Chicago(WGN) — Online food delivery has exploded during the pandemic. But when you order, do you really know who is cooking your food?
In one case, a Chicago delivery driver said he received a cooked meal in the kitchen of a suburban apartment. He asked to be identified only by his name, Kurt.
“I thought this wasn’t legal,” he said. “I was worried that someone might get sick from food.”
Kurt notified the customer and the Cook County Public Health Service. The kitchen was ordered to close.
City and county officials have said they have not been flooded with complaints about unlicensed food preparation locations, or so-called illegal “ghost kitchens,” but the law is clear. Preparation of food for sale in private residences is not permitted.
In the case of Kurt, he ate from an unincorporated Cook County apartment complex near Des Plaines. It wasn’t affiliated with the Michelin-starred restaurant of the same name, led by chef Paul Kahan, but the seller called himself “Blackbird” online. (The restaurant is currently closed.)
A Cook County spokesman declined to comment.
I don’t think the food preparation site near Des Plaines is still open.
The owner informed the county in an email obtained by WGN that it would stop selling food and remove the menu from Uber Eats.
A Uber Eats spokesman said in an email that all restaurants (including ghost kitchens) are required to comply with local health, safety and licensing guidelines.
“This is not legal:” Uber Eats drivers ask about food cooked in the home kitchen
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