Recipe Approval is available to:
Plans: Enterprise
Team Members: Account Owners, Managers, and Editors
If your team is building out recipes and you want to control exactly what your viewers can access, Recipe Approval gives you that layer of oversight.
Editors can create and work on recipes in Draft status, move them to In Review when they're ready, and then a Manager or Account Owner can publish them. Recipes that aren't published are hidden from Viewer team members until approved.
Turning on Recipe Approval
Recipe Approval is not on by default. To turn it on, reach out to your CSM or contact support at support@getmeez.com.
What happens to your existing recipes
Recipes that already exist on your account start as Published, so nothing disappears from your Viewers when Recipe Approval is turned on.
The three recipe statuses
Draft: The recipe is being built. Only Editors, Managers, and the Account Owner can see it.
In Review: The Editor has marked the recipe as ready for approval. Managers and the Account Owner can now publish it.
Published: The recipe is approved and visible to all Viewer team members.
Checking recipe status
You can see each recipe's approval status from the recipe list on your home page. Use the Status column to see what's Draft, In Review, or Published at a glance.
You can also see the status at the top of the recipe itself. This is where you update it.
Moving a recipe to In Review (Editors)
When your recipe is complete and ready for review:
Open the recipe.
Click the status indicator at the top of the recipe. It will show Draft by default.
From the dropdown, select In Review.
The recipe is now queued for approval. Note that Published does not appear in the dropdown. Editors cannot publish recipes directly.
Approving and publishing a recipe (Managers and Owners)
When a recipe is moved to In Review, you can publish it from the recipe itself:
Open the recipe in In Review status.
Click the status indicator at the top and select Published.
A confirmation modal will appear. If the recipe contains any sub recipes, they will be listed here. Publishing the recipe will make those sub recipes visible to team members as well.
Click Update status to publish.
The recipe is now live and visible to your Viewer team members.
Moving a recipe back to Draft (Managers and Owners)
If a recipe needs more work, a Manager or Account Owner can change its status back to Draft using the same status indicator at the top of the recipe.
Editing a published recipe
Editing a Published recipe does not change its status. It stays Published and visible to Viewers unless someone changes the status directly.
Good to know
Recipe Approval applies to recipes only. It does not apply to docs or recipe books.
Approval statuses can only be changed one recipe at a time. Bulk status changes are not available at this time.
If you have any questions about Recipe Approval, reach out through the in-app chat or at support@getmeez.com.