Most Culinary Professionals Are Leaving Money on the Table.
It's not because they're bad at cooking. It's because they were never taught how to run a food business.
You Price From Memory, Not Math
You charge $14 for a dish because it feels right — not because you've calculated that $14 gives you a 30% food cost and a $9.80 profit per plate. Most culinary professionals have never run these numbers. RecipeOps runs them for you.
Yield Loss Is Costing You Thousands
You buy 15 lbs of brisket. You serve 9.8 lbs after smoking. But you're pricing based on 15 lbs. That gap — $2.72 per cooked pound — multiplied across every event you've ever catered. RecipeOps accounts for yield automatically.
Your Most Popular Dish Might Be Your Worst Performer
The dish clients request most often is sometimes the one with the worst margin. Without a menu matrix, you keep pushing it because clients love it — while quietly losing money on every plate. RecipeOps shows you exactly which dishes to promote and which to reprice.
Price Spikes Catch You Off Guard
Heavy cream goes up 24% in November. Turkey spikes every Thanksgiving. Avocado prices fluctuate with the harvest. Most chefs find out at the store — after they've already quoted the event. RecipeOps warns you before it happens.
Built by a Chef. For Chefs.
Chef Regina Whittington built RecipeOps because she lived this problem. Years in catering and private chef work showed her what tools were missing — not a generic business calculator, but a system that speaks the language of the kitchen and the language of the P&L at the same time.
"I spent years watching talented culinary professionals undercharge, overwork, and burn out — not because their food wasn't exceptional, but because they had no system. RecipeOps is that system."
— Chef Regina Whittington, Founder, Culinary Concierge Solutions
RecipeOps vs Spreadsheets vs Generic Tools
| Feature | RecipeOps | Spreadsheet | Generic Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase vs Recipe Unit Math | Manual | ||
| Yield % Auto-Suggest | |||
| Seasonal Price Warnings | |||
| Profit Impact Alerts | |||
| Menu Matrix | |||
| AI Dish Descriptions | |||
| Master Catering Prep List | |||
| Client-Facing Menus | Partial | ||
| Built for Culinary Professionals | |||
| Price | $39/mo or Free | Free | $29-79/mo |