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So... just like Upwork is providing an opportunity to 'developer entrepreneurs' who want to code but not handle the other aspects of contract work?

Usually platforms like this are rigged so nobody comes out on top except the company providing the platform. Maybe there are awesome chefs working in Doordash food factories but it's probably because they just don't have any better options.

The level of quality for cloud kitchens (only talking about the area of London I used to order from) is not the level of quality you'd expect from a chef entrepreneur.

These are "food factories"appealing to a different demographic, but still "gig economy" type shops shooting for the lower common denominator.

A successful chef creating delivery meals is easily replaced and I think that’s the model.

Ala Amazon, the “cloud kitchen” is the market maker and can simply ape what sells. Vegan Pho doing really well? Spin up “What the Pho?” uptown fellas!

The kinds of small time operators likely to lease space and time from a cloud kitchen will have no grounds to demand a non-compete. See controversies in au courant “food halls” happening now for examples.