Chefkoch review
A large German-language recipe community with free basics and practical PLUS planning tools.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Chefkoch is a recipe platform and cooking community for people looking to discover, organize, and share recipes, especially German-language everyday cooking. Available on web, iOS, and Android, it combines a searchable collection of more than 389,000 recipes with personal cookbooks, ratings, comments, and user-published recipes. Core recipe and community functions are available for free, making it useful for casual discovery without a subscription.
The paid Chefkoch PLUS tier focuses on reducing friction between finding a recipe and planning meals around it. According to the published plans, PLUS costs €2.50 per month when billed annually, and the vendor states that an annual subscription includes a free week. It adds ad-free use, recipe importing from other websites, ingredient search, professional recipe collections, a weekly meal planner, and grocery lists generated from meal plans. The free plan provides access to free recipes and features; choose PLUS if importing, ingredient-based discovery, or the planning workflow matters to your routine.
Chefkoch’s community functions distinguish it from a recipe database alone: members can rate and comment on recipes, publish their own, and upload recipe photos. Its platform reach across web and mobile, plus the Bring! integration, supports discovery and grocery planning in everyday contexts. The listed strengths are breadth and organization rather than guided cooking. It suits cooks who want a broad recipe collection and optional planning tools; those who specifically need guided cooking should compare alternatives that make that capability central.
Chefkoch pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Search more than 389,000 recipes and save them to personal cookbooks.
- PLUS imports recipes and searches by ingredients.
- Weekly meal plans can generate grocery lists.
- Where it doesn't
- Recipe importing and ingredient search require PLUS.
- Ad-free use is part of the paid PLUS plan.
- Guided cooking is not among its listed features.
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