Kaibo
Culinary Intelligence
The platform that answers "what's for dinner?" — every night, for every family — by turning what's already in your kitchen into meals you'll actually cook.
The problem
One small question, a lot of daily stress
Every evening, families ask the same question — and behind it sits real friction that no single app has solved.
Time lost
2+ hours a week go into deciding what to cook, on top of everything else.
Duplicate spend
Staples get bought twice because no one remembers what's already in the cupboard.
Last-minute takeaway
When nothing's planned, delivery apps win by default.
Allergy anxiety
Checking labels, cooking separately, and worrying — every single meal.
Picky eaters
Meals get planned, cooked, and rejected at the table anyway.
Nutrition guilt
Convenience keeps winning over what everyone knows they should be eating.
Where it started
Two families, one broken routine
Kaibo didn't start as a market opportunity. It started with our own kitchen, and a friend's.
Time & lifestyle strain
No time, no help, and work bleeding into the evening.
- Quick takeaways became the default, and nutrition fell off the radar.
- Weight gain, hospital visits, and tension at home followed.
Allergy strain
Children with multiple allergies — nuts, dairy, gluten, egg.
- Over two hours a day spent checking labels and cooking separate meals.
- Limited variety, higher costs, and constant anxiety at every meal.
"Food — the thing that should bring us together — became a daily compromise."
The market gap
Everyone solves half the problem
Recipe apps, grocery apps, meal kits, and smart kitchen devices all exist — but none of them talk to each other.
Nobody connects what you have to what's for dinner.
Why families need this now
You're not imagining it — dinner really has gotten harder
The solution
A kitchen superpower — without changing behaviour
Kaibo learns what's already in your kitchen, then builds the rest of the evening around it.
Show what you have
Scan barcodes, snap a photo of the fridge, or import a receipt.
Get tonight's options
Meals suggested from what's on hand, matched to allergies and preferences.
Cook with guidance
A cooking companion adapts the recipe in real time as ingredients run out.
Shop smarter
A shopping list is built automatically, split across stores for the best price.
Connected food intelligence
From kitchen to cloud, one feedback loop
- Family profiles: allergies, preferences, budgets
- Dynamic weekly meal suggestions
- A cooking companion for real-time guidance
- Pantry tracking — manual or camera input
- Automatic shopping list generation
- Insight into what families plan to cook next
- Personalised promotions and recipe-level demand data
- Anonymised, aggregated behavioural analytics
- Kaibo smart jars and hub
- Ingredient visibility with auto-replenish
- Step-by-step guided cooking lights
Real families, real behaviour
You're already trying to solve this by hand
People are already hacking AI and calendars together just to answer "what's for dinner?" — Kaibo is what happens when that becomes effortless.
"I use LLMs as a constraint solver. Given what's in my fridge, generate meal adaptations. Some substitutes worked so well I kept using them."
Chris von CsefalvayPrincipal, Data/AI (Life Sciences & Healthcare), HCLTech
"I keep reference recipes and a pantry ledger in a knowledge source — but never considered constrained options. Great insight!"
Kayla GrayProduct Director UK, 4PS by Hilti (Hilti Group)
"I built a 9-week rotating meal plan, deployed it into Google Calendar, linked to Home Assistant, and manage my shopping list there. It's been a game changer — all done with ChatGPT."
Duncan CleggCTO, Digital Strategy & Transformation, The Sentry
None of these are Kaibo users. They're proof that people are already solving this problem by hand — Kaibo just makes it effortless.
Where we are right now
- Started talking to grocery retailers so pantry data can translate into real savings
- Spoke with 15+ families — most are happy to share pantry data in exchange for saving time and money
- 50 families join the pilot, testing the meal and pantry tracker week to week
- Weekly check-ins on meal planning and what's actually getting bought
The future vision
Kaibo becomes the operating system of the kitchen
- Automated meal planning that adapts week to week
- A zero-waste pantry that tracks itself
- Smart jars, bands, and scanner hubs in every cupboard
- One place that remembers your family's allergies, budget, and taste
- Families eating healthier, cheaper, and safer, without extra effort