I will calculate food cost, menu pricing and catering quotations
Executive Chef, Food Cost and Restaurant Operations Consultant
About this Gig
Know your recipe costs and price with clearer numbers. I am Alae, Executive Chef with 17 years of international experience.
BASIC $5: 1 recipe, up to 10 ingredient lines, with portion cost and food cost percentage.
STANDARD $25: up to 5 recipes, suggested menu prices and written review notes.
PREMIUM $75: up to 12 recipes, menu pricing, plus 1 catering event cost model and quotation for 1 guest count, using your labour, packaging and logistics rates.
All packages include editable Excel and a PDF summary. Standard and Premium allow up to 15 ingredient lines per recipe. One item means one recipe and serving size.
Send quantities, yields, supplier pack prices, selling prices, currency and tax basis. Premium also needs the event menu, guest count and operating costs.
Popularity analysis needs item sales quantities. Extra events or scenarios need a custom offer. Recommendations depend on your inputs; food contribution is not net operating profit.
Visualization tools:
Microsoft Excel
Costing type:
Variable costs
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Direct costs
Cost methodologies:
Standard costing
Industry:
Food & beverage
Target country:
Worldwide
My Portfolio
FAQ
What information do you need?
Recipes with quantities, yields and portions; supplier pack prices and sizes; selling prices; currency and tax basis; and your target food cost. Premium sales-mix analysis also needs item sales quantities for a defined period.
What counts as one menu item?
One recipe and one serving size, up to 15 ingredient lines. Each size or variant counts separately. Complex sub-recipes, incomplete source data or larger menus require scope review before ordering.
Do you include labour, overhead or tax advice?
Basic and Standard cover ingredient costs. Premium includes one catering event with labour, packaging and logistics at your supplied rates. Tax follows your stated basis; tax advice is excluded. Other overheads or extra scenarios need an agreed custom scope.
Can you analyze popularity without sales data?
I can review cost and contribution. Popularity classifications require item-level sales quantities for a consistent period. Without sales data, Premium includes contribution analysis only.
How many revisions are included?
Basic includes 1 revision; Standard and Premium include 2. Each is one consolidated feedback round within the original recipes and scope. New recipes, changed datasets or extra features require a separate offer. Calculation errors will be corrected through the order.
Which formats and currencies do you support?
English XLSX and PDF, in one agreed currency. No macros, integrations, live exchange rates or Google Sheets conversion are included. Changing the currency format does not convert monetary values.
Are results guaranteed?
No. Recommendations depend on recipe accuracy, supplier data, market positioning and implementation. Food contribution is not net operating profit.
Who owns the work?
You retain your data and receive your bespoke report after payment. Pre-existing KOSTRA templates, frameworks and tools remain KOSTRA IP, licensed non-exclusively for your internal business use. No resale, redistribution or exclusivity is included.

