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Turn cooking from a task into a ritual with recipe cards.

Seasonal recipe card collections, beautifully boxed. The format that makes you look forward to home cooking.

Shop Collection£24

New to recipe cards?

Current:

Everyday Chicken

Next:

Complete Pastas

Who it's for

For the cook who wants more from dinner…

  • Nutritionally Complete
  • Carefully curated
  • Simple to follow
  • High in protein
  • Made for daily cooking

Current Collection

Everyday Chicken

Buy Collection£24
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  • Ten recipe cards: 250gsm cotton paper, 10 by 8 inches.
  • The collection menu: All ten dinners on one page.
  • An original art print and guide: Art front, chicken guide back.
  • A letter from me: The story behind the collection.
  • A certificate of authenticity: Numbered, signed and certified.
  • A gift-ready box: Everything together, ready to give or receive.
  • Read our reviews on Trustpilot
  • One-off purchase. No subscription.
  • UK delivery £2.75, tracked. 2 to 3 working days.
  • Printed in small batches to maintain quality.

  • Chicken Satay Rice Bowl · Asian · Nutty
  • Chicken Yaki Soba · Asian · Aromatic
  • Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken · Mediterranean · Creamy
  • Marry Me Chicken · Creamy · Aromatic
  • Honey Garlic Chicken & Rice · Asian · Sweet
  • Chicken & Halloumi Rice Bowl · Mediterranean · Tropical
  • Golden Coconut Chicken Curry · Asian · Creamy
  • Spicy Chicken & Peanut Ramen · Asian · Creamy
  • Marry Me Chicken Meatball Orzo · Italian · Creamy
  • Greek Chicken Gyros · Mediterranean · Fresh
See recipe section for more details

UK delivery is £2.75, sent tracked first class by Royal Mail and usually with you in 2 to 3 working days. We're still small, so for now we only ship within the UK, but shipping further afield is something we're working on.

We don't run a formal returns programme – each collection is small-batch and meant as a keepsake. If anything's wrong with your order, email hello@cardchef.com and we'll make it right. (UK and EU customers retain their standard 14-day right to return unused items.)

  • Servings: Each recipe serves 2, and it's easy to double up for more.
  • On every card: Prep and cook times, calories and nutrition, and a photo for every step.
  • Care: Printed on 250gsm cotton paper. They handle the occasional splash, but they're not laminated, so treat them like a good cookbook.
  • Collections: Everyday Chicken is out now and Complete Pastas is next, each printed in small batches.

Why recipe cards

Every dinner, made easier…

  • Easier to plan

    Dinner decided in seconds, and you’ll know exactly what to buy. No more 6pm scrolling, and less food in the bin.

  • Easier to cook

    One card propped on your counter, with a photo for every step. Everything at a glance, nothing to scroll.

  • Easier to keep

    Your best meals in one place, getting easier every time you cook them. Add your notes and make each one yours.

Curious why we care so much about recipe cards? Read our story.

Recipes

Carefully refined over months, until each dish was the perfect everyday dinner.

  • Perlino cotton paper
  • Premium texture
  • 10″ × 8″ Dimensions
  • Step-by-step photos
  • Crafted to last

Reviews

Loved by the people who opened one.

5.0 from 4 reviews on Trustpilot
The whole experience has been lovely from start to finish. Arrived beautifully packaged, the little letter inside was a really nice touch, and the recipes themselves are great. Made the chicken & halloumi rice bowl last night and it was delicious. Can't wait for the next one.
Grace B.
Bought this for my mum for her birthday and she absolutely loves it! The whole thing feels really special when you open it, and she's already cooked the gyros twice. Such a nice thing to give someone, especially if they like their cooking. Amazing recipes, and easy to follow! Would definitely buy again.
Jordan H.
What a fantastic purchase. Every recipe I’ve tried has hit the mark, and I love that I can make little tweaks and notes on the cards themselves. They’re already very well loved in my kitchen!
Laura B.via Trustpilot
Genuinely better than I expected. I'm not a confident cook at all but these are so easy to follow and everything's come out great so far. Made the golden coconut curry for my partner and they were well impressed haha. Really happy with it.
Lauren H.via Trustpilot
Probably the best little thing I've bought in ages. I love that someone's done the thinking for you and just handed you ten recipes that actually work. No more trawling through dodgy recipes online. The yaki soba was a massive hit. Highly recommend 💛
Paula A.via Trustpilot
Three weeks in and I've already cooked seven of the ten! Didn't realise how much of my reluctance to cook was just decision fatigue. So glad I got these.
Viktor A.via Trustpilot

Dear Home Cook,

The Problem

Cooking at home shouldn’t feel this hard. Same meals on repeat. Last-minute scrolling. Screens going dark mid-recipe. I thought it was me – until I realised it wasn’t a skill problem, it was a format one.

The Fix

The fix was unlikely: a recipe card on the counter, one meal at a time. Almost without trying, things shifted. Dinner stopped being a question. Shopping got clearer. Cooking became calmer. A repertoire of meals I loved built up, and confidence grew with it. Home cooking turned from a task I dreaded, into a ritual I look forward to.

The Product

But the cards out there weren’t made to keep – flimsy paper, curling corners, nothing you’d find in a drawer ten years from now. So I made what was missing. That’s CardChef – seasonal collections of ten recipes on premium cotton paper, built to live on your counter for years. Each with its own theme: a letter, an art print and guide, the cards wrapped in vellum. Limited. Numbered. Signed. A small world to look forward to.

The latest collection is above – I hope it earns a place in your kitchen.

Morgan Williams

Founder, CardChef

vs Cookbooks

No more stacked cookbooks gathering dust.

Recipe cards:

  • All your recipes in one place.
  • Keep the meals you love.
  • Minimal space and easy to use.

Cookbooks:

  • Recipes spread across multiple books.
  • Stuck with recipes you don’t enjoy.
  • Frustrating experience prying open pages.

vs Online recipes

Finally, all your recipes in one place, physically.

Recipe cards:

  • All your recipes in one place.
  • Easy to organise and select weekly meals.
  • Physical beauty in its purest form.

Online recipes:

  • Recipes spread across multiple platforms.
  • Frustrating experience selecting meals.
  • Another device in the kitchen.

FAQ

Serving up answers, one question at a time.

Ten recipe cards on 250gsm Perlino cotton paper, wrapped in vellum, with a printed menu of all ten dinners, an original art print with a guide on the back, a letter from me on the story behind the collection, and a signed certificate of authenticity. It all comes together in a sturdy box. See the recipes above.

A one-off. Each collection is a single purchase – buy the ones you like and skip the rest. Nothing renews, nothing arrives automatically.

We try to get one out every three seasons, with plans to move to one a season as we grow. Each is built around a single theme and reflects the season it lands in. The current collection is Everyday Chicken; the next is Complete Pastas.

In small batches, and every set is numbered and signed, with its own certificate. We do reprint, but never on a predictable schedule – so if a collection is one you'd want, it's safer to pick it up while it's in stock than to wait.

They're printed on 250gsm Perlino cotton paper – proper, textured stock that feels like a kitchen heirloom rather than something disposable. They handle counter life and the occasional splash, but they're not laminated. We chose texture and feel over plastic-coated durability – they're meant to be treated with the same care you'd give a fine cookbook.

Yes – it arrives boxed and ready to give, with no price or receipt inside. Put their address as the delivery address at checkout and it goes straight to them.

UK delivery is £2.75, sent tracked first class by Royal Mail and usually with you in 2 to 3 working days. We're still small, so for now we only ship within the UK, but shipping further afield is something we're working on.

We don't run a formal returns programme – each collection is small-batch and meant as a keepsake. But if anything's wrong with your order, email hello@cardchef.com and we'll make it right. (UK and EU customers retain their standard 14-day return rights.)

Missing an answer? Reach out at hello@cardchef.com.