— Apply to the collective

Join Maverick.

Welcome to the chef collective.

Paid digital content and R&D gigs for talented chefs — from foodservice brands that know chefs listen to chefs. Chef-generated content. Our time has come.

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Paid work, on your terms

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Real brands, real budgets

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Built by chefs, for chefs

Let's start.

The basics. Takes a minute.

Full Name (required)

Email (required) We'll only use this to talk to you about Maverick.

Phone (required) We'll mostly text. Email is backup.

Where you are. What you cook.

Helps us route the right work to you.

Location (required)

Pick a suggestion or type your own.

Where You Cook (required) (add as many as you want)

Restaurants, pop-ups, private gigs, freelance — press Enter after each.

Mailing Address (required) We ship product samples and R&D kits to chefs — this is where yours go. Home, restaurant, PO Box, all good.

Your Vibe (required) (pick all that fit)

Add your own — press Enter after each

Introduce yourself.

Two sentences. Think bartender intro, not LinkedIn bio.

Bio (required)

Two short sentences. This shows under your photo on the collective page. 0/240

For example

"Hands-on Middle Eastern-inspired farm-to-table chef. Sustainability-obsessed, well-traveled, comfortable on camera."

"BBQ pitmaster running a smokehouse in Austin. Twenty years on the line, no shortcuts, no apologies."

Headshot (required)

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Tap to upload your photo

or drag a photo here

We'll crop to a square. Center your face. Max 5MB.

Let's wrap up.

A few last things, then you're done.

Drop the socials you actually post on — skip the rest.

Instagram — optional

TikTok — optional

Website / portfolio — optional

Anything else you want to share? — optional

Optional. Leave it checked to appear on the collective, or uncheck to stay off the public site — you're still part of the collective either way.

You're in the queue.

Welcome to the ride.

A real person on our team — not a bot — reads every line of every application. Expect a reply within a few days.

We sent you a confirmation email and we'll text you on the number you gave us. Check spam if the email isn't there.