Import anything
URL, text, or photo
AI pulls ingredients and steps from a link, pasted text, or a photo in seconds.
Cook · Plan · Shop
Dinner, handled — from recipe to plate.
Chef Buddy brings recipe import, AI meal planning, shopping lists, and hands-free Cook Mode into one warm app for iPhone and iPad — so the whole household always knows what is for dinner.
Recipe importCook ModeAI meal planningChef Pickle AIHousehold sharingShopping list
Private beta on iPhone & iPad. The TestFlight invite plugs into this button as soon as the group link is ready.
Cook hands-free
Guided Cook Mode
Step-by-step cooking with per-step ingredients and AI-suggested timers.
Plan the week
AI meal planning
Generate a preference-aware plan, preview it, then autofill the calendar.
Shop in sync
One shared list
Plans roll up into a shopping list that stays current across every device.
Recipe Library & Import
Every recipe you love, in one organized library.
Paste a link, drop in some text, or snap a photo — Chef Buddy's AI pulls the ingredients and steps into a clean, consistent recipe card. No more scattered bookmarks, screenshots, and back-of-the-envelope notes.
- Import from a URL, pasted text, or a photo — AI extracts the ingredients and steps for you.
- Save recipes straight from Safari with the iOS share sheet.
- Filter the library by Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert, with time and servings at a glance.
Cook Mode
A hands-free guide for the actual cooking.
Start Cook Mode and Chef Buddy walks you through the recipe one step at a time, showing only the ingredients that step needs and offering an AI-suggested timer right when you reach it.
- Move through one step at a time, with only the ingredients that step needs.
- Tap an AI-suggested timer — or pick your own — without leaving the recipe.
- A full-screen, glance-friendly layout built for a busy countertop.
AI Meal Planning
Plan the week in minutes, shop without the guesswork.
Map the week on a shared calendar, or let AI suggest meals from your library based on your preferences. Preview the draft, save or autofill it, then turn the plan into a shopping list that stays in sync across every device.
- Lay out the whole week on a calendar everyone in the household can see.
- Let AI suggest meals from your library, preview the draft, then save or autofill.
- Turn the plan into a shopping list and check items off as you go.
Home & Discover
Open the app and already know what is for dinner.
The home screen greets you by name and surfaces what is planned next alongside AI-curated collections and seasonal ideas — so inspiration and your real plan live in the same place.
- A personalized greeting with AI-curated collections and seasonal ideas.
- See what is planned for tonight and tomorrow the moment you open the app.
- Jump from a curated suggestion straight into the recipe or Cook Mode.
Chef Pickle · AI Assistant
An AI cook in your pocket who knows your kitchen.
Chef Pickle is Chef Buddy's built-in assistant. Ask what to make tonight, swap an ingredient you're out of, or get unstuck mid-recipe — it answers with your household, preferences, and meal plan already in mind.
- Ask for a substitution, scale a recipe, or get a hand mid-cook — in plain language.
- Context-aware: Chef Pickle already knows your saved recipes, preferences, and this week’s plan.
- The same assistant powers AI meal planning and Cook Mode guidance, so it stays consistent everywhere.
Household Sharing
Cook together — one kitchen, everyone in sync.
Chef Buddy starts with your personal kitchen and grows into a shared household. Invite the people you cook with, and your recipes, weekly plan, and shopping list stay in sync for everyone.
- Invite by QR code — or Nearby, tapping to add someone standing right next to you.
- Share one recipe library and weekly meal plan across everyone who cooks.
- Keep a shopping list the whole household can add to and check off together.
- Up to 8 members, with owner and admin roles to keep things tidy.
How It Works
Paste a link, drop in text, or snap a photo. Chef Buddy’s AI extracts the ingredients and steps into a clean recipe card — or save straight from Safari with the iOS share sheet.
Drop recipes onto a shared weekly calendar, or let AI suggest meals from your library. Preview the draft, then save it or autofill the week in a tap.
Your plan rolls up into a single shopping list that stays current across iPhone and iPad, so anyone in the household can grab what’s needed.
Step-by-step guidance shows only the ingredients each step needs and offers an AI-suggested timer right when you reach it.
Invite family by QR code or Nearby and share one recipe library, meal plan, and shopping list — with Chef Pickle, your AI assistant, on hand the whole way.
One calm flow
From a link you found to dinner on the table.
Import a recipe, drop it into the week, roll the ingredients into your shopping list, then cook it hands-free with Cook Mode — with Chef Pickle on call and your whole household sharing the same plan. Every handoff is connected, so everyone stays on the same page even when things change.
Built for iOS
iPhone & iPad
A native SwiftUI app with a share extension, adaptive iPad layouts, and full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support.
Day & night
Light & dark mode
A warm, considered design that looks right whether you cook at noon or after the kids are in bed.
Private Beta
Bring your household into a calmer dinner rhythm.
Chef Buddy is in private beta for iPhone and iPad today. Join the TestFlight group to cook, plan, and shop with it — and help shape what comes next.