About Fond

Built for the way cooking actually works

Fond is a cooking platform made by two developers who cook every day. We got tired of tools that treat cooking like a checklist.

Our story

It's 6PM and you're staring at your phone

Not cooking. Not even deciding. Just scrolling. Somewhere in your browser is a recipe you saved weeks ago. Was it a reel? A link someone sent? You have chicken thighs, half an onion, and a growing sense that dinner shouldn't be this hard.

You're not the problem. Recipe apps replaced the card box — and stopped there. Every other creative practice got its platform. Designers got Figma. Musicians got Ableton. Cooking got a database with a search bar.

We thought cooking deserved better. So we built it.

The name

Everything starts with a fond

When you sear meat, what's left in the pan looks like burnt residue. Most people wash it out. But a cook who's paying attention knows that layer — the fond — is concentrated flavor. Add wine, scrape the bottom, and you have the base of something extraordinary.

Nothing wasted. Everything building on what came before. That's the name. That's the idea.

How we work

What guides the decisions we make

Cooking comes first

Features start with a real problem in the kitchen. If it doesn't help you cook, it doesn't ship.

Fast and quiet

No ads, no clutter, no onboarding wizard. Open it, use it.

No lock-in

Import from anywhere, export whenever. Your recipes are yours.

The team

Two cooks who code

Bastien

Bastien

CEO & Co-founder

Long braises, pizza from scratch, sauces that take all day. Software developer by trade. Started Fond because no recipe app worked the way he actually cooks.

Asdine

Asdine

CTO & Co-founder

AI software engineer and home cook. Handles the backend and makes sure everything loads fast. Thinks good software should stay out of your way.

What Fond does

The short version

Recipe import

Paste a URL or take a photo. Fond extracts the recipe.

Meal planning

Drag recipes into your week, get a grocery list.

AI assistant

Ask August about substitutions, timing, or what to do with leftovers.

Multi-platform

Web, iOS, Android, and desktop.

Scaling

Adjust servings, quantities update automatically.

Collections

Folders, tags, and smart filters to organize your recipes.

Say hello

Questions, feedback, or just want to talk about bread?

hello@fond.kitchen

We read every message.