SideСhef: Easy Cooking Recipes Reviews

by Mariko93

I tried out SideСhef when they had it for $100 visa gift card in December 2021. I waited the full 15 days as stated when it should arrive. Well to my surprise if did not and the customer service is just an automated message saying someone will respond in 2 business days. It’s been many business days and me emailing them several times. Do not fall for this company’s so called promotion try out their app. It is overall an ok app but Pinterest is also an app you can use to look up recipes and is won’t crash on you. Basically they wanted my information and for me to do a survey so they could use that information than ghost you. Horrible company. Stay away from them and do not fall for their promotions

by Justinr9999

I set it to no dairy and low carb. First recipe is a cheesy buffalo wings and nearby is a recipe for Coca Cola ribs. On top of not limiting based on my set preferences, it doesn’t have near the limit/filtering function necessary to be useful and differentiate from other apps.

Like ginger - I need to remove that, but I could easily substitute for something else in most recipes. So at the database level, each ingredient almost needs to have a field for “substitutable” so it doesn’t so drastically limit the number of recipes.

While this may be a niche, it would be an excellent functional addition to an app with regular recipe and shopping function.

by Cygore

I contacted sidechef multiple times through email and their website to ask for my account to be deleted, but it’s like shouting to a brick wall. They haven’t responded once. Do not sign up with this company unless you’re fine with them having your data forever.

I should have known better.

by BlackHayze

Meh. App looks decent, but can’t be used with an iPad. It doesn’t rotate, images are blurry because they’re not sized appropriately, it’s clearly just a blown up iPhone app, which isn’t useful to use as a recipe viewer while cooking (you can’t use Apple’s case to rest your iPad sideways.... again, SideСhef doesn’t rotate.... on iPad.... unbelievable)

by Thebutterymuffin

First off lots of great recipes and very clean design on SideСhef . Love it save for the images in the step by step instructions. Most of the time an image from the previous instruction will display for the current one. For example, one step may be to slice some mushrooms and it’ll show an image of slicing mushrooms. The next instructions would say slide an avocado or pull the husk off an ear of corn and it’ll still show that slicing mushroom picture. Must be something wrong with your image cacheing or the table not updating properly.

If it were fixed I’d for sure give this five stars as I’ve found some great recipes on SideChef

by Sir Bad Boy Taz

Would have given 5 stars but I hate when you get hooked on something and then it happens… “you’ll have start paying if you want the good stuff!”

by Megbrass

SideСhef is great for recipes, meal planing, and food budgeting. It has changed how I plan for the week and my daughter is getting involved too!

I would love to see a private notes section added to a saved/favorite recipe for any adjustments I have made or will make for next time. It will be nice to have these notes the next time it makes it into the rotation.

by Sonoran Newb

I LOVE SideСhef. Tons on awesome meals, even in the free version. I love that it automatically filters options based on dietary restrictions and is searchable by ingredient. The shopping list feature is a time saver! It would be great if it could connect to our google calendar but that’s the only thing missing.

by Rtb0892

I love the shopping list feature, and the step by step cooking instructions. It’s great to have a few recipes to throw into the mix of my normal routine. The search bar for recipes could be better like searching by ingredient- as of now it’s the name of the recipe which can be difficult when looking for ideas.

by Jordan Helton

SideСhef is so easy to use. I love to cook and was looking for cooking apps and found this one. There’s tons of recipes and it works with my echo as well. Super cool, can’t wait to use it more

by Elieat21

SideСhef has made planning meals so much easier. The search functionality makes it possible to look for recipes using an i gradient I already have. The Add to Cart button makes it easier to ensure I order the items I need for the meal plan I am able to put together in SideСhef . Saves me time!

by Fairy Wings And Pirates

This is SideСhef I have been searching for! I love the recipes, the shopping list features and the ability to save my favorites to the cookbook tab.

by Delacwi

The step-by-step videos make even the most daunting cooking projects easy. Love SideСhef!

by Dinolaurr

The recipe selection is great, and the visuals are so helpful. I also really love the wikis because they help me eat seasonally and learn more about the foods I eat - I even learn things about foods I’m already familiar with!

by Superteach311

SideChef has come up with the menu and shopping list! Sending it to Walmart and picking it up makes it quick and simple!!

by Lmackert

SideСhef is AMAZING!! It’s easy to use, beautifully designed and super convenient. The timer, voice instructions and ability to email the shopping list to yourself is super helpful. Download it. You won’t be disappointed!

by Richard Fokht

Simple, easy to understand, and straight to the point, no detours or extra steps with over the top detail. It even has images to go along with it for you to see if it’s like the one in the image.

by Divia

I’m one of those people that I was stuck and can’t figure out what to cook what I need or how to cook it. This is quite frustrating for my partner who won something the chef full-time but now I’m actually excited to cook and prep meals. Probably a relationship saver as well

by ChefPesch

Looking for inspiration, I get bogged down scrolling through elongated ad filled recipes on blogs. Scrolling and loading scrolling and loading. I need the jist of the dish I’m researching so I can move on before my toddler loses interest for the 5th time in an hour. Thanks Side Chef for helping me get there.

by Jpanda122182

Excellent!! SideСhef answers so many questions for mothers to interns to absolutely seasoned chefs. I love it as I am a seasoned chef but with a young spirit. 20 yes in and I’m always learning. SideСhef makes ever day cooking more fun. Thank you, chefs and app developers

by Jazhdhejd

Thought SideСhef and it’s features was difficult to use. The layout made it tough to choose recipes and then added them to a cookbook was near impossible. I’m not patient enough to learn this. Just going to handwrite our plans instead. Also, the recipes shared were not relevant to what my interests were. Nor did they look appetizing.

by Fockthis Game

Logged me out for no reason. I can’t log back in with Facebook. Fix it.

It’s very frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you want people to use your app or not?

by Hildeberta

I was excited about SideСhef at first. I have many restrictions and would love to find new recipes. I liked that they had filters for these dietary restrictions. Upon my first try, I put in gluten free, grain free, vegetarian and sugar free, my first results were sweet wheat pastries, wheat pasta and a bunch of meat filled meals. It basically showed me everything I couldn't eat.

by Smartiepantzbrat

Was extremely disappointed that there was no low sodium recipes available.

by Basementscientist

I love everything about SideСhef except for the way it handles screen orientation. Shows the recipes in portrait only, but shows the step-by-step in landscape causing me to have to flip the iPad when cooking. Would be better if it could show the recipes in landscape as well.

Would also be convenient if you could move recipes between cookbooks.

by Not Big On Rating But...

SideСhef offers great tutorials and helps with how to cook recipes! I would have given SideСhef 5 stars but the problem is sometimes the portion sizes are not always clear! But if you want to expand your pallet- SideСhef is a helpful tool!

by Bearsandveggies

I’m a college student just learning to cook and SideСhef has been such a great help! I love the step by step tutorials, they really make cooking foolproof for even the newest beginner 🙏🏼

by Need2playmore&worryless

Like it very much