Built for the people around the meal, not just the recipe itself.
GetLadle came from a simple problem: recipes, meal planning, and group coordination were scattered everywhere. The fun part was the meal. The exhausting part was everything required to make it happen.
Recipes come in fast
Import from a link (TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube), a photo, or your own notes without losing the shape of the dish.
Sharing stays private
Circles are for the people you actually cook for: family, friends, neighbours, and recurring groups.
Events stay free
Every plan includes events, invitations, RSVPs, and dish claiming. Feast Mode is a separate one-time upgrade for hosts who need a bigger coordinator toolkit.
Planning leads to cooking
Meal plan, shopping, and cook mode connect instead of ending in a dead list. Snap your fridge to stock the pantry, and turn what is on hand into a proper recipe.
About the founder
GetLadle was started by Mel Schembri, a British mum of two who moved from the UK to Toronto in 2019 with her husband, two sons, and their dog. She'll be upfront about something: she doesn't actually enjoy cooking, and hosting stresses her out. What she does love is good food, good company, and the kind of gatherings where everyone ends up around a table for longer than they planned.
She also needs her household to run properly. With a full-time job, two kids, a dog, and a husband with an equally packed schedule, weekly meal prep and healthy eating aren't lifestyle choices so much as survival strategies. Food matters in the Schembri house. Getting it organised is a different story.
Mel writes the guides on the GetLadle blog.
Why it exists
Mel Schembri built GetLadle after running into the same friction repeatedly: recipes buried in chat threads, potluck coordination spread across too many messages, and weekly meal planning living in scraps and memory.
GetLadle is a food organiser for people who feed people. It makes it easier to host well, remember what was cooked, and keep the social thread alive after the meal.
Recipes are the start, not the whole product. Circles, events, meal planning, shopping, cook mode, and gallery connect the people around a meal with the work that gets it onto the table.
- Answers for home cooks and hosts
- Guide to sharing meal planning as a couple
- Step-by-step dinner-party workflow
What makes it different
- Private circles instead of public posting.
- Events and dish coordination built into the product.
- Meal planning that leads into shopping and cooking.
- A living gallery built from meals actually made.
- Events on every plan, with Feast Mode as a transparent one-time upgrade for larger, more involved gatherings.