Terms of service

📜 Terms of Service

Last Updated: August 5, 2026

Welcome to Culinary Icon Gourmet Foods! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website (www.culinaryicon.com), mobile applications (including Culinary IQ powered by Culinary Icon), and any related products, services, or content (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using our website, purchasing our products, or downloading our app, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to all of these Terms, please do not access or use our Services.

1. General Conditions & Eligibility

Age Requirement: By agreeing to these Terms, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence.
Account Responsibility: If you create an account on our website or within the Culinary IQ app, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
Service Modifications: We reserve the right to refuse service, modify, or terminate any part of our website or products at any time for any reason without prior notice.

2. Products & Purchases

Product Descriptions: We make every effort to display the colors, details, and descriptions of our spice blends, cookbooks, and merchandise as accurately as possible. However, we do not warrant that product descriptions or visual images are completely error-free.
Pricing & Availability: All prices displayed on our store are listed in U.S. Dollars (USD) and are subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to limit the sales or quantities of any product to any person, geographic region, or jurisdiction.
Order Acceptance: We reserve the right to refuse or cancel any order you place with us (for example, in cases of suspected fraud, unauthorized reseller activity, or inventory inaccuracies).

3. Digital Products, Books & Technology (Culinary IQ)

Cookbooks & Downloads: All purchases of digital eBooks, guides, and downloadable resources are for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, redistribute, resell, or share digital products without express written consent from Culinary Icon.
Culinary IQ App Usage: Access to the Culinary IQ app grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the app for personal culinary learning. Reverse engineering, copying, or exploiting app content or code is strictly prohibited.

4. Intellectual Property

All content included on our website and apps—including but not limited to brand logos, trademarks, text, recipes, photography, spice blend formulations, graphics, design, and software—is the exclusive property of Culinary Icon Gourmet Foods or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.

5. Third-Party Links & Tools

Our site may contain links to third-party websites or services (such as social media platforms, payment processors, or news outlets) that are not owned or controlled by Culinary Icon. We assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

6. User Comments, Feedback & Submissions

If you send us reviews, recipe suggestions, creative ideas, or other materials (whether requested by us or unsolicited), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, and otherwise use those submission materials in any medium (including marketing and social media) without compensation or obligation to you.

7. Prohibited Uses

You are prohibited from using the site, its content, or our app:

For any unlawful or fraudulent purpose.
To solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts.
To infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the rights of others.
To upload or transmit viruses, malware, or any other type of malicious code.
To collect or track the personal information of others or scrape content from our site.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

As-Is Basis: Our website, products, and app services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied.
Food Allergies & Health: While we use clean, high-quality ingredients in our gourmet spice blends, customers are responsible for reviewing ingredient labels carefully. Culinary Icon is not liable for adverse allergic reactions or improper food handling/cooking by the customer.
Limitation: In no case shall Culinary Icon, our founder, directors, officers, employees, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages arising from your use of any of our products, app, or website.

9. Governing Law

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas (or your state of incorporation/operation), United States.