Chefkoch
Bonn recipe community with 380,000 recipes, forums, weekly planner and cookbook
Summary table
| Company | Chefkoch GmbH |
|---|---|
| Category | Recipe Apps |
| Headquarters | Bonn, Germany |
| Founded | Not stated |
| EU Presence | Yes - Germany (EU) |
| Data Location | not stated on the pages we read |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | No |
| Main Features | 380,000 recipes, weekly planner, cookbook, community forums and groups, videos, magazine, PLUS content |
| Pricing | PLUS offered with a free trial; amount not shown on the pages we read |
| Best For | German-speaking cooks who want a large community recipe base with ratings and forums |
| Replaces | Yummly, Allrecipes |
Our review
Chefkoch is a platform of Chefkoch GmbH, Rheinwerk 3, Joseph-Schumpeter-Allee 33, 53227 Bonn, entered at Amtsgericht Bonn as HRB 18761. The imprint describes Chefkoch GmbH as a company of the FUNKE Mediengruppe.
The home page counts 380,000 recipes for cooking and baking. The interface and recipes are in German.
What can you do inside Chefkoch?
Chefkoch offers a weekly planner and a cookbook in its main menu, plus forums, groups, videos and a magazine. Users sign up with an email address or with a Facebook login.
The terms state that Chefkoch offers hundreds of thousands of recipes and more around cooking, kitchen and household.
What is Chefkoch PLUS?
Chefkoch PLUS adds Plus content, Plus profiles, recipes of the month and recipes from magazines, with a free trial. The pages we read show no price for PLUS.
Payments run through Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd according to the privacy notice.
How does Chefkoch compare with Yummly?
Chefkoch gives a German contracting entity, a very large recipe base and a community, but only in German. It does not state an import function for recipes from other sites.
Yummly pages returned 403 on 4 November 2026, so the comparison covers only what Chefkoch states.
Where it falls short
Chefkoch is a German-language service and the PLUS price is not shown on the pages we read. The privacy notice names Facebook Ireland for logins. For an English interface with a free plan, compare KptnCook.
Best suited to users of Chefkoch
German-speaking cooks who value ratings, comments and forums around a very large recipe base.
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros
- 380,000 recipes on the home page
- Weekly planner and cookbook in the main menu
- Named German company with commercial register number
- Community forums and groups
- PLUS offered with a free trial
Cons
- German language only on the pages we read
- PLUS price not shown
- Advertising-funded model implied by the privacy notice
- No import of your own recipes described
Pros and Cons
Pros
- 380,000 recipes on the home page
- Weekly planner and cookbook in the main menu
- Named German company with commercial register number
- Community forums and groups
- PLUS offered with a free trial
Cons
- German language only on the pages we read
- PLUS price not shown
- Advertising-funded model implied by the privacy notice
- No import of your own recipes described
Alternatives to Chefkoch
Alternatives from Europe in the recipe apps group:
See all European recipe apps or compare them directly against Yummly on our alternatives page.
FAQ
Yes. Chefkoch is a product of Chefkoch GmbH in Bonn, a company of the FUNKE Mediengruppe.
The home page states 380,000 recipes for cooking and baking.
Recipes and community are open to registered users, and PLUS is offered with a free trial. The PLUS price is not shown on the pages we read.