# Sous Chef: AI Recipe Book — Meal Planner & Grocery List

> AI-powered recipe organizer, meal planner, and grocery list generator. (iPhone/iPad app by Neel Chary.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sous-chef-ai-recipe-book/id6775314036 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Neel Chary](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775314038)
- Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-15
- Data updated: 2026-11-05
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sous-chef-ai-recipe-book/id6775314036/reviews.md

## What is Sous Chef?

Tired of deciding what's for dinner? Losing the recipes you saved on TikTok and Instagram? Throwing out groceries you forgot you had?

Sous Chef saves every recipe you find, plans your week around them, writes your grocery list, and cooks alongside you, one step at a time.

SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE
• Share a TikTok, Instagram reel, YouTube video or web page straight to Sous Chef, or paste a link
• Snap a cookbook page or a handwritten card, import a PDF, or type a recipe in yourself
• Just the ingredients and the steps: no ads, no life stories
• What's this dish? Take a photo of something you ate and find recipes for it

PLAN YOUR WEEK
• Lay out breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for the week, with leftovers built in so you cook less often
• Save a week you love as a plan to reuse, or borrow ready-made weekly plans and holiday menus from other cooks

A GROCERY LIST THAT WRITES ITSELF
• Everything on your plan lands on your shopping list, sorted by aisle
• Every item says which recipe it's for. Check it off and it moves into your pantry
• Send your list to Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, King Soopers, Harris Teeter and more

COOK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
• Snap your fridge or a grocery receipt to fill your pantry
• See what you can make tonight, and which ingredients to use up first
• Every recipe shows how much of it you already have

STEP-BY-STEP COOK MODE
• One step at a time in big type, with just the ingredients that step needs
• Built-in timers, and your screen stays awake
• On iPhone Duo, stand it on the counter in tent mode, or open it flat like a cookbook

MADE FOR THE WAY YOU EAT
• Recipes with your allergens are never suggested
• Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, low-carb, high-protein, pescatarian, halal or kosher
• Adapt any recipe to how you eat, with real swaps for ingredients you don't love (sour cream → Greek yogurt)

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No sign-up and no ads. Your recipes, plans and pantry live on your device and sync through your private iCloud — Apple's servers, not ours. We never ask who you are.

SOUS CHEF UNLIMITED
Sous Chef is free, with 5 recipe imports a month. Unlimited adds unlimited imports, What's this dish?, recipe adapting, saved and community meal plans, and sending your list to Kroger. Already subscribed to OpenPantry Unlimited? It carries over.

Simply put, Sous Chef is built for people who cook.

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Sous Chef (formerly OpenPantry) is an independent app. Recipe import and pantry scanning are powered by Anthropic's Claude. Sync uses Apple's CloudKit. Read our privacy policy at https://openpantry-proxy.onrender.com/privacy.

## Key features

- Save recipes from web, video, photos, or typed input
- Automated weekly meal planning with leftovers
- Self-generating grocery lists sorted by aisle
- Pantry management and recipe suggestions based on available ingredients
- Step-by-step cook mode with large text and timers
- Customizable dietary preferences and ingredient substitutions

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OpenPantry Unlimited (Monthly) | $1.99 | per month |
| OpenPantry Unlimited (Annual) | $14.99 | per year |


## Is Sous Chef safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Sous Chef.

## Is Sous Chef legit?

Sous Chef: AI Recipe Book appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sous Chef is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sous-chef-ai-recipe-book/id6775314036/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 10/10

*2026-06-16*

Easy to use, convenient for meal planning

## Frequently asked questions about Sous Chef

### How does Sous Chef help me save recipes?

Sous Chef allows you to save recipes by sharing directly from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or any webpage. You can also snap photos of cookbook pages, import PDFs, or type recipes in manually. The app focuses on extracting just the ingredients and steps, without additional text.

### Can Sous Chef help me plan my meals for the week?

Yes, Sous Chef enables you to plan breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the week, even incorporating leftovers to reduce cooking frequency. You can save favorite weekly plans or use community-shared meal plans and holiday menus.

### How does Sous Chef create my grocery list?

Once you have a meal plan, Sous Chef automatically compiles a grocery list of all necessary items, sorted by aisle. Each item is linked to the recipe it's for, and checked items move to your virtual pantry.

### Does Sous Chef offer dietary customization?

Absolutely. Sous Chef supports various dietary needs like vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and more. You can also adapt recipes with real ingredient swaps to match your preferences.

### What is the 'Cook Mode' like in Sous Chef?

Cook Mode guides you step-by-step with large text, displaying only the ingredients needed for that specific step. It includes built-in timers and keeps your screen awake, making cooking more manageable.

### Is Sous Chef free to use?

Sous Chef is free to download and use, offering up to 5 recipe imports per month. For unlimited imports, access to 'What's this dish?', recipe adapting, saved plans, and grocery list integration with specific stores, a subscription is available.

### What are the subscription options for Sous Chef?

Sous Chef offers 'OpenPantry Unlimited' with monthly and annual subscription plans. The monthly plan is $1.99, and the annual plan is $14.99, providing access to premium features.

### Does Sous Chef have ads?

No, Sous Chef is ad-free. The app is designed with privacy in mind, with no sign-up required and no advertisements displayed.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2026-11-05

OpenPantry is now Sous Chef! A new name and a whole new look, and everything you saved came with you: your recipes, plans and subscription.

What's new:
• Save recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, any website, a photo or a PDF, or snap a dish you ate to find recipes for it
• A brand-new cook mode: one step at a time, with timers and just the ingredients each step needs
• Save a week as a plan to reuse, and borrow weekly plans and holiday menus from other cooks
• A smarter shopping list, sorted by aisle, where every item says which recipe it's for
• Collections to group your recipes your way
• Me-ify is now called Adapt, right on every recipe page
• A new layout for iPad, and made for iPhone Duo

Thanks for cooking with us. If you like the update, a rating helps more than you know.

### 2.0 — 2026-11-04

OpenPantry is now Sous Chef! A new name and a whole new look, and everything you saved came with you: your recipes, pantry, plans and subscription.

What's new:
• Save recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, any website, a photo or a PDF, or snap a dish you ate to find recipes for it
• A brand-new cook mode: one step at a time, with timers and just the ingredients each step needs
• Save a week as a plan to reuse, and borrow weekly plans and holiday menus from other cooks
• A smarter shopping list, sorted by aisle, where every item says which recipe it's for
• Snap your fridge or a receipt to fill your pantry, then see what you can cook tonight
• Collections to group your recipes your way
• Me-ify is now called Adapt, right on every recipe page
• A new layout for iPad, and made for iPhone Duo

Thanks for cooking with us. If you like the update, a rating helps more than you know.

### 1.13 — 2026-07-29

Brand new look and feel across the whole app!
Menu and Shopping cart now live in one combined tab - Plan
Refined the import logic to clean up some edge cases we found

### 1.12 — 2026-06-23

Now designed for iPad
OpenPantry runs natively on iPad. Your tabs become a sidebar, your recipe library sits side-by-side with the recipe you're reading, and grids, forms, and pop-ups all use the extra screen space instead of stretching a phone layout. Works in any orientation.

Minor UI Enhancements and Quality of Life improvements for the Shopping List, Menu, and Recipe Tabs.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-16

Welcome to OpenPantry! Plan meals around what's already in your pantry, cut food waste, import recipes from anywhere, and shop smarter with auto-built lists. We'd love your feedback — tap "Send feedback" on the Today tab.

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