How Sous-Chef Works
From setting up automated receipt ingestion to cooking your first AI-planned meal. Here's how to get the most out of your Sous-Chef.
Set up Gmail forwarding
Connect Sous-Chef in a few minutes by forwarding matching Whole Foods receipt emails to your unique Sous-Chef address.
Copy your unique Sous-Chef email
Start here: open the menu → Profile → Email & Receipts. Then navigate to Gmail on your desktop to set up email forwarding.
Open the menu and tap Profile
Copy your forwarding email
Add the forwarding address in Gmail
In Gmail on desktop, go to Settings → See all settings → Forwarding and POP/IMAP, then click "Add a forwarding address." Paste in your unique Sous-Chef email from the app.
Note: This must be the email you receive your Whole Foods receipts from. Which is the email for your Amazon account.
Tip: When shopping at Whole Foods, use a credit card linked to the account or scan your in-store code at checkout to receive your receipt to your email.
Add your unique Sous-Chef email in Gmail's Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings.
Confirm the forwarding address
After you add the forwarding address, Sous-Chef will send a confirmation email to your Sous-Chef login email from support@sous-chef.xyz. Open that email and confirm the forwarding address to finish verification.
Note: Gmail requires this confirmation before it allows filters to forward email to a new address.
Make sure the forwarding address you confirm is the exact same one you copied from the Sous-Chef app.
Check your inbox for a confirmation email from support@sous-chef.xyz
Make sure the verified forwarding address is available in Gmail
Return to Gmail's Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings and make sure your Sous-Chef forwarding email now appears as a verified forwarding address. You'll use this same address when creating your filters.
Once verified, your Sous-Chef email should appear as an available forwarding destination in Gmail.
Navigate to Filters and Blocked Addresses
In Gmail Settings, click on the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab. Then click "Create a new filter" to start setting up your first filter.
Click "Create a new filter" to begin setting up your email forwarding rules.
Create Filter 1 for Whole Foods receipt emails
Now create your first Gmail filter for Whole Foods receipt emails.
Copy and paste the text above in the From and Subject fields then click "Create filter". Next check "Forward it to", select your verified Sous-Chef forwarding email, and create filter.
Create Filter 2 for Amazon delivery emails
Create a second Gmail filter for Whole Foods delivery emails that come from Amazon.
Copy and paste the text above in the From and Subject fields then click "Create filter". Next check "Forward it to", select your verified Sous-Chef forwarding email, and create filter.
Final result
When setup is complete, Gmail should show two active filters — one for Whole Foods receipt emails and one for Amazon delivery emails — both forwarding to your Sous-Chef address.
Your finished setup should include two Gmail filters, both forwarding to Sous-Chef.
What gets forwarded?
Only the emails matching the two filters above. Sous-Chef does not receive your full inbox — only the Whole Foods receipt-related emails you choose to forward.