Rate my plating
Upload a photo of a dish you plated. The AI scores it out of 10 on five things chefs look for and tells you the two changes that would help most. One free rating a day, no sign-up.
One free rating a day. No account, no email.
Five things, scored from 1 to 10
Your overall score is the average of the five, to one decimal. From 7.0 you get a badge for your site.
Colour
Scores contrast and colour balance. Learn it in Colour on the plate.
Height
Scores height and layering. Learn it in How to stack food.
Empty space
Scores room on the plate, nothing crowded. Learn it in Plating 101.
Focal point
Scores one clear place the eye lands first. Learn it in Plating 101, step by step.
Clean rim
Scores clean rim and edges, no smears or drips. Learn it in Plating 101.
Rate my plating, answered
How is the plating score worked out?
An AI model looks at your photo and scores five things from 1 to 10: colour contrast, height, empty space, a clear focal point and a clean rim. Your overall score is simply the average of the five, to one decimal, so you can always see where it comes from. It is told to mark like a strict teacher: most home plates land between 4 and 7, and a 9 is restaurant work.
Is the score a chef's opinion?
No. It is an AI opinion, and AI models make mistakes. Use the two tips as ideas to try, not as a verdict. Our plating guides explain the principles behind each of the five parts with the research behind them.
What happens to my photo?
Your photo is sent to our AI provider, Anthropic, to score it, and the score comes straight back to your browser. We do not save the photo. We keep the name of the dish and the score, to see how the tool is used, and a count of ratings per day against a one-way hash of your IP address so the free daily limit works without storing the address itself.
How do I get the badge?
Score 7.0 or more and the page gives you a small badge with your score, the dish and the month, plus the code to paste into your blog or site. The badge links back here. Its address carries a seal, so changing the score breaks the image.
Why is there a daily limit?
Each rating runs an AI model and costs real money, so the tool has a small daily budget for the whole site and one rating per visitor per day.
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