Is CostCook right for your kitchen?
Yes, if your menus change and you buy for a date and a guest count. In one kitchen, CostCook takes each job from the price the client says yes to through the shopping, the prep and the pack.
One kitchen · two kinds of service
This weekRegular service
House menu
No guest count to planPrivate dinner
Dated menu + guest count
Plan this event in CostCookLook at your calendar, not the sign out front.
CostCook is for the work that starts with a menu, a date and a guest count. Maybe that is all you do. Maybe it is the private dinners you run on top of regular service. Either way, it fits.
Catering and private events
Every job has its own menu, date and guest count, and a price you have to stand behind.
Restaurant event work
Your regular service runs the way it always has. The special dinners and the catering get their own plans.
Meal prep and dated production
You buy and make for a delivery date, a batch, or a changing head count.
Menus that keep changing
When the menu changes, the quantities, the buying and the food cost have to change with it.
When the job changes before you confirm, the plan changes with it.
One dated plan runs through the recipe quantities, the shopping, prep and pack, the purchasing and the food cost. Confirm order locks the quantities and prices once the final count is in.
Fit also means knowing where it stops.
CostCook does not do these three. If you cannot work without one of them, look at the other options before you start a trial.
See the full comparisonBefore you start
- Several kitchens on one subscription, with stock counts and reporting combined across them.
- Lot tracking for a facility operating under FSMA 204 traceability rules.
- Per-screen permissions or a custom role. Staff never see costs, but you cannot hide one screen from one person.
Bring one real menu and one guest count.
Put your next job through CostCook and see whether it holds up.
Founding offer open now: 15 days free, then $49/month per kitchen, locked in for life. Limited to the first 20 kitchens. Regular price $99/month per kitchen; unlimited crew. Prices plus tax. Card required; $0 today. Cancel before day 16 in Settings → Billing, no call required. What to prepare · Plan and team limits