Get Cookin'

Inspiration

I was inspired by Eitan's brief when he talked about the obstacles that prevent his followers from getting into the kitchen. I saw this as an opportunity to build technology that helps people do what they want to do (i.e. cook a recipe they saw), an opportunity to use technology to help humans be more human.

What it does

This app lets you go from a TikTok recipe link to an Instacart grocery cart in two clicks. It analyzes the recipe video, the captions, the transcript, and produces a clear set of ingredients and steps to follow. It creates your grocery list, or sends it directly to Instacart. It basically saves you a lot of time translating a recipe video into concrete actions.

How I built it

I built it in native Swift and SwiftUI

Challenges we ran into

Time - duh! Never enough time

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Clicking the "submit" button before the deadline

What we learned

As with all deadlines, I should have started working on this sooner. ;)

What's next for Get Cookin'

So many things! A big focus on the animations, and emotional elements that make the app feel more fun. Fine-tune the user flows and design in general, as this is just the MVP, and definitely send this out for user testing to get some real feedback.

Built With

• instacart
• openai
• rapidapi
• swift
• swiftui
• tiktok-oembed-api