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Beginner10h1–2
Vision LLMNext.jsLocal storage
16/20Fridge Photo Chef
Turns a photo of your fridge into recipes you can cook tonight.
Beginner12h1–2 people16/20 fit
Build Fridge Photo Chef for students and busy home cooks in ~12h with 1–2 people. Stack: Next.js + Vision LLM + Tailwind.
Why it wins: Multimodal magic in one photo — instant wow.
Build flow
01 · Problem
People throw food away because they can’t think of a meal from random leftovers.
02 · Solution
Snap the fridge. A vision model lists ingredients and suggests three recipes using only what’s there.
03 · Build
- 1Image upload UI
- 2Vision LLM → ingredient JSON
- 3Recipe prompt with constraints
- 4Recipe cards UI
04 · Demo
Upload one fridge photo → ingredient chips appear → tap a recipe card.
MVP checklist
- Photo upload
- Detected ingredient chips
- 3 recipe cards
- Missing-item swaps
Tech stack
| Tech | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Next.js | Frontend + API routes | Web |
| Vision LLM | Image understanding | AI |
| Tailwind | Styling | Web |
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