Delish Launches Cooking Coach, an AI-Powered Audio Experience

Delish announced the launch of Cooking Coach, a new AI-powered audio experience that makes following a recipe extremely easy. Designed for how people cook today, Cooking Coach brings real-time voice guidance to the kitchen, walking users through the step-by-step process of selecting from more than 30,000 Delish recipes and preparing them.

86% of adults under 30 and 59% of 25-34-year-olds today use digital devices when they cook,” said Delish Editorial Director Joanna Saltz. “Cooking Coach allows us to meet our monthly audience of more than 24 million where they are and help bring our recipes – created, vetted and tested by Delish editors – to life with ease.” 

Features for Cooking Coach include:

• Hands-free voice guidance for reading ingredients, steps and answering questions
• Recipe substitutions and adjusted serving sizes
• Multiple timers and multiple languages
• Recipe discovery and inspiration

We are leveraging AI to build better consumer experiences that surface Delish IP in thoughtful and engaging ways,” said GM of Hearst Magazines’ Lifestyle Group, Ronak Patel. “This is just the beginning. We’ll continue to identify new ways to engage consumers with utilities and tools that deepen their relationship with the brand and make their lives better" 

Now in beta, Cooking Coach will be widely available in the coming months. For updates, please visit Delish.com.

About Delish
Celebrating 10 years of sharing easy ways to incorporate the fun of food into everyday life, Delish.com is the destination for recipes, videos and the latest food news that gets people excited to cook. Delish is the fastest-growing food media brand on the internet with 34 million unique monthly visitors and 5 billion video views a year. From turning their tasty recipes into life to reviewing the hottest trends, the site’s popular short-form videos can rack up to 11 million views in just 24 hours and favorites have been shared hundreds of thousands of times. Delish features a broad range of exciting content covering the food and beverage industry, making the site a go-to source for people who love food. Delish.com is published by Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst, a leading global, diversified media, information and services company. Hearst Magazines, the world’s largest lifestyle publisher, has a portfolio of more than 30 powerful brands in the U.S. that inspire and entertain audiences across all media platforms. Hearst Magazines’ print and digital assets reach 141 million readers and site visitors each month — 55% of all adults in the U.S., 53% of all Millennials and 50% of all Gen Z adults over the age of 18 (Source: 2024 Comscore Multi-Platform© MRI-Simmons - 09/24/S24). The company publishes more than 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the world.