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ChefTec

Serving Software Solutions to Foodservice Operations®·cheftec.com

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ChefTec is foodservice management software for independent restaurants, catering operations, and small chains, providing recipe and menu costing, inventory control, nutritional analysis, and purchasing and ordering. It links with POS systems, vendor online ordering systems, and QuickBooks, and offers optional Cloud Services and Mobile Solutions for tablet-based inventory taking and ordering. It comes in tiered versions (Basic, Plus, Ultra) with additional add-on modules such as HACCP, Alerts & Reminders, Event Management, Lot Tracking, Production, and Waste Tracking.

What it's for

Recipe and menu costingTracking and controlling food inventoryNutritional analysis of recipes and menu itemsPurchasing and ordering from food vendorsComparing vendor pricing for purchases and bidsCosting catering jobs and functionsReducing food costs by 3-8 percentTaking physical inventory via mobile tabletsImporting sales and pricing data from POS systemsTracking waste, lot numbers, and production

Features 19

AI-generated recipe procedures
Alerts & Reminders Module
Basic Nutritional Analysis against FDA and NLEA guidelines
EDI ordering and invoicing integration with food vendors
Event Management, Lot Tracking, Waste Tracking, Production modules
HACCP Information Module
Inventory Control with perpetual inventory tracking
Menu Engineering ('Ask Theo' what-if food cost calculator)
Mobile Solutions for cordless inventory taking, ordering, requisitioning, and recipe viewing
Multi-language ingredient lists (Spanish, French, German, Dutch)
Network versions for shared multi-user access
Physical inventory worksheets (sheet-to-shelf or alphabetical)
POS system sales/pricing import
Preloaded list of 1,900+ inventory items
Print Nutrition Facts Labels
Purchasing & Ordering with automatic ordering based on par levels
QuickBooks integration (Desktop and Online)
Recipe & Menu Costing
Vendor price comparison from purchases or bids

At a glance

self-hostable

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentHybrid

Forindependent food operations, small chains, restaurants, caterers, hotels, country clubs, casinos, supermarkets/grocery stores, educators/universities/colleges/culinary schools, contract feeders/foodservice management firms

CompanyCulinary Software Services, Inc · 1990

Integrations

US FoodsSyscoMainesUNFIQuickBooksPerformance FoodserviceReinhart FoodService

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Pricing

Chef Tec Plus starts at $995 (one-time) plus $195 for Cloud Services, depending on modules/features selected. Additional modules (Production, Lot Tracking, Waste Tracking, Event Management, HACCP, Alerts & Reminders) are sold as add-ons. Basic and Ultra plan pricing available on request.

Chef Tec BasicQuote

For chefs and foodservice owner/operators needing core functionality at an affordable price; no price stated.

Single profit center; no add-on profit centers

Chef Tec PlusQuote

Backed with one year of free technical support. Additional modules such as Production Management, Lot Tracking, Waste Tracking, and Event Management sold separately.

Up to five profit centers

Chef Tec UltraQuote

Flagship product for complex, multi-unit operations; no price stated on this page.

Up to ten (unlimited add-on) profit centers