has that frequent flier miles.  It feels good to know that our meat comes from responsibly raised animals and we can talk face-to-face with the people that raised them.

We love good food.  Food with soul.  Food with heart.  This is what we’re about. 

The Service

We’re mixing the ease of online ordering with the convenience of delivery to bring you delicious, handmade meals made with the freshest ingredients.  Weeknight dinners are a breeze with Dish in the fridge.  Take a night off with our easy-to-heat entrees and sides.  Use our fresh salads as a side to your favorite dish.  Or keep us around for a fresh & healthy lunch option or afternoon snack.  With Dish in the fridge, you’ve got options. 

We are always here for questions, comments & feedback and love to hear from our Dish friends.  Feel free to contact us anytime, and we’ll respond within a day.

The Work

We’re real cooks.  We do as much as we can by hand.  We breakdown chickens, make stocks, simmer sauces, knead dough, dice onions, peel carrots, use those beet greens, pick herbs, research & test recipes, roast, poach, sear and taste, taste, taste.  We are never satisfied and are incessantly learning, inspired by traditional techniques and motivated by great ingredients.

We cook every week for our Dish Friends like we cook for our own families.  We honestly believe our dishes are some of the most inspired, soul-full, delicious meals around and invite you to sit down and enjoy with us.

Meet The Dish Family 

We’re a close-knit team here at Dish and everyone wears five hats to make delivering delicious dishes possible. 

Meet the team that does it all...

Louis Singh  Ringleader, Market Maven, Towel Washer

(at Enoteca, probably waiting for wine and lardo pizza.)

I’m a proper cook, a savage drummer, an eternal cynic and a die-hard Spurs fan.  My first word was ‘agua’, although my parents are Vietnamese.  I look Asian.  I sound Texan.  

I grew up in San Antonio on my mom’s pho and eggrolls, my baby sitter’s rice & beans and Texas fried catfish & BBQ.  Such different cultures, linked in soulful preparation and respect for fresh ingredients.  This is what still inspires me today.

After graduating from UT in 2004 and working in film, TV, non-profits, and for-profits, I re-discovered the cooking I knew growing up.  I managed the kitchen at the late, great, P&K Grocery, worked for knowledge in Austin restaurants, and co-founded Spoon & Co. Catering (still run by the lovely Meg Schwartz) before taking the helm at Dish a Licious. 

I dragged my friends & family into the world of feeding Austin soul-filled food.  But, I truly hope we can do more than sell delicious dishes.  I hope we move people to cook.  To eat together, laugh, enjoy.  To care about what’s on their plate, and how it got there.  To meet a farmer.  To give back to the community, to the soil.  To incite change in our food system.  Our quest is to offer a little inspiration, one dish at a time.  Thanks for giving us a chance.

Chris Stoffel  Logistics Manager, Art Director, Prep Cook, Dirty Dish Demolisher

(with our God-dog, Georgie, a.k.a. Falcore from The Neverending Story.)

Chris and I have known each other too long.  As in, sleepovers-and-video-games-long.   After graduating with a degree in Architecture, he spent two years in China building the American Embassy in Bejing, literally, with his own two hands.  He came back to work in the States crafting floor plans for custom homes but eventually left to pursue his true passion, washing dishes for Dish a Licious!  I kid, of course.  Chris is the corner-piece in the Dish puzzle, holding the framework together.  When he’s not engineering all of our deliveries and routes, managing our graphic design department, pouring over inventories or cranking out the best meatloaf in town, you can find him at his own graphic design venture, Left Handed Productions.  Need custom art/graphics/t-shirts/logos/illustrations?  Get it here.

 Jason Carroll  The Chef, The Teacher, The Dad

(Jason on the right, with our favorite Argentinian, Gustavo.) 

Jason misses fish.  That’s what you get when you move an East Coast boy to the middle of beef country.  He comes to us from Maine, by way of Nantucket Island, where he spent over 18 years cooking at nationally recognized restaurants, including his own, crafting glorious food with local ingredients.  Lucky for us (and you!), the man knows food.  The only thing that surpasses his passion for good cooking is his passion for good eating.  And then there’s his passion for Pabst beer, which must be an East Coast thing.  Above all, he’s an inspiring dad & husband.  Catch him at the farmers’ market, working as a personal chef/caterer (Need one? Contact us.), or at a South Austin bar shunning Lone Star and seeking the Blue Ribbon.    

 Eric Trevino  CFO, Mr. Numbers, Partner-in-Crime

(No, no, Happy New Year's to you, Eric.)

Eric is the brains of the Dish machine.  He reins in our crazy ideas with spreadsheets and pie charts, makes sure we stop planning “R&D trips” on the company card, and keeps us afloat in a sea of numbers.  All this while maintaining a demanding full-time job, getting his MBA, spending time with his wife and family, and helping us out in the kitchen week after week.  Plus, the guy knows how to have a good time.  I mean, look at him.

Mike Trevino  The Dark Knight

Mike is a true jack-of-all-trades, and a master of quite a few.  A seasoned accountant, soccer player, husband, and coffee aficionado, he is our ringer, our Avery Johnson, our Steve Kerr.  When we need an extra hand in the kitchen, in the office, or in the field, we shine our bat-light and Mike is there, driven only by his passion for good food.  Well that and he’s Eric’s brother.