Catering planning software to help caterers simplify the process of menu planning, shopping and ordering, prep planning, recipe management, and ingredient sourcing.
Try the software for free! You can use all of the basic functions, but you’ll be limited to 5 recipes. If you like what you see, we encourage you to upgrade to the Basic or Pro versions!
Current version: 0.4.0 (beta)
Free features:
Weekly Menu planning
- Plan your event menus, including guest counts, for each day you have an event
Shopping/Ordering List
- A sortable, printable list of ingredients for the recipes selected in the Weekly Menu. Users can manually switch the units (e.g., teaspoons to cups) and the app will calculate the new quantity based on the selected units. Also has an “In Pantry” checkbox so you can remind yourself that you don’t need to get more of it. Free version has access to the basic print function.
Weekly Prep
- A printable preparation schedule with the ability to arrange Directions from recipes into groups of Tasks assigned to a Day. Free users have access to all the basic functions, including creating a Day, a Task, Custom Directions, and can assign Custom and Recipe Directions to Tasks. The Free version has access to the basic print function.
Recipes
- Users can create recipes, add ingredients, assign categories, tag ingredients to directions (for pull lists in the prep board), and even add photos. Recipes are displayed in a sortable list format. Recipes print in a full-page recipe card format. The Free version has a limit of 5 recipes.
Ingredients
- Users create ingredients for use in recipes by name, default units, and source in the free version. Ingredients display in a sortable list.
Settings
- One color scheme (theme) - Slate
Basic features:
All the Free features, plus…
Weekly Menu planning
- Unlimited use
Shopping/Ordering List
- Unlimited use
Weekly Prep
- Unlimited use
Recipes
- Unlimited use
Ingredients
- Access to more details to help with planning and procurement, including density categories for more accurate unit conversions, buy units, pack sizes, and volume/weight per container
Settings
- Seven different themes to customize your look and feel
Pro features:
All the Basic features, plus…
Weekly Menu planning
- Unlimited use
Shopping/Ordering List
- Theme printing (full-color printing in the user’s current theme), and can export the list as a tab-delimited text file for use in other programs
Weekly Prep
- Access to an additional level of organization, Stations. Also, theme printing.
Recipes
- Users can select (in Settings) to view recipes by tabbed cards instead of a sortable list.
Ingredients
- Unlimited use.
Settings
- Smart Unit Conversion - users can enable this feature, which automatically converts between different units (e.g., 16 oz —> 1 lb). This shows up in the Shopping/Ordering List and the Weekly Prep pull lists.