Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma

Building Kooking. 25 days to launch.

About

A foodie. Indie developer crafting Flutter apps for food lovers. Toronto. Always doomscrolling recipes. 🚀

Badges

Tastemaker
Tastemaker
Gone streaking 10
Gone streaking 10
Gone streaking
Gone streaking
Gone streaking 5
Gone streaking 5

Maker History

  • Kooking
    KookingSwipe recipes matched to your taste by AI
    Feb 2026
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntFebruary 16th, 2026

Forums

Kooking launches April 30 — here's what we've been building (and why)

Hey PH community

Kooking hits the App Store on April 30th and I wanted to share a behind-the-scenes look at what we've been building and the thinking behind it.

The core idea: most recipe apps are graveyards. You save hundreds of recipes and cook maybe 5. We built Kooking's AI match score to fix that it ranks recipes by how likely you are to actually make them, based on your skill level, pantry, and time.

But beyond the AI, Kooking is a community a feed of real home cooks sharing what they're actually making, not polished food blog content.

Deepak Sharma

10d ago

Kooking launches April 30 — AI match scores for recipes based on how YOU actually cook 🍳

Hey PH! I'm Deepak, founder of Kooking a recipe & meal planning app that's launching here on April 30th.

The core idea: stop drowning in saved recipes you'll never make. Kooking gives every dish an AI match score tailored to your taste profile, pantry habits, and cooking skill so the recipes you see are actually ones you'd cook tonight.

Beyond the AI layer, it's a real community feed of home cooks sharing what they're actually making today not polished food blog shots. You can import recipes from anywhere on the web, follow cooks with similar taste profiles, and save/share your own.

We're 3 weeks out and early adopters are actively shaping the roadmap. Would love your upvote, feedback, or just to hear what's the biggest frustration you have with recipe apps today?

How many recipes do you have saved that you've never actually cooked?

We built Kooking because our own recipe folders were a graveyard. 200+ saves. Maybe 5 actually made. The problem isn't saving it's that apps never helped you figure out which ones you'd actually make today. That's what the AI match score in Kooking solves. Curious how bad everyone else's recipe graveyard is and what made you finally cook (or skip) something you saved?

View more