Great British Chefs

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Great British Chefs is British-based food website that contains a collection of recipes, as well as instructional guides, videos, features on British food, and profiles of chefs and restaurants in the UK.

Apps[]

The first Great British Chefs iOS app was released in July 2011 and featured 12 chefs, who each provided 5 recipes. The app was included in the Sunday Times' top 500 apps list, won a silver Lovie Award for Best Tablet App and was also featured in Apps Magazine's Top 100 Apps Ever.[1][2]

The second Great British Chefs app, 'Feastive', was released in November 2011.

Great British Chefs' third app, 'Summertime', was produced in partnership with the online supermarket Ocado with a shopping list feature to purchase ingredients.[3] The apps also have the ability to share recipes on social networking services.[4] A portion of the revenue from the sale of the Summertime app went to the charity Action Against Hunger.[5]

There was also an app for Windows 8[6]

Reception[]

Reviews of the iOS apps were positive with The Telegraph praising the low price of compared to traditional cookbooks and the "superb photography [which] makes it equally lovely to look at".[4] Technology website praised the navigation of the app and listed it as "app of the day" on July 27, 2011.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Ian (January 2012). "Great British Chefs makes it into the Sunday Times Top 500 best apps". WeAreApps. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ^ "1st Annual Lovie Honourees". The Lovie Awards. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ Richmond, Shane (9 August 2012). "Great British Chefs Summertime HD app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b Warman, Matt (24 November 2011). "Great British Chefs Feastive iPad app review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ^ Dredge, Stuart (18 July 2012). "Great British Chefs - Summertime: app of the day". MSN Tech. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Great British Chefs app for Windows in the Windows Store". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  7. ^ Henderson, Rik (27 July 2011). "APP OF THE DAY: Great British Chefs - Recipes review (iPad / iPhone)". Pocket-Lint. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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