Love YouTube recipes but hate the constant pausing?
Turn YouTube videos into clean, distraction-free recipe cards
Ingredients and steps appear neatly beside the video, so you can cook along without pausing, rewinding, or scribbling notes.
Loved by home cooks, bakers, and food lovers worldwide
Works best on desktop or laptop Chrome
Your Personal Recipe Library 🍰
Automatically created from your favourite YouTube chefs — organised, searchable, and calm.
Your saved recipes will appear here.
Paste a YouTube link above to try your first extraction — then your library starts building itself.
Tip: choose a recipe video with ingredients in the description for the best first demo.
Want to see exactly how it works?
From opening a video to cooking from a clean recipe card — step by step. If you like what you see, installing takes seconds.
Desktop Chrome extension • Privacy-focused • Built for cooking alongside the video
In the kitchen, you want:
- ✅ ingredients you can glance at
- ✅ steps you can follow calmly
- ✅ zero rewinding & comment-hunting
ChefScribe makes video recipes cookable.
Quick FAQs
The stuff you’re probably wondering before you hit “Install”.
What does the ChefScribe Chrome extension do? ⌄
ChefScribe turns YouTube cooking videos into clean, structured recipe cards. It extracts ingredients and step-by-step instructions so you can cook without pausing, rewinding, or typing notes.
How do I extract a recipe from a YouTube video? ⌄
Open a cooking video on YouTube, then click ChefScribe. It pulls the key recipe info and shows it in a readable format — including an ingredients checklist and numbered instructions.
Is ChefScribe free to use? ⌄
Yes — ChefScribe is free to install. The free plan includes a small quota of free extractions (like 6) so you can try it properly. If you want unlimited extractions, you can upgrade to Pro.
Does ChefScribe include nutritional information? ⌄
ChefScribe can calculate a nutrition breakdown for extracted recipes, including calories per serving plus macros like fat, carbs, and protein (when available from the recipe content).
Can I translate recipes into English? ⌄
Yep. If the video is in another language, you can use “Translate to English” to convert ingredients and instructions with a click.
Does ChefScribe work on mobile? ⌄
ChefScribe is a desktop Chrome extension. But once you extract a recipe, you can open it on your phone or tablet using a shareable link while you cook.
Ready for calmer cooking?
Stop rewinding. Stop squinting at comments. Get a clean recipe card beside your video — in one click.
Takes seconds to install • Works on desktop Chrome • Privacy-focused