A home cooked meal.
Cooked for free.

Each session helps Nona build a consented dataset of real cooking in real homes. That structured data — covering ingredients, technique, hand-object interactions, and outcomes — has real value to robotics and kitchen AI research, and that value covers your meal.

Structured first-person cooking sessions, captured from the cook's perspective. Each session includes: ingredients used, recipe execution, hand-object interactions, object movement, kitchen context, audio narration, and outcome data (what worked, what didn't). It is the recipe, the technique, and the result — not the room.

Sessions are anonymized, processed, and licensed to AI and robotics research partners. Processing includes a small number of vetted annotators who structure the data. Sessions are never shared publicly and never used for advertising.

Yes. Capture is angled at the work surface, not the room. Faces, ID cards, screens, paperwork, and other personally identifiable details are automatically blurred before any human reviews the session. You can review, redact, or delete any session.

A trained Nona cook. They're vetted, insured, and trained on both cooking and the data-capture protocol. You'll see their name and photo before they arrive. Cooks are independent professionals — Nona is a technology platform, not a staffing agency.

No. You host. We cook. The cook handles prep, cooking, plating, and basic cleanup of what they used. If you'd like to learn or watch, you're welcome to.

No. The service is free. We only require payment information in case you aren't present when the cook arrives or refuse service after they've arrived.

By default, the cook brings everything for the meal you booked. If you'd rather use your own pantry, you can flag that during booking and the session is planned around what's in your kitchen.

Yes. You can reschedule or cancel up to 24 hours before your session at no charge. Late cancellations or no-shows may be charged — the cook is paid either way.