A cooking creator membership on FanBase is a monthly subscription your fans pay for recipes, cook along videos and weekly meal plans. You set up to three tiers, sell single cookbooks or classes as pay per view, answer questions with paid messages and keep 80 percent of every payment.
People already save your recipes and watch your short videos. The ones who cook along every week are ready to pay for more: the full method, the tested quantities and the tips you leave out of a 60 second clip.
What chefs and home cooks sell on FanBase
Food fans want two things: food that works the first time, and a feeling of cooking next to you. Each post can be public, members only, for a minimum tier, or pay per view.
- Full recipe cards. Exact weights, timings and swaps, written to be printed.
- Cook along videos. Real time videos with no jump cuts, so people can follow at home.
- Weekly meal plans. Five dinners and one shopping list, scheduled for every Sunday.
- Technique lessons. Knife skills, bread shaping, sauces, pastry basics.
- Digital cookbooks. A themed collection sold once as pay per view.
- Ask the chef. Fans message a question, you answer with a short locked video.
- Behind the pass. Prep days, menu testing and the dishes that did not make it.
Studio, membership tiers
FoodKitchen pass
$5.00
per month
Cook-along
$12.00
per month
Chef table
$29.00
per month
Tier ideas for food creators
| Tier | Example price | What members get |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | $5 per month | Two full recipe cards each week and access to the recipe archive |
| Cook along | $12 per month | Everything in Kitchen, plus weekly cook along videos and a meal plan with shopping list |
| Chef's table | $29 per month | Everything in Cook along, plus a monthly technique class and one ask the chef reply each month |
Bundles of 3, 6 or 12 months work well before the holidays, when people look for gifts for the cook in their family.
A worked earnings example
These numbers are a hypothetical example to show how the 80 percent share adds up. They are not results from any real creator.
| Income source | Example activity | Fans pay | You keep (80 percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen tier | 180 members at $5 | $900 | $720 |
| Cook along tier | 60 members at $12 | $720 | $576 |
| Chef's table tier | 12 members at $29 | $348 | $278.40 |
| Pay per view | 30 sales of a holiday baking book at $12 | $360 | $288 |
| Tips | Month total | $80 | $64 |
| Total | $2,408 | $1,926.40 |
Say 252 people support you each month. The cheapest tier brings volume and the cookbook adds a one time lift. Use the calculator on the FanBase homepage to see your own projection, and the fees page for every cost.
Why FanBase fits food creators
Many food creators sell recipes on one tool, run a newsletter on another and take tips on a third. FanBase puts memberships, single sales, messages and tips on one page with one fan list.
| What you need | How FanBase handles it |
|---|---|
| Monthly recipes | Members only or tier locked posts |
| Sell a cookbook | Pay per view post, one price |
| Answer questions | Fan messages and paid replies |
| Post every Sunday | Scheduled posts |
| See what earns | Analytics by memberships, renewals, PPV, messages and tips |
| Keep your audience | CSV export of your fan list any time |
If you are coming from a tips only page, the creator monetization platform guide shows how memberships and single sales work together. To see what other cooks and creators post, browse Explore.
Getting your first food members
- Choose a lane. Weeknight dinners, sourdough, plant based or one cuisine. Narrow is easier to sell.
- Give one recipe away in full. Show the quality of your recipe cards.
- Promise a schedule. "New meal plan every Sunday" is a clear reason to join.
- Launch with a cookbook. A pay per view collection lets fans try you without a monthly commitment.
- Thank tippers. A quick reply turns a one time tip into a member.
Paid on time, protected by verification
Every creator is identity verified before the first payout, which keeps copycat pages away from your name. Read how it works on the verification page. Payments clear 7 days after each one is made, you can withdraw from a cleared balance of $50, and payouts go out weekly to a bank or crypto wallet. Details are on the payouts page.
Start your food page
Joining FanBase is free. Pick a handle, upload a photo of your best dish, write a short bio, set up your tiers and schedule the first month of recipes. Fans pay by card or crypto, can cancel any time and keep access until the end of the paid period. You keep 80 percent.