Calculate your food costs and manage your recipes.
Say goodbye to complicated spreadsheets.
14 days, no credit card required.
A recipe cost calculator for every kitchen.
Chef Notepad is the perfect tool for chefs to store recipes and manage your food cost. All your recipes are in one place and accessible from any device.
Built to be simple… because kitchens don’t need more complicated software.
Why choose Chef Notepad?
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See exactly what each dish costs to produce. No guessing. No rough estimates. Just real numbers you can rely on.
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Understand what you’re actually making on every plate after wastage, taxes and ingredient fluctuations.
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Track supplier prices, manage portion control and factor in wastage so your margins stay protected.
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Replace messy spreadsheets and manual calculations with one simple, organised system.
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Cost set menus, events, specials or seasonal changes properly, so you never undercharge again.
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Make clear, confident decisions based on accurate data, not assumptions.
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Give your chefs access to consistent recipes, costing and portion control from any device.
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When kitchens properly track costing and wastage, they often see measurable margin improvements within weeks.
Designed by chefs, for chefs.
Chef Notepad is designed and created to help chefs. We listen to real feedback from kitchens all over the world to keep our features ever evolving.
Book your Demo now to get the most out of Chef Notepad.
We’ll guide you through how the platform works and show how it can reduce waste and boost efficiency in your kitchen, just like we do for thousands of kitchens every day.
Trusted by restaurants around the world
Chef Notepad Boosts Accuracy by Integrating with LIGHTYEAR.
Chef Notepad has now integrated with Lightyear, a tool that efficiently reads invoices and establishes links with various accounting platforms. This exciting collaboration enables you to update all your prices on Chef Notepad with just 2 clicks, ensuring a live and accurate calculation of your food cost percentage.
This represents an excellent method to maintain in control on your pricing.
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"It's so easy to cost desserts that contain multiple recipes. It used to be so time consuming with spreadsheets."
Adrien Duraffourd
Pastry Chef -
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"Chef Notepad brought clarity to my costings. I was losing money without knowing. I would recommend it to any chefs."
Justin Schmitt
Executive Chef -
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"It makes it easy to access my ingredient and recipe costs from anywhere in the world, at any time."
Aaron Field
Head Baker
Start using Chef Notepad for free.
Access all features for 14 days. No credit card required.
Upgrade to annual and we’ll set up your full ingredient list for you.
Contact Chef Notepad.
We’re always happy to help with any questions you may have. Feel free to reach out to our friendly team. We’d love to hear from you!
Jessica | Account manager