Lost & Found Recipes! 💫 | Cookpad Apron 2026

Cookpad Apron Challenge is here! 🚀
From March 30 to December 13, cook each week, share your recipes, collect points, and work your way towards winning the exclusive emerald green apron. 🍳💚

✅ Week 11 Theme: Lost & Found Recipes! 💫
📅 Dates: 8 - 14 June

Some recipes deserve to be remembered ❤️
This week, we're bringing old memories and traditional flavours back into the spotlight. From dishes passed down through generations to recipes that are rarely made today, let's rediscover the foods that tell a story and keep culinary traditions alive.

👉 Share a recipe inspired by family traditions, childhood memories or an old favourite that deserves to be remembered.

Need some inspiration?
✅ Sattu — Sattu Paratha, Sattu Drink, Sattu Ladoo
✅ Kanji — Traditional Kanji, Beetroot Kanji, Fermented Drinks
✅ Pakhala — Pakhala Bhata, Curd Pakhala, Traditional Rice Dishes
✅ Thalipeeth — Traditional Thalipeeth, Multigrain Flatbreads
✅ Bhakri — Jowar Bhakri, Bajra Bhakri, Village-style Meals
✅ Ambil — Ragi Ambil, Traditional Fermented Millet Drinks

Note: examples are only for inspiration — feel free to cook up something totally your own! 😎

🏆 The race is on! Check the leaderboard and see who's cooking their way to the top! 🍳🔥
👉 Leaderboard

🍳 How It Works:
📅 Challenge Period: 30th March to 13th December (37 weeks)
Hashtag: #CA26
Reward: An exclusive and unique Cookpad apron

🧑‍🍳 How to Win Your Apron:
⭐️ Everyone is entitled to participate in this challenge without exception.
⭐️ To receive your 2026 Cookpad apron you need to collect between 32 and 37 points by publishing one recipe per week with the hashtag #CA26
⭐️ Since 32 weekly recipes is the minimum requirement, May 10th, will be the last possible date to join the Global Apron Challenge.
⭐️ Every week we will introduce a challenge theme or a list of ingredients for you to have fun cooking with.
⭐️ Check your notifications each week for new themes.
⭐️ The recipe must be posted between Monday and Sunday of each designated week in order for the point to be counted.
⭐️ You must add one recipe each week to earn the point. Maximum number of points to be earned by week is 1 ❗️even if you publish more than 1 recipe in a week.

📋 Essential Requirements for recipes to qualify for the Challenge:
1- Main photo of the completed dish
2- At least three steps
3- At least 1 step image or video
4- All ingredients listed with quantities
5- Specified time and servings
6- Publish with hashtag #CA26

🚫 Avoid these in your recipes:
Blurred or copied photos, collages, or images with large text.
Repeating step photos or reposting old recipes.