NYC The Industry: Artist in Residence. Luciano Lunkes is one of many personal chefs in New York, who shops and cooks gourmet meals in their employer's massive and fully kitted out kitchens. Lately I've been seeing flyers pop up for a cheaper alternative, people who will come to your apartment and cook a week's worth of meals of your choice for you and your family, that you can defrost at meal times. Which sounds great if you have children but on the other hand, this is Manhattan, the holy land of delivery.