Plan meals, manage recipes, build shopping lists, and get cooking help from an AI that actually knows your kitchen.
Download for iOSWhy SousChef?
We tried dozens of recipe apps. They all did one thing okay and ignored everything else. None of them solved the actual problem: the full weekly cycle of deciding what to cook, planning, shopping, and getting dinner on the table.
“What’s for dinner?” — every night, every family.
Most recipe apps are glorified bookmarks. They store recipes but leave you to figure out the hard part yourself: what to cook this week, what to buy, and who’s picking it up. SousChef connects your recipes to a weekly meal plan, auto-generates a shopping list, and lets anyone in the family check items off in real time. One app, the whole loop.
No other recipe app tracks supermarket prices for you.
SousChef connects to your local supermarket and watches prices on the ingredients you actually use. You’ll see which recipes are cheaper to cook this week, get notified when staples go on special, and access price history so you know if a “deal” is genuinely good. Plan meals around what’s on sale — not the other way around.
Not a generic chatbot with a recipe database bolted on.
Sous knows your recipes, your meal plan, your pantry, and your supermarket prices. Ask “what should I cook with the salmon defrosting?” and it searches your recipe book. Ask it to fill your week and it picks meals you haven’t cooked recently. It can scale recipes, suggest substitutions, and add missing ingredients to your shopping list — all in one conversation.
The biggest barrier with any recipe app is actually filling it.
Paste a URL and SousChef extracts the recipe automatically. Photograph a page from a cookbook — or several pages — and AI reads them for you. Got a family recipe described in a text message? Just tell Sous and it writes the recipe up properly. No typing out ingredients one by one. Your collection builds itself.
Recipe Book
Import recipes from any website, snap photos of a cookbook spread, or describe a dish and let Sous write it up. AI keeps your original images alongside a generated hero photo.
Search by ingredient, cuisine, or mood. Share recipes with friends and family via a link — they can view the full recipe in their browser, even without the app.
Weekly Planning
Drag and drop meals onto your weekly plan. Got empty days? Ask Sous to “Fill My Week” with suggestions based on what you haven’t cooked recently.
Your shopping list builds itself from the meal plan, organised by aisle. Check items off and everyone sees the update instantly — no duplicate buys. Set up staples that auto-add on your schedule — weekly, fortnightly, or as needed.
AI Assistant
Unlike generic AI chatbots, Sous knows your family’s recipes, your meal plan, and your pantry. Ask anything and get answers grounded in what you actually cook.
Cook Mode
Big, readable steps with smart timers auto-detected from your recipe instructions. Navigate hands-free with voice commands, or ask Sous a question mid-cook without leaving the screen.
Smart Shopping
Connect to your local supermarket and let SousChef track prices for you. Link recipe ingredients and pantry staples to store products, then see at a glance what’s on special.
Specials
Badges on recipes and shopping list items when linked products are on sale.
Price History
Charts showing price trends over time, so you know if a deal is genuinely good.
Ask Sous
“Is steak on special?” — Sous searches prices and suggests meals based on deals.
Currently supports Woolworths NZ, with more stores coming soon.
Get started
Sign up and invite your household. Everyone gets access from their own device.
Paste a URL, photograph multiple pages of a cookbook, or just tell Sous what you want to cook.
Build your weekly meal plan, auto-generate a shopping list, and cook with step-by-step guidance.
SousChef is free to start with up to 20 recipes. Upgrade to Sous Pass for unlimited recipes, AI chat, grocery price tracking, and the full cook mode experience.
Download on the App Store