Cateringchef

Plan. Calculate. Cook.

Cateringchef is the digital hub for menu planning, purchasing, and production — developed together with a partner from institutional catering. From menu planning to a finished shopping list, it connects recipes, customers, and quantities in a single, clear interface.

Automatic quantity calculationOne-click shopping listsAllergen management

The problem

Calculating quantities by hand

For every customer group, every day, every recipe — again and again.

Ad-hoc purchasing

Buying too much means waste, buying too little means a shortage.

Recipes in someone's head

Kitchen knowledge depends on individual people rather than the system.

Paper chaos in the kitchen

Recipes don't scale cleanly to larger quantities this way.

How Cateringchef works

1

Menu plan

Weekly planning of dishes, including expected diners per customer group.

2

Recipes

Dishes, components, and ingredients on file — automatically scaled to any guest count.

3

Shopping list

Calculated automatically from the menu plan with one click, grouped by supplier.

4

Cooking

Recipe cards with live-scaled quantities, tablet-friendly right at the stove.

More highlights

Customers & suppliers

Customer groups with individual quantities, calendar overrides for holidays and exceptions.

PDF exports

Weekly plans, internal plans, and shopping lists as ready-to-use PDF documents.

Allergen management

Clean labeling directly on every dish as a basis for compliance.

Roles & permissions

Fine-grained permissions per module for different teams.

Multilingual

Switch between German and English with one click.

Maps & geocoding

Customer and supplier locations right on the map.

Less calculating. Less waste. More overview.

Visit website

The product website is still being built and will soon be live at cateringchef.de.