Chefs' Warehouse vs Gordon Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chefs' Warehouse
Access a vast selection of premium specialty foods and ingredients for culinary professionals. Browse the full catalog, manage orders, and connect with your representative to achieve your culinary visions.
- Browse full ingredient catalog
- Set up and manage order guides
- Place and modify orders
- View order history
- Contact sales representative
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Purveyors of the world’s finest specialty foods and ingredients. From the most dish-dazzling center of the plate proteins to the most sophisticated and luxurious ingredients to integrate across your menu, we provide our customers a world-class variety of products that are 2nd to none. We are here to support you in your pursuit of culinary excellence, we are here to support you in making your wildest culinary visions a reality. Our warehouse is your walk-in. Download our app to: - Browse our full catalog of the world’s finest ingredients - Set up and manage your order guides - Place orders and modify up until your cutoff time - View your order history - Contact your rep for support
Gordon Now
Track your current food service delivery with real-time updates on estimated arrival, truck contents, and out-of-stock alerts. Access past orders and request chemical and beverage services. Links to online ordering are also provided.
- Real-time truck arrival estimates
- View truck contents
- Out-of-stock and short-ship alerts
- Access past orders
- Request chemical and beverage service
- Quick links to online ordering
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Got a Gordon Food Service business account? Gordon Now is your ordering app. Search the catalog or start from your order guide, then build your order and check out from your phone. See when your truck will get there, what is on it, and which items are out of stock or coming up short. Pull up past orders to check what you bought. Gordon Now is another way that Gordon Food Service is always at your table to help you run your operation. Shopping a Gordon Food Service Store for your home? Please use gfsstore.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chefs' Warehouse at 3.8 against Gordon Now's 2.6. Gordon Now's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chefs' Warehouse holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 40 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 25% and 26% positive.
Chefs' Warehouse ships an update every 2 months, Gordon Now every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Chefs' Warehouse | Gordon Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (22 ratings) — better | 2.6 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Chefs’ Warehouse | Gordon Food Service, Inc. |
Customer experience
Chefs' Warehouse
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In-app purchases
Chefs' Warehouse
No in-app purchases
Gordon Now
No in-app purchases
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