ChefYield

For independent restaurants

Know what every plate earns.

Carbonara at $18 costs $3.53. That is 19.6% food cost and $14.47 left on the plate. ChefYield gets you there from the recipe, or straight from a photo of the menu on Elite.

Get early access + free spreadsheet Try the free food cost calculator

Founding offer: join before launch and get 50% off your first 3 months.

Launching soon on the Apple App Store. Android (Google Play) is coming later.

ChefYield phone screen costing Spaghetti Carbonara at $3.53 and 19.6 percent food cost
24.5%House food cost, all 14 recipes
$13.12Average margin per menu item
ScanMenu in, plates out (Elite)

Free to start. Menu and invoice scanning are on Elite. AI recipe tools are on Pro and Elite. See plans

Demo restaurant home screen with 24.5 percent food cost, 14 recipes, and recent plates

The floor

One screen for the whole book.

This demo kitchen is running 24.5% food cost and a 75.5% margin across 14 recipes. Panna cotta, salmon, and the pork chop sit right under quick actions — new ingredient, new recipe, or scan the menu.

  • House food cost and average margin up top
  • Recent plates with portion cost
  • Scan the menu Elite or parse a recipe with AI Pro without leaving the floor
Scan Menu results for burrata and grilled branzino with pantry matches

Scan the menu · Elite

Burrata at $14. Branzino at $29.

Four items off the photo. Prices pulled. Oil, lemon, and garlic already in the pantry. Branzino, parsley, and capers flagged as new so the order writes itself.

  • Dish, section, and sell price from the scan
  • In pantry versus new, line by line
  • Review the new ingredients before they hit the menu
Spaghetti Carbonara costing sheet with $18 menu price and 19.6 percent food cost

Cost the plate

$18 carbonara. $3.53 on the plate.

19.6% food cost. $14.47 margin. The 70% target price is $11.75 — so this one is already priced above the goal. Add on-hand counts and it will say how many portions you can fire.

  • Recipe cost and per-portion cost
  • Suggested price for the margin you set
  • Yield-adjusted for trim and shrinkage
  • Share the costing sheet
Pantry with Roma tomatoes up 10.9 percent and usable yield prices

Watch the pantry

Roma tomatoes moved. The plate should too.

$3.20 to $3.55 a kilo in 90 days. Usable cost, not the sticker: spinach at 90% yield, potatoes at 95%. On Elite, scan the invoice and stock updates from the delivery.

  • Rising costs for the last 90 days
  • Shopping list grouped by supplier
  • Invoice scan updates price and stock Elite

Founding-member offer · Free spreadsheet

Join early. Get 50% off at launch.

ChefYield is coming to iPhone and iPad first, as soon as Apple approves it. Android (Google Play) is coming later. Join the list now and you get our free plate-costing spreadsheet today, plus a founding-member offer the day ChefYield is ready for your phone.

50% off

Pro or Elite, monthly plan, for your first 3 months

For everyone who joins before ChefYield launches on their phone

On Android? Choose Android and we'll email you the day it lands on Google Play, with your founding offer.

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Founding-member offer: 50% off the monthly Pro or Elite plan for your first 3 months, for people who join this list before ChefYield launches on their phone. We'll email your code on launch day (iPhone and iPad first; Android when ChefYield arrives on Google Play). Redeem it within 30 days of that email. New subscribers only, one per person. After 3 months your plan renews at the regular price unless you cancel. Subscriptions are billed by the Apple App Store or Google Play. Offer details