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Get the app

On every device you cook with.

Hedgehog Chef installs straight from your browser on phones, tablets and computers. It opens full screen with its own icon, updates itself, and everyone's devices stay in sync.

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Install

No app store needed.

iPhone and iPad

Safari

  1. 1Open app.hedgehogchef.com in Safari and sign in.
  2. 2Tap the Share button.
  3. 3Choose Add to Home Screen, then Add.

Notifications on iPhone need iOS 16.4 or later and Hedgehog Chef added to the Home Screen.

Android

Chrome

  1. 1Open app.hedgehogchef.com in Chrome and sign in.
  2. 2Tap Install app when Chrome offers it, or ⋮ → Add to Home screen → Install.

Once installed, Hedgehog Chef appears in Android's share sheet for links and text.

Mac

Safari, Chrome or Edge

  1. 1Safari: open app.hedgehogchef.com, then File → Add to Dock.
  2. 2Chrome or Edge: click the install icon at the right of the address bar.

Windows and Chromebook

Chrome or Edge

  1. 1Open app.hedgehogchef.com.
  2. 2Click the install icon in the address bar, or ⋮ → Install Hedgehog Chef.

Hedgehog Chef needs an internet connection to load and save your kitchen. There's no App Store or Google Play version yet; the installed web app is the same Hedgehog Chef with the same account.

Claude

Add Hedgehog Chef to Claude

Optional, and it takes a minute. Then you can save recipes and manage your lists from any Claude chat.

  1. 1. In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
  2. 2. Name it Hedgehog Chef and paste this URL:
https://app.hedgehogchef.com/mcp

3. Click Connect, sign in to Hedgehog Chef if asked, and choose Allow.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user hedgehogchef https://app.hedgehogchef.com/mcp

Saving recipes

Shortcuts for saving from anywhere

An iOS Shortcut for Safari's share sheet, a bookmarklet for desktop browsers, and personal API tokens for your own automations — all set up in Settings → API & shortcuts.

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Dinner, looked after.

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