The kitchen OS for chefs

Food cost, menus, prep
& HACCP — in one place.

Every number and every sheet your kitchen runs on — recipe costing, menu engineering, prep, rosters, inventory and HACCP — in one fast app. Built by a working chef, for chefs.

Free plan to start — no card Works on any device Cancel anytime
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ProChefDesk recipes list showing live food cost percentage on every dish

The full cost report — in your pocket

Tap any dish for the live recipe, its food cost and margin — then pull a complete cost report and a PDF. Full power on your phone, not a watered-down view.

ProChefDesk recipe detail on a phone — dish photo, live food cost and margin
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ProChefDesk cost report — ingredient-level food cost, suggested price and margin
ProChefDesk full cost report on a phone

Change a price on the line. Every menu updates.

Bump an ingredient price on your phone mid-service, and the food cost on every recipe, every menu and every cost report recalculates — on the pass, in the office, on any device.

Pull a cost report, share a read-only cost link with the owner, edit and send a menu — full power on mobile, not a watered-down view.

Works even offline — syncs across your devices the moment you reconnect.
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ProChefDesk dashboard — average food cost, weekly labour, low stock and a cost-health alert
ProChefDesk recipes and live food cost on a phone
Why ProChefDesk

Most kitchen software is built for accountants. This one is built for the line.

You know the chaos: a dozen Excel files that don't talk to each other, recipes trapped on one office laptop, formulas that break the second a supplier price moves. ProChefDesk replaces all of it — update one ingredient price and every food cost recalculates, print a kitchen card mid-service, plan a 200-cover banquet in twenty minutes, track allergens, scale portions and keep HACCP logs, all in one place.

Start free. Upgrade when it pays for itself. Your data is always yours — export anytime. Just a toolkit that respects how chefs actually work.

Real screens. Real numbers.

The actual tools you'll use on the line — each one built to kill a job you currently do on paper or in a spreadsheet.

Menus

Engineer the menu, not just type it

Sections, prices, allergens and live margin — then print or share a public link in two taps.

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ProChefDesk Menu Studio — sections, dish prices, allergen codes and live margin
Roster & labour · Pro

See the wage bill before you commit

Plan the week with leave codes and departments — labour cost totals add up as you type.

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ProChefDesk weekly roster — staff shifts by department with total hours and labour cost
HACCP · Pro

Audit-ready, logged from the pass

Temperature, cooling, receiving and holding logs on your phone — print the monthly binder in one tap.

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ProChefDesk HACCP daily fridge and freezer temperature log with morning and evening readings
Kitchen Cards

Big, clear cards for the line

Scale to any cover count, allergens highlighted, A4-printable — readable across a hot, busy pass.

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ProChefDesk Kitchen Cards — printable A4 recipe cards laid out on a canvas for the line
Service board

The whole pass, on one board

Covers booked, dietary counts, the 86 list and tonight's specials — a colour-coded board the whole brigade reads at a glance. Build it from blocks, print A3 for the pass.

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ProChefDesk service whiteboard — covers booked, dietary counts, 86 list and tonight's specials
Cost variance · Pro

Find where the food cost leaks

Theoretical usage from what you sold against what you actually used — the dollar variance per ingredient, so silent losses stop hiding in the spread.

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ProChefDesk cost variance — theoretical vs actual ingredient usage with dollar variance
Nutrition

Calories & macros, per serving

Auto-estimated from each recipe's ingredients — calories, protein, carbs and fat. A fast guide for specials boards and guest questions, from public USDA & FSANZ data.

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ProChefDesk nutrition estimate — calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving
Waste log

See the money in the bin

Log spoilage, trim and overproduction with its real cost attached — a running total that turns waste from a feeling into a number you can act on.

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ProChefDesk waste log — spoilage, trim and overproduction with cost and running total

Plan a 200-cover event without the spreadsheet

Build the menu, set the head count, and watch food cost, revenue and profit land in real time — then pull a shopping list and deduct stock in a tap.

Events

Every function, costed and confirmed

Banquets, weddings and caterings in one list — guest count, venue, food cost, revenue and profit on every card.

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ProChefDesk events list — banquets and weddings with food cost, revenue and profit per event
Event · Pro

Know the profit before you say yes

Per-guest food cost, profit against the customer's budget and the full dish list — quote the function with the numbers in front of you.

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ProChefDesk event detail — total food cost, food cost per guest, profit and event menu
Buffet Planner

Buffets that don't blow the budget

Covers, ticket price and live food-cost % on every buffet — green when it's healthy, amber when it needs a second look.

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ProChefDesk buffet planner — covers, ticket price and live food cost percentage per buffet
Buffet · Pro

Stations, portions and pickup — dialled in

Per-guest amounts, realistic pickup rates and expected waste by station — so you cook enough for the room, not double.

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ProChefDesk buffet detail — food cost percent, per-cover cost, expected waste and stations

The whole dish — photo, cost and method — on your phone

Tap any recipe for the full spec: the plated photo, live food cost and margin, scaled ingredients and method. No office laptop, no laminated printout.

ProChefDesk recipe on a phone — steak photo, food cost, margin, ingredients and method
ProChefDesk scallops recipe on a phone — photo, food cost and margin
ProChefDesk crème brûlée recipe on a phone — photo, food cost and margin

A dark mode built for the late service

Easy on the eyes at 11pm, crisp on every screen. The same tools and the same numbers — dressed for the pass after dark.

ProChefDesk dashboard in dark mode ProChefDesk service whiteboard in dark mode ProChefDesk menu studio in dark mode
Ahmet Kaya — Head Chef, ProChefDesk
I'm Ahmet — a head chef in Perth with fifteen years on the line, from fine-dining restaurants in Istanbul to hotels and resorts across the Gulf, including Marriott multi-property banquets during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. For years I ran my kitchen the way most of us do: a mess of disconnected Excel files, recipes and food costs stranded offline on a single computer, formulas I rebuilt by hand every time a supplier price moved — and I was the only one who could make sense of any of it. So I built ProChefDesk for my own kitchen: one place where recipes, costs, menus, prep and HACCP live together and stay in sync on every device — plus kitchen cards I can print so the whole team works from the same page mid-service. No more spreadsheets fighting each other, no more being chained to one laptop. It's the tool I now use every single day on a real line — and I'm putting it in the hands of chefs who'd rather spend their time cooking than wrestling formulas.
Ahmet Kaya Head Chef · Perth, WA

Every tool, one kitchen brain.

Everything you need to run a professional kitchen — connected, synced, and ready in seconds.

Recipes

Live food cost, allergens, photos, version history — even estimated nutrition. Built around how a chef actually thinks.

Ingredients

Suppliers, prices, units, yield percent. Change one price and every recipe, menu and report recalculates instantly.

Menu Studio

A block-canvas designer with live food cost, profit margins and automatic allergens. Pro templates — print or share a public link.

Kitchen Cards

A4-printable recipe cards for the line. Big text, scaled portions, allergens highlighted.

Buffet Planner

Stations, per-guest portions and realistic pickup rates — with live food-cost % so you cook enough for the room, not double.

Roster & Labour

Weekly shift planner with leave codes and departments. Labour-cost totals, print, Excel, or share as an image.

Inventory & Variance

Stock counts with low-stock alerts, a waste log that prices spoilage, and theoretical-vs-actual variance to find the leak.

Suppliers

Contacts, products and lead times. Order by call, email or WhatsApp, with order history at a glance.

Events & Catering

Plan a wedding, banquet or function. Guest count, recipe scaling, prep list, food cost and profit — done.

Checklists & HACCP

Opening and closing routines, prep sheets, cooling and temperature logs — HACCP-ready templates included.

Service Whiteboard

A printable A4/A3 service board — covers, dietary counts, the 86 list and tonight's specials, all at a glance.

Discover

A public recipe feed — share your dishes with a link, and pull ideas from other working chefs.

Why chefs choose it.

A kitchen tool that doesn't pretend to know your job better than you do.

01 / Multi-device

Works wherever you are

Phone in your pocket during service. Tablet in prep. Laptop after close. Same data on every device — synced when you're online, ready even offline. No apps to install.

02 / Your data

Backed up, always yours

Nightly cloud backups. Six languages. Multiple workspaces per venue. Export anything as CSV or PDF, anytime.

03 / Fair pricing

Start free, upgrade when it pays for itself

The free plan runs a real kitchen. Pro unlocks unlimited recipes, HACCP logs, cloud sync and clean exports — one simple price, cancel anytime. No auto-renewing "trials," no surprises.

Used every day in a working professional kitchen in Perth, WA.

Run the numbers, not just the pass.

Three things ProChefDesk does that a notebook and a spreadsheet can't.

Cost & profit control

Live food cost % on every recipe and menu. Update one ingredient price and every dish recalculates — so you spot the plates losing money before service, not after the quarter.

HACCP compliance Pro

Audit-ready records — daily temperature logs, cook & cool, receiving and hot/cold holding. Log in real time on your phone, print the monthly binder in one tap.

Cost-view sharing Pro

Send your boss or accountant a private, read-only link showing price and food cost % — no login, no app, works on any phone. Numbers stay where they belong: with the people who need them.

Simple plans. No surprises.

Start free and stay free for as long as you like. Upgrade to Pro when your kitchen grows.

Free
A$0
For getting started & small kitchens
  • Up to 15 recipes
  • Up to 50 ingredients
  • 1 workspace
  • Recipe costing, menus, kitchen cards
  • Print & Excel export
  • Local only — no cloud sync
  • Exports carry a small footer
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Cancel anytime from the app. No lock-in, no surprises.

Set up your kitchen
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Start on the free plan — no credit card. Upgrade to Pro anytime.

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