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FoodieBag – AI Recipe Videos

TikTok-style iOS feed of AI-generated recipe videos, with a recommender and snap-a-dish recipe recognition.

Context

FoodieBag was built at hackaTUM 2023 (November 2023) with teammates Bethany Wong, Mostafa Elhayani and aspiforgreat.

Pitch: Not everyone is born with a chef's hat — but what if cooking were as easy as watching a personalised cooking show?

What we built

Two things in one weekend:

  1. An AI video generator that creates personalised recipe videos (AI-generated presenter videos, including via Synthesia).
  2. An iOS app with a TikTok-style "For You" feed of AI-generated recipe videos, each with nutritional facts and ingredients.
  • A recommender system tailors the feed to your interests and dietary restrictions.
  • Snap a photo of any dish and the app reveals the recipe and ingredients and adapts it to your preferences and diet (computer vision + LLM with structured outputs).
  • A Streamlit visualisation tool showcases all features.

Tech

Swift (iOS) · Python · OpenAI (LLM, structured outputs) · OpenCV (cv2) · Streamlit · AI video generation (Synthesia) · recommender algorithms

Challenges and learnings

  • Navigating the uncanny valley of AI video generation, with few (or no) free APIs.
  • Integrating many APIs into one seamless product; planning and scoping as a team.
  • The team also launched social channels, positioning FoodieBag as a "food-tok" brand.

Result

The team's Devpost write-up hints at a prize ("we might have bagged a victory"). ⚠️ Confirm which award, if any.

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