SKILLFULLBITES
An app that helps home chefs expand and improve their cooking abilities with recipe videos, blogs, detailed how-to-dos, and more. The finest aspects are the automated shopping list, simple search tools, diet modification choices, and low-ingredient recipe alternatives. Because the app's customization options and recipes are somewhat limited, more seasoned chefs might want more. However, this app is ideal for any beginner chef.
Purpose
Product Problem
The main focus of meal prep and cooking education software has been more for experienced cooks and quick meals.
The learning curve associated with cooking simple, healthy meals is something that current goods and services neglect to solve.
Our product will close this gap by offering customized meal plans for various dietary needs or scheduling constraints based on the user's lifestyle.
We will first concentrate on inexperienced cooks who lack the time to learn how to cook.
Our success can be gauged when members of the community share, like, and comment on their improved cooking skills.
Key Features
Some key features that we decided to do based on our hypotheses:
- Grocery List - Users can keep track of ingredients they need and expiration dates so they don't waste food.
- Detailed instructions with pictures and videos - This is the best teaching method.
- Diet, time, and difficulty levels - To meet all user's needs and wants.
- Smart Fridge - Easier way to keep track of the food that you have and more.
Wireframe ROUND 1
Explore Page
Cook Book Page
Cook Book Page
We originally had an Explore Page but decided to combine it with the home page since they had similar topics.
Feedback on the Explore Page:
1. The Explore page could be about trying new stuff, not algorithmically introduced but new things.
2. Icons are a little confusing.
3. The Explore page is good for going more in-depth.
Cook Book Page
Cook Book Page
Cook Book Page
Categories in the Cook Book pages are necessary and helpful, but some categories need to be defined better.
Feedback on the Cook Book Page:
1. Would like tags on Cook Book with extra information.
2. Redefine subcategories under Cook Book.
Recipe Page
Cook Book Page
Recipe Page
The Recipe Page is a necessary feature but has a lot of issues in terms of information architecture/layout and navigability, and some features are not clearly defined.
Feedback on the Recipe Page:
1. Likes the recipe generate feature.
2. Layout for recipe and visual hierarchy needs to work.
3. Filtering recipes might be a little confusing; the time stamp threw her off.
Wireframe ROUND 2
Images
Images
Images
The realistic pictures are better for the actual recipe, but for instructional and educational modules, the more animated/illustrated pictures would be better.
Tags
Images
Images
Users want to learn about the recipe and decide quickly if it's appropriate.
- Having tags for filtering time.
- Description should be on the clicked recipe, not card.