This Year, You're Not Alone in the Kitchen

I get it. January is full of hope and good intentions. You're going to cook more. Eat healthier. Stop wasting food. Actually use that butternut squash before it turns to mush.

And then life happens.

Here's what I know after running BakeSpace.com since 2006 and watching millions of home cooks navigate their kitchens: You don't need another meal plan. You don't need more organization. You just need someone who knows how to cook when you're standing there confused, hands covered in flour, wondering "what now?"

That's why I built BakeBot.

Your Kitchen, Your Way

BakeBot lives in two places: BakeSpace.com/bakebot (where our incredible community hangs out) and BakeBot.ai (our new, super-smart AI kitchen assistant with vision and voice). Both are completely free.

Here's what actually happens when you use it:

Talk While You Cook Your hands are covered in dough? Just ask. "BakeBot, how long do I bake this?" It answers out loud. In any language. You can even change the voice and speed. It's like having a friend in the kitchen who never judges your questions.

Make Every Recipe Work for YOU Gluten-free? Dairy-free? Vegan? Keto? Nut allergy? Tell BakeBot once and every recipe suggestion already fits your needs. Or take any recipe you love and type or say "make this vegan" or "make this gluten-free" and BakeBot rewrites it completely and shows you exactly what to do.

Want to know the nutritional breakdown? BakeBot.ai gives you the full picture... calories, protein, carbs, everything. No more guessing if dinner fits your goals.

SmartSwap™: Stop Overpaying for Groceries This is huge. It helps you stop paying more for expensive ingredients? BakeBot shows you the cheaper local brand that works just as well, how much you'll save AND where to buy it. BakeBot gives you the swap, the store, and shows you how much you'll save. Real money back in your pocket.

Perfect Wine Pairings Making something special? Ask BakeBot what wine goes with it. Or what cocktail to make with whatever's in your bar. It knows the perfect pairing for any dish.

Rescue Any Recipe "I don't have cream cheese." BakeBot knows you need fat and tang, then rewrites the entire recipe for you to save. No more guessing.

Import From Anywhere Find a recipe online? Upload it. Screenshot from TikTok? Upload it. Grandma's handwritten card from 1952 that's missing half the ingredients? Upload it. BakeBot digitizes it, figures out what's missing, and saves it forever. You can even create beautiful cookbooks with these recipes to share or sell.

Create Gorgeous Recipe Images BakeBot can generate beautiful images of your dishes before you even make them. Perfect for planning or sharing.

What Makes BakeBot Different

We're the only AI built on almost 20 years of real home cooking experience from our BakeSpace community. Not algorithms pretending to understand cooking. Actual wisdom from people who've burned the same thing you just burned.

BakeBot doesn't just answer questions, it thinks ahead. Planning a wedding cake? It'll remind you about transportation before you ask. Making dinner for picky kids? It already knows to suggest modifications. Cooking for someone with allergies? It anticipates the swaps you'll need.

It's powered by both contextual AI (learning from our community) and agentic AI (thinking on its feet). And we just won a Webby Award in 2024 for it.

This Is What You've Been Missing

You're at the store. You text: "I'm looking at chicken thighs. What should I make?" BakeBot tells you exactly what to buy.

You're home Wednesday night with random ingredients. You say out loud: "I have eggs, bread, and cheddar." BakeBot gives you actual dinner ideas.

You're cooking but confused. You ask: "What does sauté actually mean?" BakeBot explains without making you feel dumb.

You want something healthy that fits your macros. You tell it: "I need high protein, low carb, under 500 calories." BakeBot creates it and shows you the full breakdown.

You're on a budget. You ask: "What's cheaper than this ingredient?" BakeBot tells you the local brand and where to find it.

You have celiac disease. You say: "Make this recipe gluten-free." BakeBot completely rewrites it so it actually works.

You remember that cookbook you bought in Paris (in French) and realize you can translate the recipes -- instantly.

Your Grandma speaks Albanian and you always wanted to make her family famous Byrek recipe, so you ask her to tell BakeBot the recipe and it instantly translates the recipe into English for you and saves it to your online recipe box.

You're going to a party and stop at the grocery store to pick up a bottle of wine and have no clue what to buy. You show BakeBot, and it tells you what wine to choose based on the occasion, your price, or what you're serving.

No More Cooking Alone

After almost 20 years building BakeSpace, here's what I've learned: people don't fail at cooking because they lack skills. They fail because they're lack confidence.

BakeBot is your backup. Your friend. Your confident voice saying "Yes, you can do this" when you're standing in your kitchen at 5:47pm in a panic.

It doesn't judge your "dumb" questions. It doesn't care that your meal plan fell apart on Tuesday. It just helps. Every single time.

This Year Is Different

Visit BakeBot.ai or BakeSpace.com/bakebot. Both free. Both always there. One might finally be the resolution that sticks.

What's the one thing that always trips you up in the kitchen? I want to know. That's exactly what BakeBot should help with.

Happy New Year! Let's do this!

—Babette