Effective date: 13 August 2026
These Terms of Use apply to your use of sumterkitchen.com (the Site). By using the Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
About the Site
Sumter Kitchen is a personal recipe website operated from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It shares family recipes, cooking experiences, photographs, and related information for general informational and personal use.
General information only
Content on the Site is not medical, nutritional, dietary, food-safety, or other professional advice. You are responsible for deciding whether a recipe, ingredient, technique, or product is suitable for you and for anyone you cook for.
Consult an appropriately qualified professional about allergies, intolerances, medical conditions, pregnancy, infant feeding, or specialised dietary requirements.
Cooking and food safety
Kitchen equipment, ingredients, measurements, environments, and individual skill vary. We cannot guarantee that your results will match ours.
You are responsible for:
- using equipment safely and following manufacturer instructions;
- checking ingredient labels and allergen information;
- preventing cross-contamination;
- cooking food to safe temperatures;
- storing, cooling, reheating, and discarding food safely; and
- supervising children and other people who need assistance in the kitchen.
Never rely solely on appearance, timing, or a photograph to decide whether food is safe to eat.
Nutrition information
Any nutritional values on the Site are estimates. Actual values vary with brands, quantities, substitutions, serving sizes, and calculation methods. Nutrition information is not a substitute for advice from a qualified health professional.
Intellectual property and permitted use
Unless otherwise stated, the Site’s original recipes, writing, photographs, graphics, branding, and other content belong to Sumter Kitchen and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may:
- view and print recipes for personal, non-commercial use;
- save links to Site pages; and
- share a short quotation or one image for genuine commentary or social sharing if you clearly credit Sumter Kitchen and link to the original page.
Without prior written permission, you may not:
- republish a full recipe, article, photograph collection, or substantial part of the Site;
- sell, license, or commercially exploit Site content;
- remove attribution, copyright, or watermark information;
- present Site content as your own; or
- systematically scrape, harvest, or reproduce Site content to create a database, competing service, or commercial dataset.
Using a recipe idea or method does not give permission to copy our wording or photographs. To request permission, use our Contact page.
Comments, ratings, and other submissions
If the Site allows comments, ratings, reviews, photographs, or other submissions, you remain responsible for what you submit. You must not submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, deceptive, threatening, abusive, infringing, invasive of privacy, promotional spam, malicious, or unrelated to the discussion.
By submitting content for public display, you give Sumter Kitchen a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, format, moderate, and display it in connection with the Site. You confirm that you have the rights needed to grant this licence.
We may moderate, edit for formatting, decline, or remove submissions, but we are not required to monitor all user content. Views expressed by visitors are their own.
External links and third-party services
The Site may link to or embed content from third parties. Links are provided for convenience and do not necessarily constitute endorsement. Sumter Kitchen does not control third-party content, security, availability, prices, claims, terms, or privacy practices. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s terms.
Commercial relationships and affiliate links are addressed in our Disclosure.
Availability and changes
We may correct, update, reorganise, suspend, or remove Site content or features at any time. We do not promise that the Site will always be available, error-free, secure, or current.
Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sumter Kitchen is not liable for loss, injury, illness, damage, cost, or claim arising from your use of, or reliance on, the Site or third-party content.
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any guarantee, right, or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law or other applicable law. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited only to the extent permitted by law.
Privacy
Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms when the Site, its services, or applicable requirements change. Updated terms take effect when posted, and the effective date above will be revised.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Subject to any rights you have under applicable consumer law, disputes relating to the Site are subject to the courts of New South Wales.
Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent through our Contact page.