Recipes & ingredients
Link every ingredient to every dish. See exact costs, prep faster, buy smarter.
Your catalogue is more than a list of dishes: it's a network of ingredients, quantities and prep steps. In Catermonkey you define a recipe for every product: which ingredients go in, how much you need, and what it costs you.
In short
- Link ingredients with exact quantities per dish or package
- Automatic cost-price calculation based on ingredient data
- Support for sub-recipes: embed the ingredients of one product inside another
- Set net quantities for trimmed, cooked or reduced ingredients
- Free-form prep instructions on every product
- Download the recipe in one click, formatted for kitchen staff
Know your margin before you send the quote
Enter the ingredients of a dish with their quantities. The system calculates ingredient costs immediately, so you know your margin before you send a quote. Flag sub-recipes (base preparations you use across several dishes) and their costs are counted in automatically.
Net quantities after preparation
Set net quantities after preparation: the amount left once an ingredient has been trimmed, cooked or reduced. That way your shopping lists stay accurate and your kitchen runs more efficiently.
Prep instructions included
Add free-form prep instructions to any product. They appear on order overviews and preparation lists, so kitchen teams and event staff know exactly how to assemble, cook or present a dish.
One change carries through everywhere
All ingredient data flows automatically into your preparation lists and purchasing overviews. Adjust a recipe once, and every order, quote and cost calculation updates straight away.
What your team does with it
Chef
You manage the recipe; the system keeps costs and shopping lists in sync.
Accounts
You can trace every euro back to the ingredients that caused it.
Kitchen manager
Your team has ingredient lists and prep notes in one place, no searching required.
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