what it is
süschef is a cooking app for what's already in your fridge. Photograph the shelf or type it in, and it deals credited recipes you can make tonight, with any swaps pencilled in and a list for what's missing.
a studio-owned build
- Photograph the shelf
- Photograph the fridge, the cupboard or the pantry and süschef names what it sees. Or just say it: eggs, half a lemon, that yogurt at the back.
- Real recipes, credited
- It deals dinners you can make from what is there, from real recipes, each one credited to its cook, and to the book when there is one.
- You hold the dial
- By the book when the book deserves it, near enough, loose, off book when the shops are far. Every swap is pencilled into the recipe with the why: cream becomes Greek yogurt, stirred through off the heat so it won't split.
- The list, the budget, the clock
- Whatever's missing goes on a list, with a link to find each item at Coles, Woolworths or Amazon. A weekly budget in rough Australian dollars puts the cheap-to-finish dinners first when money is tight, dietary needs hide what can't comply, and a clock on the shelf brings forward what's about to turn.
- Syncs with åsecond
- åsecond is the studio’s AI-native brain and data store. Send a whole kitchen session into it as linked notes, keep the standing list behind the same entrées account, and, if you choose, send meal times to Vitals: when you ate, never what. Off until you link it.
The chef is the point. süschef writes the method in its own words; the recipe is theirs, and we'd rather you bought the book.
the build
the recipe survives the substitution
The shelf rarely matches the book. A useful substitution needs to explain what changes in the cooking.
how it works
The dial changes the match
The fidelity dial selects a substitution zone. Recipe matching checks what is on the shelf, records the swaps and their explanations, and retains the credited recipe identity.
Cost and expiry affect the order
The ranking accounts for missing ingredients and shelf expiry. When a budget is set, the estimated cost to finish a recipe lowers its rank. Retailer actions are searches, not purchases or live price quotes.
the design choice
Keep the cook credited and expose the fidelity-to-freestyle dial, with the reason for each swap beside the recipe.
limits
Prices are estimates, not live checkout quotes. Photo reads require consent and an existing account. Receipt exchange with pacioli is designed but not connected.
what the studio contributed
- The shelf interaction, recipe-matching rules, substitution explanations, ranking and shopping-list flow are studio-authored.
- The presentation and curation credit the source cook; curation does not transfer ownership of the recipe or book.
dependencies & boundaries
- Model-assisted photo reading uses Anthropic; it needs consent and an existing account.
- Retailer search destinations, published recipes and licensed typefaces remain third-party material or services.
the evidence
- Actual local interface
- The captures below use four invented ingredients. The by-the-book and off-book settings and a $50 estimated weekly budget were exercised in Chromium with no page exceptions.
- Boundary inspected
- The budget ranking is in the kitchen code. The receipt-to-pacioli seam is not wired; the screenshots do not demonstrate financial sync, photo inference or customer savings.
next experiment
- Type an invented shelf: eggs, yogurt, spinach and half a lemon.
- Compare by-the-book and looser matches; read the cook credit and each swap explanation.
- Change the weekly budget and expiry information; inspect the resulting order.
- Review the missing ingredients before using a retailer search link.
Use invented data. This is a demonstration path, not a report of customer outcomes.
ask for a walkthrough →how it differs
SuperCook
what SuperCook does well
Free, on the web and in its apps. You tick off what is in your pantry from more than 2,000 ingredients and it shows only recipes you can make right now, from what it counts as over 11 million recipes across 18,000 sites.
where süschef differs
süschef can read the shelf from a photo (with an entrées account), and its dial bends a recipe towards what you have instead of showing exact matches only, with every swap written in. SuperCook casts a far wider net. If you want the most recipes from a typed pantry, start there.
Samsung Food
what Samsung Food does well
A free meal planner on iPhone, iPad and the web. Search recipes by ingredient, save recipes from any site, plan the week and turn it into a shared shopping list. Samsung Food+ adds AI meal plans, pantry management and ingredient swaps.
where süschef differs
süschef stays at the bench: one shelf, tonight's dinner, swaps you can see and a list for Coles or Woolies. If you plan a household's whole week, Samsung Food does more of that.
Cookpad
what Cookpad does well
A big community of home cooks. Tell it what's in the fridge and every recipe it suggests comes with Cooksnaps, photos and notes from people who have already made it.
where süschef differs
süschef credits named chefs and cookbooks wherever it can and writes its own method, rather than hosting home cooks’ recipes. For a dish that other home cooks have already made and photographed, Cookpad is the better pick.
questions
what can I make with what's in my fridge?
Tell süschef what is there, by photo or by typing, and it deals dinners you can make tonight from real, credited recipes. Turn the dial towards off book and more of them open up, each swap written in. Typing needs no account; photographing the fridge needs an existing entrées account.
what can I cook with what's in my fridge, in Australia?
süschef is made in Australia and shops like it: missing ingredients link to Coles and Woolworths (and Amazon), and the weekly budget is in rough Australian dollars. Half of the eight house recipes are credited to Australian cooks you'll know: Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats, Stephanie Alexander, Kylie Kwong and the CWA.
how do I make a shopping list for Coles or Woolies on a budget?
Set a weekly budget in the kitchen. When it's tight, süschef ranks the dinners that are cheapest to finish first, and it totals the list against the week, on estimated prices. Every missing item gets a Coles, Woolies and Amazon search link; it doesn't fill a cart for you. With an entrées account, the list also follows you between devices.
what's a good alternative to SuperCook?
It depends what you want from it. SuperCook is free and searches an enormous pile of recipes for ones your pantry can make exactly. süschef reads the shelf from a photo, lets you bend a recipe with the dial, credits every chef and book, and sends what is missing to Coles or Woolies. Samsung Food and Cookpad are worth a look too.
can I swap cream for yogurt in this recipe?
Usually, yes. Greek yogurt stands in for cream if you stir it through off the heat, so it doesn't split. süschef pencils that swap in at near enough, where the dial starts, alongside blitzed cottage cheese, or the thick top of a tin of coconut milk for a plant-based dish. Signed in, you can photograph what you have and 'will this do the trick?' gives you a verdict and how to make it work.
do I need an account to use süschef?
Not to cook. Typing a shelf, the house recipes, the dial, the budget and the shopping drawer all work with no account. Photo reads, the recipe search and the list that follows you between devices need an entrées account, and süschef signs existing accounts in rather than making new ones. Photos are read by Claude, Anthropic's AI, only after you say yes, and süschef doesn't keep them.
where it stands
status open
Typing a shelf needs no account. Photographing one needs an existing entrées account; süschef does not make new ones.
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