End the 5pm panic

Dinner, decided.
Texted to you every day.

For the person who cooks dinner for everyone and is out of ideas by 5. Tell Chef Amí your family's tastes and how long you have, one time. A dinner idea shows up in your texts at the time you pick.

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14 days free. Cancel before day 14 and you pay nothing.
On iPhone and Android.

“I thought, if someone would just tell me what to cook, I would cook it.”Meet Sarah →
Sound familiar?
You save recipes you never make.
You rotate the same five meals. Your kids are over it. So are you.
By 5pm you're out of ideas, and dinner hasn't even started.

Nothing is wrong with you if you are out of ideas by 5. I stood at my fridge, closed the door, and opened it again, thinking it would give me an answer.

Chef Amí fits if you already cook dinner for other people and run out of ideas by 5. If you eat out most nights, or you want to learn to cook, it won't be much use to you.

Sarah, founder of Chef Amí, with her daughter in her lap
Why I built this

Here's the truth. I built this for me.

I'm a single mom, a trained chef, and the only person in my house who ever decides what we're eating. One day I just got tired of it.

Not the cooking, I actually love cooking. It was the deciding.

Every single day, alone, staring into the fridge at 5pm with no one to bounce ideas off of.

I thought, if someone would just tell me what to cook, I would cook it.

So I built the thing I needed. Then I thought, I can't be the only one. If you're the default dinner maker in your house, this is for you. I made it for both of us.

SarahSingle mom · Trained chef
Founder, Chef Amí
How it works

Set it up once.
Dinner shows up.

1

Tell Chef Amí about your family

Dietary needs, what your kids will actually eat, and how much time you have on a weeknight.

2

Pick your days and your time

Choose exactly when your dinner text lands. Every night, or just the hard ones.

3

Dinner shows up in your messages

Nothing to open. You download Chef Amí once and set it up in about 2 minutes. After that the dinner arrives as a text.

Also in Chef Amí: a weekly plan where you can swap any night, and a grocery list.

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Chef Amí
Monday 5:02 PM
Good evening 👋 Here's tonight's dinner:
🍋 Sheet-Pan Lemon Chicken & Broccoli. 25 minutes, and the kids will actually eat it.
Tap for the full recipe →
Tuesday 5:00 PM
Tonight's dinner:
🥗 One-Pan Chicken Fajita Bowls. 20 minutes, and everyone builds their own.
Tap for the full recipe →
Today 5:02 PM
Here's tonight's dinner:
🍝 Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta. 15 minutes, pantry staples only.
Tap for the full recipe →
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Real kitchens

They stopped dreading dinner.

★★★★★
App Store Review
★★★★★

"Takes the entire 5 PM panic away!"

Sriyanac · App Store review
AAshleymom of 2, Oregon★★★★★

"I used to stand there staring at the fridge, still not knowing what to cook. Now I get my time back."

SStephamom of 3, Texas★★★★★

"Chef Amí makes it easy to put together a real dinner with whatever I have in my kitchen."

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From people who tried Chef Amí free first.

Your family still needs to eat tomorrow.
Let me handle the hard part.

Try it free for 14 days. After that it's $29.99 a quarter, or $99 a year, which is about $21 less than four quarters. You add a card through the App Store or Google Play to start, and if you cancel before day 14 you pay nothing.

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Refunds for App Store or Google Play purchases are handled by Apple or Google, not by me. See the full Refund Policy for details.

Not downloading today

One short note a week from the journal. Dinner, and the thinking behind it.

Questions

A few things people ask.

What do I get?

A dinner idea texted to you on the days and at the time you pick, a weekly plan where you can swap any night, and a grocery list.

Why not just ask a chatbot what to cook?

Chef Amí is built only for cooking. You tell it your allergies, your tastes, how much time you have and who you're feeding one time, and it remembers. Your saved recipes sit in one library, so you never scroll back through a chat to find the one dinner the kids finished. And the day's dinner arrives as a text, with nothing for you to set up.

Will I be charged?

You add a card to start your 14 days. If you cancel before day 14, you pay nothing.

Do I need to download an app?

You download Chef Amí once and set it up. After that you don't open it. The dinner arrives as a text, and you turn texts on yourself and pick the days and the time.

Does it work with allergies and picky eaters?

Yes. Tell Chef Amí your family's allergies and dietary needs one time, and every dinner follows them. Chef Amí is not a medical service, so for a severe allergy always check the ingredients before you cook.

See the full FAQ →