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For personal chefs
Recipe manager for personal chefs.
Every household eats differently. Keep each client’s version of every dish—and send one link they tap to approve the week, then follow to reheat it.
Right now
- what can't they eat again?
- menu buried in texts
- wrong thing on the shop run
- did they ever approve it?
- every house eats different
With CookDay
This week
Each house, its own version
One link—approved
Reheated from the same link
Cook day, handled.
Recipe manager
The best recipe manager for personal chefs. Period.
A trustworthy home for the recipes you already have—not a folder you’ll fix someday. The library gets cleaner and sharper the longer you use it; switching is easier than staying scattered.
- Better tags, better sorting — Auto-tag gets tags right across your whole library—instantly.
- Every recipe in a different unit — Recipe health scans for mismatches and walks you through fixes—you confirm each step.
- New dish, no weekend of writing — Describe it—the AI recipe writer drafts it with that client’s prefs in mind.
See it work
The hard part just got easy
Describe the dish. CookDay writes the recipe.
New dish? Describe it—CookDay drafts it with that client’s prefs already in mind.
Choose the Client
Choose the Style
Kid-friendly salmon, no dairy — oven-readyImport your recipes
CSV, URL, paste, or Paprika—whatever you use now.
Spreadsheet (CSV)Recipe URLPaste textPaprika exportYour recipes stay yours— start free and import in minutes.
Recipes handled.
See how it runsHow the job runs
A week, start to finish
Start of the week
Plan the menu, per household
Pull from your master list and tune each dish to each home—portions, swaps, hard-nos.
Mushroom risotto
serves 2- 1 cuparborio rice
- 4 ozwild mushrooms
- ½ cupparmesan
- 2 tbspbutter
The base every household starts from.
One master recipe—each family keeps their own version.
A tap for them
Send it for approval
Clients keep, swap, or skip each dish. No app, no login — and you choose how it presents.
Cook day
Cook, then they rate
The same link they approved now shows reheating directions—no printouts. Likes and “never again” come back and shape the next menu.
See after cook day ↗After cook day
Sample · tap a ratingMushroom risotto
Reheat 350°F · 12 min · foil on
How was it?Payday
Get paid, without the paperwork
Invoices and payments built in
Completed Jobs - Send Invoice
Connect Stripe once, then send and get paid
Link Stripe from Invoices (a few minutes). After that, clients pay from the same kind of link they already use for menus.
Run your next week like a pro
Why CookDay
I cooked for private clients for years, then became a developer. This is the software I wished I'd had.
Every part of CookDay—planning, approvals, shopping, next week’s prep—comes straight from real cook weeks.
Pricing
Beta
Currently in beta. Enjoy FREE access until billing opens, then 14 day trials will begin — your feedback will help shape the product. I'm here if you have any questions!
— Chef Mike
One plan. Everything included.
14-day free trial*, full access, no card. Then monthly or annual.
* During beta, your 14-day trial starts when billing opens.
One plan for chefs running recurring clients.
Beta · Free until launch · Trial starts at billing open
$50/month
billed monthly · switch to annual and save $100
Start free trial
No Card Required to Start
Every plan includes
- A saved version of each dish, per client
- One link: approve the menu, then reheating directions
- Invoices and payments built in
- One shopping list from what they approved
- Every household's tastes, allergies, and hard nos on file
- Unlimited clients & menus
- Map listing included
- AI recipe drafting — concept to full recipe, per client
Frequently asked questions