# Waitrose Food — Monthly food & drink magazine

> Monthly food and drink magazine with recipes, cooking tips, and restaurant news. (iPhone/iPad app by Waitrose Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waitrose-food/id780468162 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Waitrose Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/380127042)
- Category: Food & Drink, Magazines & Newspapers
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.00/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 22 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 95 MB
- Released: 2013-12-16
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waitrose-food/id780468162/reviews.md

## What is Waitrose Food?

Waitrose & Partners Food is the award-winning monthly magazine from Waitrose & Partners, packed with inspiring recipes every issue.

This foodie bible, celebrated for its beautiful design, is the go-to title if you’re looking for inspirational ideas, step-by-step cookery tips and restaurant news and reviews. Drawing on the country’s best cooking talent and featuring great writing and award-winning photography, it’s the must-have food magazine for every kitchen in the country.

Containing more than 40 recipes each month, ranging from easy midweek meals to stylish but achievable entertaining menus and special dietary options, Britain’s best-loved food magazine also offers tips and advice on how to improve your skills in the kitchen. Its expert columnists and contributors include regulars Lucas Hollweg and Jordon Bourke, plus guest stars Thomasina Miers, Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver. With restaurant news and reviews and the latest books and gadgets, Waitrose & Partners Food covers the foodie gauntlet.

The app version of the magazine, which is free to myWaitrose members, has been specially designed for tablet and mobile phone screens and features handy recipe cards with step-by-step cooking instructions. Perfect for busy families or those looking for speedy (but still delicious!) eating solutions, the Waitrose & Partners Food app also includes easy weekday suppers plus the option to create shopping lists from recipes, which can be sent straight to your email. There’s also bonus content, including recipe bundles and seasonal specials. 

You can search for recipes by ingredient or key words across all of our magazine issues for instant make-it-tonight recipes, or create your very own recipe collections to save your favourite dishes.

The smartphone and tablet app features recipes, features and more from the award-winning Waitrose & Partners Food magazine. It includes:

• Recipe search functionality across current and back issues
• The ability to create your own bespoke recipe folders
• Stunning recipe cards featuring beautiful photography and step-by-step cooking instructions
• Useful shopping list function
• The best of British cookery talent
• Wine pairing recommendations
• How-to techniques, step-by-step tips and expert advice
• Fully optimised and engaging design for both tablets and smartphones
• Easy-to-use and intuitive navigation 
• Enhanced features with bonus app content

## Key features

- Inspiring recipes
- Step-by-step cookery tips
- Restaurant news and reviews
- Recipe search functionality
- Shopping list creation
- Bonus app content

## Recent user reviews (10 of 22)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waitrose-food/id780468162/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Where are all the recipes?

*2024-01-27*

Why are the recipes from Waitrose Weekeend not available on this app? Very frustrating as have to save them in some other way rather than all together on the app. Also hard to find recipes unless you know exactly what you are looking for, there should be more sections to browse, perhaps by cuisine etc.

### 2/5 — Error While Downloading Collection

*2024-01-21*

Love the recipes but today I am unable to view any via the Search function. Instead, I am being asked if I want to Download any selected (I don’t think that used to happen), and when I select to download then I get the message “Error while downloading collection” for anything selected. I can download and view the magazines themselves, but individual recipes are no longer accessible, which makes the app much less useful. I hope this issue can be fixed quickly.

### 1/5 — Horrible update

*2023-04-27*

Sadly the app, which I used to love, is nearly ruined for me. What is the point of telling me that I can only receive updates if I’m connected to WiFi? I know! The joy of this app was downloading onto my iPad whilst in WiFi, and reading on the train. Now I can’t save recipes or even bookmark pages where I used to enjoy reading it most, on the train. Useless update. It’s even worse now. I would give zero stars if I could. I don’t want just the recipes on the app, but want to read the articles. Besides, you are missing a trick Waitrose I would shop from the magazine. So bad.

### 3/5 — Good app but keeps crashing

*2022-12-14*

I use this app a lot for the great recipes it provides but recently it has begun crashing every time I select the search box. I do not even get a chance to type anything, it crashes immediately. This happens every time and means I cannot search for new recipes which reduces the usefulness of the app considerably.
I'm running version 3.0.4 on macOS Ventura 13.0.1 on an M1 processor.

### 3/5 — Good content but iPad users will need a chiropractor

*2021-11-21*

New user so don’t have any of the historical grumbles many users seem to have - the main problem is the app is portrait only. I only have landscape stands so in the kitchen it’s either propping up the iPad against somewhere precarious or having to crane my neck around 90 degrees

### 5/5 — Where has it gone?

*2021-03-23*

This App has been tremendous. I have been self isolating for over a year and had so much pleasure and information from being able to read current snd past Waitrose monthly food magazines. They have disappeared from my screen despite being downloaded. Please bring them back! I have relied on them as my go to recipe and food article bibles.

### 2/5 — Please fix

*2021-01-13*

Always been a loyal fan of waitrose because of its high quality products/service/magazines/apps. This app was an awesome way to read waitrose magazine and I love the save and search function so much.

However after an update the app became so slow, and I could no longer view the previous magazines and had difficulty even to open the new ones(verrrry slow...). Very inconvenient especially in this time of pandemic (don’t want to pick up virus by picking up the printed copies in shop!) 

Please could you fix this waitrose? I have faith in you!

### 5/5 — Great app, even better than the magazine

*2020-08-31*

I see no issues with the app on the iPad, it is fluid, well laid out, and mostly there are bonus recipes that are not featured in the paper version. Just what I expect from Waitrose: good quality, excellent customer forethought, and (contrary to common belief) good value!

### 1/5 — Not Great

*2020-07-27*

New to the App but immediately lost in it’s methods.  I downloaded the App because of a pointer from the paper magazine, about ice cream recipes. Wish I hadn’t, then I found the warning signal, a “How to use the App” page. Read that and to me, it seemed an illogical system. I tried with my new knowledge but got lost easily.
Others may like it but I can’t stand such things.

Grumpy old man? Yep. Why do I like logic and or easy, obvious App controls?  Retired programmer that’s easily annoyed by things that are not built to work nice, simply & in a straight forwards manner.
App Deleted

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2019-08-31*

Downside, no X at the end of the search engine, this makes searching longer and annoying.

Downloaded issues, where are they? they say they have downloaded but every time I click to read, which is still as though not downloaded, it throws me out the app and I have to start all over again.
Come on Waitrose get this sorted, I would have expected better from you guys. 😬

## Frequently asked questions about Waitrose Food

### What is Waitrose Food?

Waitrose Food is the digital version of the award-winning monthly food and drink magazine from Waitrose & Partners. It provides a wealth of recipes, cooking techniques, and culinary insights.

### Is Waitrose Food free to use?

Yes, the app version of Waitrose Food is free for myWaitrose members. This provides access to all the magazine's content without any additional cost.

### What kind of recipes can I find in Waitrose Food?

Waitrose Food features over 40 recipes each month, including easy midweek meals, entertaining menus, and options for special dietary needs. You can also search for recipes by ingredient or keyword.

### Can I save recipes in Waitrose Food?

Yes, you can create your own bespoke recipe folders to save your favorite dishes. This allows you to easily access recipes you want to try again.

### Does Waitrose Food offer shopping list functionality?

Yes, the app includes a useful shopping list function. You can create lists from recipes and send them directly to your email for convenient grocery shopping.

### What devices is Waitrose Food available on?

Waitrose Food is optimized for both tablets and smartphones, and is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### How often is Waitrose Food updated?

The app was last updated on August 15, 2019, with the latest version being 3.0.4. The magazine itself is published monthly.

### What is the age rating for Waitrose Food?

Waitrose Food has an age rating of 12+. This indicates it is suitable for users aged 12 and above.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.4 — 2019-08-15

Minor update to improve performance and check for content updates more accurately.

### 3.0.3 — 2019-07-08

‘Back’ button added to enable return to the previously viewed page
Users can now enter their myWaitrose membership number within the App Settings menu
Progress bar added to the content download screen
Fixed minor display issues with iPhone X and iPad Pro devices
Other minor bug fixes and improve performance

### 3.0.2 — 2019-04-24

• Improved search filter makes it simpler than ever to find great recipes
• Search and save available for even more devices
• Now more than 2,000 recipes to choose from
• More intuitive navigation
• Improved shopping list function enables you to collate and tick off ingredients
• Regularly updated app home page including curated recipe collections
• New welcome and contents page showcasing monthly highlights
• Cleaner page designs for a better reading experience

### 2.2.0 — 2017-10-19

Bug fix resolves the platform specific iOS 11 problem with iPhone viewers where the Library back button does not appear due to long publication names, and also resolves issues reported with saving recipes.

### 2.1 — 2016-01-06

Brand-new free functionality added!

Search for ingredients and keywords across all magazine issues to quickly find the recipes you love or match recipes to the ingredients you have in your fridge.

Want to collect your favourite Waitrose Food recipes? You can now set up personalised ‘My Food' folders to store all of your saved recipes into different scrapbooks.

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