Meal Planning & Event Execution Platform
Time To Plate is a meal planning app and recipe manager that turns big meals into a step-by-step cooking plan—balanced across your appliances, with guest dietary awareness built in. Whether you’re organizing a holiday dinner, planning a dinner party, or managing weekly family meals, our event meal planner handles the timeline so you can focus on cooking.
No credit card required. Request access and start planning your next meal event.
How it works
Three simple steps—from recipe collection to a coordinated cooking plan.
Save recipes fast
Create your own recipes or import from a URL. Organize by course, favorite the ones you love, and keep everything searchable.
Turn meals into events
Build a menu, pick a serve time, and choose your kitchen setup. Start from scratch or launch an event from a reusable template.
Execute with confidence
Get a live schedule, timers, and a "Now" view for cooking. The scheduler allocates tasks across appliance lanes and flags conflicts in plain English.
Features that remove the chaos
Everything you need to host—without juggling spreadsheets, texts, and sticky notes.
Appliance-lane scheduling
Schedule tasks across your real appliances (oven, stovetop, grill, smoker, slow cooker, air fryer…), plan backward from serve time, and keep kitchen bottlenecks under control.
Guest dietary intelligence
Store guest profiles with allergens (with severity levels) and "avoid" ingredients (preferences). See warnings during menu planning so you can adjust before the day-of.
Meal templates → events
Build reusable templates for weekly dinners, holiday traditions, or your go-to BBQ. Create a new event from a template in minutes.
Themed invitations & RSVP tracking
Send beautifully themed email invites with RSVP links. Track responses, headcount, and messages. Auto-reminders go out before the deadline.
Cook Mode + live “Now” view
Distraction-free, step-by-step cooking for recipes and events. Keep the next action clear—especially when the kitchen gets loud.
Simple pricing that scales with your needs
Start free. Upgrade when you want unlimited recipes and full event execution power.
Free
- Up to 15 recipes
- Import recipes from URL
- Cook Mode
- Family sharing (recipes only, guest role)
Essentials
- Unlimited recipes
- Recipe sharing with families
- Favorites, search, filtering
- Course organization
Pro
- Everything in Essentials
- Event builder with menu planning
- Shopping lists & prep lists
- Timeline & timers
- Appliance-lane scheduling
- Guest profiles with allergen tracking
- Themed invitations with RSVP tracking
Family
- Everything in Pro
- Up to 6 family members
- Kitchen context switching
- Collaborative event planning
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for hosts, families, and anyone cooking for a crowd.
How do guests RSVP?
Guests receive an email with a unique RSVP link. They can accept or decline, set their party size, and leave a message—no account required.
Can I change the invitation theme after sending?
No—once invitations are sent, the theme is locked. You can still add recipients and resend to individuals.
What’s the difference between allergens and avoided ingredients?
Allergens are medical concerns with severity levels. Avoided ingredients are preferences (dislikes, religious restrictions, etc.).
Do I need to set up a kitchen profile?
Kitchen profiles are optional, but recommended if you want appliance-aware scheduling to reflect your real equipment and capacity.
What happens after the RSVP deadline?
The invitation closes automatically when the deadline passes. Late visitors see a message that the deadline has passed (with your contact info if provided).
Can I have multiple kitchens?
Yes—create profiles for home, vacation home, outdoor kitchen, or anywhere you cook.
What makes Time To Plate different from other meal planners?
Most meal planning apps focus on weekly menus or grocery lists. Time To Plate is built for event execution—it schedules cooking tasks across your real appliances, plans backward from serve time, and gives you a live timeline with timers so everything comes out together.
Can I plan a holiday meal like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner?
Absolutely. Time To Plate was designed for exactly this. Enter your recipes, set your serve time, and the scheduler builds a timeline that accounts for oven capacity, prep overlap, and rest times—so your turkey, sides, and desserts all land on the table at the right moment.
Is there an AI feature?
AI assistance is optional and pluggable. The core scheduling, timeline, and dietary features work without any AI. If you want AI-powered suggestions, you can connect your own API key from supported providers.
How does appliance-lane scheduling work?
Each appliance in your kitchen profile becomes a lane on the timeline. The scheduler assigns cooking tasks to lanes based on which appliance they need, ensures no lane is double-booked beyond its capacity, and plans backward from your target serve time.
Ready to host without the chaos?
Request early access. Import a few recipes, create your first template, and see how the timeline changes the way you cook.