ChefClaude is a smart recipe generator that takes a list of ingredients and crafts a full recipe just for you. It's built with React and Node.js, and deployed on AWS using S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, and EC2.

👉 https://www.chefclaude.com

• React (Vite)
• CSS Modules

• Node.js with Express
• AWS Lambda
• AWS API Gateway

• S3 + CloudFront (Static React app)
• API Gateway + Lambda (Serverless backend)
• EC2 (Optional workers or dev utilities)
• Route 53 / Squarespace (Domain management)

• ✅ Ingredient validation from Spoonacular API ingredients list
• ✅ AI-generated recipes using Claude (Anthropic)
• ✅ Fully serverless backend (API Gateway + Lambda)
• ✅ Modern UI with responsive layout
• ✅ Hosted entirely on AWS

• Node.js (v18 or newer recommended)
• npm or yarn
• Git
• (Optional) Credentials for API testing

chefclaude/
├── Frontend/            # React frontend (Vite)
├── Backend/             # Node.js backend (Express)
└── README.md

git clone https://github.com/chrislpjones/chefclaude.git
cd chefclaude

cd Frontend
npm install
npm run dev

• Starts the frontend on: http://localhost:5173

cd ../Backend
npm install
node index.js

• Starts the backend on: http://localhost:3001

Create .env files in both Frontend/ and Backend/.

PORT=3001
CLAUDE_API_KEY=your_claude_api_key

VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3001

1. Frontend:

   • Build React app with npm run build
   • Upload dist/ to S3 bucket
   • Invalidate CloudFront cache

2. Backend:

   • Deploy Lambda via zip or tools (Serverless Framework, AWS SAM, etc.)
   • API Gateway routes requests to Lambda

3. Domain:

   • Use Route 53 or configure Squarespace to point to CloudFront distribution

Questions or feedback? Reach out at [email protected]

MIT License.