SideChef: Recipes & Meal Plans

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4,3
7,79K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Dinner has never been easier to prepare! In just 10 min - plan your weekly meals, build shopping lists & have groceries delivered right to your door!

Save time, money, and eat better (healthier). SideChef’s mission is to help you cook smarter, for you and your loved ones.

More than just curating 11,000+ step-by-step recipes and weekly meal plans from top food bloggers, writers, and renowned Chefs - SideChef gives you the simple tools to:

// COOK //
* Curated Meal Plans: Get inspired by weekly meal plans and add them directly to your meal planner
* Cook Better: Let step-by-step photos, video and audio instructions, and CookAssist technology guide you to amazing results.
* Search: Find recipes you and your loved ones enjoy that are delicious, healthy, simple to prepare, and easy to follow.
* Filter & Sort: Select recipes for your diet, and sort them by time and number of ingredients.

// PLAN //
* Meal Plan: Organize what to eat for the week using SideChef's recipes or adding your own.
* Be Inspired: Find new collections of cooking ideas twice a week to impress your family and friends!
* Create Cookbooks: Organize your favorite recipes for any given occasion.

// SHOP //
* Order Groceries: Create one shopping list from multiple recipes and have everything delivered right to your doorstep.
* Use What You Have: Get recipe suggestions based on ingredients you already have in your fridge or pantry.
* Share: Message or email recipes and shopping lists to your loved ones.

// CONNECT //
* Now with CookAssist technology! You can remotely control your compatible smart ovens and ranges with 2,000+ CookAssist enabled smart recipes. More CookAssist enabled smart recipes are added daily.
* Link your LG SmartThinQ account and let SideChef CookAssist technology remotely control your compatible LG smart ovens and ranges.
* More appliance partners are coming soon. Stay tuned!


Features to make cooking and meal planning easy:
* Recommendations for recipes and meal plan ideas
* Search recipes by diets (e.g. vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, paleo, low-carb, keto, atkins), dish (e.g. dinner, lunch, seafood, drinks. soups), cuisine (e.g. American, Asian, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, Indian), and time
* Meal planner
* Shopping list
* Online grocery delivery
* Create your own cookbooks
* CookAssist to remotely control your compatible smart ovens and ranges


Featured by The New York Times, ABC News, Forbes, Wired, USA Today, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Business Insider.

“If you’re always scorching the stew and you just can’t seem to achieve perfectly puffed chocolate chip cookies, let this free app serve as your new cooking companion. “ — Real Simple

“If you’ve ever ruined an entire meal because of a seemingly tiny mistake in timing or ingredient proportioning, then we have an app for you.” — Business Insider
Updated on
13 Mar 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,3
7,55K reviews
Takedria Mingo-Berry
03 January 2025
Love it! Meal planning is a breeze with the feature. Helps keep me on track with time, financial, and health goals. The availabilty of so many different recipes keeps the palate from boredom while pursuing goals. I used it reviously on my Lg app.I would have given 5 stars but my order did not sync to the cart in the Walmart app so had to manually add each item. Also, staple pantry ingredients such as salt, pepper, and oil should populate differently where you check only if needed.
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SideChef
20 January 2025
Thank you for providing your valuable feedback. Please reach out to us at [email protected], if you have other suggestions.
Howard Haney
26 February 2025
Just downloaded the app and I enjoy the interface. The problem I'm facing is related to the zip code. I put in my zip code, which is on the Atlantic side of Florida, but the app has put a completely different zip in Tampa -- 3 hours away from me. I'm not seeing any way to go in and correct it, which is why I can only give it 2 stars. If someone can help me correct this id honestly give it a 5 out of 5
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SideChef
28 March 2025
We apologize for the inconvenience. We've recently updated the app to fix this issue, but if you're still experiencing it, please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can assist you further.
S Howard
25 February 2025
I put in my zipcode but you ignored it and pulled from my VPN instead, which is meaningless to this app. I'll probably just disable the shopping part but it's annoying that you ignored the zipcode I input, what if I was just traveling and coming home soon?
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SideChef
28 March 2025
Hello, we've recently updated the app to fix this issue, but if you're still experiencing it, please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can assist you further.