Instead of starting with a recipe, HomeChef starts with what you already have. Users can add the ingredients available in their kitchen and discover recipes that match them. The idea is to turn everyday ingredients into cooking inspiration, while making the experience simple and easy to navigate.
The User Flow
The experience was built around a simple journey: add ingredients, discover recipes and start cooking. Each step was designed to reduce unnecessary decisions and keep the user focused on finding something they actually want to make. The goal was not to create another recipe catalogue, but to make recipe discovery feel more useful and relevant to the user.
Wireframes
Before focusing on the visual design, I mapped out the main user flow and created wireframes to understand how the different parts of the experience would connect. This helped define the navigation, hierarchy and key interactions before moving into the final interface.
The visual identity combines a clean interface with warm, food-focused imagery. I wanted the app to feel approachable and contemporary, while keeping the interface simple enough to make the main actions immediately understandable. Typography, colour, photography and spacing were used to create a visual system that feels consistent throughout the experience. The final interface focuses on clarity and visual hierarchy. Recipe images create the main visual impact, while ingredient information, categories and actions are organised to make the content easy to scan. The result is a mobile experience that feels simple without becoming generic.
What I Learned
This project allowed me to explore how UX and visual design can work together to solve a simple everyday problem. It was also an opportunity to work on mobile navigation, user flows, wireframes and UI design while thinking about how small interactions can make an experience feel easier and more intuitive.
