Partner with a chef who brings people back to their kitchens.

Classically trained chef · 4-year culinary degree · former restaurant and catering owner · teaching scratch cooking to a national US and Canadian audience.

Tom the Chef Tom the Chef Founder

794,000 Views, 530,000 People Reached

PAST 12 MONTHS · AUGUST 2025 – AUGUST 2026

794,000

views across Facebook & Instagram

530,000

people reached

100,970

engagements on Facebook

8,342

link clicks driven

Consistent, not a one-off spike

Since moving to daily content in June, I’ve been reaching 50,000+ people every month and monthly reach is up around 30%. Daily comment volume has increased roughly ninefold over the same stretch.

Who’s watching

99.4% United States and Canada — 80% US, 19% Canada. Predominantly women 45+, the household grocery decision-makers.

My audience’s top brand affinities are Tasty, Walmart, Amazon, and Target. These are mainstream American households who cook — not a niche.

They engage, and they stay civil

24,129 reactions, 6,700 comments, and 2,400 shares over the past year. My food-debate posts regularly clear 100 comments — one reached 288. My best single post reached 48,983 people.

Across 100,970 engagements, just 45 negative interactions — 0.04%. This is a brand-safe room.

Growing

Roughly 2,300 new Facebook followers a month — 17,000 to 20,000+ during July alone.

Where it happens

Facebook 20,000+ · Instagram 1,800 · TikTok 1,700 · YouTube · Email list 2,200+ · a live show every Monday at 6:30 PM Central. Daily content across every channel.

Of those 794,000 views, 277,000 were organic and the remainder came from paid campaigns I plan, fund, and manage myself — which means I can scale a partner’s reach on demand, not just hope for it.

I Don’t just post, I Run Campaigns

My current giveaway — launched July 24, running through August 14 — has drawn 8,000+ entries and put a single product in front of roughly 24,500 people in its first two weeks, across four platforms, with prize draws held live on camera. Designed, built, legally structured, and promoted entirely in-house.

Figures as of August 7 — the campaign is still running.

Audiences built this way stay: 85% of the subscribers from my previous campaign were still engaged months later.

See the campaign running now →

Influence is One Ingredient, Not the Recipe

My experience goes well beyond the Tom the Chef brand. I’ve spent most of my working life running businesses — an education company and online learning platform in the Czech Republic, restaurants in two countries, and a catering operation serving events of up to 3,500 people. I know what a missed delivery costs a business, so I don’t do it to anyone else.

What Usually Goes Wrong

  • Replies take a week, if they come
  • Deadlines quietly slip
  • Content runs before you’ve seen it
  • No results unless you chase them
  • A handshake instead of a contract
  • You end up managing the creator

Working With Me

  • A reply within one business day, every time
  • Delivered on the date we agreed
  • Approval before anything runs, if you want it
  • A performance report every month, unasked
  • Real contract, real invoice — Checked Solutions, LLC
  • Working with me is the easy part of your quarter

This Isn’t a Phone on a Tripod

I’ve written, shot, edited, directed and presented professional video — for colleges, museums and public television, not just for my own channels.

  • Kirkwood Community College — five seasons of on-demand cooking content, 100+ videos, produced and edited
  • National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library — a full season of cooking content: presenter, director, and topic selection
  • Iowa PBS — presenter for cooking segments; selected the recipes and topics
  • Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington D.C.
  • Nearly 200 live online cooking classes taught since 2020
  • Guest lecturer and demonstration chef at university and museum events

The Brand Your Product Would Be Joining

Tom the Chef is owned and operated by Checked Solutions, LLC, alongside CookingHub.com — a fast-growing, professionally run brand with a national audience.

  • What the brand stands for — scratch cooking made achievable. Global flavours, practical skills, no shortcuts pretending to be recipes.
  • What it sells — this is an education business. Live classes, an on-demand course library, and a paying customer base built over six years and nearly 200 classes taught.
  • What it promises the audience — a trusted kitchen partner. Honest advice, tested recipes, and no product I wouldn’t use myself.
  • Why that matters to you — my audience buys what I recommend because I don’t recommend much. Trust is the product I’m actually selling.
  • Where it’s going — daily content across five channels, a weekly live show, an on-demand course library, and 2,300 new followers a month.
  • How it’s run — a registered business with contracts, invoicing, scheduled deliverables and monthly reporting.

My name is Tom Slepicka. I was born in Brno, trained four years as a chef, and ran restaurants and a catering business before moving to Iowa. I’ve taught nearly 200 live online cooking classes since 2020 and now produce daily content for a national audience of home cooks. I also run CookingHub.com and founded the CookingHub Foundation, a hunger-fighting non-profit.

What We Can Build Together

Some partners start with a single reel. Others build a full season. Everything below is something I’ve done or can do — packages are quoted per partner, so you can test the water or go all in.

Always-on Presence

  • Daily Content Integration Your product used in my daily cooking content and named in my weekly live show.
  • Reel Sponsorship “Brought to you by” credit on daily reels across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
  • Dedicated Posts Standalone posts built around your product — video and discussion formats.
  • Newsletter Placement Your brand in my Thursday newsletter, sent to 2,200+ subscribers who asked to be there.
  • Co-Branded Recipe Cards A print-ready recipe card carrying your brand — yours to own outright, with full commercial rights.*
  • Web Presence Banner placement on tomthechef.com and cookinghub.com, plus link-in-bio across every platform.
  • Worn On Camera Your apron, workwear or branded gear worn in every frame I shoot.
  • Tracked Results A unique promo code, a trackable link, and a one-page performance report every month.
  • Category Exclusivity I work with one partner per category. Yours stays yours for the length of our agreement.*

Campaigns & Amplification

  • Co-Sponsored Giveaways Your brand on the prize, the rules, the landing page and the live on-camera draws. Current campaign: 9,000+ entries.
  • Paid Amplification I plan, fund and manage paid campaigns myself — so reach can be scaled on demand, not just hoped for.
  • Seasonal Campaigns Content built around your product calendar — holidays, launches, seasonal pushes.

Production & Teaching

  • Classes For Your Customers A live cooking class taught with your products, open to anyone you invite. Real instruction, at scale.*
  • Branded Video Production Full series or mini-series built around your brand. Written, shot and edited in-house — five seasons produced for Kirkwood.
  • Live Events & Demos In-person demonstrations, speaking and event hosting. I’ve presented at universities and museums.*

* Recipe card frequency, exclusivity terms, class formats and event travel are set per agreement. Tell me what you need, and I’ll quote it.

Let’s make something worth talking about. Tell me about your brand and what success looks like for you, and I’ll design a proposal around it. I’d rather over-deliver on something small than under-deliver on something big.

Tell Me About Your Brand and Expectations

I read every message personally and reply within one business day.

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Tom Slepicka aka Tom the Chef · Checked Solutions, LLC · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

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