A chef plans my weekly dinners, and now fills the cart too.
My AI chef plans a seasonal weekly menu, writes the shopping list, and fills a supermarket cart through my own computer's network.
I’m a beginner cook.
I wanted a realistic way to get a home-cooked dinner on the table. Gentle, soft food that works for the whole family, and no fish.
How it works:
Every Monday at 08:03, Chef sends a plan for about 4 servings. (Chef is one of my shluchim. That’s Hebrew for “emissaries”, and it’s what I call my AI agents.)
First he checks live sources on what’s in season in Israel. This week: pumpkin, butternut squash, cauliflower, broccoli and corn. And for dessert, Israeli kiwi and persimmon.
He plans 7 dinners of 20 to 45 minutes each, without repeating last week.
And in a sensible order. Broccoli first, because it wilts fastest. And one dinner is a double batch, so it covers the next day’s lunch too.
Then comes a shopping list by category, in clean Hebrew.
I marked the plan for October 5 to 11 with 💯.
The shopping:
Rami Levy and Shufersal, two Israeli supermarket chains, blocked Chef’s cloud computer, because it connects from an American network.
Can you change your computer's access so it connects from Israel? Otherwise we get blocked.
Hebrew original
תוכל לשנות את הגישה של המחשב שלך שיגש מישראל כי אחרת אנחנו נחסמים
We tried a free VPN (a connection that masks where you’re browsing from) and Wolt, and gave up.
On September 24, I turned on the option in Grok Bot to route traffic through my own computer. Chef got an Israeli IP (network address), and filled a Rami Levy cart with the whole list.
19 items plus cottage cheese, including delivery, as a guest, without paying.
Meanwhile, the pantry items went into an iHerb order.
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What came out:
A rule and a skill (a reusable capability) shared by all the shluchim. When shopping in Israel, if a site blocks us, retry through my network. And if that fails too, ask me to check that the app is open.
What’s next:
From next Monday, the run goes end to end. Menu, a full Rami Levy cart through my network, I log in and pay. Delivery, and I cook.
The first full loop, from recipe to stovetop.
The shluchim involved: Chef, and Basher, who made his profile picture.
What to take from this:
Seasonality sets the menu. What’s in the market this week, ordered by what wilts first.
Site blocking you? Go through my network. An Israeli IP solved what a free VPN couldn’t.
The shaliach fills the cart, I pay. The cart is ready, and the final decision stays with me.