Meet Your AI Chef.

A chat-based cooking assistant that knows what's in your fridge, and can turn it into dinner.

I · The problem

Most AI recipe tools generate plausible-sounding dishes that call for ingredients you don't have. Pantree's AI Chef is different because it starts with your actual pantry. When you ask "what can I make for dinner?", the answer is always constrained to what's genuinely in your kitchen right now.

AI Chef also handles the messy, human side of cooking: substitutions, dietary tweaks, technique questions, and the emotional problem of looking at a wilting bunch of coriander and not knowing what to do with it.

II · How it works

The method.

Ask for dinner ideas
"I have 30 minutes and want something Thai-ish" or "use up the chicken and the half-open jar of gochujang." AI Chef responds with options grounded in your pantry.
Substitute on the fly
Mid-recipe and missing an ingredient? Ask AI Chef. It knows the recipe, your pantry, and common substitution ratios.
Use up expiring items
AI Chef prioritises suggestions that use ingredients nearing their expiry date, turning food waste into dinner you would have cooked anyway.
Dietary-aware
Tell AI Chef you're vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free or feeding a picky toddler, and it adjusts every suggestion accordingly.

III · Common questions

Things readers ask.

How many AI Chef messages do I get?: Free users get 15 messages per month. Premium and Family users get unlimited messages.
Does AI Chef see my whole pantry?: Yes. That's the point. AI Chef reads your current pantry inventory (and expiry dates, if set) to make suggestions grounded in what you actually have. It does not access other personal data.
Can AI Chef save recipes it suggests?: Yes. Any recipe AI Chef generates can be saved to your Pantree recipe library with one tap, just like an imported recipe.

Postscript

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Other features

One moment

Setting the table…

The method.

Ask for dinner ideas

"I have 30 minutes and want something Thai-ish" or "use up the chicken and the half-open jar of gochujang." AI Chef responds with options grounded in your pantry.

Substitute on the fly

Mid-recipe and missing an ingredient? Ask AI Chef. It knows the recipe, your pantry, and common substitution ratios.

Use up expiring items

AI Chef prioritises suggestions that use ingredients nearing their expiry date, turning food waste into dinner you would have cooked anyway.

Dietary-aware

Tell AI Chef you're vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free or feeding a picky toddler, and it adjusts every suggestion accordingly.

Things readers ask.

How many AI Chef messages do I get?

Free users get 15 messages per month. Premium and Family users get unlimited messages.

Does AI Chef see my whole pantry?

Yes. That's the point. AI Chef reads your current pantry inventory (and expiry dates, if set) to make suggestions grounded in what you actually have. It does not access other personal data.

Can AI Chef save recipes it suggests?

Yes. Any recipe AI Chef generates can be saved to your Pantree recipe library with one tap, just like an imported recipe.