Cooking without stress works best when you stop doing all the thinking yourself: SousChef® keeps track of what needs to happen when, and starts the timers for you. For many people cooking feels like a chore. Not the cooking itself, but everything around it: knowing what needs doing when, checking you haven’t forgotten anything, keeping an eye on several things at once. With SousChef® you can keep a clear head and simply cook.
Why cooking feels stressful
Cooking rarely feels stressful because of the cooking itself; the stress comes from everything around it. In the Netherlands, 6 in 10 people feel stress when cooking, according to research by Motivaction for the Netherlands Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum) (). The three biggest causes they found: not knowing what to cook, too little time, and discovering halfway through that you’re missing an ingredient. Then there’s the keeping track: when does the pasta go in, how long does the meat need, what do I do with the vegetables in the meantime? Most recipes don’t give you that information at the right moment — you have to plan, remember and switch between tasks yourself. That takes energy, and when something goes wrong it feels like failing.
How SousChef® does the thinking for you
SousChef® keeps track of the order, the timing and the instructions, so you don’t have to hold them in your head.
One thing at a time. SousChef® always shows you just what you need to do now. Not the whole method at a glance, but step by step — so your head stays clear and you don’t get the feeling you’re forgetting something.
Timers that start themselves. When you tick off a step that needs a timer, the timer starts on its own. There is nothing to set or keep an eye on — SousChef® lets you know when something is ready or when you can move on to the next step.
Steps read aloud. SousChef® reads the steps aloud as soon as they appear on your screen, so you don’t have to keep reading. A clear head, just cooking. The way it should be.
“Clear and well organised. Highly recommended!” — D vG, SousChef® user (translated from Dutch)
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Frequently asked questions about stress-free cooking
By not having to keep track of everything yourself. SousChef® handles the order, the timing and the instructions for each step, so you can keep a clear head and simply do what the app says.
Cooking stress usually comes from the planning and keeping track rather than the cooking itself: what needs to happen when, how long does something take, have I forgotten anything? SousChef® takes over exactly that thinking, step by step.
By following one step at a time and letting the timers start at the right moment. Keeping track of too much at once is exactly where stress comes from. SousChef® always shows one step at a time and starts the right timer as soon as you tick off the step that needs it, so you don’t have to keep switching between pans, clock and recipe.
SousChef® is built to take over the thinking: the order, the timing and the instructions for each step. That takes away a big source of cooking stress — the feeling that you’re forgetting something or doing it wrong.
