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Finding & vetting the first wave of chefs across Delhi NCR
The Story
Built from a Sunday with no cook and a dead Zomato feed.
The real story behind Savri.
The Person
Who is Devasye
Devasye Sachdeva is a 22-year-old computer science student who specialised in AI and Machine Learning at SRM University, Chennai.
He graduated recently — but Savri started before that. It started in his college apartment.
The Idea
Where it started
Picture a Sunday morning in a Chennai apartment shared by four college guys.
The cook had taken the day off. Again. It was a regular thing.
Open Swiggy. Scroll for 20 minutes. Order something that arrives cold, overpriced, and somehow still disappointing.
The Idea
There was nothing in between.
They were not asking for much. Just a proper home-cooked meal. Dal. Roti. Something that felt real. But that option did not exist.
You could go to a restaurant. You could order delivery. Or you could cook yourself — which, after a full week of college and assignments, nobody wanted to do.
There was nothing in between.
That gap is what Devasye could not stop thinking about.
If you could get someone to come to your home, cook a fresh meal in your kitchen, and leave it spotless — why was that not a thing?
Why was a private chef only something you read about in a magazine interview?
Why could it not be ₹549?
The Build
Built in final year. Launched in Delhi.
Devasye started building Savri in his final year — between classes, between exams, between everything that final year throws at you. He came back to Delhi after graduating and went all in.
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Running personal cooking tests before signing anyone
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Building every part of the product himself
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Preparing for a June 2026 launch
No shortcuts on the chef quality. No shortcuts on the experience. Every booking should feel like someone genuinely cared about your evening.
Who This Is For
Everyone who has been in that apartment.
The flatmates who are tired of negotiating whose turn it is to cook.
The family whose regular cook called in sick again.
The working professional who gets home at 10pm and deserves a proper meal, not a sad delivery box.
The couple who wants a real dinner at home without the stress of making it happen.
The parents hosting family on Sunday who want to actually sit with their guests instead of being stuck in the kitchen.
This is not a luxury product. This is the solution to a problem that millions of people in India face every single week.
Savri just made it affordable.
The Journey
How Savri came to be.
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Final Year of College
The idea takes shape in a Chennai apartment.
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Graduation 2026
Moved back to Delhi. Went all in on Savri.
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March 2026
Product development begins. Every feature built in-house.
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May 2026
Chef pipeline starts. Personal cooking tests begin.
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June 2026
Delhi NCR launch. The Sunday problem gets solved.
A Note
“I have lived this problem. My friends have lived this problem. Almost everyone I know in this country has lived this problem.
A cook who disappears on Sunday. A kitchen that sits empty because nobody has the energy. A Zomato order that somehow costs ₹600 and tastes like nothing.
I built Savri because I was genuinely tired of that being the only option.
You deserve a proper meal at home. Freshly cooked. In your kitchen. By someone who knows what they are doing. For less than you spent on that last disappointing delivery.
That is Savri. I hope you feel the difference the first time you book.”