For Australian head chefs
Your costings, done from a photo of the invoice.
Snap the invoice. Chef Pauly reads every line, updates your ingredient prices, and recosts every dish on your menu — before the coffee's poured. Audit-ready, every day.
14 days · all features · no credit card · cancel anytime
The paperwork never waits for a quiet week
Every head chef knows this loop. The kitchen always comes first — and the numbers always pay for it.
A cook calls in sick
You cover the shift. The invoices stack up next to the pass for “tomorrow” — and tomorrow has its own pile.
The audit lands
Management wants menu costings and your food cost justification. A folder of unscanned invoices isn’t an answer.
Midnight spreadsheets
So the costings get done in your own time, with last month’s prices — and they’re stale again by Friday.
How it works
From invoice to audit-ready in three steps
Photo the invoice
PDF or photo, straight from your phone. The AI reads every line item — no typing, no data entry.
Prices update everywhere
Every ingredient price refreshes, and every dish using it recosts live. Margins are flagged the moment they slip.
Hand over the report
Print the costings report — every dish, food cost %, margin, suggested sell price. Walk into the audit with answers.
What management sees
Every dish. Costed. Justified.
The costings report shows food cost percentage, margin and suggested sell price for the whole menu — colour-coded so the problem dishes can't hide. Price history per ingredient backs every number.
- ✓Live recosting the moment a supplier price moves
- ✓Suggested sell prices from your target margin
- ✓Print-ready reports for audits and reviews
- ✓Full price history as your paper trail
From the pass
What chefs are saying
Chef Pauly has completely transformed the way we operate. It doesn't just automate tasks — it learns our systems, understands our offerings, and consistently helps improve our workflows and customer experience. Through our website integration, we've created a seamless journey from the initial enquiry right through to the final catering service. The confidence it has given me as a business owner is invaluable. I can now focus on building relationships and taking on new clients every day, knowing that the entire process behind the scenes is organised, consistent, and aligned with exactly how Chef Skills Catering operates. Chef Pauly has become an integral part of our business and has genuinely been a game changer.
Why this exists
Built by a chef who's stood at the pass
Chef Pauly was built by an Australian chef who was sick of doing costings at midnight before audits. It's not accounting software with a kitchen skin — it starts from the invoice, the recipe and the pass, because that's where the real numbers live.
The next audit doesn't have to be a panic.
Start the trial, photograph one invoice, and watch your menu cost itself.
Start your 14-day free trialSolo $89/month · no credit card to start · cancel anytime