Restaurant-level dinners. Weeknight effort.

Honestly? It's restaurant technique, written for a home kitchen and a weeknight — a proper pan sauce, a hard sear, acid in the right place. Turn the Ambition Level up when you want to show off.

Gastroque isn't affiliated with Michelin or the MICHELIN Guide.

Each diner's allergies and intolerances are hard rules. Mark one strict and we keep the allergen and its common hidden sources — including products that “may contain” it — off everyone's plate that night, and audit every recipe before you see it. AI can still make mistakes and products change — always read labels, and follow your allergist's advice for severe allergies.

No — that's what Split Plates is for. You cook one dish with a shared base and finish each plate differently: Cajun chicken for one, blackened mushrooms for the other. One list, mostly one pot.

Each diner has their own diet, allergies and dislikes. Gastroque looks for dishes with a shared core and splits only where it must; when nothing can be shared on a night, it plans a dish that fits everyone's rules.

Yes. Add kids by first name and age group; Gastroque sizes their portions, keeps their plates as mild as you like, and learns from “Kids loved it.” Dislikes are per person — mushrooms, cilantro, anything.

You set the limit — 45 minutes of active cooking on weeknights and 90 on weekends by default — and every recipe is designed to fit, with active and total time shown up front. Bonus prep or a Prep Day takes more off.

No. Choose beginner, home cook, confident or chef. Beginners get fewer components and more guidance; confident cooks get the fun stuff. Every step has timers and chef's notes that explain the why.

A sharp knife, a board, a large skillet, a saucepan, a sheet pan and an oven cover almost everything. Tap the rest of your kit in a quick visual picker — air fryer, pressure cooker, Dutch oven, blender, sous-vide — and we'll put it to work. We won't plan around gear you don't own.

What you buy goes into your Pantry when you finish shopping. When you mark a meal cooked, we subtract what it used and add any leftovers. Staples like oil and salt are tracked as Full, Half, Low or Out. A 30-second Pantry Check-in before each week fixes anything we got wrong — it's an estimate, and you're in charge.

Mark it skipped. The ingredients stay in your Pantry and next week uses the perishables first. Or swap it for something quicker.

Gastroque's AI chef develops each recipe for your table, following a culinary style guide and food-safety rules, and checks it before you see it. Some recipes are published anonymously to the Gastroque Library for everyone to cook.

It depends on your store, your household and the budget you set. Gastroque plans to that budget, shares ingredients across the week and uses up what you have, which helps cut waste. Pro adds estimated prices to your list.

All of them. Your list is sorted by standard aisles, so it works wherever you shop. Sending your list straight to a store cart is on the way — see Send to Instacart and Grocery Autopilot in Labs.

Switch between US and metric units anytime. At launch, recipes are written in English and tuned for ingredients in the US. Prices are in US dollars; applicable taxes are calculated at checkout.

One personalized dinner a week (Split Plates included), the full Gastroque Library, up to 2 diners, a basic grocery list, Cook Mode and one swap a week. No card, no time limit.

Plus and Pro start with a 7-day free trial. No payment needed during early access.

Yes, in Settings → Billing. You keep your plan until the end of the period you've paid for; your recipes, ratings and favorites stay with you on Free.

Yes. Invite a co-cook — 1 on Plus, up to 4 on Pro — to share the plan, grocery list and pantry. One subscription covers the household.

Plus plans dinners and can turn leftovers into next-day lunches. Pro plans up to 21 meals a week: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Plus shows estimated nutrition per serving; Pro adds macro targets per diner. These are estimates from standard ingredient data, not medical or dietary advice.

Yes. We never sell your data or show ads. Your household details are used to plan your meals and are sent to our AI provider only to create your recipes. Export or delete everything anytime in Settings → Privacy.

Gastroque runs in your browser on laptop, desktop, tablet and phone. Plan the week on a big screen — week grid, recipe and list side by side — then shop and cook from your phone. Add it to your home screen for an offline grocery list and timers; native iOS and Android apps are in Labs.