Breakfast Club! 🌞 | Cookpad Apron 2026

The Cookpad Apron Challenge is back! 🚀
Join us from March 30 to December 13 for one of our favorite traditions—cook each week, share your recipes, collect points, and work your way toward winning the exclusive emerald green apron. 🍳💚

✅ Week 17 Theme: Breakfast Club! 🌞
📅 Dates: 20 – 26 July

Start the day with something delicious!

From quick weekday breakfasts to leisurely weekend favourites, breakfast looks different in every home and every region of India. Whether you enjoy a comforting plate of poha, crispy dosas, stuffed parathas or a healthy morning bowl, we'd love to see what starts your day!

✅ Regional Breakfasts — Poha, Idli, Dosa, Appam & Stew
✅ Quick Morning Meals — Upma, Sandwiches, Stuffed Toasts
✅ Breakfast Parathas — Aloo Paratha, Paneer Paratha, Methi Paratha
✅ Healthy Starts — Smoothie Bowls, Overnight Oats, Sprout Salads
✅ Weekend Brunch Favourites — Pancakes, Breakfast Platters, Chole Kulche

💡 What you can make:
🔹 Unique Recipes (Not Repetitive): Avoid too-common recipe ideas — let's make something new!
🔹 Diverse dishes including desserts, mains, & fusion foods
🔹 Mention the ingredient name as specified in Title and Ingredient list
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.