Restaurant Recipe Costing System - Food Cost, Menu Engineering, Batch Scaling and Price Impact Calculator

Know exactly what every dish costs before it hits the menu. Built by a 38-year hospitality operator who has costed thousands of recipes across fine dining, hotel kitchens, and multi-outlet casino food and beverage operations.

This 13-sheet system takes you from raw ingredient pricing through recipe costing, menu profitability analysis, batch scaling, and price impact modeling. Works for independent restaurants, hotel kitchens, catering operations, and ghost kitchen concepts.

What is included:

How To Use: complete setup and workflow guide with step-by-step instructions Setup: configure your currency, cost targets, and menu categories Units Library: complete unit of measure library with conversion factors for accurate costing Ingredient Master: full ingredient database with purchase unit, yield percentage, and cost per usable unit Vendor Price List: track current vendor pricing and link to ingredient costs for automatic updates Recipe Builder: build recipes with linked ingredients, automatic cost calculation, and yield adjustment Recipe Steps: document prep instructions linked to each recipe for training and consistency Recipe Cost Summary: all recipes in one view with cost per portion, menu price, and food cost percentage Dish Photos: image reference sheet for plating standards and menu presentation PDF Print Sheet: clean formatted recipe card ready to print for the kitchen Menu Profitability Analyzer: menu engineering matrix identifying your stars, plowhorses, puzzles, and dogs Price Impact Calculator: model the effect of ingredient price changes on your menu costs before they hit Batch Scaling Tool: scale any recipe up or down by batch size with automatic quantity recalculation

13 sheets. Instant download. Excel and Google Sheets compatible. Sample data and setup guide included. Own it forever. No subscription.