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Seasoning and recipes from Columbia, SC. Pick up a bottle at Lowes Foods, then come here for what to cook with it.

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Medical Disclaimer: This website provides general nutritional information and recipes. Always consult your physician or registered dietitian before making dietary changes, especially if you have chronic medical conditions (CKD, diabetes, heart disease). The information provided is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Our Mission

Preserving Culinary Heritage with Technology

Chef Cecil combines the warmth of family recipes with cutting-edge AI technology, helping you digitize grandmother’s handwritten recipe cards while providing nutrition guidance based on published guidelines.

Where Heritage Meets Innovation

Chef Cecil was born from a simple truth: our most treasured recipes are often stored in fragile, fading handwritten cards that risk being lost forever.

So we built a way to read a handwritten recipe card from a photo and turn it into a recipe you can cook from, search, and share with family.

We also added nutrition analysis that follows published ADA, AHA, and KDOQI guidelines, so Chef Cecil can help you cook family favorites while watching the numbers your doctor gave you.

Our Core Values

Everything we build is guided by these principles

Preserve Heritage

Every recipe tells a story. We help families digitize and preserve their culinary traditions for future generations.

Security First

Enterprise-grade security with 7 layers of protection. Your family recipes are safe with us.

Reads Handwritten Cards

Cutting-edge OCR technology extracts recipes from handwritten cards with 95%+ accuracy in 30+ languages.

Medical Nutrition

Meal plans that follow published ADA, AHA, and KDOQI guidelines for diabetes, heart disease, and kidney conditions.

Community Driven

Built with feedback from home cooks, healthcare providers, and nutrition professionals.

Accessible to All

WCAG 2.1 AA compliant design ensures everyone can preserve and share their recipes.

Technology Stack

Built with modern, enterprise-grade technologies for security, performance, and scalability

AI & Intelligence

  • •Recipe extraction from photos and documents
  • •Tesseract.js OCR (30+ languages + handwriting)
  • •Smart ingredient recognition & substitutions

Security & Privacy

  • •7-layer security architecture
  • •Encryption in transit and at rest

Modern Tech Stack

  • •Next.js 15.5.4 + React 19.1.0
  • •PostgreSQL + Prisma ORM
  • •TypeScript strict mode

Design & Experience

  • •IBM Design Language + Food52 aesthetic
  • •Progressive Web App (PWA)
  • •Voice-guided cooking mode

Ready to Preserve Your Family’s Recipes?

Save your family's recipe cards, plan meals around your health, and find what to cook tonight.

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