Know what goes into every dish.
Central ingredient records, purchase units, supplier costs and the underlying data needed for accurate costing.
Commercial Direction / SoftwareBetter systems.
PRIVATE PILOT · IN DEVELOPMENT
Better systems.
Stronger margins.
Introducing Kitchen Direction — our working name for a practical hospitality management platform, starting with recipe costing, menu building and commercial control.
Kitchen DirectionRECIPE & MENU STUDIO
INGREDIENT LIBRARYIngredients & costsOne consistent source of data
RECIPE COSTINGPortion economicsWaste, yield & VAT
MENU MANAGEMENTMenu StudioDesigned for service
COMMERCIAL CONTROLTarget marginsReview & approval workflows
Illustrative interface · Private development
Our first software product
Meet Kitchen Direction.
A purpose-built tool for smaller hospitality operators who need better control of food costs, menus and commercial decisions — without expensive enterprise systems.
A digital workspace for the commercial side of your kitchen.
Our initial Recipe & Menu Studio has been developed through hands-on work with a real hospitality operation. The current local prototype brings ingredient data, costed recipes, menus and margin decisions into one connected workflow.
Current status: private pilot and active development. It is not yet a hosted, multi-customer subscription service and is not available for public sign-up.
Product statusPrivate pilot
Working prototype under active development.
Working application prototype
Testing and iteration
Secure hosted subscriptions — planned
Current development areasFrom ingredients
From ingredients
to commercial control.
Four closely connected workflows within the Recipe & Menu Studio prototype.
Cost recipes with confidence.
Build dishes and reusable preparation components while accounting for quantities, yield, wastage and VAT.
Turn recipes into menus.
Organise menu sections and outputs, with integrated recipe links and allergen information for review.
Make the numbers visible.
Track gross margin against targets and use commercial review and approval workflows before introducing low-margin dishes.
Feature descriptions relate to the working prototype; capabilities and availability may change before commercial release. Allergen information requires independent verification before service.
Product directionStart with menus.
Start with menus.
Connect the operation.
We see Recipe & Menu Studio as the first module in a broader hospitality platform, rather than a standalone costing spreadsheet.
Future development areas we're exploring include supplier purchasing, stock control, table bookings, service ordering, kitchen workflows and payment integrations.
These are ideas on our product roadmap, not released or guaranteed integrations.
Kitchen Direction / Product roadmapA practical product, built incrementally around the needs of smaller operators.
01Recipe & Menu Studio — private pilot
02Secure cloud accounts & subscription access — planned
03Purchasing & stock — exploratory
04Bookings, service & payments — exploratory
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Kitchen Direction is in private development. We will publish a release plan and enquiry route when external pilot participation opens.
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