Calculate your food costs and manage your recipes.
Say goodbye to complicated spreadsheets.
14 days, no credit card required.
Trusted by thousands of chefs in over 30 countries.
Take control of your recipes, food costs, suppliers, and stocktake
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.
Bring consistency and communication in your kitchen
Share any recipe with your team, no account needed. Here's an example, tap to see it live.
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.
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.
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
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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