Individual Chef | CalcMenu

The Chef’s Digital Sous-Chef

Today’s kitchens move fast and the chefs who lead them need tools that keep pace.

CalcMenu is your all-in-one recipe management and kitchen operations solution, designed to help you save time, reduce costs, and maintain absolute consistency without sacrificing creativity.

From fine dining to casual service, CalcMenu gives you control over every detail of your recipes, menus, and food costs, so you can focus on what matters most, the food.

Recipe costing, allergens, and ingredients displayed in CalcMenu on a laptop.

Standardize recipes with CalcMenu to ensure quality and portion consistency.

Standardize Your Recipes for Consistency

Maintain the same quality and portioning across every service, shift, and location.

CalcMenu automates food costing with real-time ingredient prices for profitability.

Automate Food Costing

Instantly calculate menu prices using real-time ingredient costs to ensure profitability.

Optimize Nutritional Transparency

Automatically generate nutritional information for every recipe to meet dietary requirements and customer expectations.

Plan daily and seasonal menus with smart tools in CalcMenu.

Plan Menus with Ease

Create daily specials, seasonal menus, or full cycles with smart tools that consider cost, nutrition, and presentation.

Track portions and cut food waste for sustainability using CalcMenu.

Reduce Waste & Support Sustainability

Track portion sizes and ingredient usage to minimize waste and improve margins.

CalcMenu ensures food safety with recipe sharing and allergen tracking.

Ensure Food Safety

Store, sync, and share recipes across devices, keeping food safety methods, allergen information, and HACCP data up-to-date.

Solving Challenges for Professional Chefs

Challenge

The CalcMenu Solution

Maintaining Consistency in Busy Kitchens

Standardize recipes, portion sizes, and plating instructions.

Time-Consuming Food Costing

Automate calculations based on ingredient prices and yields.

Meeting Dietary Requests

Tag recipes by allergens, nutrition, and special diets for easy menu adjustments.

Reducing Kitchen Waste

Plan portions and purchasing with precision to avoid overproduction.

Sharing Recipes Across Teams

Sync data across devices and team members securely.

How CalcMenu Supports Chefs

Organize recipes with cost, nutrition, and allergen data in CalcMenu.

Recipe Management

Create, edit, and organize recipes with full cost, nutrition, and allergen data.

Quickly build and adjust menus by season, cost, or events using CalcMenu.

Menu Planning

Build and adjust menus quickly based on seasonality, costs, or events.

CalcMenu streamlines kitchen work, reducing admin tasks for more cooking.

Kitchen Optimization

Reduce administrative time and focus more on cooking.

Trusted by culinary schools to train future chefs with CalcMenu.

Culinary Training Ready

Trusted by top culinary schools to prepare the next generation of chefs.

Trusted by Chefs Worldwide

From Michelin-starred restaurants to boutique catering services, chefs around the globe rely on CalcMenu to bring precision, efficiency, and profitability to their kitchens.

Whether you’re crafting a signature dish or managing a full-service menu, CalcMenu is the digital partner that helps you deliver excellence every time.