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SideChef
SideChef helps home cooks find recipes, plan meals, shop for ingredients, and follow guided cooking instructions.
SideChef is a recipe and meal-planning platform for home cooks. It provides interactive recipes with step-by-step photos, videos, voice commands, timers, dietary filters, meal plans, shopping lists, and grocery ordering through partners such as Walmart.
Its AI features include generating shoppable recipes from food photos and suggesting ingredient substitutions. Basic recipes, meal planning, and grocery ordering are available without a subscription; SideChef Premium adds cooking classes and premium recipes.
Features
- Find recipes using dietary, ingredient, cuisine, and cook-time filters
- Follow recipes with step-by-step photos, videos, voice commands, and timers
- Create personalized meal plans
- Generate shopping lists and order ingredients for delivery or pickup
- Adjust serving sizes and swap grocery brands before checkout
- Generate shoppable recipes from food photos with RecipeGen AI
- Suggest ingredient substitutions for dietary needs and preferences
- Connect with compatible smart kitchen appliances
Use cases
- Find recipes that match available ingredients and dietary preferences
- Plan several meals and create a combined grocery list
- Order recipe ingredients for delivery or curbside pickup
- Cook hands-free using voice commands and guided instructions
- Generate a recipe from a photo of ingredients on hand
- Adapt recipes to fit allergies, health goals, or missing ingredients
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Pricing
- Starting price
- $4.99/month
- Pricing checked
- 2026-09-19
SideChef Premium
$4.99/month
- 7-Day Free Trial
- 800+ Exclusive On-Demand Cooking Classes
- Premium recipes in personalized meal plans
- Personalized recipe recommendations
- Expert step-by-step guided videos
SideChef Premium
$49.99/year
- 800+ Exclusive On-Demand Cooking Classes
- Premium recipes in personalized meal plans
- Personalized recipe recommendations
- Expert step-by-step guided videos