At home when the chaps came round, prepared food (7)
I believe the answer is:
spinach
'food' is the definition.
(spinach is a kind of food)
'at home when the chaps came round prepared' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'home' could be 'h' (abbreviation as used in sports fixtures) and 'h' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "food" , "Vegetable, source of iron" , "something to eat" , "Leaf vegetable" , "Blackboard stand" .)