How to Use Chefadora's Recipe Import to Save Recipes from Anywhere Without Losing Them Again

You spot a recipe on TikTok. It looks incredible. You save the video, tell yourself you'll cook it this weekend, and then spend 20 minutes on Sunday scrolling through 300 saved videos trying to find it again.

Or maybe you have a box of your mum's handwritten recipe cards sitting in a drawer. Faded ink, a few grease stains, completely irreplaceable. You've been meaning to do something about them for years.

Both of those problems are now solved.

Chefadora's new Recipe Import feature lets you import recipes from anywhere - online or on paper and turns them into clean, perfectly formatted recipe pages, saved in your personal library. No typing. No screenshots. No losing things again.

Recipe Import is a tool that takes a recipe from wherever you found it and formats it to a well structured, properly written recipe, in Chefadora - ready to cook right away.

You can import recipes from anywhere :

• Instagram posts and reels
• TikTok cooking videos
• YouTube videos
• Facebook posts and groups
• Any food blog or recipe website
• Handwritten recipe cards, notebooks, or cookbook pages (just upload a photo)

Once you add your recipe, Chefadora's Recipe Genie reads it, pulls out every ingredient, organises the steps, and builds you a clean recipe page which is automatically saved to your library.

The result every single time :

• A full ingredient list, adjusted to your serving size.

Cooking for 2 instead of 4? Just change the number and every quantity updates on its own.

• Step-by-step cooking instructions.

In a clear order of requirement. No digging through a video to find the next step.

• Auto-saved to your Saved Recipes.

No losing the recipe anymore. Nothing extra to do. It's there in your collection when you need it.

Every recipe you import on Chefadora comes with Ask AI built right into the page.

Cooking questions never come up before you start. They come up while your onions are browning and you realise you're out of something. Or when a step doesn't make sense. Or when something's gone wrong and you're not sure how to fix it.

Instead of leaving the recipe to search Google and losing your place, you just tap Ask AI and ask.

Real questions people use it for :

• "I don't have buttermilk - what can I use?"
• "How do I know when the oil is the right temperature?"
• "My sauce is too salty. Can I fix it?"
• "What does 'fold gently' actually mean?"
• "Can I make this gluten-free?"

The answer comes straight to you, right there on the recipe page. No switching apps. No losing your place.

Yes - Recipe Import is free right now for all Chefadora users.

Here's exactly what the free plan includes:

• 5 recipe imports per month - resets at the start of every month.
• 10 Ask AI questions per month - enough to get real help whenever you need it.
• Adjustable serving sizes - on every imported recipe, every time.
• Automatic library saving - no extra steps, ever.

Paid plans with unlimited imports and unlimited Ask AI are coming soon.

For now, the free plan is a solid way to see how much you actually use it.

Prefer to watch instead of read? Here's a full video walkthrough of Recipe Import in action or keep scrolling for the written step by step guide below.

The whole thing takes about a few minutes. Here's exactly what to do.

Step 1 - Tap the Import button

Open Chefadora and tap Import. This is your starting point whether you're importing a link or a photo.

Step 2 - Add your recipe

This is the only step that changes depending on where your recipe is.

• Importing from a link (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, any website or food blog):

Copy the URL of the post, video, or page. Paste it into the box. Any public link from any platform works.

• Importing from a photo (handwritten card, cookbook page, printed recipe, notebook):

Tap the option to upload images. Take clear photos of your recipe - good daylight makes a big difference - and upload them. Multiple images are supported. If the recipe runs across two cards or three pages, upload them all together at once.

Step 3 - Tap "Save Recipe" and give it a moment

Tap Save Recipe and Recipe Genie gets straight to work - reading your recipe, pulling out every ingredient, sorting the steps, and formatting everything into a clean recipe page. It usually takes a couple of minutes. Worth every second.

Step 4 - Your recipe is ready

You'll land on a clean, formatted recipe page. The chaos of a video caption, a faded handwritten card, or a cluttered food blog page is gone. What's left is just a recipe you can actually cook from.

Step 5 - Check your ingredients and steps

Scroll down to find your full ingredient list and step-by-step instructions.

Change the serving size and every ingredient quantity updates automatically. No mental maths, no guessing.

Step 6 - Use Ask AI if anything comes up

Confused by a step? Missing an ingredient? Something's gone sideways? Tap Ask AI and type your question - your answer is right there on the page, without leaving the recipe.

And that's it.

Your recipe is sitting in your Saved Recipes section - formatted, ready to cook from, and there every time you need it. No extra steps, no hunting for it later.

Ready to start? Import your first recipe for free - no card required, no catch.

Get started on Chefadora

For link imports:

• Paste the full URL of the post, video, or page - not just the username or the video title
• The link needs to be from a public account. Private or restricted profiles won't work, but anything publicly visible does
• Copy the link directly from the platform rather than sharing via a third-party app, as shortened or redirected links can sometimes cause issues

For image and handwritten recipe imports:

• Shoot in natural daylight if you can - it makes a bigger difference than you'd think
• Make sure all the text is clearly in frame. If you can read it easily in the photo, Recipe Genie can too
• Avoid blurry, tilted, or shadowy shots - these are the most common reason an import comes out incomplete
• If your recipe runs across multiple cards or pages, upload all the images together in one go rather than one at a time
• The cleaner and clearer the photo, the more accurate your formatted recipe will be - so it's worth taking an extra second to get the shot right

Q1. Can I import recipes from any website?

A1. Yes. Any public recipe page - food blog, recipe site, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook - works with Recipe Import. If it's publicly accessible and has a URL, paste it in.

Q2. Does Recipe Import work with handwritten recipes?

A2. Yes. Upload clear photos of your handwritten recipe cards, notebook pages, or cookbook pages and Recipe Genie will read and format them. Multiple images are supported if your recipe spans more than one page.

Q3. What if the recipe is only in a video with no written caption?

A3. Recipe Genie will do its best to pull the recipe from the video content. Recipes with written captions or descriptions give the most accurate results, but video-only recipes often import well too.

Q4. Can I adjust serving sizes after importing?

A4. Yes - and this is one of the most useful things about it. Every imported recipe has a serving size control. Change the number and every ingredient quantity recalculates automatically.

Q5. Can I use Ask AI on any imported recipe?

A5. Yes. Every recipe page - imported from a link or a photo - has Ask AI built in. Tap it any time during cooking to ask anything: ingredient substitutes, technique questions, rescuing something that went wrong, anything.

Q6. What languages does Recipe Import support?

A6. Recipe Genie handles multiple languages, so you can import recipes that aren't in English.

Q7. What happens when I've used my 5 free imports?

A7. They reset at the start of the next month. Unlimited imports are coming with the paid subscription plan, which launches soon.

Q8. Can I edit my imported recipe?

A8. Yes, you can edit any saved recipe manually from your library. If you keep running into an issue, the Chefadora support team is easy to reach.

Questions about Recipe Import? Head to the Chefadora Help Center or reach out to the team directly.

Updated on 17 Jun 2026